Comments on: HIV “can never be cured” http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/2008/02/22/hiv-can-never-be-cured/ The latest news about microbiology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:34:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed Rybicki http://www.microbiologybytes.com/blog/2008/02/22/hiv-can-never-be-cured/comment-page-1/#comment-847 Ed Rybicki Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:55:59 +0000 http://microbiologybytes.wordpress.com/?p=482#comment-847 This is a piece of good news in what is otherwise an unremittingly gloomy picture of HIV/AIDS: the fact that the viral reservoir can actually be depleted over time is wonderful; given that ARV therapy can keep people healthy and viral load low AND deplete the productive reservoir means that people put on therapy early can have a cautiously optimistic prognosis. And, of course, there is the chance that innovative therapeutic vaccines now under development could help - in combination with ARVs - to eradicate the virus in infected people completely. We in the HIV vaccine field could do with some good news!! This is a piece of good news in what is otherwise an unremittingly gloomy picture of HIV/AIDS: the fact that the viral reservoir can actually be depleted over time is wonderful; given that ARV therapy can keep people healthy and viral load low AND deplete the productive reservoir means that people put on therapy early can have a cautiously optimistic prognosis.

And, of course, there is the chance that innovative therapeutic vaccines now under development could help – in combination with ARVs – to eradicate the virus in infected people completely.

We in the HIV vaccine field could do with some good news!!

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