Various Topics on Aids

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<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7287792.stm>:

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HIV can survive the apparently effective onslaught of antiviral drugs
for years by hiding away in the body's cells, research shows.

Sweden's Karolinska Institute found low levels of dormant HIV in
patients seven years after they started - and responded well to -
standard therapy.

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Keith Alcorn, of the HIV information service NAM, said scientists were
looking at approaches to treatment that could flush out HIV from
cells.

He said: "This research shows that, for the time being, people with
HIV need to take treatment indefinitely because current drugs cannot
reach this pool of dormant virus.

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I should remind everyone that NAM is a mouth piece for the HIV/AIDS
industry. There's a long list of drug companies and HIV/AIDS
self-interest groups that fund it here:
<http://www.aidsmap.com/cms1177632.asp>.
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"Martin" <martin@hiv-poz.co.uk> wrote in message...
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>
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7287792.stm>:
>
> ----- Begin Quote -----
>
> HIV can survive the apparently effective onslaught of antiviral drugs
> for years by hiding away in the body's cells, research shows.
>
> Sweden's Karolinska Institute found low levels of dormant HIV in
> patients seven years after they started - and responded well to -
> standard therapy.
>
> [...]
>
> Keith Alcorn, of the HIV information service NAM, said scientists were
> looking at approaches to treatment that could flush out HIV from
> cells.
>
> He said: "This research shows that, for the time being, people with
> HIV need to take treatment indefinitely because current drugs cannot
> reach this pool of dormant virus.
>
> ----- End Quote -----
>
> I should remind everyone that NAM is a mouth piece for the HIV/AIDS
> industry. There's a long list of drug companies and HIV/AIDS
> self-interest groups that fund it here:
> <http://www.aidsmap.com/cms1177632.asp>.
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> <http://www.hiv-poz.co.uk/>
> Moible: +447939991519
> 4,806 days and counting...

IIRC, the T4's are the "first guard" of the human
immune system. Their "job" is to wake up other
more powerful immune-system cells at the itsy-
bitsiest sign of dangerous intrusion. So the part
that makes me scratch my head vigorously is...

How does such a less-than-really-alive being as a
virus know to take out the first guard, which of
course keeps the "big guns" of the immune system
dormant and no danger to the virus?

It also seems as if the virus remains dormant if
there is anything in the bloodstream that keeps the
more powerful cells "awake". Of course, the whole
idea is for these more powerful immune-system
cells to remain dormant most of the time. If they
have to stay awake most of the time, then this in
and of itself would weaken the entire system.

It seems like the "old soldier" in BlackJack... if
you catch seventeen, you're "beat and can't hit".

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Sincerely yours,
Scotty

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