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Follow on Google News | Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is effective : GCN Life Sciences Education & Research ZoneRecent research has found that while antiretroviral therapy (ART) is effective at significantly reducing the number of plasma-to-T-cell transmissions of HIV, it's not as effective against T-cell-to-T-cell.
By: GCN Life Sciences Education & Research Zone HIV has a built-in backup plan when it comes to its survival. While scientific technology has progressed to the point where antiretroviral drugs can effectively kill HIV viruses in the body that are out in the open, HIV persists in places where the drugs can't get to them. These places are called HIV reservoirs, and these reservoirs ensure that small batches of virus remain in the body, ready to replicate when necessary. This is part of what makes HIV a chronic infection—the remaining virus finds ways to remain dormant in the body until activated. Research is now focusing on cracking the case of HIV persistence. The goal of researchers now is to remove the "chronic" term from the chronic illness that is HIV and come up with a cure for the disease. A better understanding of HIV and how it infects people to begin with might be the key to discovering ways to enter the reservoirs within the body and eliminate the virus. As we already know, HIV infects cells in two ways: through blood plasma contact with T-cells, and from infected T-cells to non-infected T-cells. Antiretroviral drugs, while effective, don't remove the entire virus quantity, and all it takes is for one HIV virus to remain behind for the replication to continue. Recent research has found that while antiretroviral therapy (ART) is effective at significantly reducing the number of plasma-to-T- Even with antiretroviral drugs present, infected T-cells can still infect other T-cells in close quarters instead of through the bloodstream; CONTACT INFORMATION: Kathy Scott, World Press Centre, globalcitynews@ http://www.globalcitynews.vze.com/ --------------------------------------- Faculty of Research: Jane Crawford, Education & Research Educators and Researchers providing teaching/learning opportunities in setting standards for healthcare professionals, nursing practice, research,education and management through Publishing & Media Network. -matccopublishers & Global Citynews, global alliance member of UNESCO- ------------------------------------------------------------ # # # Recent research has found that while antiretroviral therapy (ART) is effective at significantly reducing the number of plasma-to-T- End
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