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How HIV Hides Out treatment

HIV Hides Out in Bone Marrow Cells

The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

Finding that hide-out is a first step, but years of research lie ahead.

Dr. Kathleen Collins of the University of Michigan and her colleagues report in this week’s edition of the journal Nature Medicine that the HIV virus can infect long-lived bone marrow cells that eventually convert into blood cells.

The virus is dormant in the bone marrow cells, she said, but when those progenitor cells develop into blood cells, it can be reactivated and cause renewed infection. The virus kills the new blood cells and then moves on to infect other cells, said.

“If we’re ever going to be able to find a way to get rid of the cells, the first step is to understand” where a latent infection can continue, Collins said.

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  1. Mar 8 2010

    Makasih infonya mas fatih…

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  2. Mar 8 2010

    Informasi yang sangat bermanfaat…

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  3. Mar 8 2010

    ngeri bener ya bung penyakit yg satu ini

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  4. Mar 8 2010

    penyakit kutukan,..

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  5. Mar 8 2010

    apa akhir dunia sudah dekat ya???ampun deh,..

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  6. Mar 8 2010

    yang kita jauhi penyakitnya,bukan orang nya..
    bener kan kawan..

    memang belum ada obatnya,tapi kita juga harus manjaga orang yang menderita HIV..

    makasih infonya mas fatih..

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  7. ngeri juga ya mas…

    semoga para ilmuwan berhasil menemukan cara mengatasi virus tersebut,…

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  8. Mar 9 2010

    berat nih penyakit aids, mudah2an bisa berkurang penderitanya dengan support dari semua elemen masyarakat

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  9. Mar 9 2010

    Really worse!

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  10. Mar 12 2010

    Bener apa yang di katakan bung Rizan… Jauhi penyakitnya, bukan orangnya…

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