HIV released from stored cells for first time - AIDS 2014

One of the problems in dealing with HIV is it's ability to hide in cells in the body, thereby being unaffected by anti-retroviral drugs in the bloodstream. This is why we have to take meds all the time, as there's a constant release of the HIV virus from within us. A very good doctor I was seeing a while back related it very well, to the HIV pills being like a new bandage every day to stop a leaking pipe.

So far, there hasn't been a way to get at these bloody sly HIV secretly hiding assholes in our cells, constantly releasing their poison into our blood. It seems sometimes to me this fuckin virus is just so smart. I mean why kill your host? That means it dies too. Just release enough HIV poison to keep the host alive.....   Such has been the case until now. Coming out of the HIV conference in Melbourne is groundbreaking news.  

They have for the first time ever, managed to get their hands on these piss weak asshole viruses too scared to show their faces. Lurking in the shadows, they continue to infect...... perhaps no more?

The successful Danish study saw Dr Søgaard and his team test the anti-cancer drug, romidepsin, on six HIV patients from April this year. 

It found the drug increased the “hibernated” HIV virus in a cell to such an extent it was able to be detected in the blood. 

Or as the co-chair of the conference Dr Sharon Lewin explained, the virus was “kicked out of hiding” in five of six of the patients. 

“We can activate cells and induce the release of the virus into the blood,” said Dr Søgaard. 

It’s been heralded as a new hope for HIV/AIDS researchers toward the elusive cure, with Dr Søgaard’s tests showing that the “kicked out” HIV virus leaves trails in the blood that the human body’s T-cells can potentially attack. more

This is like the last bastion isn't it? Getting at those bloody pricks in hiding? Or will HIV throw us all another curve ball out of the blue? After all, this is a very smart and highly adaptable virus. It always seems to be one step or two ahead of us.

I'm not counting any chooks yet.