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if we could create a reasonable number of healthy (uninfected) t-cells, would an individual be left infectious but otherwise asymptomatic (because of the retent
by x0x0 11y ago
if we could create a reasonable number of healthy (uninfected) t-cells, would an individual be left infectious but otherwise asymptomatic (because of the retention of a working immune system)?
- azurelogic 11y agoThis would only make sense if you could make the uninfected t-cells totally resistant to infection. What this paper suggests is that even this would be unnecessary. The combination of antiretrovirals and CRISPR therapy would prevent replication and excise the embedded viral sources. With enough of this combined therapy, eradication may be obtainable, resulting in a properly cured patient.