'Deceptive' HIV Doesn't Become as Dormant as We Thought

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'Deceptive' HIV Doesn't Become as Dormant as We Thought
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can hide DNA copies of its own RNA genome within our chromosomes even while the immune system attempts to rid the body of infection.

While these viral RNA splinters are not infectious, researchers believe they could be irritating and exhausting the immune system. Antiretroviral drugs essentially hit a 'snooze button' that stops HIV from replicating inside 'helper T' type immune cells for as long as the person keeps taking the medication. These drugs cause such a large drop in the number of HIV particles that the virus becomes, researchers took samples of blood from 18 men being treated for HIV. They searched for HIV gene fragments inside millions of helper T cells using fluorescent RNA probes.

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