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Tag: miraculous cure

  • Can the body remove HIV by itself?

    Can the body remove HIV by itself?

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    Two patients have astonishingly cured themselves of HIV without any therapy. Kevin Boyle discusses these novel findings and their potential implications in the development of a vaccine against the HIV virus.  A recent report in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shown that a female patient previously infected with HIV was able to remove the…

  • HIV Retrovirus: Current advances and mysteries

    HIV Retrovirus: Current advances and mysteries

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    Claudia Singh Gill discusses the mechanism of HIV infection and the potential advances to treat the deadly retrovirus. 37.7 million people are living with HIV in 2020. Almost one million people die each year from the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The HIV virus targets the cells in the immune system,…