The University of Michigan discover the HIV may be hiding in the bone marrow
The University of Michigan researchers recently found that the virus that causes AIDS may be hidden in the bone marrow, survived drug treatment. When the efficacy over, these viruses cause disease will re-awakening.
The Associated Press March 8, U.S. University of Michigan researchers recently found that the virus that causes AIDS may be hidden in the bone marrow, survived drug treatment. When the efficacy over, these viruses cause disease will re-awakening. This discovery will provide a new AIDS treatment research.
University of Michigan Catherine Collins and her colleagues in the week, "Nature Medicine" magazine has written that HIV can infect bone marrow cells and bone marrow cells will eventually be transformed into blood cells. She said that the virus in bone marrow cells was dormant. When bone marrow cells into blood cells, the virus will be reactivated and cause new infections. Catherine said: "If we can find a way to remove these cells, also completed the first step to cut off a potential infection."
In recent years, reducing the risk of dying of AIDS drugs in patients with recurrent, but the patients who need life-long medication, and some even re-infected. This shows that drugs may kill those active AIDS virus, but there is still some virus "hiding" them, once the treatment stopped, it will reappear.
Catherine said, was found hiding places of these viruses is very important because these places can be removed so that AIDS patients stop taking their medication, do not have to worry about re-infected. For those in poverty, AIDS, high country, which is good news.
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