HIV Hiding in Cells Can Now Be Measured, But Are We Closer to a Cure?
Why this new breakthrough in HIV research is significant and what it means for the fight against the virus.
The inactive form of HIV that rests hidden in people’s cells can now be accurately measured. Getty Images
The road to a cure for HIV is long, winding, and with no definite end in sight.
That said, a new study published last month in the journal Nature is shedding light on a way to measure what is considered an inactive form of the virus that rests hidden in people’s cells.
This so-called “latent reservoir” of HIV has stood as a roadblock to eradicating the virus, stubbornly staying put despite being attacked by increasingly sophisticated antiretroviral drugs used to treat the virus. Read More
