Killing off HIV is nearly impossible due to its ability to hide in dormant pools in the body. Researchers have tried to"shock" the virus "awake" so meds can deal with it. It's also been referred to as, "Kick and kill." The approach was so overly powerful it could've done more harm that good.
According to this piece, new med, Ciapavir, may be able to coax the virus out of it's dormancy & allow it to be eliminated. This is a short piece & the drug is apparently so new I can't find anything about it online. The only references I can find are in relation to articles like this piece.
Will this work? Maybe. An approach that could treat hidden pools of HIV would seem to be a virtual cure. Even if it took a while, eventually the virus would be dead.
Cya...
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