Story Summary: Researchers: HIV virus can hide in bone marrowMarch 7, 2010 By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID , AP Science Writer(AP) — The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease. Finding that hide-out is a first step, but years of research lie ahead. Dr. Kathleen Collins of the University of Michigan and her colleagues report in this weeks edition of the journal Nature Medicine that the HIV virus can infect long-lived bone marrow cellsthat eventually convert into blood cells. Thats an indication that while the drugs battle the active virus, some of the disease remains hidden away to flare up once the therapy is stopped. Thats critical in countries where the treatment is hard to afford and deliver. I dont know how many people realize that although the drugs have reduced mortality we still have a long way to go, Collins said in a telephone interview. That is mainly because we cant stop the drugs, people have to take it for a lifetime. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. stealthc- 16 hours agoit took them this long to figure this out?HIV is in the blood, it infects cells from the immune system, and mysteriously has a hide out spot, why wouldnt it have been the obvious choice a decade and a half ago? The number of members on the largest HIV dating&support site == Positivefish. com (if I spell the site correctly) has reached 500,000 membersOMG! Why so many guys and girls on the site are very sexy? In a study from the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and the Bernard-Nocht Institute appearing in the international open-access . . . 34 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0 (PhysOrg….Read the Full Story











