'Shock and kill' strategy for curing HIV may endanger patients' brains
Monday, December 5, 2016 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
Combination drug treatments have become successful at long-term control of HIV infection, but the goal of totally wiping out the virus and curing patients has so far been stymied by HIV's ability to hide out in cells and become dormant for long periods of time. One of the proposed curative strategies for HIV, known as "shock and kill," may be harmful to patients' brains, warn researchers.