Re: Fwd: CATIE News - Cell stimulant touted as yet another cure-proc

[Guest guest]

"A)We do know how HIV infects and gets around the immune system, we have know all of that for a long time.Yes there is always more to be learned, but we do know the basics of how HIV works."There remain lots of important details to describe about how HIV damages the immune system. With each improvement in understanding comes advances in treatment."B)I do not believe we are ever going to have a vaccine against HIV because anti bodies are useless against HIV,the only 2 thing that we know that works for sure to date are either aggressive killer T-Cells or a natural double immunity,the way to go to cure HIV/AIDS is with the 2 above, most likely from genetic engineering.Most of all because any medication that would kill HIV in the blood would not be able to prevent re infection from hidden reservoirs, as we all know HIV hides in so many parts of the human body where medications cannot reach.Only by genetically modifying the human body to either be immune to HIV or to produce aggressive killer T-Cells can we not only clean up the HIV supply from the blood but also prevent re infection from reservoirs or new infections."While vaccine progress has been frustrating, the statement "antibodies are useless against HIV " is untrue. If that were the case, we would die after weeks of infection, not years.It's just how to generate a more effective, longer lasting antibody approach, and I sure hope it happens.JB