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from:msnbc.comResearch into a deadly link between salmonella and HIV shows that the AIDS virus damages the immune system in ways doctors did not previously understand, providing new clues for vaccine development.
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A live virus taken from a monkey's butt is also being considered.
What's sad is that there will never be a cure for HIV...there will a be a vaccine though. Why? There's no money to be made in a cure.
Actually there ~is~ a cure for HIV, well a procedure that had an almost guaranteed success rate. It also has about a 30% mortality rate too.
They cured a man with HIV awhile back. He had bone cancer (leukemia) and required bone marrow replacement surgery. There is a genetic mutation that can render someone immune to HIV, its the Delta-32 / CCR-5 genetic mutation. Estimated to be present in about 14% of the white European / American population. What the doctor did was find a compatible donner who had the genetic mutation. Once they had that, they had to use chemotherapy to completely zap the HIV infected man's bone marrow and immune system. Literally the man had absolutely no immune system at all, a very dangerous state in which a single micro-organism can kill you.
They then put the donated mutated genetic marrow into the HIV infected guy and allowed it to regrow his immune system. The cells produced from this new bone marrow contained the genetic mutation that made him immune to the HIV virus. His new cells hunted down and killed off the remaining HIV viri and thus cured him of HIV.
The procedure is extremely expensive and likely to kill anyone undergoing it, bone marrow transplants are a last resort because of their high mortality rate. This is coupled with introducing new genetic material into your body that happens to be mutated, very bad things can happen and your body would have no way to defend itself.