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DRUG-RESISTANT HIV STRAIN ALARMS OFFICIALS

Health officials in New York City are alarmed after a man infected with a
highly drug-resistant strain of HIV progressed to full-blown AIDS within
months of diagnosis.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/...aids/index.html

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This shouldn't be surprising considering the adaptability of the HIV virus to begin with. However, it is disturbing that a drug resistent strain has been found so early in the process. Its not like there has been a drug that cures HIV or AIDS yet the virus is already adapting and changing as to find a way around the drugs we have that slow it down. This could prove to be a very bad turn in the fight against the virus in the very near future.

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In an interesting twist to this, they are finding that one of the way to combat it might be 'all natural', but not from humans:

Crocodile blood may yield powerful new antibiotics

Reuters - Scientists in Australia's tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile's immune system kills the HIV virus.
Ref. https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ia_crocodile_dc

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BRITISH MAN APPARENTLY CURED OF AIDS

A British man's claim to have cured himself of the virus linked to AIDS has researchers clamouring to run more tests on him.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200...ure-051114.html

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HIV HIDES IN GUT, EVADES DRUGS: STUDY

HIV can shield itself from the effects of antiretroviral drugs by hiding in the outer lining of the gut, scientists have found.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2...28/hiv-gut.html