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Recent attempts to cure HIV usually consist of two phases. The first phase uses antiviral drugs to suppress viral activity as much as possible. The second phase attempts to stimulate the immune system by flushing out latent HIV using Interleukin-2 (IL-2) or other chemicals. A study at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was recently published, and some media reports concluded that IL-2 was effective in curing HIV. Researchers studied two groups of HIV-infected subjects on HAART, one group taking IL-2 in addition to HAART. Because technicians were unable to culture HIV from the blood of a small number of subjects from the IL-2 group, it was thought that HIV had been eradicated in these subjects. Issues concerning the study and effects of IL-2 use are discussed. NIH researchers have clearly stated that viral eradication did not occur in the trial patients.
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