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Originally Posted by WaxOff
But in the 25-30 years since the outbreak really took off, no one has ever come forward and said "We have found that the virus is created by conditions x and y combined with agitation from z." I may not have a degree in biomedicine, but how is it illogical to think that knowing what creates the virus can help find its cure? Don't you have to know what's wrong in order to fix it?
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I took a class on HIV/AIDS this year. We do know the origin of the virus, it comes from SIV - the primate version of HIV. But that doesn't matter as far as finding the cure goes. HIV is a retrovirus, it permanently embeds itself in the DNA of every cell it infects. Every time a cell multiples, the HIV multiplies. They have, however, been experimenting with cutting out the portion of DNA where the HIV exists, but this would obviously be very difficult to do on the entire body. HIV lies dormant in cells for years and it just hides itself in mass quantities in certain areas of the body. At this point a cure is a long way away, IMO.