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In a range of experiments, scientists have reactivated resting immune cells that were latently infected with HIV or its monkey relative, SIV, in cells in the bloodstream and a variety of tissues in animals. As a result, the cells started making copies of the viruses, which could potentially be neutralized by anti-HIV drugs and the immune system. This advance, published in January of 2020 in two papers in the journal Nature, marks progress toward a widely accessible cure for HIV. Read more: <a href="https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-supported-scientists-reverse-hiv-siv-latency-two-animal-models" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-supported-scien...</a>

In this image: When a resting immune cell that is latently infected with HIV gets reactivated, the cell starts producing HIV virions (red) that bud and release from the cell (blue).

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by National Institutes of Health (NIH) at https://flickr.com/photos/132318516@N08/49435466353. It was reviewed on 13 March 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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