The twins' genes were edited in order to prevent them from suffering from the HIV virus.

编辑这对双胞胎的基因是为了防止他们感染艾滋病毒。

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So scientists wondered if it could kill the HIV virus as well.

所以科学家们想知道它是否可以有效的杀死HIV病毒。

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He argued that scientists had not "proved" that AIDS was caused by the HIV virus.

他认为科学家们并没有证实艾滋病是由HIV病毒引起的。

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The gel contains tenofovir. This is a common anti-retroviral drug used to treat people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

We're at a point now where some really important recent discoveries have not answered all our questions, but have certainly helped take us into some new directions and really open up a new chapter in the search for additional options to prevent HIV Those recent discoveries include anti-bodies found in some HIV positive people that prevent the AIDS virus from entering cells.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

The medicines used to treat HIV are excellent at suppressing HIV-virus replication and preventing destruction of immune cells, but the medicines are unable to eradicate the dormant, or sleeping, copies in immune cells.

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Encouragingly, in these children long-term control of HIV replication following early antiretroviral treatment has resulted in extremely low levels of virus and diminished anti-HIV immune responses.

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HIV-positive mothers can still pass the virus on by breast-feeding, so they would need to be provided with formula and taught about bottle-feeding.

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