11. Donated blood is now heated and screened to eliminate the virus, Swindlehurst said. 12. Eventually they eliminate the virus. 13. Even if there is continued replication of HIV, it might not pose an insurmountable barrier because newer drugs in the pipeline might eliminate the virus, Ho said. 14. In fact, the virus has been eliminated from the bloodstream of some AIDS patients. 15. Not all the strains can cause cervical cancer, and even when women contract a strain that does, most eliminate the virus from their bodies without developing cancer. 16. Nobody knows yet if taking the drugs for a longer period of time will ever eliminate the virus, he said. 17. Such a finding would show that the treatment has eliminated the virus from the patient forever, not merely pushed it into hiding. 18. The drug cocktail stops HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, fromM rDplicating, allowing the body to quickly eliminate the virus that is there. 19. The current goals, therefore, are to prevent infection and to find treatments that are less toxic and better able to eliminate the virus. 20. The latest improved version of the test for hepatitis C has virtually eliminated the virus from transfusions, Alter reported. |