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New studies suggest that the brain may act like a hiding place for HIV, preventing anti-HIV medication from effectively suppressing the virus in the brain. According to a study from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, 10 percent of patients taking anti-HIV medication show traces of the virus in the spinal fluid but not the blood, which
Brain Hides HIV Virus From Anti-Viral Drugs
Seeded on Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:56 PM EDT
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There are certain medications for psychological problems that cross the blood brain barrier. Ginger is also one of the few know foods that cross the blood brain barrier. I wonder if there could be a way to utilize this to get to the HIV that they say may be hiding there? It seems to me that they keep trying to make medication that does this, but has anyone ever looked into utilizing something that can already get there?
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