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There is no cure, because no doctor's have found out a cure to HIV/AIDS yet.

So they have tried to make cures but the cures have not worked.

The HIV Virus mutates regularly; becoming resistant to treatment. Since it is a virus, it modifies the DNA of cells that it attacks (T-cells) so that the previously healthy cells themselves become manufacturers of more HIV virii.

Additionally, the HIV virus attacks cells that are normally used to DEFEND your body against viral attacks. So even if a healthy T-Cell were to go after the HIV virus in your system, it would lose the battle, and become a virus-generating cell itself.

There is an EXCELLENT video available here

http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=RO8MP3wMvqg

... which shows how HIV replicates, and some of the ways that current treatment works to attempt to block the HIV Replication cycle.

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14y ago

HIV can't be cured because it is a virus, and the only way virus's are destroyed is by the immune system, and because HIV kills the immune systems helper T cells which tell the immune system where there is an infection and that HIV takes over a cell, the virus cannot be stopped with today's medical technology.

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Fever is a symptom and not a disease and we don't actually cure it, we make it temporarily go away until it's normal time limit is over (usually max 3 days). The problem with the HIV virus is that it's not constant, it changes its characteristics. So the first medicine works on the first version characteristic but not on the second version characteristic.

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HIV has been incurable because the antiviral therapies used to treat these viral infections only target replicating viruses. In infected patients, some cells have HIV viral genomes latently present, which are not targeted by therapies currently used.

Patients suffering from HIV who undergo HAART therapy (combination of drugs that treats HIV) can stop actual HIV virus from replicating. However, sometimes, HIV can enter a cell, integrate its genome into the chromosome, but do nothing. To the immune system and drugs, the cell looks completely normal, so drugs cannot target the HIV present in this state. However, the cell can at a later date produce virus.

This phenomena when HIV lays dormant is very advantageous for it to remain in the body. This is illustrated nicely in the first diagram :

hivcureoutlook.blogspot.com/2013/07/targeted-dna-mutagenesis-as-cure-for-hiv.html

(If someone knows how, please insert the diagram directly to the page)

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11y ago

Because it is a virus that uses the body's own immune system against it. It is difficult to develop a drug that attacks the virus but leaves the body's immune system intact.

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no viral disease has a cure because viruses do not have anything to target like bacteria.

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HIV cannot be cured yet. The reason for this is because the virus keeps changing. For example: Scientists find a cure for it but in 24 hours it will stop working because the Virus has changed

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Because Technology is not that advanced yet but there is currently a medication that will slow down the effect of AIDS / HIV.

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There is simply no known cure.

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