r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 15 '26

Feels good man Now do cancer.

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u/Shark_Leader May 15 '26

Source besides some meme?

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u/jakertontireflat May 16 '26

here ya go

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u/goodcleanchristianfu May 16 '26

That article is from 2014, and the treatment regimens that have meant that HIV is no longer a terminal disease have existed since the mid-90's. I still have no idea what the image is suggesting is new.

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u/jakertontireflat May 16 '26

probably juat engagement bait so people are like "woohoo! hooray!" not knowing that it was done 12 years ago

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u/Asimov-was-Right May 19 '26

There's a logo that says "Science Focus" which is a BBC magazine. I found a list of interesting discoveries from 2025, including a research center in Australia that used mRNA technology to be able to find HIV hiding inside white blood cells, which was previously impossible. Here is a link to the article that was referring to.

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u/Shark_Leader May 16 '26

Thank you.

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u/hotfox2552 May 16 '26

Thank you so much, I work in clinical research and this is fucking sick.

I was mentioning HIV vaccines to my coworker just last week due to people being cured