University of Pittsburgh researchers think they might have found a way to restore that communication, a discovery that could play a key role in reinvigorated attempts to eradicate the virus. “It's still an enormous public health problem, especially internationally,” said Thomas Smithgall, chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Pitt's School of Medicine. “And the reason is that while we do have many drugs that are very good at suppressing viremia — keeping the virus at bay — they are not curative.”
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