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But in the latest report presented this month at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston,
然而，本月在波士頓舉行的逆轉錄病毒和機會性感染會議上提交的最新報告中，
researchers revealed the strongest evidence yet that these latent viruses can be activated and eliminated, at least in animals.
研究人員給出了目前為止表明這些潛伏病毒，至少在動物身上，可以被激活也可以被消除的最強有力的證據。
In a study involving a form of HIV that infects monkeys,
在一項針對感染了艾滋病病毒的猴子的研究中，
Dr. Dan Barouch and his colleagues at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
丹·伯魯克博士和他在貝斯以色列女執事醫療中心和哈佛醫學院的同事通過研究
showed that a drug that stimulates the immune system and activates the dormant HIV,
表明一種能夠刺激免疫系統并激活潛伏的艾滋病病毒的藥物，
combined with a powerful antibody that can neutralize the HIV-infected cells,
配合一種可以中和感染了艾滋病毒的細胞的強大抗體，
prevented HIV from surging back in five of 11 animals, six months after they stopped taking ARVs.
成功阻止了11只動物中的5只體內的艾滋病毒在其停止服用抗逆轉錄病毒藥物六個月后重新發作。
In the monkeys whose HIV did return, the virus levels were 100 times lower than they were in animals that were not treated at all.
而那些確實復發的猴子體內的病毒水平也已經降到了完全沒有接受治療的動物的1/100。
"I think our data raises the possibility that an intervention achieving a functional cure is possible,” says Barouch.
“我認為，我們的數據使干預措施實現功能性治愈成為了可能，”伯魯克說到。
"It shows a level of potential efficacy, at least in animals, that to the best of my knowledge hasn’t been seen before."
表明了一定程度的潛在的，至少在動物身上具有的功效，而這種功效是目前為止我還從未見過的?！?/div>
The fact that nearly half of the animals did not show the typical spike in HIV that normally comes within two weeks of stopping anti-HIV drugs suggests
近一半的動物都沒有出現停止抗HIV藥物后的兩周內通常會出現的艾滋病病毒感染率明顯陡增這一事實也表明，
that Barouch’s so-called "shock and kill” approach may be effectively targeting that elusive reservoir of dormant virus.
伯魯克所謂的“激活并殺死”的方法或許真的有效地對準了那些神出鬼沒的潛伏病毒。
It’s a promising step toward the next frontier in HIV treatment:
可以說這是朝著艾滋病治療的下一個前沿邁出了充滿希望的一步，
ridding people of the virus and, potentially, their lifelong dependence on ARV drugs.
驅除患者體內的病毒，甚至有望斬斷大家對抗逆轉錄病毒藥物的終身依賴。
The method hasn’t yet been tested in humans, and a cure is likely still years in the making.
該治療目前尚未進行人體測試，治愈可能還需要數年時間。
But there is hope.
不過，希望仍在。
In the epidemic’s history, one person is believed to have been cured of HIV.
在該流行病的歷史中，據說有一個患者的艾滋病是被治愈了的。
Timothy Ray Brown, an American who is now 52, was studying in Berlin in 1995 when he tested positive for HIV.
現年52歲的美國人蒂莫西·雷·布朗1995年在柏林學習，當時他被診斷出艾滋病毒檢測呈陽性。
He kept his virus under control with a combination of ARVs for about 10 years,
他用各種抗逆轉錄病毒藥物將自己的病情控制了將近10年時間，
until he was hit with another devastating diagnosis: leukemia, which his doctors believed was not related to his HIV.
直到他接到了另一個毀滅性的診斷：白血病，但他的醫生認為該病與他的艾滋病毒無關。
To treat the cancer, Brown took chemotherapy
為了治療癌癥，布朗接受了化療
and had two bone marrow transplants to replace the malignant cells in his blood and immune system.
并進行了兩次骨髓移植，以替換血液和免疫系統中的感染細胞。
His doctor, who was aware of Brown’s HIV status, had the foresight to find a special donor for Brown
他的醫生，對布朗的艾滋病病毒感染狀況了然于胸，頗有遠見地為布朗找到了一位特殊的捐贈者，
who carried a mutation that would make it impossible for HIV to infect his newly transplanted cells.
該捐贈者攜帶了一種突變，HIV無法感染他新移植的細胞。
Brown stopped taking ARVs when he received the bone marrow transplants, and more than a decade later, no test has found any active HIV in Brown.
布朗接受了骨髓移植手術后便停止服用抗逆轉錄病毒藥物了，十多年后，布朗體內也沒有檢測到任何活躍的艾滋病毒。
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