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A drug used to treat AIDS-triggered lung infections may prevent the reproduction of HIV and possibly provide a new method for the control and elimination of the virus, Chinese scientists said Thursday.
近日，中國科學家指出，一種用來治療艾滋病觸發性肺部感染的藥可能可以阻止艾滋病病毒的繁殖，并且可能提供一種新的控制和消除艾滋病病毒的方法。
A research team led by Shen Binghui, a life science professor at Zhejiang University, found that a drug containing pentamidine can cut the life cycle of HIV and prevent the reproduction of the virus, helping the body's immune system and fight off AIDS.
由浙江大學生命科學教授沈炳輝領導的研究小組發現，一種含有戊烷脒的藥能夠減短艾滋病病毒的生命周期并且能夠阻止這種病毒的繁殖，有助于幫助免疫系統對抗艾滋病。
HIV has an incubation period of 10 years on average, during which the virus infects immune cells and uses the cells and proteins to reproduce and spread, gradually damaging the immune system. Research indicates that a kind of human protein called FEN-1 has a decisive function in the reproductive process of HIV.
艾滋病病毒的潛伏期平均為10年，在這期間，艾滋病病毒會感染人的免疫細胞并利用這些細胞和蛋白質進行繁殖和傳播，慢慢地破壞整個免疫系統。研究表明，一種名為FEN-1的蛋白質在艾滋病病毒的繁殖過程中起決定性作用。
Shen said his team found that the drug can prevent the reproduction of HIV by destroying the protein. The virus can no longer damage the immune system once it cannot reproduce, and a small amount of HIV can even be eliminated by a healthy immune system.
沈炳輝說他的研究小組發現這種藥能夠通過破壞FEN-1蛋白質從而阻止艾滋病病毒的繁殖。一旦艾滋病病毒不能繁殖，它們也就無法破壞人的免疫系統，而少量的艾滋病病毒是可以被一個健全的免疫系統所消滅的。
Shen said the drug that his team is developing can greatly lower treatment costs.
沈炳輝還指出他們研究小組正在研發的藥能夠在大大地降低治療費。
