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The Skeptics Guide #1040 - Jun 14 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Reawakening HIV: The Shock and Kill Strategy

This chapter explores a novel treatment for HIV that uses lipid nanoparticles to awaken dormant viruses within CD4 T cells, aiming for a breakthrough in curing the disease. It also examines current latency reversing agents and the complexities of chronic infections, including the implications of the chickenpox virus reactivating as shingles.

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