经济学人考研英语双语阅读.docVIP

There is no cure for HIV — but scientists may be getting closer 科学家们虽然无法根治艾滋病 - 但希望还是有的 By Alice Park 文 / 爱丽斯·帕克 CURE ISN ’ T A WORD NORMALLY USED IN THE CONTEXT OF AIDS. “根治”一词通常不适用于艾滋病这一语境。 For  most  of  the  35 years  since  HIV,  the  virus  responsible  for  the  disease,  was  first identified, 自艾滋病病毒，也即诱发艾滋病的病毒，被首次发现以来的  35 年间， doctors have viewed the notion of a cure as more fantasy than fact. 大部分时间医生们都认为根治艾滋病的概念更像是一种幻想而非事实。 That ’ s because HIV is a virus unlike any other. 这是因为艾滋病病毒不同于其他任何一种病毒。 It  disables  the  very  immune  cells  that  are  supposed  to  destroy  it  and  also sequesters itself in the body  ’  s cells, 它能摧毁原本应该反过来摧毁它的免疫细胞，然后将自身隔离在人体的细胞中， staging the ultimate deadly ambush whenever the immune defense ’ guards comes down, months or sometimes even years later. 准备着发动最后的致命伏击，只等免疫系统受损，无论是数月之后还是数年之后。 Yet  for  the  first  time  in  the  HIV  epidemic  that  currently  affects  nearly  37 million people worldwide, 然而，就在目前影响着全世界近  3700  万人的这一流行病领域， some  experts  are  starting  to  aim  for  a cure  —  cautiously  — asthey  fashion  the  next generation of HIV treatments. 一些专家率先开始了  -  谨慎地开始了  -  艾滋病的根治研究，研制出了新一代艾滋病疗法。 Scientists now understand  how HIV burrows  itself  inside  cells  and  remains  cloaked from the immune system  ’ s watchful gaze  — 科学家们现在明白了艾滋病病毒是如何隐藏在细胞内，躲过免疫系统的巡视的—— and they have some ideas about how to expose and annihilate it. 也有了一些关于如何暴露并消灭它的想法。 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding HIV cure efforts based on this new knowledge, 美国国立卫生研究院（ NIH ）目前正在资助一个基于这一认识研发根治艾滋病方案的项目， and advocacy groups like amfAR are  also  pouring  resources  into  not  just  treating HIV, but also finding ways to eradicate it completely. 此外， amfAR 等游说团体也开始为艾滋病日常治疗以及寻求彻底根除艾滋病病毒的项目提供资源方面的大力支持。 Absolutely HIV can be cured, ”says Rowena Johnston, vice president and director of research for amfAR. The bazillion-dollar question is how. “艾滋病是可以根治的，这一点是毫无疑问的，” amfA