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This is why ARV treatment is not 100 per cent effective

A new study links the cure of the virus to the spleen. [Courtesy]

It now emerges that the cure to HIV/AIDS could be lying in one of the smallest organs in the human body; the spleen.

A major discovery has been made by scientists which has revealed how the 150 grams bean shaped organ well tucked under the rib cage may be hiding the answers to puzzles around the cure to HIV/AIDS because of its vitality despite its size.

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