The manga Hellsing features a character named Alucard who is no relation to the Castlevania Alucard. This Alucard is, in fact, Dracula himself, who was defeated by Abraham van Helsing and, rather than accept destruction, swore to be a servant of the van Helsing family, who employ him as a powerful weapon against the undead.
I mention this because it seems HIV is the Alucard of immunological treatments: a terrifying incurable disease which we now use as a potent weapon to fight other diseases. The thing that made it so terrifying -- its tendency to attack immune cells -- also makes it incredibly fit to purpose.
I mention this because it seems HIV is the Alucard of immunological treatments: a terrifying incurable disease which we now use as a potent weapon to fight other diseases. The thing that made it so terrifying -- its tendency to attack immune cells -- also makes it incredibly fit to purpose.