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Title: London HIV patient's remission spurs hope for curing AIDS

　　HIV　艾滋病毒 human immunodeficiency virus

　　remission　n.缓解，暂时康复

　　spur　v.促进，激励　　n.马刺(骑马的人鞋子上的一根小刺，用来刺激马快点跑)

　　AIDS　艾滋病 HIV病毒感染的最后阶段

A stem-cell treatment put a London cancer(此处出现是因为艾滋病毒可能引发肿瘤) patient's HIV into remission, marking the second such reported case and reinvigorating efforts to cure the AIDS-causing infection that afflicts some 37 million people globally.

　　stem cell　n.干细胞

　　treatment　疗法

　　reinvigorate　v.使恢复元气　　vigor　n.精力，活力　　invigorate　v. 使精力充沛

　　　　eg. The show invigorates me

　　infection　n.感染　　infect　v.　　infectious　adj.

　　afflicts　v.折磨，使痛苦　　be afflicted with sb./sth. 被什么折磨

　　some 与数字连用，表示大约的意思

The patient has been in remission for 19 months, the International AIDS Society said in a statement. That's too soon to label the treatment——which used hematopoietic stem cells from a donor with an HIV-resistance gene——as a cure, researchers said Tuesday in a study in the journal Nature.

　　in remission　　处于康复期

　　International AIDS Society　国际艾滋病学会

　　label　　表示给什么贴上标签，把什么称为什么

　　donor　　n.捐赠人；捐赠机构　　donate　v.　　a blood donor 献血的人

　　hematopoietic stem cells　　造血干细胞　　hematopoietic　adj.造血的，生血的

　　resistance　　抵抗，抵御

"Coming(现代分词作状语) 10 years after the successful report(特指病历报告) of the 'Berlin Patient', this new case(主语) confirms that bone marrow transplantation from a CCR5-negative(一般在医学上指检测结果呈阴性的) donor can eliminate residual virus and stop any traces of virus from rebounding," said Sharon Lewin, director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity at the University of Melbourne, in a statement.

　　bone marrow transplantation　　骨髓移植

　　eliminate　v.消除，根除

　　residual　adj.剩余的，残留的

　　rebound　v.弹回，跳回；回升，反弹

　　trace of (搭配使用，经常表示)　微量的，少量的

　　virus　　n.病毒

　　immunity　　免疫力

"Although it is not a viable large-scale strategy for a cure, it does represent a critical moment in the search for an HIV cure." International AIDS Society President Anton Pozniak said in the statement.

　　viable　adj.切实可行的

　　large-scale　adj.大规模的

Researchers are developing better antiretroviral treatments, prevention methods, and vaccines to halt infections while continuing to pursue a cure for those already infected. That goal is "likely to be many years away," said Andrew Freedman, reader in infectious diseases and an honorary consultant physician at Cardiff University.

　　antiretroviral　adj.抗逆转录病毒的　　viral　adj.病毒性的　　retro-　向后　　anti-　反对，对抗 (药名中经常用到的前缀)

　　antibiotic　抗生素　　antibody　抗体

　　prevention methods　预防的方法

　　vaccine　n.疫苗　　flu vaccine 　流感疫苗

　　halt　v.(使)停止，停下

　　pursue　vt.追求，继续，追捕，进行　vi.追，追赶，继续进行

　　reader　n.(英国大学的)准教授，高级讲师

　　honorary　adj.(尤指学位)荣誉的，名誉的

　　physician　n. 医生，（尤指）内科医生　　surgeno　外科医生

"Until then, the emphasis needs to remain on prompt diagnosis of HIV and initiation(开始某个行动) of lift-long combination antiretroviral therapy(疗法，治疗)," Freedman said in a statement.

　　the emphasis needs to remain on　　表示强调

　　diagnosis　n.诊断　常与介词 of 搭配

　　prompt　adj.迅速的，及时的　　a prompt reply　及时回复

　　life-long　adj.终生的　　a life-long friendship　终生的友谊

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