(单词翻译:单击)
On the Medical Watch this afternoon, curing HIV naturally.
欢迎来到今天下午的《医学观察》节目，今天的主题是艾滋病自愈。
Medical reporter Dina Bair is here with a surprising second patient to do just that, Dina.
接下来是医学记者迪娜·拜尔带来的关于世界上第二例自愈病例的报道。时间交给迪娜。
Lourdes and Ben. She was diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS.
好的，卢尔德和本。这位女性患者此前被诊断感染了艾滋病病毒。
She did not get the standard treatment, and yet years later, the virus is gone.
但她并没有接受常规的治疗，不过几年之后，病毒消失了。
According to an article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine,
根据发表在《内科医学年鉴》上的一篇文章，
the woman living in Argentina became HIV-free eight years after her original diagnosis.
这名阿根廷女子在距离最初被诊断出感染艾滋病毒8年后的今天，终于痊愈。
She took antiretroviral medication only briefly while pregnant to prevent infecting her child.
她只是在怀孕期间短暂服用了抗逆转录病毒药物，以防止她的孩子感染艾滋。
She, like the first person who was declared naturally cured last year, are known as "elite controllers",
和去年第一个被宣布自然治愈的人一样，她们都是被称为“精英控制者”的一群人，
a small subset of HIV patients whose immune systems naturally suppress the virus.
这是指他们的免疫系统会自然抑制病毒的一小部分艾滋病患者。
Another two patients are cured of HIV after receiving stem-cell transplants,
此外，还有两名患者在接受干细胞移植后治愈了艾滋病毒，
but that is a risky procedure, and scientists haven't been able to replicate it in others.
但这是一个有风险的过程，科学家目前还无法在其他人身上进行复制。
So now, the focus is on the blood of the naturally cured patients,
所以现在大家关注的点集中在这些自愈病人的血液，
to see if scientists can harness the natural immunity as a potential treatment for others.
看看科学家们之后是否能利用这种自然免疫力，以此作为治疗其他病人的潜在方法。
