article_snippet.sent: The 'kick and kill' strategy aims to eradicate the virus, by stimulating the immune system - the body's natural defence mechanism - with a vaccine.
article_snippet.sent: The idea is that the patients' immune systems will then be able to recognise the threats and eliminate the patients'.
article_snippet.sent: This caused the level of virus in the patient bloodstream to rise from fewer than 50 copies per millilitre to approximately 28,000 copies per ml before is immune system's function returned.
article_snippet.sent: Professor Deenan Pillay, also of UCL, said: 'By measuring the strength of the immune system required to keep this virus under control in this rare individual, we have a better idea of the requirements for successful future treatment. '
article_snippet.sent: we also managed to identify the specific immune cells that fought the infection. '
article_snippet.sent: Dr Ravi Gupta, of UCL, said: 'Our study shows that the immune system can be as powerful as the most potent combination drug cocktails.
article_snippet.sent: Our study was published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientists believe future vaccine could trigger body's immune system .
  