There is good reason to be optimistic about eliminating HIV/AIDS, says an editorial in New Scientist.

《新科学家》的一篇社论说，有很好的理由对根除艾滋病保持乐观。

　　The strongest hope lies in a potential "cure" based on gene therapy, it says. US company Sangamo Biosciences is developing a gene therapy to emulate the effect of a bone marrow transplant that "vanquished" the virus in an HIV patient. If it works, patients could be cured with a single shot of gene therapy instead of a lifetime of antiretroviral therapy (ART), says the editorial.

　　它说最大的希望在于一种可能的“治愈”艾滋病的基因疗法。美国的Sangamo生物科学公司正在开发一种模仿骨髓移植效应的基因疗法，从而“击败”艾滋病病毒感染者体内的病毒。该社论说，如果它是可行的，患者不需要终身接受抗逆转录病毒治疗（ART），而只需接受一针的基因治疗就可痊愈。