Researchers say the macrophages recognized the sleeping rat cells as waste.

研究者们说巨噬细胞将陈睡着的老鼠的细胞当作垃圾对待。

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They were bathed in chemicals that put the cells into a sleeping condition known as programmed cell death.

他们浸没在化学物质中，让细胞进入熟睡状态，这个过程被称为程序性细胞死亡。

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The medicines used to treat HIV are excellent at suppressing HIV-virus replication and preventing destruction of immune cells, but the medicines are unable to eradicate the dormant, or sleeping, copies in immune cells.

WSJ: Mark Siedner: About That Baby Who Was 'Cured' of HIV

In the case of the Mississippi baby, we know she was exposed to HIV, had HIV in her blood, and that at least some cells in her blood were found with sleeping virus though we will likely never know if those cells were from the child or maternal cells that had been transmitted during pregnancy or birth.

WSJ: Mark Siedner: About That Baby Who Was 'Cured' of HIV