This article suggests two strategies to combat AIDS, and cancer in general
The problem with AIDS is that while the virus is travelling from one T cell to another, the concentration of virus in the bloodstream is low and is insufficient to provoke a sufficient immune response. Therefore when one T cell dies the liberated virus particles infect more than one new T cell.
What is needed is to boost the antibody count in the blood at this time. This could be done if instead of T cell disintegration occurring gradually it occurred in pulses. Then lots of virus would be released at one time provoking a stronger immune response which would destroy a larger percentage of the AIDS virus particles before new T cells were infected.
The strategy would be would be to artificially destroy the T cells according to a time table such as:
Day One: disintegrate 1% of T cells
Day Two: disintegrate 2% of T cells
Day Three: disintegrate 4% of T cells
Day Four: disintegrate 8% of T cells
Day Five: disintegrate 8% of T cells
Day Six: disintegrate 8% of T cells
This method outlined may be more satisfactory than continually boosting the body's immune system by injection of de-activated virus for two reasons:
the immune system is only boosted when necessary; hence it can be boosted more with less stress on the body
the exact strain of virus to boost the immune response is used.
Non harmful tumours with receptors for the AIDS virus could be grown within the body to divert the virus from infecting T Cells. Or perhaps cells with receptors for the AIDS virus could be introduced into the bloodstream. These cells must absorb the virus, then change in a way that signals their removal.
The author acknowledges that the above are just ideas, and like all great ideas, they probably won't work.