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Why dont we kill HIV/ AIDS by killing the immune system?

Alright so I was prepping a lesson for class, where I need to cover HIV in the work place.

My question is, since the virus cannot survive without attaching to and replicating through a cell(specifically for HIV,cells with the CD4 molecule) why do we not just use a process such as chemotherapy to kill the cells, stick the patient in a clean room for however long it takes for the virus to die and then restart the immune system through bone-marrow transplants or something that might actually work.

It might be like taking a butchers knife to the patient, I'm just curious if this has been looked into.

Forgive me if this is a dumb question, its definitely not my field.
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This has been done a couple times, coincidentally, in people with both HIV and cancer who received a bone marrow transplant, but it is very risky and the donor has to be a very specific and exact match. To kill off someone’s immune system and form a new one is a huge task and many would not even survive the process. The side effects of medications used for this take an enormous toll on the body, and significantly increase the risk of cancer later in life. In many cases, this treatment would be more deadly than living with treated HIV.