An intrinsic capacity to destroy HIV is held by human cells. The virus has however evolved to contain a gene that blocks this ability. When this gene is removed from the virus, the innate human immune system destroys HIV by mutating it to the point where it can no longer survive. This phenomenon has been shown in test tube laboratory experiments, but now researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have demonstrated that the same phenomenon ...Friday, 29 March 2013
When a Viral Gene Is Deactivated Innate Immune System Can Kill HIV
An intrinsic capacity to destroy HIV is held by human cells. The virus has however evolved to contain a gene that blocks this ability. When this gene is removed from the virus, the innate human immune system destroys HIV by mutating it to the point where it can no longer survive. This phenomenon has been shown in test tube laboratory experiments, but now researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have demonstrated that the same phenomenon ...
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