Vaccine hope for HIV offered by unique individual's immune response to virus

One person's unique ability to fight HIV has provided key insights into an immune response that researchers now hope to trigger with a vaccine, according to findings reported by a team that includes Duke Medicine scientists.The person had a rare combination of both lupus and HIV. Lupus, specifically systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, is a disease in which the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue.

Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 12, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Immune System / Vaccines Source Type: news