Immunotherapy kicks and kills HIV by exploiting a common virus

(University of Pittsburgh) In a first on the quest to cure HIV, University of Pittsburgh scientists report that they've developed an all-in-one immunotherapy approach that not only kicks HIV out of hiding in the immune system, but also kills it. The key lies in immune cells designed to recognize an entirely different virus.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news