Finding the secret to long-term HIV immunity may lead to new, shorter treatment regimens

Scientists have discovered a critical new clue about why some people are able to control the HIV virus long term without taking antiviral drugs. The finding may be useful in shortening drug treatment for everyone else with HIV. These rare individuals who do not require medicine have an extra helping of a certain type of immune protein that blocks HIV from spreading within the body by turning it into an impotent wimp, Northwestern Medicine® scientists report. The new finding comes from analyzing cells from these rare individuals and HIV in the lab...

Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news