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AIDS: An approach for targeting HIV reservoirs
- December 26, 2018
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Current HIV treatments need to be taken for life by those infected as antiretroviral therapy is unable to eliminate viral reservoirs lurking in immune cells. Scientists have identified the characteristics of CD4 T lymphocytes that are preferentially infected by the virus. Thanks to metabolic activity inhibitors, the researchers have managed to destroy these infected cells, or 'reservoirs', ex vivo.
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"AIDS: An approach for targeting HIV reservoirs", MachPrinciple, December 26, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/AIDS-An-approach-for-targeting-HIV-reservoirs
