Experts Engineer Antibodies Against HIV

Scientists and researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, in the US, have managed to create a synthetic immune system-like molecule, able to fight the dreaded human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in monkey test subjects. After being injected with the new chemical, the animal... [ read more >> ]

HIV latches onto healthy cells, and mutates so that the immune system does not recognize it

Image comment: HIV latches onto healthy cells, and mutates so that the immune system does not recognize it
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HIV latches onto healthy cells, and mutates so that the immune system does not recognize it