Research in mice suggests that scientists may have a new lead on using gene therapy against the virus that causes AIDS.
In the new study, researchers engineered human stem cells — cells that create other cells — to lock a kind of “door” that allows HIV to enter.
The door, a “receptor” on immune cells linked to a gene known as CCR5, is disabled in a very small percentage of people, and those people appear to be virtually immune to HIV…”That’s like nature telling us how to cure AIDS”
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