NIH scientists discover that defective HIV DNA can encode HIV-related proteins
Monday, July 18, 2016 - 18:31
in Health & Medicine
Investigators from the National Institutes of Health have discovered that cells from HIV-infected people whose virus is suppressed with treatment harbor defective HIV DNA that can nevertheless be transcribed into a template for producing HIV-related proteins. This finding may affect scientists' understanding of the long-term effects of HIV infection and what a cure would require.