Why some primates, but not humans, can live with immunodeficiency viruses and not progress to AIDS
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 10:35
in Biology & Nature
Key differences in immune system signaling and the production of specific immune regulatory molecules may explain why some primates are able to live with an immunodeficiency virus infection without progressing to AIDS-like illness, unlike other primate species, including rhesus macaques and humans, that succumb to disease.