Scientists create 2-headed protein to deplete HIV reservoir
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a protein that awakens resting immune cells infected with HIV and facilitates their destruction in laboratory studies. The protein potentially could contribute to a cure for HIV infection by helping deplete the reservoir of long-lived, latently HIV-infected cells that can start making the virus when […]