Protein identified that turns off HIV-fighting T cells
Monday, November 10, 2008 - 12:22
in Health & Medicine
In HIV-infected patients the body's immune system is unable to fight off the virus. A new study to be published online on 10 November in the Journal of Experimental Medicine shows that T cells in HIV-infected individuals express a protein called TIM-3, which inactivates their virus killing capacity...
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