How 'Hidden Mutations' Contribute To HIV Drug Resistance
Saturday, August 2, 2008 - 23:21
in Health & Medicine
One of the major reasons that treatment for HIV/AIDS often doesn't work as well as it should is resistance to the drugs involved. Now, scientists have determined how mutations hidden in previously ignored parts of the HIV genome play an important role in the development of drug resistance in AIDS patients.
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