Protein Identified That Turns Off HIV-fighting T Cells
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 11:14
in Health & Medicine
In HIV-infected patients, the body's immune system is unable to fight off the virus. A new study shows that T cells in HIV-infected individuals express a protein called TIM-3, which inactivates their virus killing capacity. Blocking this protein, the study suggests, might one day help patients to eliminate HIV as well as other chronic infections.
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