Researchers identify potential new weapon in battle against HIV infection
Monday, January 12, 2009 - 12:14
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered a potentially important new resistance factor in the battle against HIV: blood types. An international team of researchers from Canadian Blood Services, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Lund University in Sweden have discovered that certain blood types are more predisposed to contracting HIV, while others are more effective at fending it off.