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Wed May 2, 2012

A Step Forward For Gene Therapy To Treat HIV

Credit PLoS Biology
HIV particles assemble at the surface of a white blood cell called a macrophage.

Millions of people around the world are living with HIV, thanks to drug regimens that suppress the virus. Now there's a new push to eliminate HIV from patients' bodies altogether. That would be a true cure.

We're not there yet. But a report in Science Translational Medicine is an encouraging signpost that scientists may be headed in the right direction.

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