MY AMERICAN SCIENTIST
LOG IN! REGISTER!
SEARCH
 
RSS
Logo
HOME > SCIENCE IN THE NEWS > Science Detail

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS DAILY

Mystery of HIV Carriers Who Don't Contract AIDS

from Scientific American

More than half a million people in the U.S. have died from HIV infection, and more than a million currently live with the virus, but a relative handful of people infected with HIV never get treatment for it and never get sick from it. The immune systems of this small population--perhaps 50,000 Americans--somehow control the virus for long periods of time.

Of course, there is typically a bell curve of response to any disease, but figuring out how these people control the virus is one of the most vexing mysteries of the AIDS pandemic. Solving it might unlock new ways to prevent and treat HIV infection, and now several research teams are going after the answer.

... "Long-term nonprogressors" is a category of persons whose disease progresses less rapidly than average. Researchers originally used the term broadly but now they have been able to tease out two subsets of patients within a hierarchy...

Read more...

 

Subscribe to Our Content!

Visit our RSS Feeds page to choose among 13 customized feeds, or create a free My AmSci account to request an email notice whenever a specified author, department or discipline appears online.


EMAIL TO A FRIEND :

Of Possible Interest

Science In The News Daily: Transplant Jaw Made by 3-D Printer

Science in the News Weekly: Alzheimer's 'Jumps' Across Brain Cells

Science in the News Weekly: Science at the Top of the News for January 30-February 3

Subscribe to American Scientist

Sites of Interest

Duxbury Ventures Website Investments

Social Justice

Find Websites Worth

München Fair Hotels

ABC Fundraising

Promotional Products

Business Cards

Car Hire

Get a Gold Ira at Regal Assets.

Online Shopping