Scientists unmask key HIV protein, open door for more powerful AIDS drugs
Date: 2.10.2008
New U-M discoveries on how **HIV** evades immune system could one day eliminate the need to take **antiviral drugs** for a lifetime.
University of Michigan scientists have provided the most detailed picture yet of a **key HIV accessory protein** that foils the body’s normal immune response. Based on the findings, which appear online in the journal PLoS Pathogens, the team is searching for **new drugs** that may someday allow infected people to be cured and no longer need today’s AIDS drugs for a lifetime.
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