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Články z EurekAlertUniversity of Michigan scientists discover bone marrow can harbor HIV-infected cells

8. 3 2010 (06:00)

Antiviral drugs have reduced AIDS to more of chronic disease rather than a death sentence, but why is the disease so hard to cure? A study published online March 7 in Nature Medicine shows bone marrow, previously thought to be resistant to the virus, can contain latent forms of the infection. Targeting these reservoirs of latent cells may open the door to new treatments, according to scientists at the University of Michigan Health System.