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Elite controllers may self-vaccinate against active HIV infection, gene study suggests – aidsmap

A study published in Nature on Wednesday has used novel gene-sequencing probes to investigate exactly how the one in 200 people with HIV who are so-called “elite controllers” manage the feat.

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A study published in Nature on Wednesday has used novel gene-sequencing probes to investigate exactly how the one in 200 people with HIV who are so-called elite controllers manage the feat.
The study, by Chenyang Jiang and colleagues from the Ragon Institute, a research consortium dedicated to finding vaccines and cures for HIV and other infectious diseases, suggests that a dynamic process happens whereby a strong anti-HIV response by the CD8 cells of the immune system preferentially kills off …

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