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Key to Natural HIV Resistance Found in Tiny Variants in Protein
"HIV is slowly revealing its secrets... Knowing how an effective immune response against HIV is generated is an important step toward replicating that response with a vaccine," said Bruce Walker, co-senior author of a study released Thursday.
"We have a long way to go before translating this into a treatment for infected patients and a vaccine to prevent infection, but we are an important step closer," added the director of the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital.
For nearly 20 years, doctors have known that a small minority of HIV-infected individuals -- about one in 300 -- are naturally able to suppress viral replication with their immune system, keeping viral load at extremely low levels.
"We found that, of the three billion nucleotides in the human genome, just a handful make the difference between those who can stay healthy in spite of HIV infection and those who, without treatment, will develop AIDS," said Walker.
"Understanding where this difference occurs allows us to sharpen the focus of our efforts to ultimately harness the immune system to defend against HIV," he added in the study published in Friday's issue of Science magazine.
Researchers led by Ragon Institute's Florencia Pereyra enrolled 3,500 individuals in clinics around the world, including 2,500 with progressive HIV infection and 1,000 controllers -- HIV infected people resistant to AIDS.
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