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Article: Researchers Devise Method for Natural Killer Cells to Destroy Hiding HIV.
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- May 17, 2004
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Byline: Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn., May 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a way to manipulate the body's own natural killer cells to destroy cells containing the HIV virus.
Current treatments for HIV block the virus from replicating, but don't kill the cells that contain HIV. The existence of these HIV-harboring cells -- often called the "latent" or "resting reservoir" -- is regarded by many to be the main obstacle to finding a cure for HIV.
"These drugs used to treat patients today -- which do an excellent job on suppressing replicating virus -- do nothing for the infectious virus contained within the latent ...
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