Scientists unmask key HIV protein, open door for more powerful AIDS drugs

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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