HIV Resistance Gene
- By Unknown
- Sep. 18 1996 00:00
The Caucasian people who have this gene are far less likely to progress rapidly to AIDS after infection and they live AIDS-free lives an average of two years longer.
But results have fueled a long-standing debate as to whether it is the amount and type of virus in the body that dictates the number of disease-free years, or whether it something in that individual's immune system? If the virus is the key, new drug treatments that decrease HIV levels may eventually be curative.