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Another Milestone In The Battle Against HIV

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Topic: Another Milestone In The Battle Against HIV
Posted By: Technophobe
Subject: Another Milestone In The Battle Against HIV
Date Posted: May 30 2017 at 11:31am

Toward an hiv cure: Team develops test to detect hidden virus

Date:
May 29, 2017
Source:
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
Summary:
The quest to develop a cure for HIV has long been plagued by a seemingly simple question: how do doctors determine if someone is cured? The virus has a knack for lying dormant in immune cells at levels undetectable. Now scientists have created a test sensitive enough to detect 'hidden' HIV, and yet is faster, less labor-intensive and less expensive than the current 'gold standard' test.

Source and full article:    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170529133727.htm" rel="nofollow - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170529133727.htm


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