Making the invisible visible: Mechanism discovered that enables innate immune system to detect viruses like HIV early - Phys.org


7/12/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Susanne Stöcker

The human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 belongs to the family of lentiviruses, which poses special challenges to medicine. HIV causes AIDS, a slowly progressing, chronic infectious disease, by circumventing the defense mechanisms of the immune system.

The human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 belongs to the family of lentiviruses, which poses special challenges to medicine. HIV causes AIDS, a slowly progressing, chronic infectious disease, by circumv… [+3374 chars]

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