Building an HIV-Proof Immune System

摘要

Despite past setbacks in the field of gene therapy, several research teams are testing whether that strategy can provide people with immune cells that are more resistant to HIV or that can cripple the virusrnExcept for a lucky few, everyone infected by the AIDS virus suffers a prolonged and inexorable attack that obliterates the immune system. Yes, anti-HIV drugs can stave off this destruction. But drugs can have serious toxicities, they're costly and difficult to take every day, and the virus can develop resistance to all of them.