Gene therapy raises hope for a future AIDS cure

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

In a bold new approach ultimately aimed at trying to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes the disease.

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