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Researchers find how HIV can lie dormant in brain
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) inserts a copy of its DNA into human immune cells as a component of its life cycle. HIV latency is the term used to describe the long-lasting inert, latent condition that some of these newly infected immune cells might enter.
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Researchers discover two separate reservoirs of latent HIV in patients
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
When HIV patients get antiviral medication (ART), their viral levels are reduced to the point that a conventional blood test cannot detect the virus. However, once ART is discontinued, detectable HIV resurfaces, infecting new cells. The cells that release the virus to re-ignite the infection
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