HIV-resistant people give new drug clues.

Australasian Business Intelligence,  August, 2006  

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Byline: Andy Coghlan

Aug 29, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The HIV Controller Collaborative Study is seeking to learn from people who are naturally resistant to HIV. A very small proportion, no more than two per cent, of HIV-positive people seem to suffer no ill effects from the virus: their immune systems are able to control the virus without any medical assistance. The Collaborative Study, launched at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Canada in August 2006, hopes to identify and study 1,000 or more of these people, known as ...

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