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Immune cells can repel attacks from HIV by starving the virus, say scientists

HIV attacks the immune system and can weaken the body's defenses to the point that everyday infections become fatal

An international research team has shown how some cells in the body can repel attacks from HIV by starving the virus of the building blocks of life. Viruses cannot replicate on their own; they must hijack other cells and turn them into virus production factories. The study, published in Nature Immunology, showed how some parts [...]

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