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Researchers Get Inside A Long Suspected HIV Hideout In Humans
medicalnewstoday.com     May 14, 2008            

Scientists have broken inside a cell long suspected of harboring HIV during drug treatment and determined it is indeed a reservoir of the virus in humans, where it remains highly infectious. Researchers at Brigham Young University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have discovered the genetic...


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BYU Researchers Find HIV Harbored in Cells

byu.edu     May 16, 2008          

By Jesseca Bird - 16 May 2008 BYU professor Greg Burton and others discovered that the HIV virus can be harbored in cells, allowing the virus to escape the treatment. BYU professors and students are part of a team of researchers who discovered a human cell reservoir, which can harbor HIV in its...

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BYU researchers help find cell harboring HIV

deseretnews.com     May 14, 2008          

Researchers at Brigham Young University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have confirmed a third type of human cell "reservoir" that harbors HIV in its infectious state, eluding treatments designed to kill the virus. Follicular dendritic cells (FDCs), located in lymphoid tissues throughout the...

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Researchers discover where the AIDS virus hides

ksl.com     May 14, 2008          

Ed Yeates reporting A long suspected hideout in the body for HIV may be the most insidious masquerade yet. For the first time, BYU and Johns Hopkins researchers have removed an elegant cell that allows the AIDS producing virus to sit in waiting like a Trojan Horse. HIV, the virus that triggers...

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BYU, Johns Hopkins researchers find 3rd type of cell that harbors HIV

deseretnews.com     May 13, 2008          

Researchers at Brigham Young University and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have confirmed a third type of human cell "reservoir" that harbors HIV in its infectious state, eluding treatments designed to kill the virus. Follicular dendritic cells (FDCs), located in lymphoid tissues throughout the...

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Researchers Get Inside a Long-suspected HIV Hideout in Humans

newswise.com     May 13, 2008          

A new study shows infectious HIV hides out during drug treatments in a third type of reservoir cell. Called FDCs, these cells act as bank vaults storing material necessary to maintain the immune system's armies of antibodies. This advance will help the medical community figure out how to attack...

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