06 November 2023
Clearing the Cache
While HIV infection is successfully controlled by antiretroviral drugs, the virus can persist at low levels in lymph nodes. Using a mouse model with Friend virus this study shows that treatment with an antibody directed against the protein CD137 induces clearance of the viral reservoir by a type of cytotoxic T cell
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