Immunotherapy for AIDS virus infections: Cautious optimism for cell-based vaccine (original) (raw)
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A vaccine that is able to work as a treatment for HIV-infected patients has been an elusive goal. Now experiments on macaques suggest that injections of modified dendritic cells might boost immunity to hold back disease progression (pages 27–32).
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Figure 1: Human dendritic cell containing HIV-1.
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Bhardwaj, N., Walker, B. Immunotherapy for AIDS virus infections: Cautious optimism for cell-based vaccine.Nat Med 9, 13–14 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0103-13
- Issue Date: 01 January 2003
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0103-13