HIV Mutations Weaken Virus

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, frequently mutates. That has allowed the virus to bypass the immune system and infect about 80-million people over the last 35-years. However, researchers say the rapid evolution of HIV actually may be reducing its ability to cause AIDS. Oxford University Professor Phillip Goulder, the lead scientist in the study, said, “One of the quintessential features of HIV is its ability to mutate and evade the best things we can throw at it, whether its immune...

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