Fighting HIV with HIV could mean a cure for AIDS
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A modified form of a protein found in the HIV virus (pictured) has been shown to keep that same virus from replicating (Image: Shutterstock)
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Although there is still much work to do before human trials can even be considered, a scientist from Australia’s Queensland Institute of Medical Research has created a protein that reportedly keeps HIV from progressing into AIDS. Perhaps ironically, that protein is a mutated form of one found in the HIV virus itself.
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