CATIE HIV/AIDS THEORY - HIV new discoveries, important findings

HIV/AIDS THEORY - HIV new discoveries, important findings

TreatmentUpdate43: Vol. 4, No. 3, July, 1993
Sean Hosein

First isolated 10 years ago in Paris, HIV is now the focus of intense research. Recently several advances have been made in scientists' under-standing of the way HIV damages the immune system. These findings can be divided into 2 basic areas:

* the importance of lymph nodes

* the interaction between HIV and the immune system

The usefulness of this research is that scientists can at last begin designing effective therapies for people with HIV infection/AIDS. In the sections to follow we will report some of their research and possible therapies for HIV/AIDS. It is important that people try to understand this new research, if only to steer themselves clear of therapies which may be toxic and have no survival benefit.

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