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July 6, 2006

Non-Progressors Could Be the Key to a Cure

July 6, 2006—Researchers at UC San Francisco are studying 50 people who have had HIV for a long time but never gotten sick to see if it is their immune system or a particular mutation in the virus that allows them to control HIV. These long-term non-progressors or “elite controllers”—about one-third of 1% of people with HIV—may provide the key to curing AIDS, according an examination today by the Los Angeles Times.

Also check out these links to earlier POZ stories on this topic:
http://www.poz.com/articles/195_1306.shtml
http://www.poz.com/articles/187_1147.shtml
http://www.poz.com/articles/160_478.shtml
http://www.poz.com/articles/183_1025.shtml

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