From the Blogs: Is It Safe to Alter the CCR5 Receptor? And How Will This Influence HIV Cure Studies?

Read what Dr. Paul Sax has to say about a potential setback for the HIV cure effort in the latest HIV and ID Observations.

The HIV cure effort suffered a potential setback this week, as researchers reported an association between homozygosity for a CCR5 variant that prevents HIV infection and shorter survival. Will this latest finding dampen the pursuit of CCR5-driven cure strategies? Dr. Paul Sax looks at the potential implications in the latest HIV and ID Observations blog post.

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From the Blogs: Is It Safe to Alter the CCR5 Receptor? And How Will This Influence HIV Cure Studies?

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