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From:	Akudo Oguaghamba [ profile ]
Subject:	Good news
Sent:	Sep 20th, 2011 - 10:47:10

	http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/19/us-aids-hiv-disarm-idUSTRE78I5O820110919 I think this is great news. ___ Researchers from the United States and Europe working in laboratories on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) found it is unable to damage the immune system if cholesterol is removed from the virus's membrane. "It's like an army that has lost its weapons but still has flags, so another army can recognize it and attack it," said Adriano Boasso of Imperial College London, who led the study. The team now plans to investigate how to use this way of inactivating the virus and possibly develop it into a vaccine. Usually when a person becomes infected with HIV, the body's innate immune response puts up an immediate defense. But some researchers believe HIV causes the innate immune system to overreact. This weakens the immune system's next line of defense, known as the adaptive immune response. -- Ms. Oguaghamba Akudo N. ________________________________ Director/Coordinator Women's Health and Equal Rights Initiative FCT, Abuja. E-mail:akudo.wher (at) gmail.com; wher.nigeria (at) gmail.com Phone No: 08035603750 Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. - Susan B Anthony

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