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December 6, 2005
Twins React Differently to HIV
by Staff
December 6, 2005—A pair of Los Angeles–born twins
infected with the same HIV strain during simultaneous blood
transfusions in 1983 have shown different T-cell reactions to the
virus. These findings, published in the December 5 Journal of Virology,
suggest a lot more than genetics are at play in HIV infection; the
immune system’s “random and unpredictable” response is a challenge to
the idea of a one-size-fits-all vaccine and other HIV research
dilemmas.
