14.08.2009 X chromosomal genetic variant delays progression to AIDS in HIV-infected women

After infection with HIV, the destruction of the immune system and the subsequent development of AIDS symptoms progress at different rates in different patients. An international research team coordinated by the Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany, has now discovered an X-linked genetic variant that is associated with the delayed loss of immune cells in HIV-infected women, but not men. more...