HIV/AIDS

UF researchers track genetic journey of HIV from birth to death

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 12th, 2007

University of Florida scientists have discovered how HIV evolves over the course of a person’s lifetime into a more deadly form that heralds the onset of full-blown AIDS. The findings could pave the way for new therapeutic agents that target the virus earlier in the disease process, before it takes a lethal turn, researchers say.

"We were very interested in understanding how the virus mutates from the beginning of the infection until the end," said Marco Salemi, an assistant professor of pathology, immunology and laboratory medicine in the UF College of Medicine and lead author on the study, which appeared in an online issue of the journal PLoS ONE in September....

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-11-12)

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