Conference Coverage (Retrovirus)

Tiny Region of HIV Gene Missing in Long-Term Non-Progressors

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, February 19th, 1996

A tiny portion of the HIV-1 nef gene is missing in a cohort of people remaining healthy despite long-term infection with the virus.

The so-called Sydney cohort is a group of people infected with HIV via blood transfusions from the same donor.

The blood donor and six people infected by his plasma have remained healthy longer than a decade and even have normal immune systems, Australian scientists report in the November 10, 1995, issue of the journal Science.

Coincidentally, the HIV infecting the Australians is almost identical to a manmade strain U.S. researchers have developed as a possible AIDS vaccine. The vaccine, developed by...

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