Mutant Gene Can Slow AIDS Virus; Cancer Institute Study Indicates Some People May Be Impervious

The Washington Post | September 27, 1996| | Copyright

A genetic mutation common in U.S. whites slows the progression of AIDS in people infected with the AIDS-causing virus and, in some cases, protects individuals against the disease, according to a new study.

Scientists said the new information on the role played by the defective gene could lead to advances in the fight against AIDS by spurring the development of medicines or vaccines that mimic the protective mutation's effects.

"It's a beautiful study," said Robert C. Gallo, head of the University of Maryland's Institute of Human Virology in Baltimore, who in 1984 co-discovered the ...

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