Word: virality
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...this hunch proves right, it will mark a milestone in the battle to contain the late-20th century's most terrible epidemic. For in addition to explaining why this small group of people infected with HIV has not become sick, the discovery of a viral strain that works like a vaccine would have far-reaching implications. "What these results suggest," says Dr. Barney Graham of Vanderbilt University, "is that HIV is vulnerable and that it is possible to stimulate effective immunity against...
...strain of HIV that popped up in Sydney intrigues scientists because it contains striking abnormalities in a gene that is believed to stimulate viral replication. In fact, the virus is missing so much of this particular gene--known as nef, for negative factor--that it is hard to imagine how the gene could perform any useful function. And sure enough, while the Sydney virus retains the ability to infect T cells--white blood cells that are critical to the immune system's ability to ward off infection--it makes so few copies of itself that the most powerful molecular tools...
Dean of Freshman Elizabeth S. Nathans, who was hospitalized last Tuesday, is suffering from a viral infection and is not expected to return for two weeks, University officials said yesterday...
...appears the most likely cause was a virus--a very serious viral infection of some kind," said Assistant Dean of Freshman for Academic Affairs Elizabeth Doherty, who is acting Dean of Freshman during Nathans' leave...
...Friday it was pretty clear [that the cause was viral]," said Doherty, who has been in contact with Nathans' physician. "There's nothing infectious," she added...