Toward an HIV cure: Research team develops test to detect hidden virus

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Toward an HIV cure: Research team develops test to detect hidden virus
May 29, 2017
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HIV infecting a human cell. Credit: NIH

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The quest to develop a cure for HIV has long been plagued by a seemingly simple question: How do doctors determine if someone is cured? The virus has a knack for lying dormant in immune cells at levels undetectable to all but the most expensive and time-consuming tests.

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health announced today in Nature Medicine that they've created a test sensitive enough to detect "hidden" HIV, and yet is faster, less labor-intensive and less expensive than the current "gold standard" test.

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