Scientists discover how to prevent undesirable immune attacks on therapeutic viruses

ENN
Jan 19, 2017, 3:14 pm134 pts
LA JOLLA—Normally when we think of viruses, from the common cold to HIV, we want to boost people’s immunity to fight them. But for scientists who develop therapeutic viruses (to, for example, target cancer cells or correct gene deficiencies) a more important question is: How do we keep people’s natural…

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