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Posted AT 1:28 AM EDT on 17/08/06

AIDS immunity under the microscope

CAROLYN ABRAHAM

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

One in every 300 people living with HIV never becomes sick or needs to take even a single drug to fight their infections, according to a surprising statistic released at the International AIDS Conference on Wednesday. Researchers have long known that some people have a natural resistance to the AIDS virus. But only now, 25 years into the epidemic, are they discovering the scope of a phenomenon they're calling “elite controllers.

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AIDS immunity under the microscope: One in every 300 people living with HIV never becomes sick or needs to take even a single drug to fight their infections, researchers say