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New Study Reveals AIDS Drugs Build Normal Immune Strength

AIDS drug cocktails may be able to restore the ravaged immune systems of some people infected with HIV, researchers reported on Wednesday.

AIDS drug cocktails may be able to restore the ravaged immune systems of some people infected with HIV, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Immune cells known as CD4 T-cells returned to normal levels in an ideal group of patients, picked because they responded optimally to a combination of at least three AIDS drugs, the researchers reported in the Lancet medical journal.

The human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS, plunders the immune system, leaving people vulnerable to a range of infections that may prove fatal.

• Church leaders call for end to Congo crisis
• Doha conference a 'lost opportunity', say aid agencies
• Church ad banned for being offensive to homosexuals
• Young people believe volunteering can help make poverty history
• Church of Scotland relaunches children's services

Church leaders call for end to Congo crisis

Church leaders have issued a joint statement calling for an end to the crisis in Congo, where fighting between...

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