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.

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.

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Cardinal Welcomes Largest ever Pilgrimage from Westminster to Lourdes

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Prep Time ahead of Mission to Seafarers' Cycle Challenge

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