HIV
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Mopping up: Neutralizing antibodies effectively corral HIV so there is less virus circulating in the body's blood supply.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
The antibody blocks CCR5, a surface protein that HIV commonly uses as a route into immune cells.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Take hepatitis C, which kills more people in the U.S. than HIV.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
This isn’t a pandemic anymore, according to experts, but that’s because the virus is now endemic — it’s a part of our daily lives like flu, HIV and other infectious diseases.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Axel responded to the suit by explaining that cells couldn’t grow outside of tissue culture and that there was a world of difference between culture contamination and HIV infection.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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