Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 26 January 1996:
Vol. 271. no. 5248, p. 441
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5248.441a
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

News & Comment

Clare Thompson

For years, AIDS researchers have passionately debated the possibility that some people's immune systems might be able to clear HIV infection. Earlier claims were controversial, but two large European studies have yielded what some researchers regard as solid evidence that infants, at least, can cast off the virus. In a total of about 400 babies born to HIV-positive mothers, the studies identified some 20 who were originally infected and later had no detectable virus in their blood.




To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)