Monday, January 7, 2019 NIAID Now: For HIV Reservoirs, One Size Does Not Fit All Scientists have previously recognized that the number of latently HIV-infected cells—the HIV reservoir—varies between individuals. Now, NIAID researchers and their collaborators have discovered that an important viral gene may play a role in the size of one's HIV reservoir. Their findings, reported online last week in the Journal of Virology, expand scientists' understanding of how specific attributes of the virus a person acquires can affect the course and nature of their HIV infection—which may help scientists pursuing a cure for HIV. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107