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Published online 3 March 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000309-1
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Nef-ed off by HIV
A new insight into how the HIV virus sneaks through the body incognito could hold promise for drug designers, Barbara Marte explains.
When a virus infects a cell, the immune system often recognizes and destroys that cell, preventing the virus from spreading. But many viruses, including the AIDS-causing, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), have developed strategies to evade this immune response.
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