Posts by Mathias Lichterfeld, MD, PhD
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CNS Cells Can Be Reservoirs for Long-term HIV-1 Persistence Despite Antiretroviral Therapy
In autopsy samples from people treated with antiretroviral therapy, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found intact HIV-1 proviruses in the central nervous system and other organs, and they showed brain tissue can be involved in multi-compartment dissemination of large clones of HIV-1 proviruses.
Biography
Mathias Lichterfeld, MD, PhD, is a professor in the Infectious Diseases Division at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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