送交者: hehe 于 2005-1-11, 22:06:32:
Monkeys point way to treatment for HIV
The discovery of a genetic difference between rhesus monkeys and humans may help find a way to stop HIV infection developing into Aids, researchers said yesterday. British scientists funded by the Medical Research Council say they have identified a gene that prevents the rhesus monkey from getting infected by the HIV virus. Rhesus monkeys can be infected by a monkey form of HIV, SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus), but not by HIV itself.