Baby girls more susceptible to HIV than boys during pregnancy

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Baby girls more susceptible to HIV than boys during pregnancy
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“We found that HIV transmission to male foetuses was 50 per cent less common than to females,” the Lead researcher, Philip Goulder, a professor of immunology at the University of Oxford told SciDev. CD4 T cells are vital components of the immune system that play a crucial role in fighting off infections like HIV.The researchers also stated that the insights into HIV cure/remission gained from this study have far-reaching implications, offering hope for the development of effective cure strategies that could benefit not only children but also the estimated 39 million people worldwide living with HIV.

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