Lymph nodes could be used to develop HIV vaccine

A group of scientists are seeking to develop a drug against the virus using lymph nodes since they store immune system of humans. The immune system cells found in lymph nodes could help develop a vaccine against HIV, according to a study by the Center for Research in Infectious Diseases (CIENI). Dr. Pearl River Mariana Estrada indicated that they precisely know the reaction of the immune system against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and they are creating a vaccine against the virus. According to him only five percent of the cells that protect us is in the blood. The rest of the cells are in the lymphoid tissue, many of them in the lymph nodes. In an interview with the News Agency of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), River Estrada mentioned that it was found that HIV hides inside cells of the lymph nodes, where it replicates even if the patient...