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November 13, 1995 8:00 AM UTC

Australian researchers reported that patients who have survived symptom-free with HIV for 10-14 years after infection carry an isolate of the virus that has deletions in the nef gene.

As reported in Science, an infected gay man in Sydney donated blood, and more than a decade has passed without any of the six recipients of his blood developing lowered CD4 counts or any overt clinical signs of AIDS. ...