HIV Trojan horse

HIV's ability to hide out in the body in places that drugs can't reach has helped the virus remain resistant to eradication. But Virxsys Corp. thinks its VRX1273 may be able to provide a functional cure for some patients by reaching all the walls into these disease reservoirs.

The therapeutic T cell vaccine hijacks HIV's ability to infect cells by gutting the virus and using it as the vector. The compound produced functional cures in 40% of monkeys 18 months after a viral challenge, according to data presented last month...