2021 Science Writers' Boot Camp | The “elite controllers” who can naturally suppress HIV

Infectious disease expert Joel Blankson explores the natural mechanism of control of HIV in a cohort of patients known as elite controllers or elite suppressors. These patients are HIV-positive but maintain levels of circulating virus that are below the limit of detection of standard clinical assays. Blankson and his team argue that elite suppressors represent a potential model for a therapeutic HIV vaccine. #ScienceWritersBootCamp #JohnsHopkins