HIV's persistent adaptability

The adaptability of pathogens is a great challenge to modern medicine, particularly the growing bacterial resistance to antibiotics. But other pathogens also possess the ability to adapt and render drugs powerless. Drug-resistant HIV viruses can spread rapidly. Only the continuous introduction of new drugs can stop the virus from getting the upper hand, scientists report.



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