Wistar Institute: Repeated Semen Exposure Promotes Host Resistance to Infection in Preclinical Model of HIV
August 21, 2019
August 21, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 21 -- The Wistar Institute issued the following news release:
Contrary to the long-held view that semen can only act as a way to transmit HIV-1 from men to women, scientists at The Wistar Institute and the University of Puerto Rico found that frequent and sustained semen exposure can change the characteristics of the circulating and vaginal tissue immune cells that are targets for infection, reducing the susceptibility to a future infection. This fin . . .
Contrary to the long-held view that semen can only act as a way to transmit HIV-1 from men to women, scientists at The Wistar Institute and the University of Puerto Rico found that frequent and sustained semen exposure can change the characteristics of the circulating and vaginal tissue immune cells that are targets for infection, reducing the susceptibility to a future infection. This fin . . .