MRI imaging used to find areas of active HIV replication in the body

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A research team led by Dr Denis Beckford-Vera of the University of San Francisco, California, have undertaken a first in-human study to identify areas of HIV replication using a new scanning technique that combines MRI imaging and radioactively labelled monoclonal antibodies. Viral reservoirs were identified not only in the gut and lymph nodes, but also the nose and bone marrow.

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