Bob Grant | Aug 12, 2009 | 3 min read
A genetic variant on the X chromosome may explain why some HIV-infected women are slower to develop full-blown AIDS than men. Although several human genetic variants have been implicated in the control and spread of HIV within a host, this is the first time that a sex chromosome has been found to harbor a suspect stretch of genome related to the disease.HIV-1 budding from cultured lymphocyte Image: C. Goldsmith, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "I think it's a fasci