The discovery of genetic variation for resistance to HIV has suggested ways that HIV infection might be treated with gene therapy. For an example, see: Perez, E. E., J. Wang, et al. 2008....

The discovery of genetic variation for resistance to HIV

has suggested ways that HIV infection might be treated

with gene therapy. For an example, see:

Perez, E. E., J. Wang, et al. 2008. Establishment of HIV-1 resistance in

CD4+ T cells by genome editing using zinc-finger nucleases. Nature

Biotechnology 26: 808–816.

Hutter, G., D. Nowak, et al. 2009. Long-term control of HIV by

CCR5 Delta32/Delta32 stem-cell transplantation. New England Journal of Medicine 360: 692–698.