title: Developments in basic science research.
abstract: The 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections featured a strong basic science program that provided new findings on the nature of HIV disease as well as surprises regarding the antiviral action of innate restriction factors.
authors.affiliation: Center for AIDS Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000821:virology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D017735:Virus Latency; D014779:Virus Replication