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Researchers Discover Gene That Blocks HIV

stemceller writes to tell us that a team of researchers at the University of Alberta claims to have discovered a gene capable of blocking HIV thereby preventing the onset of full blown AIDS. "Stephen Barr, a molecular virologist in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, says his team has identified a gene called TRIM22 that can block HIV infection in a cell culture by preventing the assembly of the virus. 'When we put this gene in cells, it prevents the assembly of the HIV virus," said Barr, a postdoctoral fellow. "This means the virus cannot get out of the cells to infect other cells, thereby blocking the spread of the virus.'"

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  1. Yay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    All the fudgepackers can bareback again!

  2. If only by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    faggots would stop fucking each other up the ass. then there would be no AIDS to cure.

  3. Re:But how will it be used? by brian0918 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ahh, so instead of companies willingly funding this research, we have the government stealing money at gunpoint from its own citizens. And you call that less evil?