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Researchers Zero In On Protein That Destroys HIV

Posted by Soulskill on from the discovering-the-crucial-bazooka-protein dept.

Julie188 writes with this excerpt from a Loyola University news release: "Using a $225,000 microscope, researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5a that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys. The finding could lead to new TRIM5a-based treatments that would knock out HIV in humans, said senior researcher Edward M. Campbell, PhD, of Loyola University Health System."

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  1. Re:Not ready for humans yet by BitZtream · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yea, but thats only cause the drug companies will bury it for the next 100 years, it'll eventually become public when some high school kid cobbles together enough info and publishes it before someone realizes they need to buy him off.

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