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Researchers Zero In On Protein That Destroys HIV

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 20, 2010 @08:21AM 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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Oblig Rodney Dangerfield by PocariSweat1991 · 2010-08-20 08:23 · Score: 5, Funny

"Hey everybody! We're all gonna get laid!"
1. Re:Oblig Rodney Dangerfield by Ironhandx · 2010-08-20 08:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  What do you think he's using to post you insensitive clod!
  On the other hand I've heard similar stories from my Grandfather. Made especially hilarious by the fact that he was already married to my grandmother in the 70's and he says this stuff in front of her.
2. Re:Oblig Rodney Dangerfield by mcgrew · 2010-08-20 08:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I was a beta tester for dirt. We never did get all the bugs out...
  
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Re:yea. by Pojut · 2010-08-20 08:25 · Score: 5, Funny

"I just saved a bunch of money on child support by switching to condoms!"

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Re:yea. by Zeek40 · 2010-08-20 08:39 · Score: 5, Funny

I've worn a condom every time I've had a blood transfusion, and I've never gotten HIV.