Archive for May, 2008
Scientists have announced a novel method of attacking the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, the cause of AIDS. The study, a collaboration between Boston University and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), investigated the targeting of a protein located on human immune cells. Once targeted, the virus was unable to infect these cells. Eric Green, […]
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Tags: AIDS, Boston university, HIV, immune system, NIH, PNAS, T cells, white blood cells