Posted on Feb 12, 2013
Source: http://www.alnmag.com/news/natural-protein-blocks-hiv-other-deadly-viruses Natural Protein Blocks HIV, Other Deadly Viruses News Posted: February 12, 2013 A team of UCLA-led researchers has identified a protein with broad virus-fighting properties that potentially could be used as a weapon against deadly human pathogenic viruses such as HIV, Ebola, Rift Valley Fever, Nipah and others designated "priority...
Targeted gene editing enters clinic Patients with HIV first to receive experimental gene therapy. Heidi Ledford A gene-therapy method that specifically disrupts a single gene may have had its first success in the clinic, potentially boosting immune-cell counts in a small number of patients with HIV. The results, presented on 28 February at the...
Antibodies Found That Prevent Most HIV Strains from Infecting Human Cells http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100708141531.htm ScienceDaily (July 9, 2010) — Scientists have discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the laboratory, and have demonstrated how one of these disease-fighting proteins accomplishes this...
