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Scientists find way to separate HIV virus from cells

Agence France-Presse

Published: Friday June 29, 2007

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In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said.

The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it out of the infected cell, according to the study published in Science magazine.

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However they warned that there were significant barriers to overcome before the enzyme could be used to help cure patients.

"The most important, and likely most difficult, among these is that the enzyme would need efficient and safe means of delivery and would have to be able to function without adverse side effects," wrote lead author Indrani Sarkar of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden.

"Nevertheless the results we present offer an early proof of principal for this type of approach, which we speculate might form a useful basis for the development of future HIV therapies," Sarkar concluded.

Still a while before it is functional it seems.

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Still a while before it is functional it seems.

it will be quite some time, but at least we know there truly is progress being made. so often do we hear there is research on these diseases, but we never hear if they are actually progressing or if there just at a brick wall. this article really helps to show something is actually happening.

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