PokerPacker Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Scientists find way to separate HIV virus from cells Agence France-Presse Published: Friday June 29, 2007 Print This Email This 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. click link for full story http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Scientists_find_way_to_separate_HIV_0629.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boysetsfire Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Wow. Even though it's in it's early stages this is just fantastic news and major step forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jones Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202017 sorry, i saw the article just came out today and i didn't see it on the first page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202017 You tell him China When you post and article.... you're stepping on China's toes, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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