Health and Fitness

Researchers Open Door to New HIV Therapy

BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2014.  People infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can stave off the symptoms of AIDS thanks to drug cocktails that mainly target three enzymes produced by the virus, but resistant strains pop up periodically that threaten to thwart these drug combos.
how HIV protein interacts with CD4 receptor
The AIDS virus enters immune cells by binding to CD4 receptors embedded in the membrane (parallel lines) of the cell. But once a virus enters the cell, it makes a protein,…

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