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Natural peptide protects against HIV

A protein in the blood could make for a new class of AIDS drug.

A natural component of human blood has been found to block the HIV virus from infecting cells. And fortunately, tweaking just a few of the amino acids that form the molecule somehow makes its effects 100 times more potent.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on April 19, 2007 06:19 PM |

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Posted by: Simon | April 23, 2007 09:54 AM

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