August 2009
10 posts
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Boeing Airborne Laser Team Completes 1st Airborne... →
PLoS Biology: Reawakening Retrocyclins: Ancestral... →
In Short: This team reactivated a 7Â million year old dormant gene to fight HIV-1 infections!!
Abstract:
Human alpha and beta defensins contribute substantially to innate immune defenses against microbial and viral infections. Certain nonhuman primates also produce theta-defensins—18 residue cyclic peptides that act as HIV-1 entry inhibitors. Multiple human theta-defensin genes exist, but they...
