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HIV/AIDS Drug Puzzle Cracked
Feb. 1, 2010
By Kate Kelland
Scientists say they have solved a crucial puzzle about the AIDS virus after 20 years of research and that their findings could lead to better treatments for HIV.
British and U.S. researchers said they had grown a crystal that enabled them to see the structure of an enzyme called integrase, which is found in retroviruses like HIV and is a target for some of the newest HIV medicines.
"Despite initially painstakingly slow progress and very many failed attempts, we did not give up and our effort was finally rewarded," said Peter Cherepanov of Imperial College London, who conducted the research with scientists from Harvard University.
© 2010 Reuters
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category: News from Other Sources : AIDS News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 1 February 2010
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