http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2007/B12antibodyimage.htm
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2007/b12antibody.htm
In a finding that could have profound implications for AIDS vaccine design, researchers led by a team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have generated an atomic-level picture of a key portion of an HIV surface protein as it looks when bound to an infection-fighting antibody. Unlike much of the constantly mutating virus, this protein component is stable and—more importantly, say the researchers—appears vulnerable to attack from this specific antibody, known as b12, that can broadly neutralize HIV.
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“The structure of this gp120 epitope, and its susceptibility to attack by a broadly neutralizing antibody, shows us a critical area of vulnerability on the virus that we may be able to target with vaccines. This is certainly one of the best leads to come along in recent years.”
Originally posted by Palynkacall me hard-hearted...
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2007/B12antibodyimage.htm
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2007/b12antibody.htm
In a finding that could have profound implications for AIDS vaccine design, researchers led by a team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (N ...[text shortened]... arget with vaccines. This is certainly one of the best leads to come along in recent years.”
but i think it's amazing how trillions of dollars can be poured into a program to make a cure so that people can safely have sex...
but the government can't even get sufficient funds for a war on the terrorists that blew up a builiding here in the states...
Originally posted by rubberjaw30Funny thing they ain't fighting the terrorists!
call me hard-hearted...
but i think it's amazing how trillions of dollars can be poured into a program to make a cure so that people can safely have sex...
but the government can't even get sufficient funds for a war on the terrorists that blew up a builiding here in the states...
You wouldn't think it was so funny if it was a member of your family who got AIDS, would you?
Originally posted by rubberjaw30Children get HIV as well. Some are born with it because of an infected mother, and others get it because of scumbag perps. There are whole nations being decimated because of it.
call me hard-hearted...
but i think it's amazing how trillions of dollars can be poured into a program to make a cure so that people can safely have sex...
but the government can't even get sufficient funds for a war on the terrorists that blew up a builiding here in the states...
We can't fund the war on the terrorists that blew up those buildings because our resources have been sent to Iraq instead. Note that the mastermind is neither Iraqi nor does he live in Iraq.
Originally posted by rubberjaw30While a huge number of people have sex voluntarily, there is also a large number who don't. Do you believe that diseases can tell whether a person is choosing to have sex or is a victim? And are you saying that if your mother got HIV because your father made a bad choice, she should have the death penalty, which is what AIDS is?
if one of my family got AIDS, and it was from a hooker, id say tough luck...
should have kept it in ur pants...
Originally posted by reader1107no, ok
While a huge number of people have sex voluntarily, there is also a large number who don't. Do you believe that diseases can tell whether a person is choosing to have sex or is a victim? And are you saying that if your mother got HIV because your father made a bad choice, she should have the death penalty, which is what AIDS is?
sorry people...
wasn't thinking wen i said that...
i'm really ticked off with family when i said that...