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HIV has proved adept at foiling drugs

2 months ago 30th Apr 11:14

The team at the US National Institutes of Health realised that many of the pathways regulated by ITK were also needed for HIV to take hold in the body.

Tests in human cells in the laboratory showed that removing or inactivating ITK could, as predicted, block many different steps in the ability of HIV to enter a cell, spread and replicate, the study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed.

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