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LeftHander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 09:41 AM
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Designer Enzyme Cuts HIV Out of Infected Cells
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Source: Scientific American

Scientists have constructed a custom enzyme that reverses the process by which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) inserts its genetic material into host DNA, suggesting that treatment with similar enzymes could potentially rid infected cells of the virus. In tests on cultured human tissue, the mutated enzyme, Tre recombinase, snipped HIV DNA out of chromosomes.

Read more: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=737AB56E-E7F...


SOunds interesting. May have been posted already.
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  -Designer Enzyme Cuts HIV Out of Infected Cells LeftHander  Jun-29-07 09:41 AM   #0 
  - Holy Cow.  DixieBlue   Jun-29-07 09:57 AM   #1 
  - Since it sounds like a cure to me..  ananda   Jun-29-07 10:15 AM   #2 
  - That's what I was going to say....  fudge stripe cookays   Jun-29-07 10:55 AM   #3 
  - Even if it is a cure....  ClintonTyree   Jun-29-07 11:59 AM   #9 
     - They can grow the enzyme in bacteria...  LeftHander   Jun-29-07 02:28 PM   #31 
        - Unfortunately, this country allows for labs to patent genetic sequences  TechBear_Seattle   Jun-29-07 04:01 PM   #41 
           - even with patenting these genetic sequences....or enzymes.  turtlensue   Jun-29-07 08:48 PM   #44 
  - Amazing!  lurky   Jun-29-07 10:58 AM   #4 
  - In vitro is one thing. In vivo is another thing entirely.  kestrel91316   Jun-29-07 10:59 AM   #5 
  - If Big Pharma Won't Let It Be Made in the Developed World, Then  VogonGlory   Jun-29-07 11:20 AM   #6 
  - India is pretty g pretty ggod candidate as well, & Bush won't  Vidar   Jun-30-07 09:10 AM   #50 
  - I wonder what the anti-GM people are going to say.  Bornaginhooligan   Jun-29-07 11:30 AM   #7 
  - Good point....  LeftHander   Jun-29-07 02:25 PM   #30 
     - This sounds like a remarkable discovery  trashcanistanista   Jun-29-07 03:49 PM   #40 
  - Excellent news!  OhioBlues   Jun-29-07 11:54 AM   #8 
  - Could be the answer to a lot of prayers  Erebus67   Jun-29-07 12:04 PM   #10 
  - Thank you for the link and news! This is wonderful news!  1776Forever   Jun-29-07 12:17 PM   #11 
  - I agree  themartyred   Jun-29-07 04:22 PM   #42 
  - I'll stow the cynicism for now and just say AWESOME!!!!  shadowknows69   Jun-29-07 12:18 PM   #12 
  - "snipped HIV DNA out of chromosomes"  WindRavenX   Jun-29-07 12:30 PM   #13 
  - Yeah no shit  shadowknows69   Jun-29-07 12:35 PM   #15 
  - Excellent. Now I want to know who the idiot was that thought Sciam.com would be a good name for  truthisfreedom   Jun-29-07 12:32 PM   #14 
  - Damn  knight_of_the_star   Jun-29-07 12:37 PM   #16 
  - Have to find out how this is linked to US Big pharma - if it is  xxqqqzme   Jun-29-07 12:58 PM   #17 
  - Sounds great but I'm not holding my breath  lizerdbits   Jun-29-07 01:08 PM   #18 
  - This technology is not new, btw.  mconvente   Jun-29-07 01:23 PM   #19 
  - How wonderful  cullen2382   Jun-29-07 01:30 PM   #20 
  - Watch the right wingers use this to argue against universal healthcare.  Conscious Confucius   Jun-29-07 01:36 PM   #21 
  - Bah! This innovative technological research comes from Germany!  KamaAina   Jun-29-07 01:55 PM   #23 
     - But we're a lot closer to fascism than Germany ever was.  Conscious Confucius   Jun-29-07 02:07 PM   #27 
     - And it's from the independent, non-profit,state-funded Max-Planck Gesellschaft  entanglement   Jun-30-07 09:39 AM   #52 
  - This is one of those scary two-edged swords  dotcosm   Jun-29-07 01:42 PM   #22 
  - i know! imagine being able to "cut out" pieces of DNA...  enki23   Jun-29-07 01:58 PM   #24 
  - Well, this is the current technology of genetic engineering  mconvente   Jun-29-07 02:07 PM   #28 
  - If it has the potential to benefit mankind shrub* will veto it, if it works  whistle   Jun-29-07 03:01 PM   #36 
  - viewed like that all science is a slippery slope.  lionesspriyanka   Jun-29-07 01:59 PM   #25 
  - The recent report on "creating life" with DNA is a redirect...  LeftHander   Jun-29-07 02:02 PM   #26 
  - This is awesome.  Odin2005   Jun-29-07 02:20 PM   #29 
  - Interesting use of restriction enzymes  turtlensue   Jun-29-07 02:30 PM   #32 
  - We asked for a cure - we got an enzyme that thinks it's Pac-Man  derby378   Jun-29-07 02:36 PM   #33 
  - People are going to be boinking in the street when this is available  BlueEyedSon   Jun-29-07 02:40 PM   #34 
  - That would be great if it works....then the CIA and neocons will have to  whistle   Jun-29-07 02:56 PM   #35 
  - Yowza!  Orrex   Jun-29-07 03:32 PM   #38 
  - You should crosspost this over in the HIV/AIDS Support Group  racaulk   Jun-29-07 03:23 PM   #37 
  - its done by german  krj44   Jun-29-07 03:39 PM   #39 
  - K&R #20 for good reason  themartyred   Jun-29-07 04:24 PM   #43 
  - and of course none of our fucking drug companies could afford to  orleans   Jun-30-07 12:33 AM   #45 
  - actually  turtlensue   Jun-30-07 05:22 AM   #48 
  - very cool.  xchrom   Jun-30-07 03:21 AM   #46 
  - Holy shit!  Prophet 451   Jun-30-07 05:09 AM   #47 
  - It has the potential to be I suppose if you can catch it early enough  turtlensue   Jun-30-07 05:28 AM   #49 
  - Congratulations to Max Planck & U Hamburg - meanwhile we'll stick to penis enlargement research...  entanglement   Jun-30-07 09:33 AM   #51 
 

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