New Delhi: Scientists have decoded an in-built defence system of human body against the HIV, giving a new approach to drug development.
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have unravelled the long-sought atomic structure of an enzyme APOBEC-3G which is capable of stopping HIV at the very first stage of its attack on the body.
“We now understand how this enzyme can interact with DNA,” one of the researchers and a professor at USC Xiaojiang Chen said.
“This understanding provides a platform for designing anti-HIV drugs.” more
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