For many years, researchers have tried to determine the structure of a retrovirus enzyme, a special protein that is employed by a class of viruses including HIV. Now, players of the online game Foldit managed to solve this complex structures where many scientists failed using more advanced methods.
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20 September 2011
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A team of investigators announces that an ancient chimp virus has been revived so that researchers could study it in peace. Analyzing these organisms in the same manner as all other viruses are analyzed is extremely important for scientists. Experts turn their attention to ancient pathogens which are known as endogen... |
26 October 2010
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During research on retroviruses, a doctoral student currently at the University of British Columbia, in Canada, discovered a never-before-observed mechanism of inhibiting this class of organisms. This family of viruses contains that dreaded, and often fatal, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the one that promotes t... |
8 April 2010
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According to new scientific evidence, it would appear that the retroviruses from which the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) evolved have been plaguing the animal world since 100 million years ago. The new time frame is about 85 million years 'older' than first thought, which brings into focus the need to ... |
28 September 2009
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