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7-16-2008 10:54 AM924 views
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Mohir says:
“Unlike the changeable regions of its envelope, HIV needs at least one region that must remain constant to attach to cells. If this region changes, HIV cannot infect cells. Equally important, HIV does not want this constant region to provoke the body’s defense system. So, HIV uses the same constant cellular attachment site to silence B lymphocytes - the antibody producing cells. The result is that the body is fooled into making abundant antibodies to the changeable regions of HIV but not to its cellular attachment site. Immunologists call such regions superantigens. HIV’s cleverness is unmatched. No other virus uses this trick to evade the body’s defenses.”
Paul’s group has engineered antibodies with enzymatic activity, also known as abzymes, which can attack the Achilles heel of the virus in a precise way. “The abzymes recognize essentially all of the diverse HIV forms found across the world. This solves the problem of HIV changeability. The next step is to confirm our theory in huma
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7-16-2008 1:44 PM
meancookie89
i remember posting a vid on a doc who could cure aids with reverse electric therapy some time ago. this is interesting!
7-16-2008 1:47 PM
kmcolo
There have been so many hopes and so many disappointments in the fight against HIV that I will not hold my breath for this one. But nonetheless I hope this is it.
7-17-2008 3:39 AM
jecwere
I have always thought the researchers have been looking for the cure in the wrong direction. I hope this is not one of the wild chases.
Otherwise, we will have to wait for the grand fluke.
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