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New Orleans Magazine
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August 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright New Orleans Publishing Group Inc. Aug 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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* A story published June 30 on HewSclentlst.com reports that scientists at Sangamo BloSciences, a biotechnology company in Duarte, Calif., have made a remarkable leap forward with AIDS/HIV research, having successfully created HlV-resistant mice.
Scientists discovered that by sabotaging the gene that ere- , ates cnemokine (C-C motif) receptor 5, a surface protein to which HIV bonds, the HIV virus Is essentially unable to enter Its targeted cell.
The gene is altered using a "zinc-finger nuclease," comprised of a zinc-finger component that binds exclusively to genetic material found in the CCR5 gene, and a "nuclease" section that essentially castrates the gene, rendering it incapable of ever ...
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