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Newly identified HIV proteins could lead to AIDS treatments: study

January 11, 2008

Hundreds of new proteins critical in the spread of the HIV virus through the body have been identified by Harvard researchers, possibly opening the door to new treatment options.

In discovering 273 new human proteins that had not formerly been connected to the virus's spread, Harvard researchers feel they can perhaps target these proteins and prevent them from being infected.

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