Yeshiva University: Switching on a Protein to Stop HIV
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
BRONX, New York, March 19 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine issued the following news release:
The protein rhesus TRIM5alpha potently blocks HIV-1 infection in monkeys, but human TRIM5alpha does not block HIV-1 infection in humans. Now, Felipe Diaz-Griffero, Ph.D., has discovered how to turn on human TRIMalpha in human cells and found that it blocks HIV-1 replication.
In a study published online on March 17 in Cell Reports, . . .
The protein rhesus TRIM5alpha potently blocks HIV-1 infection in monkeys, but human TRIM5alpha does not block HIV-1 infection in humans. Now, Felipe Diaz-Griffero, Ph.D., has discovered how to turn on human TRIMalpha in human cells and found that it blocks HIV-1 replication.
In a study published online on March 17 in Cell Reports, . . .