פותחה שיטה חדשה במעבדה להפיכת תאי המערכת החיסונית לעמידים בפני נגיף האיידס.

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To make this anti-HIV gene therapy technique, Chono and the team of researchers used a bacterial gene called mazF, which is an enzyme, or mRNA interferase, that prevents protein synthesis by destroying gene transcripts. MazF is transferred into CD4+ T-cells, and due to the design of the mazF gene therapy vector, HIV activates synthesis of the MazF protein. MazF blocks HIV replication when HIV infects these treated T-lymphocytes, which ultimately makes the T-cells resistant to the infection.

http://www.dailytech.com/New+T.....e20761.htm