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Potential cure for HIV discovered
Friday, 29 June 2007
Agençe France-Presse
Potential cure for HIV discovered
A traditional African AIDS awareness badge. The new technique could be the first step in developing a cure for HIV, which is ravaging populations across Africa.
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CHICAGO: In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells.
The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it out of the infected cell, according to a study published today in the U.S. journal Science.
| Potential cure for HIV discovered | COSMOS magazine
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