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Gold Nanoparticles Fight HIV

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RALEIGH, NC, May 27, 2008 – Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that gold nanoparticles are helping a once-failed drug to safely stop HIV from invading the body’s immune system. The original drug, a compound known as TAK-779, was designed in the 1990s to combat HIV by binding to a specific location on human T-cells that block HIV from entering the immune system.  This method was rendered useless when it was discovered that a major component, ammonium salt, caused harmful side effects. According to Dr. Christian Melander, assistant professor of chemistry at NC State, and doctoral student...Read full article

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    Published: May 2008
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
    Basic ScienceDr. Christian Melandergold nanoparticlesHIVNews & FeaturesNorth Carolina State UniversityphotonicsT-cellsT. Eric BallardTAK-779

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