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Nanotech Decoys for Viruses

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DAVIS, Calif., March 19 -- Using nanotechnology to stop human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) from entering cells is the ultimate aim of a new project at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis). The researchers hope to create tiny particles that can interfere with the proteins that viruses such as HIV use to attach to cells. "The idea is to make decoys for the virus," said Jacquelyn Gervay Hague, professor of chemistry at UC Davis and principal investigator on the grant. HIV attaches itself to a host cell through a protein called gp120 on the virus surface. Gp120 sticks to the CD4...Read full article

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