ag5@pucc-k (Basket Case) (12/28/84)
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From today's (28 December 1984) Chicago Tribune:
NEW YORK -- Scientists say they have found at least part of the
reason the AIDS virus targets a key immune system cell, and an expert
on the disease says the discovery may help interfere with the infection
process. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome cripples the immune
system by killing a certain kind of white blood cell, and the research
demonstrates that the suspected virus latches on to a particular protein
on the surface of that cell to begin infection. Dr. Robert Gallo, an
AIDS expert at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD, said
identifying the "receptor" protein for the virus was significant.
"If you know a lot about the receptor, it opens up ideas you didn't
have before," he said Thursday. "You can start doing things that might
interfere with the virus infection of the cell."
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... for whatever it's worth.
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