HIV-1, like other viruses, lacks the machinery to produce its own proteins and must rely on the ... offering a promising new avenue for antiviral drug development," reports Caliskan.

Many vaccines work by introducing a protein ... HIV and other diseases." Andrew Ward, PhD, professor of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology at Scripps Research and senior author of ...

A better understanding of HIV viral protein structure could result in better HIV therapy, feel researchers who are working on this collaborative project at UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

The human immune deficiency virus (HIV) first entered public consciousness in the early 1980s, after cases of unfamiliar and deadly illnesses began to overwhelm medical centers across North America.

When we know the structure of a protein, we can attempt to design small drug molecules to bind to it and block its function. The power of this approach has been shown in the battle against HIV and ...

Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles ... Scientists at Scripps Research have now made a new discovery for some HIV vaccines. The scientists discovered that ...

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC has identified targeted activator of cell kill (TACK) compounds acting as Gag polyprotein (HIV-1)/protein Pol dimerization inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of ...

HIV and treatments ... into cellular genome and will synthesize viral precursor proteins and viral mRNA to then assemble and form new infectious viruses, released. (Photo by: BSIP/Education ...