Published in AIDS Weekly, May 15th, 2006
Study 1: A T-cell-based reporter system screens antiretroviral drugs.
"The rapid increase of viral strains that are resistant to the currently available antiretroviral drugs is a threat to the success of current human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) treatment and emphasizes the importance of developing novel anti-HIV-1 compounds.
"To improve the current abilities to screen for novel HIV-1 inhibitors, here we introduce a T-cell-based reporter cell line (JLTRG-RS) that expresses both HIV-1 coreceptors, CXCR4 and CCRS, and provides...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-05-15)
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