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Researchers at University of Pittsburgh have published new data on HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, January 18th, 2010

According to recent research published in the journal Acs Chemical Biology, "Nef is an HIV-1 accessory protein essential for AIDS progression and an attractive target for drug discovery. Lack of a catalytic function makes Nef difficult to assay in chemical library screens."

"We developed a high-throughput screening assay for Inhibitors of Nef function by coupling it to one of its host cell binding partners; the Src-family kinase Hck. Hck activation is dependent upon Nef in this assay, providing a direct readout of Nef activity in vitro. Using this screen; a unique diphenylfuropyrimidine was identified as a strong inhibitor of Nef-dependent Hck activation. This...

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