New Way to Combat AIDS
This is indeed a good news from PNAS. A new method has been found to offer new hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Previously most studies was about ways to target the protein of HIV but sad to say, HIV mutates fast enough to render the treatment useless.
The new method targets the human protein ITK which is related to T-cell proliferation and differentiation. In layman’s term, by “tweaking” T-cell configuration though the use of a chemical and genetic inhibitor, HIV seems to lost its way to penetrate the cell, making it unable to use the T cells to reproduce thus slowing the spread of the disease. This process however, does not interfere significantly with T cells’ normal ability to survive. More readings can be found here, here and here.
Being a little bit free today, I browse through some protein mapping database that I have generated through the Rosetta Project using BOINC, and begin to “construct” the proteins in real life. How can it possibly be done?
How does a chromosome look like?
Well, to make the whole thing more “realistic”, integration is being done producing the following masterpiece…
How is my artwork? Nice? =)
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Well…if we have 24 chromosome then we will be like Doom’s characters- either monster or reaper..haha
That bit of news is very informative, dude! Creative artwork! The way you make the protein fold gives people and illustration and it’s easier to understand. Well done! =)
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chou Yu and ingchia:
This is just a small matter. Did you know that Craig Venter team had actually sequenced 381 genes long containing 580,000 base pairs of genetic code all by themselves? They are actually creating a synthetic genome and an artificial life.
I tried to access this page but I’m required to subscribe to it. Should you be kind, try subscribe to the database and send me a copy of the story and maybe the journal itself.
Meanwhile get more readings here and here
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