Jim Fessenden, UMass Medical School Communications
UMMS scientists identify genes that shut down HIV-1; research published in Nature
A pair of studies in the journal Nature, one by Jeremy Luban, MD, and colleagues in Italy and Switzerland, and the other by Heinrich Gottlinger, MD, PhD, and colleagues; have identified genes that disable HIV-1, suggesting a promising new strategy for battling the virus that causes AIDS. The studies, published online Sept. 30, show that…