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Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:06 AM

Published 11/02/2009 by MedIndia


Scientists May Soon Control HIV By Putting Virus on a Leash

In a recent development brought about by a study, an antiviral protein produced by the immune system, dubbed tetherin,

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