Scientists develop a new HIV microbicide - and a way to mass produce it in plants
Date: 3.7.2009
New research in the FASEB Journal describes a one-two punch in the battle against **HIV**.
In what could be a major **pharmaceutical** breakthrough, research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) describes how scientists from St George's, University of London have devised a one-two punch to stop HIV. First the report describes a new **protein** that can kill the **virus** when used as a **microbicide**. Then the report shows how it might be possible to **manufacture** this protein in quantities large enough to make it affordable for people in developing countries.
"Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology":[ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/foas-sda052809.php]
