Integrated HIV Successfully Cut Out of Human Genome 185
Chris writes "German scientists have succeeded in snipping HIV out of human cells after it has integrated itself into a patient's DNA. The procedure is a breakthrough in bio-technology and fuels hope of a cure for AIDS. The group is only cautiously optimistic, though, as treating a full-on infection would be substantially different than succeeding in a controlled lab environment. 'Researchers ... began with the bacterial enzyme Cre recombinase, which exchanges any two pieces of DNA flanked on either end by a certain pattern of nucleotides (DNA subunits) known as loxP. HIV does not naturally contain loxP sites, so the team created a hybrid of the two DNA molecules, which they used to select a series of mutated Cre enzymes that were increasingly able to recognize the combined DNA. The final enzyme, Tre, removed all traces of HIV from cultured human cervical cells after about three months, the researchers report online today in Science.'"
In the shower.... (Score:2, Funny)
Incredible (Score:4, Funny)
Let me guess (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Translation, please. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Translation, please. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:In the shower.... (Score:2, Funny)
You liar. The truth is that you were standing on the toilet fixing something and you tripped and fell and hit your head. Then you came up with two ideas: a) fixing HIV, and b) the flux capacitor.
Re:DNA Spoofing ? (Score:3, Funny)
The bad news is you will have two heads, flippers instead of arms, and sneeze bile.
Re:Seems like cheating (Score:4, Funny)
Side Effect (Score:3, Funny)
Re:In the shower.... (Score:5, Funny)
Are you currently serving time in prison by any chance?
Re:Translation, please. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Translation, please. (Score:5, Funny)
I always knew shell scripting would save lives one day.
Re:Incredible (Score:4, Funny)