Salk Scientists Crack the Structure of HIV Machinery (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Salk Scientists Crack the Structure of HIV Machinery (2 of 2)

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Salk scientists (from left, Dmitry Lyumkis and Dario Passos) have solved the atomic structure of a key piece of machinery that allows HIV to integrate into human host DNA and replicate in the body, which has eluded researchers for decades. The findings describing this machinery, known as the "intasome," appear Jan. 6, 2017, in Science and yield structural clues informing the development of new HIV drugs.

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