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  • Trapdoor_Spider_Opening_(NZAC06001424)
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    Scientists discover viral trapdoor blocking HIV and herpes

    2024-10-10T10:49:00Z

    A group of researchers led by Xavier Saelens and Sven Eyckerman at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology discovered how a protein linked to the human immune system wards off HIV-1 and herpes simplex virus-1 by assembling structures in the cell that lure in these viruses and then trap them ...