Scientists find missing clue to how HIV hacks cells to propagate itself

Scientists find missing clue to how HIV hacks cells to propagate itself 11/15/2017 12:49 PM EST Computer modeling has helped a team of scientists, including several scholars from the University of Chicago, to decode previously unknown details about the "budding" process by which HIV forces cells to spread the virus to other cells. The findings, published Nov. 7 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may offer a new avenue for drugs to combat the virus. Full story at https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/11/08/scientists-find-missing-clue-how-hiv-hacks-cells-propagate-itself Source University of Chicago This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111