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retrovirus - A class of eukaryotic RNA viruses that, by using reverse transcription, can form double-stranded DNA copies of their genomes, which can integrate into the chromosomes of an infected cell. Pathogenic retroviruses include HIV and the causative agents of many vertebrate animal cancers. [FAO]

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Gene Therapy: Identifying Where Genes Can Successfully Integrate  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — Gene therapy -- whereby a retrovirus that integrates into the genome of a treated patient is used to deliver the gene of interest -- has

Developing Countries Hit Hard By HIV  -  Jul 25, 2007
Queerty,Countries hit the hardest by the nasty retrovirus include Uruguay, Mexico and Senegal, where an estimated - and respective - 15%, 21% and 22% of men who

Positive thinking  -  Jul 28, 2007
The Australian,Moreover, it's a retrovirus, a virus that has the ability to insert itself directly into its victim's genetic material. It can hide out there.

Teddy Bear Artists Invitational: One Good Cause Helping Another  -  Aug 17, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),...has done groundbreaking research in the quest to find solutions to two major threats to the health of the koala population: Chlamydia and retrovirus.

Full Text  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)To deliver the ribozyme into each patient's cells, the researchers used a mouse retrovirus. At the time, the most unusual aspect of the experiment was the

New face of hope for HIV/AIDS  -  Aug 8, 2007
INQ7.net,...marry his girlfriend in six months when he tested positive for HIV, a retrovirus that can lead to the deadly acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Gawker - The Stalker Becomes The Stalked  -  Aug 15, 2007
DealBreaker.Com,Gawker is more popular than ever, and in terms of proliferation, the retrovirus has Paris Hilton, and Gawker has Julia Allison. One Gawker editor said that

Discovery In Plant Virus May Help Prevent HIV And Similar Viruses  -  Aug 2, 2007
Science Daily (press release)The retrovirus HIV and the pararetrovirus CaMV both use reverse transcription to recruit the host's proteins in order to reproduce and spread infection.

$15M allocated to AIDS vaccine research  -  Aug 1, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...by the initialism HIV, formally known as HTLV-III and lymphadenopathy-associated virus, is a retrovirus that primarily infects vital components of the .

Martin to head Halifax Educational Foundation  -  Aug 10, 2007
Danville Register and Bee,She also served as business manager of the Myles Thaler Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research at U.Va.; as public relations and development

NewMedical Discoveries: Mustard plant virus could hold key to HIV ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
Vanguard,The study published in the journal The Plant Cell notes that HIV- a retrovirus and CaMV- a pararetrovirus, both use reverse transcription to recruit the

HIV confab: Progress in treatment, but access inadequate  -  Aug 2, 2007
Bay Area Reporter,At the retrovirus conference in February, researchers announced promising results for two antiretroviral drugs from entirely new classes – the CCR5

DiversityInc Style Guide  -  Aug 13, 2007
DiversityInc.com (subscription)HIV Acronym for human immunodeficiency virus, a retrovirus identified as the main cause of AIDS. HIV virus is redundant. Do not use HIV-infected or infected

The Newest Evolution of Viral Marketing  -  Jul 31, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),A retrovirus is exponentially more powerful than the average garden-variety virus. This collection of molecules invades a cell, and uses the host DNA to

Fresh Worry for Gene Therapy Approach  -  Jul 26, 2007
Science Now,A few years ago, a retrovirus triggered leukemia in three children in a gene therapy trial in France (ScienceNOW, 14 January 2003:).

'The Simpsons Movie' strains to bring the show's charms to the big ...  -  Jul 26, 2007
Orange County Register,In a general sense, "The Simpsons Movie" falls prey to the same comedic retrovirus that has plagued the TV series in recent years: recycled storytelling,

Phase IIa Study Results Demonstrate that Once-Daily 200 mg Dosing ...  -  Jul 24, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...demonstrate that INCB9471, an investigational drug for the treatment of HIV-1, the retrovirus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS,

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