MicroRNAs help control HIV life cycle

Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 11:49 in Biology & Nature

LA JOLLA, Calif., June 26, 2009 -- Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered that specific microRNAs (non-coding RNAs that interfere with gene expression) reduce HIV replication and infectivity in human T-cells. In particular, miR29 plays a key role in controlling the HIV life cycle.

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