Therefore,theresearchers’strategywastodisrupttheCCR5receptor.Theydidthisbyintroducingaspecialdouble-strandedRNAknownas”smallinterferingRNA,”orsiRNA,intotheT-cell.Todoso,theyengineeredadisabledHIVvirustocarrythesiRNAintotheT-cell.Thus,theT-cellwasinvaded,butthedisabledvirushasnoabilitytocausedisease.OnceinsidetheT-cell,thesiRNAknocksouttheCCR5receptor.
TheresearchissupportedbytheNationalInstituteofAllergyandInfectiousDiseasesandtheDamonRunyon-WalterWinchellFellowship.爿籿孒燳