Proteins Lead To AIDS Breakthrough

AP:

The AIDS virus has to hijack human proteins to do its damage, but scientists until now have known only a few dozen of its targets. On Thursday, Harvard researchers unveiled a surprisingly longer list, an important first step in the hunt for new drugs.

HIV is on its face a simple virus, consisting of just nine genes. Yet it makes up for that bare-bones structure in a sinister and complex way -- by literally taking over the cellular machinery of its victims so it can multiply and then destroy.

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You know what else is a AIDS breakthrough? It can be prevented. Easily.
Here's how. Don't share needles with your drug addict peers. If you have to have butt sex with strange men in public restrooms then wear a condom. Don't have sex with strange men in public restrooms. Use a condom when have sex with strangers, period. Don't frequent places where promiscious sex is prevalent such as gay bathhouses. Check the demographics for those having the largest numbers of AIDS sufferers, if you absolutely have to have sex with those in that group then use a condom.
Consider this a public service announcement from the Citizens With Common Sense Coalition.