Towards a more complete conformational understanding of the HIV-1 viral infectivity factor

Every twelve seconds another person contracts the HIV Virus and every sixteen seconds another person dies from AIDS (UNAIDS, 2010). Despite current treatments for the HIV virus, the AIDS pandemic is still a serious threat to human health. Currently, there are large gaps in our biophysical understand...

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Summary:Every twelve seconds another person contracts the HIV Virus and every sixteen seconds another person dies from AIDS (UNAIDS, 2010). Despite current treatments for the HIV virus, the AIDS pandemic is still a serious threat to human health. Currently, there are large gaps in our biophysical understanding of the processes that underlie HIV infectivity and the viral components responsible for promoting the disease.