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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions.From ScienceDaily:

[A group led by Sudhir Paul, Ph.D., pathology professor in the UT Medical School] has engineered antibodies with enzymatic activity, also known as abzymes, which can attack the Achilles heel of the virus in a precise way. “The abzymes recognize essentially all of the diverse HIV forms found across the world. This solves the problem of HIV changeability. The next step is to confirm our theory in human clinical trials,” Paul said. Unlike regular antibodies, abzymes degrade the virus permanently. A single abzyme molecule inactivates thousands of virus particles. Regular antibodies inactivate only one virus particle, and their anti-viral HIV effect is weaker. ‘The work of Dr. Paul’s group is highly innovative. They have identified antibodies that, instead of passively binding to the target molecule, are able to fragment it and destroy its function. Their recent work indicates that naturally occurring catalytic antibodies, particularly those of the IgA subtype, may be useful in the treatment and prevention of HIV infection,’ said Steven J. Norris, Ph.D., holder of the Robert Greer Professorship in the Biomedical Sciences and vice chair for research in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the UT Medical School at Houston.”More at Science Daily.

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I must confess that I am a huge Youtube addict. In fact it is one of the first sites I visit in the morning. One thing that I don’t get though is how people decide to watch certain videos and ignore others…Yes entertainment is of course one of the reasons to watch a video but let’s compare the following videos:

Chris Crocker:

and What The Buck Show:

The first video was released about three months ago and now has 4, 980 000 views while the second video which was released nearly a year ago only has 2, 533  000 views. Number two was also awarded the most entertaining video when the YouTube awards were dished out earlier on this year.

So, my question remains, why the vast difference in viewership?

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Quite good comment on the whole Obama cartoon saga.

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