Aug. 26, 2014
Holding on: Bond LSC scientist discovers protein prevents release of HIV and other viruses from infected cells
Shan-Lu Liu, Bond LSC scientist and associate professor in the MU School of Medicine’s Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Courtesy Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health System. Shan-Lu Liu initially thought it was a mistake when a simple experiment kept failing. But that serendipitous accident led the Bond Life Sciences Center researcher to discover how a protein prevents mature HIV from leaving a cell. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published this research online Aug. 18. “It’s a striking phenomena caused by this particular protein,” Liu said. “The HIV is already assembled inside…
