1. After release, viruses remain inactive until they come into contact with and infect another cell. 2. Viral infectiousness is defined as the ability of a virus to enter and infect a cell in the target host. 3. A newer anti-HIV drug called pyridinone caused HIV to mutate into a form which could not reproduce or infect new cells. 4. They are small and can only carry a small amount of human DNA, and only infect dividing cells. 5. The gene was transferred by splicing it into the DNA of a bacterium which naturally infects plant cells. 6. And a protease inhibitor, which blocks the protease enzyme needed for the HIV virus to infect other cells, may not even be necessary. 7. As a result, they can survive a form of malaria that infects the cell only if it can attach to Duffy. 8. At first glance, it seemed that the shape of the protein molecule would actually prevent a virus from infecting a cell. 9. Because scientists do not have a full understanding of how HIV infects cells, clarifying the mechanism by which SLPI blocks infection could have broader importance. 10. A virus only shows real signs of life after it has infected a cell. |