Scientists find potential 'off-switch' for HIV virus
...circuit that reduces the flow of current. "The resistor paradigm is a helpful way to think about how HIV e...ar Biology. "Understanding how to activate the Tat resistor to interrupt the reactions leading to viral infection could one day have repercussions in both the l...A simple feedback resistor switch keeps latent HIV from awakening
...sively modifying and dissipating, or introducing a resistor into, the main activator of transcription. HIV'...n and deacetylation, the authors postulated that a resistor might exist in the Tat circuit. A simple mathematical model showed that the interconversion of the t...It's electric: Cows show promise as powerplants
...s, along with the movement of electrons across the resistor and wire that connects the two electrodes, creates electrical current. The anode chamber was filled with rumen fluid and cellulose, which served as a food source for the microorganisms. Cellulose is plentiful on most farms, as harvesting usually lea...Successful Test Of Single Molecule Switch Opens The Door To Biomolecular Electronics
...reproducible single molecule negative differential resistor ?and in the process has developed a groundbreaking experimental technique that provides a “roadmap?for designing single-molecule devices based on biochemistry. The findings were presented Feb. 18 by Lindsay at the American Association for the Advanc...