This was a surprise, because tenascin-C is not an antibody, nor had it been suspected ofhaving any antiviral function. Its known jobs are to help the development of the fetal brainand to assist in wound healing. That it is also the right shape to attach itself to HIVsenvelope protein seems a complete coincidencewhich, indeed, it must be because AIDSis such a recent disease that evolution could not have had time to throw up a novel anti-HIV protein of this sort.
这很意外,因为黏蛋白C既不是抗体,也没有任何抗病毒功能。已知的功能是帮助胎儿大脑的发育和伤口愈合。黏蛋白C与艾滋病病毒的信使蛋白相吻合也纯属巧合,肯定是这样的,因为艾滋病是最近才出现的疾病,进化没有足够的时间产生这种新型抗艾滋病蛋白。
Whether tenascin-C, or something derived from it, can be deployed against HIV by doctors,rather than just by nature, remains to be seen. As far as possible, infected mothers are nowgiven antiretroviral drugsboth for their own health and for the health of their sucklinginfantsso Dr Foudas discovery will probably not affect them directly.
黏蛋白C,或者它的衍生物,排除其原始性质,能否被医生用于对抗艾滋病仍需要进一步研究。最可能的是,受感染的母亲们现在接受抗逆转录药物,为了她们自己以及孩子的健康,因此富达博士的发现可能不会对她们产生直接影响。
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