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发帖数: 302 | 1 5. A typical example: Search for synthetic peptide HIV-1 vaccine
Around the world, millions of people are suffering from AIDS and hundred
of thousands of people die every year because of it. In most cases, the
causative agent is human immunodeficiency virus-1(HIV-1), which leads to
lysis of helper T cells. But vaccination is made difficult by the
antigenic diversity of HIV strains. HIV constantly changes its coat proteins
to evade detection by the host. Indeed, the mutation rate of HIV is 65
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