Spanish researchers design synthetic molecules capable of
joining to the AIDS virus genetic material and block its replication
A multidisciplinary team of scientists from Spanish
universities and research centres, among which the University of Valencia is,
has managed to design small synthetic molecules capable of joining to the
genetic material of the AIDS virus and block its replication.
This achievement has been obtained for the first time in the
world by a group of researcher led by José Gallego. The University of Valencia,
the Príncipe Felipe Research Centre, and the Instituto de Salud Carlos III have
participated. The work has been recently published by Angewandte Chemie
International Edition, one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the
world in the area of Chemistry.