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Saturday, 06 October 2007 |
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Research Overview Drs. Eddy and Gail Ferstandig Arnold and their colleagues are working to develop and apply structure-based drug and vaccine designs for the treatment and prevention of serious human diseases. In pursuit of these goals, their laboratory takes advantage of cutting-edge research tools, including X-ray crystallography, molecular biology, virology, protein biochemistry, and macromolecular engineering. The approaches being developed in the Arnold laboratory are broadly applicable to a wide array of human health problems, ranging from infectious diseases to cancer and diseases caused by hereditary genetic defects. Much of the Arnold lab’s research effort to date has focused on the development of drugs and vaccines for the treatment of AIDS. Examples of the results of these studies include: 1) collaborative development of potential drugs for the treatment of AIDS, some of which may be more effective than treatments in current use; and 2) production of AIDS vaccine candidates that have elicited protective immune responses against HIV.
 
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 May 2008 )
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