Synergistic activity of three rice proteins neutralizes the HIV virus
A recent publication in PNAS reveals that the synergistic use of three proteins extracted from the endosperm of a transgenic rice line developed by researchers (monoclonal antibody 2G12 and lectins griffithsin and cyanovirin-N), neutralizes the HIV virus by binding to the membrane protein gp120. The researchers say that the production of this "triple cocktail" of microbiocide is inexpensive, favoring its use in poor countries instead of using prophylaxis (PrEP), whose market value can be between 2,000 and 13,000 dollars per monthly treatment.
