Friday, Feb. 14, 1986
University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
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Part of AIDS trigger is found by scientists
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Scientists discovered an important part of the mechanism that triggers the AIDS virus to multiply in the body after lying dormant, a British magazine reported this week.
The finding could open research on new drugs to fight the disease, said William Hasitelie, co-author of the report.
Researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and the National Cancer Institute said in the British journal Nature that they discovered a mechanism that makes the virus' genes produce a protein that causes the virus to multiply rapidly.
The mechanism can tell the viral genes to make as many as 1,000
copies of the protein at a time. These bits of viral protein are the basis for new viruses that then spread throughout the body.
The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome virus usually remains dormant for years after invading the body. Researchers said they didn't know what started the viral genes but thought the trigger might be an unrelated illness.
The gene responsible for turning the virus on is called TAT, which stands for transactivation and transcription activation. The Dana Farber-NCI team discovered that gene last year.
Haseltine, an AIDS researcher at Dana Farber, said the discovery gave scientists some helpful direction for the development of new anti-AIDS drugs.
Student dies of influenza; doctors say death unusual
United Press International
May was admitted to the Tech infirmary Feb. 7 with flu symptoms and was transferred to Montgomery County Hospital. He was moved to Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Sunday.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — The death of a Virginia Tech freshman from influenza complications is unusual. However, it shows how the everyday affliction can weaken the body's defense systems, doctors said yesterday.
The flu weakened May's resistance to staphylococcus, a bacteria that causes toxic shock, said C.W. Schifert, Tech's student health services director.
David May, 18, a general engineering major from Caldwell, N.J., died Tuesday in Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Tech officials said.
The type of toxic shock May developed was a rarity.
"It doesn't occur often, thank goodness," said Schiffert.
Doctors said University records showed that May did not have a history of serious illness before the episode.
Many more older people die from flu-related illnesses than people May's age, said Bullock.
"This just doesn't happen very often," said Richard Bullock, a staff physician at Tech. "Apparently he developed a staphylococcia infection that was secondary to the influenza virus that he had."
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