Protein in Breast Milk May Help Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

A natural protein in human breast milk, known as tenascin-C, blocks HIV entry by binding to the viral envelope and preventing it from attaching to host cell co-receptors, possibly helping explain the low rate of mother-to-child HIV infection via breast-feeding, according to research published in the October 21, 2013, advance edition of Proceedings ... (more)

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