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Kaposi’s
sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is a virus
that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, the
most common cancer occurring in AIDS patients
worldwide. University of Virginia Health
System researchers,
led by Dr. Dean Kedes, associate professor
of Internal Medicine and Microbiology at
U.Va., have developed a model system using
mice that successfully mimics viral replication
seen in human patients, including infection
of white blood cells with the expression
of structural proteins required for assembly
of whole virus particles and spead of the
infection. “I am very excited about
these results and the new possibilities
that this model opens to develop novel
ways of preventing and treating the diseases
caused by this human virus,” Kedes
said. Full
story.
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The
University of Virginia’s Heritage
Repertory Theatre will bring its third
act of the season to the stage — a
production of Matthew Barber’s Tony
Award-nominated adaptation of the famed
novel “Enchanted
April” — on Friday at 8 p.m.
in Culbreth Theatre. The play, directed
by Douglas Sprigg, depicts the story of
four wildly-mismatched British women who
head to an idyllic Northern Italian villa
in an attempt to escape their dreary lives.
During the course of their trip, their
lives are changed forever when setting
and circumstances come together to provide
them with answers they didn’t even
know they were seeking and illuminating
glimpses of their true selves. For
tickets, visit the box office at Culbreth
Theatre or call 924-3376. Full
story.
Drama
Dept./Photos: Michael Bailey
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