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Forcing an enemy into the open

Nature Chemistry volume 4, pages 692–693 (2012)Cite this article

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A series of highly active, simplified analogues of the natural product bryostatin have been prepared. They offer an improved approach for the activation of latent HIV that could, in combination with current state-of-the-art antiretroviral therapy, offer hope for eventual eradication of the infection.

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Figure 1: Properties and key steps in the synthesis of bryologs.

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  1. David M. Margolis is in the Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA

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  1. Christian Melander is in the Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA,

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