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4E10 Named "Molecule of the Year"
A molecule solved by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has been named Molecule of the Year 2005 by the International Society for Molecular and Cell Biology Protocols and Researches.

"Every year, the members of International Society for Molecular and Cell Biology Protocols and Researches nominate, deliberate, and vote for the Molecule of the Year, a prestigious activity of our International Scientific Programme [sic]," writes Professor Isidro T. Savillo, president of the society. "Congratulations to The Scripps Research Institute and to the authors: Ian Wilson, Dennis Burton, Rosa Cardoso, Michael B. Zwick, Robyn L. Stanfield, Renate Kunert, James M. Binley, and Hermann Katinger."

Members of the society chose 4E10 from among the six nominees, "for being the broadest acting neutralizing antibody against HIV" and "for forming a detailed molecular complex with its specific target thus unraveling clearly its structural- functional configuration."

For more information on 4E10, see the News&Views article "Scientists Describe Antibody that Neutralizes Most HIV Strains", and web sites for the Burton lab and the Wilson lab.

Send comments to: mikaono[at]scripps.edu

Professors Ian Wilson and Dennis Burton led the research that solved 4E10, which has been named Molecule of the Year "for being the broadest acting neutralizing antibody against HIV."