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...There are three sub-classes of entry inhibitors: Fusion inhibitors, attachment inhibitors and co-receptor inhibitors. And while each works in a slightly different way, all entry inhibitors work on the same principle: The longer the cells can deflect attacks from HIV, the longer other drugs will have to work on destroying the existing virus already inside the cell...
...attempt at this fusion is significant: Not only is this altarpiece one of the first paintings to integrate early Renaissance sacred images with a naturalistic setting, but it is also a clear indication of progress from the slow erosion of strict conventions towards modern artistic expression...
...know that fusion is hot, sizzling, more caliente than a salsa beat. It's that multiculti urge that propels us to douse a hamburger with teriyaki sauce or buy an Armani jacket with a Nehru collar. Such marriages of East and West are a harmless intermingling of cultures: a war never started by adding a dollop of wasabi to potato chips or a bindhi to Madonna's forehead...
...Fusion is in, not only as an abstract fashion concept, but in that most grounded of realities: mixed-blood people who walk, talk, and produce even more multiracial progeny. Most strange of all, these hybrids are finding themselves hailed as role models for vast masses in Asia with no mixed blood at all. "When I think of Asia, I don't necessarily think of people who look like me," says Declan Wong, a Chinese-Dutch-American actor and producer, "But somehow we've become the face that sells the new Asia...
...descendants of intrepid Portuguese traders, still speak an archaic dialect of Portuguese, practice the Catholic faith and carry surnames like De Silva and Da Costa. In Macau, 10,000 mixed-race Macanese serve as the backbone of the former colony's civil service and are known for their spicy fusion cuisine...