Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Immune Cells Engineered in Lab to Resist HIV Infection

 Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a novel way to engineer key cells of the immune system so they remain resistant to infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
A new study describes the use of a kind of molecular scissors to cut and paste a series of HIV-resistant genes into T cells, specialized immune cells targeted by the AIDS virus.

Read more:
Immune Cells Engineered in Lab to Resist HIV Infection, Study Shows | .:: Proftec.com – New World Coming ::.

 

Source: Proftec.com

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Unknown said...

Scientist are the key in medicine, i.e ''scientist are proactive,while doctors are reactive''

March 4, 2013 at 10:47 AM

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