Scientists Film HIV Jumping From Cell to Cell for the First Time

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By Eliza Strickland
Mar 31, 2009 12:36 AMNov 5, 2019 5:28 AM
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For the first time, researchers have filmed the HIV virus spreading from one cell to the next, and they say the process by which it moves to an uninfected cell may provide a new target for future vaccines or treatments. The videosshow how an infected immune system T-cell hooks up with an uninfected cell, and passes a packet of viral particles through a structure called a virological synapse.

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