Researchers Silence HIV in Mice Engineered to Be Like Humans [News]
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 15:42
in Biology & Nature
Scientists report that they have quashed the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in so-called "humanized mice" infected with the virus. They did so using a technique called RNA interference, or RNAi, to clamp down on three genes found in infected cells, blocking the wily virus from moving to other cells. [More]