Scientists create mouse with key features of HIV infection without being infected with HIV
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 22:35
in Health & Medicine
A major obstacle to HIV research is the virus's exquisite specialization for its human host -- meaning that scientists' traditional tools, like the humble lab mouse, can deliver only limited information. Now, a team of researchers has made an ingenious assault on this problem by creating a mouse that has key features of HIV infection without being infected with HIV.