Immune Cells Genetically Engineered Into Potent Weapons For Battling HIV
Date: 10.3.2008
By outfitting immune-system killer cells with a new pair of genes, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University transformed them into potent weapons that destroy cells infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Their novel strategy of **genetically engineering immune cells** to redirect their infection-fighting ability toward killing **HIV-infected cells** could lead to an entirely new approach for combating AIDS and other viral diseases.
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