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Contact: Diane Ainsworth
dainswor@usc.edu
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University of Southern California
Caption: Lentiviral delivery vectors must be engineered to target only specific cell type, as seen in A of the diagram. Once the engineered virus encounters HIV, it would inject itself and neutralize the virus. These neutralizing antibodies (B) would immunize the body against HIV over a person's lifetime.
Credit: USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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