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CRISPR/Cas9 technology used on animal model to treat HIV-I infection

The human type-1 HIV virus affects more than 36.7 million people worldwide. CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology combined with laser art got rid of latent HIV-I in model mice.
An example of animal uses to benefit humans and cure diseases.


https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10366-y

Dash, P. K., Kaminski, R., Bella, R., Su, H., Mathews, S., Ahooyi, T. M., ... & Donadoni, M. (2019). Sequential LASER ART and CRISPR treatments eliminate HIV-1 in a subset of infected humanized mice. Nature communications10(1), 1-20.

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  1. Great article Nadia! I've used some bits from this article and added it to the poster, for the animal example section that I'm doing. I've added the reference too.

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  2. "unknown" is Soniya, don't get why it's not showing my name!

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