CRISPR and HIV: New technique in human blood unveils potential paths toward cure

Gene editing used to discover human proteins hijacked by HIV to replicate in blood By better understanding how the virus replicates, treatments could one day become cures 'This new assay is the most faithful representation of what's happening in the body during HIV infection that we could easily study in the lab,' researcher says Over half the genes identified in the study had never been looked at in the context of HIV infection