Researchers produce images of AIDS virus that may shape vaccine

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Envelope Spikes on Surface of HIV-1 virus. Credit: Courtesy of Kenneth Roux
Envelope Spikes on Surface of HIV-1 virus. Credit: Courtesy of Kenneth Roux

As the world marks the 25th year since the first diagnosed case of AIDS, groundbreaking research by scientists at Florida State University has produced remarkable three-dimensional images of the virus and the protein spikes on its surface that allow it to bind and fuse with human immune cells.


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