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For the first time, researchers have found an entire animal gene within the genome of HIV despite 30 years of intense analyses. The hijacked gene helps the virus infect humans much more efficiently, with implications for the design of new anti-HIV drugs, researchers say. The picture shows HIV invading a larger human cell and using human genetic machinery to make copies of the virus. (Credit: Louis E. Henderson/National Cancer Institute)
U. ROCHESTER (US)—An ancestor of the AIDS virus hijacked an entire gene—perhaps from some prehistoric cat it had infected. Researchers say the gene makes it easier for the virus to infect humans. Continue…
