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HIV Images

Schematic of HIV

Schematic of HIV

The virus that causes AIDS is shown budding out of a human immune cell, which the virus infects and uses to replicate

The virus that causes AIDS is shown emerging from a human immune cell, which the virus infects and uses to replicate 

Scientists discovered how the virus attaches to an immune cell and reproduced, the challenge was how to prevent that process

Scientists found out how the virus attaches to an immune cell and reproduces, the challenge was how to prevent that process
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