Re:Elimination of HIV-1 Genomes by CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing
by outworlder on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @04:09PM
(#11384461)
> If you're going to deliver enough lentivirus into an HIV patient to edit all the HIV out of their T-cells, you're going to provoke a massive immune response
From a layman's point of view: isn't that exactly what HIV does in the first place, only faster? As I understand it, on initial infection there can be a major immune response, causing skin rashes or worse.
From a layman's point of view: isn't that exactly what HIV does in the first place, only faster? As I understand it, on initial infection there can be a major immune response, causing skin rashes or worse.