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Imaging Techniques Reveal that HIV Infects Host Cells Using a Molecular Entry Claw Thu., June 21, 2007 An advanced imaging technique known as electron tomography has allowed researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to visualize an “entry claw,” a unique structure formed between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS and the cell it infects. The findings are in the May 4, 2007, issue of PLoS Pathogens.

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