HIV enters human cells through a more complicated route than was previously believed, scientists report today.
The work, led by biophysicist Gregory Melikyan of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, has implications for drug treatments that aim to block the virus's entry into cells.
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This story about the ways in which HIV infection spreads is well-reported but a little difficult to understand. Hayden uses quite a lot of scientific and medical jargon (though, to be fair, the readers of Nature probably understand that jargon much better than a general audience). I would have liked to see more in the story about the implications of the findings. What does this mean for creating a vaccine? Hayden scratches the surface, but doesn't quite give a definitive answer. Perhaps the science is still too new.
