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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Glow-in-the-Dark Cats May Help Shed Light on AIDS


A litter of fluorescent kittens is illuminating more than their proud mother's eyes. These glowing animals have been genetically engineered to make blood cells that are resistant to feline immunodeficiency virus, or FIV, the virus that causes feline AIDS. The study could give researchers insight into fighting AIDS in both humans and cats.


While humans cannot get infected with FIV — and cats don't get sick from HIV — understanding how the viruses work in different species could lead to better treatments and methods of prevention. HIV, or the human immunodeficiency virus, has already killed 30 million people worldwide, with 33 million currently infected.


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aww poor kitty

Anonymous said...

What the article fails to mention is that AIDS is 100% caused by bad and immoral behavior. If people would change the way they live, AIDS could be eliminated in the world. Spending money on AIDS research is a waste of money when diseases that aren't behavior caused has a much greater need for research.

Anonymous said...

Oh yeah like obesity, diabetes, smoking and not exercising are not all hosts to behavior based disease
stupidity in general is the cause of all disease
its not morality