Scientists Image an HIV Particle Being Born

FiReaNGeL alerts us to a huge development in virology and microscopy: by using a specialized microscope that only illuminates a cell's surface, scientists at Rockefeller University have watched, in real time, hundreds of thousands of molecules coming together in a living cell to form a single particle of HIV-1. A video is available on Rockefeller's front page. "By zeroing in at the cell's surface, the team became the first to document the time it takes for each HIV particle, or virion, to assemble: five to six minutes. 'At first, we had no idea whether it would take milliseconds or hours,' says Jouvenet. 'We just didn't know.' 'This is the first time anyone has seen a virus particle being born,' says Bieniasz, who is an associate professor and head of the Laboratory of Retrovirology at Rockefeller and a scientist at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center. 'Not just HIV,' he clarifies, 'any virus.'"

A viral video...

[Tarcastil]

A viral video that benefits science?

Only one problem

[Anonymous Coward]

This video was made by the US military 20 years ago when they were developing HIV.

I remember

[mfh]

When they used to say that the time it took a Windows computer to go from the first boot time to an infected state was about five minutes.

Coincidence?

Re:I remember

[chunk08]

Coincidence?

No. the US Military tested AIDS on Windows. Windows was designed to be an easily infectable host for experimentation, and was released to the public when the military decided that that would be the best way to spy on us.

Re:How much longer until a cure?

[spleen_blender]

Well everyone except /.ers



*cries*

ID

[Tablizer]

I saw God's finger poke into the mix at 0:34.74sec of the video. I told you! ... hmmm, or maybe it was a noodly appendage.
     

It's an ugly baby...

[mrbluze]

But nonetheless custom dictates that we ought to all stand around and politely congratulate the parents.

Amazing

[Dan East]

That's pretty amazing, especially considering the video is less than 15 seconds long.

It's a trap!

[LoverOfJoy]

You may have fooled me once but I won't be rickrolled again!

Re:I know next to nothing about this

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't "effect" us, our parents did that.

Re:I know next to nothing about this

[ikkonoishi]

Perhaps tiny little sharks with fricken lasers.

Re:How much longer until a cure?

[jimicus]

Imagine like, in some 8-10 thousands years, some religious leaders (of a denomination formed in our time) start preaching that an arbitrary STD is sent from God to punish those sinners for not using The Holly (sic) Condom!

I imagine it's rather more likely that you'd get an STD using a holy condom.

Re:A viral video...

[Hal_Porter]

Cue hundreds of dumbass threads from Slashdotters who know nothing at all about 'HIV'.

HIV is not the cause of AIDS.

Read "Science Sold Out". Go to Virusmyth.com.

NewAidsReview.com

etc.etc.

Indicator disease + 'HIV' = 'AIDS'
Indicator disease - 'HIV' = Indicator disease

Circular argument.

Why aren't millions of people in the West DYING from so-called 'AIDS', since all REAL STD infection rates have been rising every year for the past thirty years? Why aren't teenagers dropping dead from 'HIV' in their millions, since millions of them are infected with REAL STDs?

Cue Slashdotters' brains imploding because they can't even begin to question the bullshit of the establishment position. How embarrassing.

That's like just what the Illuminati and the aliens want you to believe, man.