FiReaNGeL writes "By using a specialized microscope that only illuminates the cell's surface, they have become the first to see, in real time and in plain view, hundreds of thousands of molecules coming together in a living cell to form a single particle of the HIV-1, the virus that has claimed more than 25 million lives in less than 25 years. This work may not only prove useful in developing treatments for the millions around the globe still living with the lethal virus but the technique created to image its assembly may also change the way scientists think about and approach their own research. Video available on the front page of http://www.rockefeller.edu/" Link to Original Source
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