CD4.sup.+, latently HIV-1-infected hematopoietic progenitor cells
Patent Number: 5256534
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday August 9th, 1991
Date Issued: Tuesday October 26th, 1993
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health (Washington, DC)
Inventors: Butera, Salvatore T. (Stone Mountain, GA); Folks, Thomas M. (Lithonia, GA); Perez, Victor L. (Rio Piedras, PR)
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This patent covers a model of HIV infection. Specifically HIV infected stem cells of the hematopoietic type are infected and infection remains latent. HIV treatments may be assessed using this model of "stem cell" HIV infection.
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