this is sort of how HIV production works in the lab, as it was explained to me. CD8+ cells (iirc) in solution with some other cell types/buffer medium are infec

this is sort of how HIV production works in the lab, as it was explained to me. CD8+ cells (iirc) in solution with some other cell types/buffer medium are infected with some population of HIV particles, and the infection spreads to the other cells. this helps researchers see whether certain strains are replication-competent etc. you don't really need the red blood cells or oxygenation machine. there's other approaches to make "organs on a chip" for drug trial screening, since lab models with only one type of cells don't capture the effects of other types, but it's really not fully baked yet.