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HIV isn't the only virus that generates decoys to trick antibody development, so having techniques that bypass that decoy strategy is very useful.
by mrguyorama 3mo ago
HIV isn't the only virus that generates decoys to trick antibody development, so having techniques that bypass that decoy strategy is very useful.
- Melatonic 3mo agoWhat else does this?
- greazy 3mo agoI think all viruses do to some extent. We refer to them as DIPs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_interfering_particle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defective_interfering_particle List includes RSV, flu, sc2 and of course hiv
- M95D 3mo agoAll single-stranded RNA viruses do that. But it's being done to them is the more correct term. A single strand of RNA is unstable and prone to mutations due to enviromental factors.