A research group showed that gorilla APOBEC3G potentially plays a role in inhibiting SIVcpz replication. Intriguingly, the research group demonstrated that an amino acid substitution in SIVcpz Vif ...

As a result, cell and gene therapy researchers must routinely test for replication competent virus (RCV) according to well-established regulatory authority requirements. 2 The most common method for ...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIO.B), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, today announced the recent launch of the Vericheck ddPCR™ Replication ...

During replication, ... the characterization of this ancient lentivirus in lemurs raises the possibility that HIV-like retroviruses are still circulating today in the mammalian fauna of Madagascar.

However, it remains unclear how primate lentiviruses successfully transmitted among different species. To limit cross-species lentiviral transmission, cellular "intrinsic immunity", including ...

A great ape APOBEC3 protein can potentially restrict the cross-species transmission of great ape lentiviruses. A research group at The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (IMSUT ...