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Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility Featured in HBO Special Report on HIV

December 02, 2015

The Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility and the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory make an appearance in the HBO Vice special report on HIV "Countdown to Zero," which broadcast December 1 for World AIDS Day.

As part of the report host Shane Smith visits laboratories where the DNA of HIV-positive patients is being edited to resist the virus. The CVPF and Drs Carl June and Bruce Levine are featured starting at 35:22 as they explain the "zinc finger" gene editing technology that induces the CCR5 mutation in patients’ T cells in order to lock out the human immunodeficiency virus.
Link to HBO YouTube video.