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A human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow.
Three masked researchers in labcoats work at various stations in a UCLA lab.
Microscope image showing a human cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (green and purple).
Headshot of Brigitte Gomperts
Microscope images showing (left) healthy heart muscle cells and (right) heart muscle cells that have been infected and damaged by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (in green). | Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/JCI Insight
The improved therapy engineers the body’s immune response against HIV rather than waiting for the virus — or parts of the virus — to induce a response. (Image: A T cell infected with HIV.)
Creative rendition of SARS-COV-2 virus particles
Steps of a virus growth cycle illustration.
Heart muscle cells in an uninfected mouse (left) and a mouse infected with SARS-CoV-2 (right) with mitochondria seen in pink. The disorganization of the cells and mitochondria in the image at right is associated with irregular heartbeat and death.