lentivirus

[ len-tuh-vahy-ruhs ]

noun

, plural len·ti·vi·rus·es.

1. any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.

lentivirus

/ ˈlɛntɪˌvaɪrəs /

noun

1. any of a group of slowly acting viruses that includes the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS

Word History and Origins

Origin of lentivirus¹

lenti(cular) + virus

Word History and Origins

Origin of lentivirus¹

C20: from Latin lentus slow + virus

Example Sentences

The researchers randomly disrupted genes by developing a method to introduce a collection of genetic tools in lentivirus into testicular cells in testes at high efficiency.

From Science Daily

The researchers then used a lentivirus to insert DNA into microglial cells at the site of the injury.

From Science Daily

Bluebird researchers and others say the issue may not arise for other gene therapies that rely on the same type of virus, known as a lentivirus, because of a unique feature of the version used for the halted trial.

From Science Magazine

Another type of gene-delivering virus, or vector, has been implicated in cancers in clinical trials, but never a lentivirus.

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For the gene therapy, researchers collect a patient’s own bone marrow stem cells and treat them in a dish with the lentivirus carrying a healthy version of the gene for ALDP.

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