lentivirus
noun
any slow virus of the genus Lentivirus, of the retrovirus family, causing brain disease in sheep and other animals.
lentiviruses
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pluralof lentivirus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But lentiviruses only express spike, not SARS-CoV-2’s other three structural proteins.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 3, 2021
And some, such as lentiviruses, tend to insert themselves into coding regions, the parts of the genome that get translated into proteins.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2021
Lentiviruses have had a strong track record in gene therapy, despite a recent scare: In February, bluebird bio halted two sickle cell gene therapy trials, which also use lentiviruses, after a participant developed MDS.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 11, 2021
Those side effects led scientists to switch to lentiviruses, a subset of retroviruses that includes HIV.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 11, 2021
The possibility that lentiviruses might not be safe was of grave concern.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2021
