Engineering hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to generate red blood cells as viral traps against HIV-1
Sofia E. Luna, William N. Feist, Kaya Ben-Efraim, Michael A. Pendergast, Freja K. Ekman, Britney N. Hernandez, Megan E. Merritt-Garza, Kathleen Romero, Zak Kostamo, Nelson A. Amorin, Nicole M. Johnston, Hana Y. Ghanim, Vivien Sheehan, Amanda M. Dudek, Matthew Hebden Porteus
This paper engineers hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to express CD4 on red blood cells, creating viral traps to neutralize HIV-1.
Molecular Therapy Advances · Sep 10, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering