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Wow PETA is going to be all over this one. But I'm pretty sure monkeys can't get HIV? It's unique to humans right?

The other day it was released that scientists developed an HIV strain that can infect monkeys.

Which brings up an issue with this 'gel' in which they tested using SIV and according to the article you posted ...

"...SIV shares only about half of its amino acid sequence with HIV, making it a very imperfect substitute for testing anti-HIV drugs and vaccines."