A lab on wheels is tracking HIV spread in war-torn Ukraine

The mobile lab has uncovered a drug-resistant HIV strain that sprung up after the war started

A researcher wearing blue gloves uses a pipette to transfer liquid into a small container inside a mobile laboratory van.

Equipped with a lab on wheels, virologist Anna Kovalenko (pictured) sequences HIV in Ukraine to track how the virus is evolving across the besieged country.

Anna Kovalenko

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