How should one choose between commercial lentiviral vectors and retroviral vectors on the market ?

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Regarding the selection of commercial virus plasmids for constructing immortalized porcine alveolar macrophages, how should one choose between commercial lentiviral vectors and retroviral vectors on the market? What are the advantages and disadvantages between them?

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