Scientists Reveal How HIV Evades Elimination By Immune System
Scientist from Trinity College Dublin has identified the mechanism that enables Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV) to evade being purged by the immune system, paving way for a new curative treatment.
The new research published in EBioMedicine, reveals that HIV targets and immobilize a pathway involving a number of biological molecules that are fundamental in blocking vital activity and clearing infection, illustrating precisely how the virus avoids elimination.
HIV remains a major global health challenge, with over 40 million people infected globally. Whilst people living with the virus have been treated with anti-retroviral therapy for over 30 years, this favoured therapeutic option merely prevents the progression of the disease to AIDS, it doesn’t provide a cure.