New method can make HIV “sleep”

The Queensland Institute of Medicine in Australia recently announced that the Institute’s scientists have found a way to “sleep” HIV, and it is hoped that a simpler AIDS treatment will be developed on this basis.

Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Virology, Queensland Medical Research Institute, David Alys, and other researchers reported in the “Human Gene Therapy” magazine that they can make the virus dormant by modifying a protein needed for the growth of HIV. Continue to copy. Experiments have shown that HIV can no longer infect human cells after it has been modified.

Researchers will conduct animal experiments this year, and if successful, carry out human trials. If all goes well, newly-developed therapies will be easier. Traditional therapies require taking two or three drugs, and new therapies can only take one drug and block the replication of the virus. This will greatly facilitate people living with HIV and improve their quality of life.