Scientists find techniques used in covid vaccine to cure HIV
Australian scientists have developed a novel technique to reveal the HIV virus hidden in white blood cells. This success can pave the way to eliminate HIV virus completely from the body.
In short
- Researchers developed a new method to highlight HIV hidden in the body
- HIV hidden in white blood cells opposes immune system and current drugs
- Early laboratory results show significant effects in waking up hidden HIV virus
In a major scientific success, researchers in Australia may have found a new way to bring the world closer to a step for HIV treatment.
Scientists at the Peter Doharti Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne have developed a method for “waking up” to “wake up” the HIV virus hidden inside the human body, possibly allowed them to completely remove them.
The ability to hide themselves inside some white blood cells for HIV virus has been one of the main challenges for scientists in search of a cure. This makes it almost impossible to completely detect and destroy the immune system or even strong drugs.
But now, in search of the best treatment, they have found a way to get the virus out of their hiding.
This hidden form of HIV is known as “reservoir”. While today’s medicines can control the virus, they cannot remove it. People with HIV still require lifetime treatment to stay healthy and prevent viruses.
But researchers have now used MRNA technology, which are used in the same way in the Kovid -19 vaccines of Physics and Modarna to give special instructions to these hidden cells.
These instructions come out of hiding the virus, so it can be potentially eliminated from the body.
Earlier the problem was that white blood cells hiding HIV did not accept fat bubbles, or lipid nanopinges (LNPs), which carry MRNA.
But the Melbourne team designed a new version of these fat bubbles called LNP X, which successfully entered the difficult white blood cells and distributed MRNA.
One of the leading researchers, Dr. Paula Kewal said that the initial results were so amazing that the team repeated the experiments many times what they were watching. He said, “We were overwhelmed how big the difference was.”
Research published in Nature Communications, is still in early stages and was done using the cells donated by HIV patients in the laboratory.
The next stages will involve testing the method in animals, followed by human tests to check whether treatment is safe and really effective.
The team believes that this can be a major moment in the fight against HIV, and may also be helpful in treating other diseases such as some cancer.
