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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/05/breakthrough-in-search-for-hiv-cure-leaves-researchers-overwhelmed>
"A cure for HIV could be a step closer after researchers found a new way to
force the virus out of hiding inside human cells.
The virus’s ability to conceal itself inside certain white blood cells has been
one of the main challenges for scientists looking for a cure. It means there is
a reservoir of the HIV in the body, capable of reactivation, that neither the
immune system nor drugs can tackle.
Now researchers from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in
Melbourne, have demonstrated a way to make the virus visible, paving the way to
fully clear it from the body.
It is based on mRNA technology, which came to prominence during the Covid-19
pandemic when it was used in vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech.
In a paper published in
Nature Communications, the researchers have shown for
the first time that mRNA can be delivered into the cells where HIV is hiding,
by encasing it in a tiny, specially formulated fat bubble. The mRNA then
instructs the cells to reveal the virus."
Via
What Could Go Right?
https://theprogressnetwork.org/high-seas-treaty-ratification/
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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