AUGUST 10. WASHINGTON - A research accomplished by international scientists identified a radical way to suppress the spread of HIV in a considerable manner. The research was conducted on HIV infected mice.
RNA interference was used by the researchers to combat the genes in T-cells. This in turn protected it from virus attacks. They concluded that by following this method, the jumping of HIV between the cells can be controlled considerably.
Shankar’s lab in alliance with Hanyang University, Sang-Kyung Lee provided the molecules of RNAs. These molecules silenced the genes, which aid in production of protein templates in the T cells. They are the prime target of HIV. In this way, the replication of HIV has been reduced drastically.
Premlata Shankar, the investigator at Harvard Medical School-affiliated Immune Disease Institute, said that they were happy to conclude that RNAi helped in the control of HIV in the organisms.
Now it is possible to treat HIV infection without making use of anti-viral drugs, which are toxic in nature. However, the test is yet to be repeated on other animals to check its authenticity. The researchers agree that it is not a future therapy, but a core step to curb the menace of HIV.
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