Scientists have discovered an HIV Aids treatment that may help sufferers avoid the problem of drug resistance.Scientists have found that the virus can be significantly weakened by inactivating a key human protein called ITK.
Current treatments target the proteins in the HIV virus. This approach weakens the virus but in time it will mutate and resist the drugs that the sufferer is taking.
To combat this doctors will change the combination of the drugs but in time the virus will become resistant to those too. In addition to this, the changing of combinations can bring on serious side effects.
The new approach targets a protein produced by human cells rather than HIV, and is therefore impervious to the virus's mutations. (keep reading)
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