Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity have discovered a method to reveal hidden HIV inside human cells, addressing a significant challenge in curing the virus. Utilizing advanced mRNA technology—similar to that used in COVID-19 vaccines—the team created lipid nanoparticles that can effectively deliver mRNA to specific white blood cells that harbor HIV. By activating the virus, this innovative approach could pave the way for its complete eradication from the body, offering hope to the 40 million people living with HIV globally.
Our hope is that this new nanoparticle design could be a new pathway to an HIV cure.
When a colleague first presented test results at the lab's weekly meeting, they seemed too good to be true.
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