Researchers look for drugs to keep HIV dormant – Hindustan Times

The human immunodeficiency virus infects the cells that can either exploit them to start making more copies of itself or remain dormant, a phenomenon called latency. Researchers during a recent study found a way to look for chemicals that can keep the virus suppressed into its dormant state.
The findings of the study were published in a new paper, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “The current drug treatments block healthy cells from becoming infected by the virus,” said Yiyang Lu,…

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