Gene-editing drug development can cure HIV/AIDS?

Israeli researchers have developed a new method that can neutralize HIV and developed an injectable drug that can cure HIV/AIDS.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the body's immune system and, if left untreated, can lead to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

There is currently no cure for HIV/AIDS.

The team claims to have developed a treatment that can defeat HIV.

A team of researchers has developed a new vaccine using gene editing technology that can cure HIV/AIDS.

The team demonstrated initial success in neutralizing the virus with a unique vaccine developed by B white blood cells that activate the immune system to produce HIV-neutralizing antibodies.

The study was led by a team of scientists from Tel Aviv University. The study's findings, published in the journal Nature, say the antibodies are "safe, robust and scalable not only for infectious diseases but also in the treatment of diseases." non-infectious diseases, such as cancer and autoimmune diseases".

How does the HIV vaccine work?

B cells are a type of white blood cell responsible for making antibodies against viruses and bacteria and are formed in the bone marrow. As they mature, B cells move into the blood and lymphatic system and from there to different parts of the body.

The team used gene-editing technology against HIV.

Scientists have now been able to engineer these B cells inside the body with viral carriers of viral origin.

When gene-edited B cells encounter a virus, the virus stimulates and encourages the cell to divide. The researchers have exploited this division to fight it, and if the virus changes, the B cells will also change to fight the virus.

According to the scientists, this could help to precisely deliver antibodies to a desired location in the B-cell genome. All laboratory models that have been treated for the treatment are reactive and have trace amounts. The desired antibody is high in the blood. Now scientists have produced the antibody from blood and have ensured that it is indeed effective in neutralizing HIV in the laboratory dish.

The researchers hope that in the coming years, they will be able to produce drugs to treat AIDS, other infectious diseases and some cancers caused by viruses.