German scientists have found a new way to prevent the HIV virus from replicating, offering hope in the face of the virus’s increasing resistance to existing drugs.
Joachim Hauber, a professor at the Heinrich-Pette Institute in Hamburg, told Reuters on Tuesday his team had identified a protein in human cells that the HIV virus uses to reproduce and run tests on a chemical that blocks this protein’s action.
Drugs such as GlaxoSmithKline’s AZT and existing inhibitors produce drug resistance because they work on viral proteins, which can mutate when the HIV virus replicate.
German Team Finds New Way to Block HIV Replication
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Aaron Fulkerson 