Going to be honest, this article is a little headier than those I usually post. It's not too jargon heavy, but fairly into the mechanics of how this new drug works to fight HIV.
Scientists from the University of Utah & the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are looking into a drug being referred to as CPT31. This approach is an injection of a long acting medication meant to interfere with the virus's fusion. These fusion inhibitors also known as entry inhibitors are among the newest approaches in the fight against HIV. Simply, they block integration of HIV into host cells.
This is a long read compared to most articles, but it is interesting. Approaches like this could be the future of the fight against HIV. We could eventually see the end of traditional pharmaceuticals being used as the primary approach. Give this a read.
Cya...
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