Northeastern research on HIV infection could lead to better drugs to treat the virus
Northeastern physicists and National Cancer Institute researchers suggest that mechanical pressure triggers a key event in HIV infection.
by Alena Kuzub
April 29, 2024
It has been more than 40 years since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and scientists still don’t fully understand how HIV enters and replicates in human cells, which has hindered the development of treatments.
New research by a team of physicists led by Northeastern University professor Mark Williams is working on a solution.
There is no cure for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, but there are treatments that can reduce the amount of HIV in a patient’s body and get the virus under control.
Williams’ team recently confirmed a key mechanism in the infection of cells that could lead to better drugs.
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