Keeping latent HIV dormant may lead to functional cure
A natural compound has been found to significantly reduce the rate of reactivation of immune cells latently infected with HIV,
Latency reversing agents
Latent virus is virus that remains hidden, or ‘sleeping’ in the body during treatment. Latent virus does not make new copies of itself, making it effectively hidden from drug treatment. Latency reversing agents are drugs and other small molecules that ‘wake up’ this sleeping virus so that it can be targeted and removed from the body.
Latent HIV cells only ‘wake up’ once a week following antiretrovirals
A new study published in PLOS Pathogens provides new insight into how often HIV cells “wake up” among individuals undergoing