A abrir caminho para a cura da SIDA?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6521155/Scientists-succeed-destroying-HIV-infected-cells-major-breakthrough.html
Citando:
"'The virus remains in reservoirs - the CD4 T lymphocyte immune cells, the main targets of HIV.'
HIV targets cells with high metabolic activity and 'hijacks' their energy in order to multiply.
The release later states: 'Thanks to metabolic activity inhibitors, the researchers have managed to destroy these infected cells, or "reservoirs", ex vivo.'
It concludes by stating that the research opens the possibility of new pathways towards remission by eliminating the 'reservoir' cells.
The next step in research will be assessing the potential of metabolic inhibitors 'in vivo' - tested on living organisms.
In theory, if the viral load is low enough, destroying the cell HIV hides in and draws energy from could keep it from spreading in the body and, perhaps, eradicate it altogether, it is hoped."
