In recent days there has been very positive news regarding the research being done to prevent and treat the HIV virus.Scientists have discovered that a toxin is present in the bee venom It could be the cure for HIV.We tell you more below.
The study was conducted with bee venom
The study in question was carried out at the faculty of Medicine at the University of Washington in Saint Louis and the discovery was fascinating: a toxin present in bee venom, called Melitina , can bore the protective layer surrounding the virus HIV.
These scientists created nanoparticles smaller than HIV that contained this substance and watched with amazement as the substance was able to pierce the protective layer they possess viruses like HIV.Even better, in contact with normal cells, the nanoparticles had no effect thanks to a layer that prevents the toxin from coming into contact with them.What does this mean? That this substance could attack viruses without harming healthy cells.
The virus cannot adapt to protect itself from attack
But what is more Surprising and transcendental research is that with this toxin attacks an inherent property of the virus with which there is no possibility that it can adapt.That is, we already know that viruses tend to mutate, that They change their characteristics to be able to become stronger and stronger.However, this protective layer is characteristic of the virus and scientists believe that they cannot do anything to mutate to defend against these attacks.we would be facing a really important advance in the treatment and prevention of HIV virus , a virus that has already claimed many lives since it was discovered.
Recently we also talked about a medicine that had been manufactured to treat HIV but that was increasingly being used by more people to replace the condom due to its high percentage of effectiveness to prevent infection of AIDS (99%).This news, together with the one we just told you, makes us have more hope and think that we could soon have a treatment, both preventive and when it has already been contracted and developed the disease, which could save a large number of lives across the planet.We will expect to receive more and better news about it.
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