{UAH} Researchers reveal How cats could help to treat HIV
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Cats are much more than just our four-legged companions; new research now explains how our furry friends could also aid the development of new drugs for HIV. Scientists have now unraveled the 3-D structure of a specific protein in feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) that is also present in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Study authors Akram Alian and Dr. Meytal Galilee — who are from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa — believe that their findings could open the door to new drugs that could tackle drug-resistant HIV-1.
The researchers recently reported their findings in the journal PLOS Pathogens.
HIV is virus that attacks the body's T cells, which are immune cells that help us to stave off infection and disease. HIV-1 is the most common strain of HIV, accounting for around 95 percent of all cases.
When HIV first emerged in the 1980s, there was significant fear and stigma surrounding the virus; scientists knew very little about HIV, and there were no treatments for it.
But now, it's a different story; a person with HIV can live a long, healthy life thanks to antiretroviral drugs.
These medications work by reducing levels of HIV in the blood, to the point where the virus can be undetectable. This means that the virus does not impact a person's health and it cannot be passed on to other individuals.
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-- Cats are much more than just our four-legged companions; new research now explains how our furry friends could also aid the development of new drugs for HIV. Scientists have now unraveled the 3-D structure of a specific protein in feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) that is also present in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Study authors Akram Alian and Dr. Meytal Galilee — who are from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa — believe that their findings could open the door to new drugs that could tackle drug-resistant HIV-1.
The researchers recently reported their findings in the journal PLOS Pathogens.
HIV is virus that attacks the body's T cells, which are immune cells that help us to stave off infection and disease. HIV-1 is the most common strain of HIV, accounting for around 95 percent of all cases.
When HIV first emerged in the 1980s, there was significant fear and stigma surrounding the virus; scientists knew very little about HIV, and there were no treatments for it.
But now, it's a different story; a person with HIV can live a long, healthy life thanks to antiretroviral drugs.
These medications work by reducing levels of HIV in the blood, to the point where the virus can be undetectable. This means that the virus does not impact a person's health and it cannot be passed on to other individuals.
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