When a virus enters the human body, it is incorporated into the host's DNA and creates many “copies” of itself. But thanks to drugs, the infected can live to a ripe old age, and some do not even need therapy..

As you know, HIV patients taking antiviral pills are still not considered cured: viable copies of the virus genome always remain in the cell reservoirs. And as soon as the treatment stops, they will begin to actively "

However, there have been cases of HIV patients suppressing the virus without therapy.. It is believed that they have special controllers in their cells that trigger a powerful immune response.. Scientists are striving to unravel this mechanism in order to create a treatment based on it..

According to WHO, at the end of 2019, 38 million people live with HIV worldwide.

According to a recent study by American scientists, specific controllers limit viral DNA using " These cells prevent HIV from inserting its DNA..

But when scientists grew controllers cells in the laboratory, they did not block HIV when the virus tried to integrate into them.. This means that it is not only about the controllers, but also about some special mechanisms..

Scientists plan to " While this happens only in rare cases, and only in a natural way.

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