In the process of medical research, a gene was found that is capable of blocking the immune deficiency virus, which can prevent the onset of AIDS, Canadian scientists from the University of Alberta.

Stephen Barr, a molecular virology specialist from the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, said his team discovered a new gene called TRIM22, which is capable of blocking HIV infection directly in the cell, preventing the spread of the virus.

According to doctors, the greatest problem in creating a vaccine against HIV lies in the unique ability of the virus to mutate very quickly and bypass the drug effect. Today, almost all antiretroviral drugs created in the late 1990s are able to dampen the effect of the virus, but they can not prevent the self-reproduction of HIV.

According to Stephen Barr, there are always new drug-resistant forms of the virus, so we have to create more and more natural means for blocking HIV. The discovery of this gene will provide a fundamentally new approach to treatment.

Medicinform. Net.

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