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Lunes, Marso 11, 2013

Melittin: A Hope in the Fight for HIV Cure

It has been reported lately that researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have discovered that Melittin, a component in bee venom, can destroy HIV cells by forming "pore-like attack complexes" which then ruptures the envelope surrounding the HIV cell, causing cell death. The melitting is carried by nanoparticles which in turn are equipped with "bumpers" so that when it encounters normal cells, which are larger than HIV cells, the nanoparticles are just bumped out of the way. This way, normal cells are not harmed by melittin. However, when nanoparticles come into contact with HIV cells, the latter, being small, slides between the bumpers and comes into contact with the melittin found in the nanoparticles.

What is so potentially revolutionizing about this research is that there is no way, at least theoretically, for the virus to adapt to the melittin. The new discovery could be distributed in the form of a gel.

This development brings substantial progress in the fight to find a cure for HIV-AIDS. Previous drugs used to combat HIV-AIDS are basically focused on controlling the reproduction of HIV cells, this new discovery actually kills them off. Hopefully, this research can be further studied, verified and finally marketed as soon as possible. Kudos to the scientists at Washington University!

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