translated from Spanish: An discovered drug removes HIV cells from the body

Spain.- A group of Spanish researchers has found a new drug that acts where cells store the reserves that reactivate the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and where antiretrovirals have no effect. The research was carried out by members of the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona and the Hospital Clinic. It was published in the journal Nature. 

These reservations are responsible for the virus not being able to be completely removed from the system as it is reactivated when patients complete treatment. The drug is known as rituximab which serves to treat different tumors, eliminated 60% of the HIV cell reservoir.

Avui explaine that hem fet un pas important per eliminate the celular reservoir of HIV. The reservoir of HIV són les c’lules on the virus s’amaga i on the antiretroviral tractament no tea cap efecte #VHIR pic.twitter.com/PbG2xBUuII — Vall d’Hebron Campus (@vallhebron)
August 20, 2019

Although it cannot be said to be a cure for HIV, this treatment could further expand the horizon to a strategy to eliminate HIV, said María José Buzón of the VHIR Infectious Diseases Group and labour leader. 

The drug cannot yet be used for the elimination of HIV as it also removes healthy cells that are not infected. Researchers believe a monoclonal antibody can be designed from this drug to selectively attack affected cells. HIV in the body
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks the immune system and weakens defense systems against infections and certain cancers. As the virus destroys immune cells and prevents the normal functioning of immunity, the infected person gradually falls into an immunodeficiency situation. An estimated 36.7 million people worldwide were infected with HIV in 2015, of which 1.8 million were children. The vast majority of HIV-infected people live in low- and middle-income countries. An estimated 2.1 million new HIV infections occurred in 2015. An estimated 35 million people have died from AIDS-related causes to date, 1.1 million of them in 2015.





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