ONE OF THE most significant challenges in treating HIV is the virus' ability to integrate its genome into the host's DNA. This means that lifelong antiretroviral therapy is essential, as latent HIV can reactivate from reservoirs as soon as treatment ends.
Now, preliminary research shows that gene editing can be used to eliminate all traces of the HIV virus from infected cells in the laboratory.
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INTO THE FOURTH DIMENSION
An Australian institute is designing and printing objects that can shapeshift after they're made. Forget next-gen - Denise Cullen reports from the next dimension.
MIRROR WORLDS
Can digital twins save humanity?
Sustainable sodium
Advanced materials scientist Maria Forsyth is trying to build the battery of the future.
CRISPR-Cas genome editing might one day be used to cure HIV
Is a functional HIV cure on the horizon?
Space Junk: A Catastrophe On The Horizon
More and more junk is cluttering space, threatening our satellites and rockets.
