Scientists develop molecule to fight HIV

Scientists have developed a novel “kick and kill” technique against HIV that uses a molecule to awaken dormant virus cells and then knocks them out.

Current anti-AIDS drugs are highly effective at making HIV undetectable and allowing people with the virus to live longer, healthier lives, said researchers at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the US.

The treatments, a class of medications called antiretroviral therapy, also greatly reduce the chance of transmission from person to person. However, the medications do not actually rid the body of the virus, which has the ability to elude medications by lying dormant in cells