this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2024
76 points (98.7% liked)

Science

13028 readers
165 users here now

Studies, research findings, and interesting tidbits from the ever-expanding scientific world.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
Gaywallet@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
76
Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells [CRISPR, proof-of-concept] (www.bbc.com)
submitted 8 months ago by QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz to c/science@beehaw.org
17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] mustbe3to20signs@feddit.de 8 points 8 months ago

By prolonging the anti retroviral therapy (with a regime containing a Reverse Transcriptase or Ingetrase Inhibitor) for a certain time after the CRISPR-Cas treatment should lead to the complete elimination of the viral DNA, comparable to PrEP in un-infected individuals.