Depends on the destruction of infected cells .. Scientists are approaching the elimination of "AIDS"

Scientists have announced a "significant" change in the fight against HIV / AIDS.

Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France, believe that they have managed to destroy virus-infected cells, which are typically treated with antiretroviral drugs.

The drugs may not be able to eliminate the body's virus, but the medical journal "Cell Metabolism" released Friday indicates that scientists have found a way to eliminate one of the types of cells infected with the virus.

"The antiviral therapy is designed to block HIV infection, but it is not able to eradicate the virus from the body," said the institute spokesperson.

"HIV targets cells with high metabolic activity and absorbs their energy, doubling the capacity of the virus," he said. "Thanks to the metabolic inhibitors, the cells infected by the virus have been destroyed."

"The research opens up a new possibility for the elimination of HIV-infected cells.In theory, if the viral load is sufficiently low, the destruction of the cell in which HIV hides and draws from it." energy can prevent it from circulating in the body, is completely eliminated. "