Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...infected with the lentivirus HIV-1. Today, HIV-1 can be controlled with antiviral therapies such that ...from infected cells. Read on to learn how CRISPR can take on HIV-1 in vitro, and what obstacles must be...healthy individuals. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) can virtually eliminate plasma HIV-1, improving life ...promoter-driven GFP expression. In cell lines that can produce HIV-1 toxic proteins, CRISPR/Cas9 SAM caused...our reach. Similar studies have shown that CRISPR can be used to combat other viral infections, notably...learned in pursuing one technological application can benefit many others and accelerate the pace of research...inflammation, and negative metabolic effects of ART.
Why can’t the body mount an immune response to destroy these...