Some experts are hopeful they have made a groundbreaking discovery in the race for an HIV cure using technology from the emerging world of gene editing. CRISPR is a budding yet controversial gene editing technology platform that gives scientists new ability to identify, and even edit genes. While the technology was used to identify genes, Holquist's team does not plan on creating gene-editing therapeutics. It will likely be a long while until any of this turns into a tangible medicine a person can use to cure the virus, though. ‘We’re looking at decades of research just to understand one individual genes, and this research identified many of them,’ Holquist said.

Source: Daily Mail April 19, 2022 22:00 UTC