Daily Health Advices

Scientists at the University of Michigan, have found a new and potent inhibitor of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS: the banana lectin, which can help to prevent infection of immune cells by HIV.

This discovery may open the door to new treatments to prevent sexual transmission of the virus, because in laboratory tests this substance has proved to be as powerful as other anti-HIV drugs in use today (the T-20 or maraviroc).

It was known that this family of substances have the property of binding to sugars on the cover of infectious agents, thus facilitating detection and destruction by immune system cells. And what they have done the Michigan researchers is to test it with HIV, and compare the effect of two existing antivirals (with the difference that these drugs are used topically, they are injected or ingested).

If the results are confirmed, this compound could be used in the manufacture of microbicides, gels Vaginal leading studied over a decade to curb the sexual transmission of the virus.

Michael Dawson, the program in immunology at the University, says that these substances, which are already registered, may have another advantage: its mechanism is much less specific than anti-virals, it is possible that the virus will mutate more difficult to escape action.

Possibility Related Posts:

• Alcohol: A Risk Factor for Contracting HIV
  A new American research seems to shed light on the relationship between HIV and alcohol. This report, published by The Lancet, says that countries with higher levels of HIV patients have at the sa...
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  The sex is commonplace among today's teens. For love, under pressure from friends, because the occasion demands, are some reasons that are justified to have sex. This theme carries moral and reli...
• Schools and The Mode of HIV Transmission
  HIV is known for over 20 years. At that time HIV in the Netherlands only transmitted through blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal fluid. A screening takes place to ensure that safe blood and organs...
• Ancestor Virus on HIV-1 & HIV-2
  Biologists concerned with the origin of species, family trees are the origin of species maps. On a pedigree you can see which species are closely related to each other and their common ancestor. A f...
• AIDS Information
  A person is zero positive for HIV when the virus is in your body. Usually no symptoms for long periods: 8-10 years on average without treatment. The person looks and feels completely healthy but any...
• Three Main Forms of Transmission of HIV
  The three main forms of transmission are: Sexual (unprotected sex). View (sexually transmitted disease). The disease is spread by contact with infected secretions, genital mucosa, rectal or or...

2 Responses to “Againts HIV With Banana”