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New Immune Protein Prolongs the Immunity against HIV
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Yes, HIV cannot fool the hosts immune system anymore, provided the reserves of the newly discovered Immune protein A3 is maintained in the infected individual.

The deadly virus, Human Immuno deficiency Virus (HIV) is tackled with the available anti retro viral drugs and its spread is managed by adopting preventive measures. To keep the HIV infection under control the infected individual is put on anti viral drugs which have to be continued for a very long period and there is always recurrence of the viral effect once the drug is withdrawn. But the discovery of the Immune protein APOBEC3G (A3) by the scientists from North western HIV Translational Research Center headed by Prof. Richard D’ Aquila will be a key to prolonging the immunity of the HIV infected person against the virus in the absence of the anti retro viral drug.

The ability of some HIV infected individuals to with stand the virus for prolonged period even in the absence of anti retro viral drugs laid the foundation for this study. The scientists termed such individuals as controllers and examined the cells derived from the controllers for their super defence against HIV and thus discovered that the immune protein A3 is responsible for the prolonged immunity in controllers even in the absence of anti retro viral drugs.

In general any foreign body entering the human system is taken care of by the immune system by developing either adaptive immunity or innate immunity. In case of HIV infection, the virus escapes this body’s first line of defence easily by mutating itself and lies dormant in the resting memory T cells on continuous intake of anti retro viral drugs by the affected individual and once the person is withdrawn from the drug the virus becomes active and deteriorates the health of the infected person.

The controllers were found to have surplus quantity of the immune protein A3 in the memory T cells which simply hinders the function of HIV and such developed immunity is termed as the intrinsic immunity which is fool proof. Scientists state that starting early medication with the onset of the infection will act as body’s first line of defence which takes care of the virus and in the mean time the reserve of A3 immune protein can be built and preserved thus making the HIV infected individuals as controllers and thus usage of anti retro viral drug can be shortened with prolonging the immunity against HIV.

The Research team involved in this novel discovery is looking into the development of a new drug which will boost the production of immune protein A3 in the body of a HIV infected person.
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