4hw.com.cn: according to local media reports, Professor Chen Zhiwei, director of the AIDS Research Institute of Hong Kong University held a press conference on the 26th, announcing that the team has successfully developed an innovative broad-spectrum antibody drug "biia-sg" for AIDS prevention and immunotherapy by using genetic engineering technology. In view of the high mutation rate and drug resistance of HIV, 'biia-sg' can have the effect of 'one stone, two birds', can combine with the CD4 protein on the surface of host immune cells, can ambush HIV, and protect cells from HIV infection.
Can AIDS be saved? Hong Kong University develops new drugs to eliminate AIDS
The team conducted drug tests on mice: it was found that healthy mice can prevent 124 subtypes of HIV after injection, and the antibody can be maintained in the body for one week; in terms of treatment, 42% of mice infected with HIV can inhibit HIV in the body within three months after gene introduction, effectively reducing the amount of virus.