Stem cell engineering could help destroy HIV

In a recent article published in Science Daily discusses how we might have a potential cure for HIV. Researchers in UCLA were able to test engineered stem cells in mice, that were able to decrease the levels if HIV in blood. The stem cells were engineered to become multi-functional HIV specific CD8 cells that only target HIV, not being able to damage any other part of the body.

In the study there was a slight weakness: “Human immune cells reconstituted at a lower level in the humanized mice than they would in humans, and as a result, the mice's immune systems were mostly, though not completely, reconstructed.”   In order to solve this dilemma; the scientists can use multiple forms of T-cell receptors, to compensate for high levels of HIV mutation in humans.