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" Scientists in the US have created a microbicide they hope could be used to treat HIV infection by tricking the viruses into destroying themselves. A team at Drexel University assembled the Dual Action Virolytic Entry Inhibitor (DAVEI) from pieces of other molecules.\u00A0 The specially engineered creation hijacks the virus&amp;#039;s fusion machinery and causes it to trigger prematurely, without harming healthy cells. Dr Cameron Abrams, one of the authors of the study, said in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy: &amp;#039;DAVEI &amp;#039;tricks&amp;#039; the virus into &amp;#039;thinking&amp;#039; it is about to infect a healthy cell, when, in fact, there is nothing there for it to infect. Instead, it releases its genetic payload harmlessly and dies.&amp;#039; It is hoped the breakthrough could lead to treatments that encourage the viruses to self-destruct on a large scale and eradicate the infection in the human body. Earlier this month, a team at Oregon Health and Science University announced they had created a vaccine for the monkey equivalent of HIV. Read the abstract "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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