Melittin kills HIV! Breakthrough research results are inspiring

US scientists have announced that chemicals found in melittin can be used to destroy HIV and prevent the spread of AIDS without damaging normal cells around, the Daily Mail reported Scientists from the University of Washington School of medicine have long found that bee venom peptide, a chemical found in bee stings, can pierce the protective outer layer of HIV and destroy it The scientists injected the toxin into nanoparticles, which were equipped with special "buffers" to enable it to bounce away from normal cells, thus avoiding damage to normal cells When the smaller HIV comes into contact with them, it slips between buffers and is attacked by toxins
Researchers found a chemical in bee stings that attacks and destroys HIV cells Joshua Hood, a medical expert who co wrote the research report, said the toxin could be used to produce gel to prevent the spread of AIDS "We hope that in the rapidly spreading areas of AIDS, people will be able to use this gel as a precautionary measure to prevent their initial infection What we are destroying is the physical properties of HIV In theory, there is no way for HIV to adapt to bee venom attacks " Previously, most drugs can only slow down the growth of HIV, and the newly developed bee venom can attack and kill the virus, preventing infection for the first time The study was published in the journal antiviral therapy Scientists believe that it may be an important step in the development of drugs to curb the rampant spread of HIV Doctors also believe that nanoparticles can be further developed to try to kill tumor cells.