INTEGRASE AND HIV-1
HIV-I, one of the deathly diseases present on earth, is being researched a lot in order to find an efficacious therapy against it. The virus contains some of the genes for proteins/enzymes and utilizes some from the host. Integrase is one of the enzymes present in virus that helps it to integrate its genome into the host genome and get itself replicated there. In order to search for the treatment, first thing that is kept in mind is the development of resistance by getting their genes mutated during replication, therefore it is need of the hour that research on the treatment against cancer must go on and should be updated. Inhibiting the enzymatic activity is one of the approaches. Inhibitors of integrase have also been developed that inhibit the integration of genome of the virus into that of the host and therefore prevent it to proliferate inside the host cell. A lot of research is going on HIV-I in the area of integrase inhibitors which offer new promises in for therapy against HIV-I. Raltegravir integrase inhibitor is one of such inhibitors and the first one to get approval from FDA and the discovery of which is considered a blessing. > Read the Full Post