Why Novel Nanoparticle-based Delivery Platforms Hold Key for HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention?
Journal Title: HIV/AIDS Research and Treatment – Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
The administration of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to HIV/AIDS patients has greatly reduced their morbidity and mortality. However, HAART regimens have myriad of limitations, which make it difficult to completely eradicate HIV/AIDS from the body. Cells harboring latent HIV reside in restricted areas in the body: cellular and anatomical reservoirs. The residing of HIV in these restricted sanctuaries makes HAART regimens incapable of completely eliminating HIV from the body. In addition, HAART regimens have to be taken for a lifetime making AIDS patients develop resistance to the drugs. When HIV/AIDS patients take HAART regimens overtime, the drugs result in side effects, such as drug toxicities and treatment fatigue. The development of nanotechnology has revolutionized medicine today. Nanotechnology have the potential to mitigate the challenges that doctors and scientists are facing with the current treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. In this review, I discuss the challenges of HAART regimens and how the novel nanoparticle-based delivery platforms can be advanced for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
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Michael Ochieng Otieno
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- DOI 10.17140/HARTOJ-2-113
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