Overview
HIV/AIDS and gene therapy denotes the application of genetic approaches to treat, control, or potentially cure human immunodeficiency virus infection by modifying host or immune-cell genomes rather than relying solely on lifelong pharmacologic suppression. Conceptually, strategies include disrupting entry coreceptors, engineering HIV-resistant immune cells, delivering antiviral transgenes, and harnessing gene-edited cells to reconstitute durable immunity, with the goal of achieving sustained remission off antiretroviral therapy. This sits against the established backdrop of combination antiretroviral and highly active antiretroviral therapy, whose limitations motivate genetic alternatives: adverse drug reactions, the cost and burden of adverse events, long-term toxicities, and the challenge of treatment adherence. Related investigative threads include the cellular consequences of reverse transcriptase inhibitors, dual-target antiviral concepts, and adjunctive or phytochemical interventions explored for their immunological effects in seropositive individuals. Clinical profiles of HIV-infected patients in the antiretroviral era, including comorbidities such as bone loss in relation to CD4 status, frame the unmet needs that curative genetic strategies aim to address. The peer-reviewed research gathered here concentrates on antiretroviral pharmacology, drug safety, adherence, and the clinical course of HIV infection, providing the therapeutic context within which gene-based approaches to HIV and AIDS are evaluated.
Research published in this journal
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
Evaluation of Direct Cost of Adverse Drug Reactions to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Indian Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Patients
Clinical and Immunological Beneficial Effects of Phyto V7 Consumption by HIV-1 Seropositive Individuals
Disability and Health Outcomes – From a Cohort of People on Long Term ART
Nucleoside and Nucleotide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Induce Aging by Inhibiting Telomerase Function
Dual Choice for Dual Target Anti-HIV Therapy
Pattern of Use of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Regimens and Pattern of Occurrence of Adverse Drug Reactions in an Indian Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Patients
Phytochemicals May Arrest HIV-1 Progression
Review of Useful Theories for Working with People Who are Living with HIV and AIDS
Demographics, Clinical Profile and Outcome among the HIV Infected Persons Hospitalized in the HAART Era in Barbados.
Undergraduate Student’s Perception of HIV/AIDS.A Case of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, NIGERIA
The Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Hiv Infected Patient and its Correlation with Cd4 Count/Clinical Staging in Indian Population
How this research is being cited
The 12 articles above have been cited 21 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
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2025 · The Natural Products Journal
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2025 · Virology Journal
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Doreen Kamori et al. · 2024 · PLoS ONE
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2024 · PLoS ONE
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Ivo Nchendia Azia et al. · 2023 · BMC Public Health
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2023 · BMC Public Health
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A. Luke et al. · 2022 · Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care
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2022 · Journal of Community Medicine and Primary Health Care
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