Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden have synthesized a new molecule that can kill away the HIV very effectively, though indirectly.
Anti-gal
The scientists stated that human body has an anti-body which is very minor in concentration in serum called as Anti-gal which mainly fights salmonella and E.coli. However, it fails to defend against serious and major infections. Moreover, it can't recognize HIV which renders it ineffective in detecting the virus.
The anti-gal has a distinct specificity for gal alpha 1-3 gal. Gal alpha 1-3 gal is present on most of the tissues of many non-primate animals.
The Adapter Plug
The scientists created a molecule with one end possessing a sugar group capable of detection by anti-gal and another end with a terminal mimicking the lymphocyte receptor. This enables it to abridge the distance between lymphocytes and anti-gal, hence giving it the role of adapter plug. This then helps the molecule fight HIV.