Scientists from the University of Amsterdam have successfully removed HIV from cells using CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technique that works similarly to a cookie cutter, focusing on HIV DNA at a small scale and removing all viral imprints at particular locations within infected cells.

A gene-editing technique that won the 2020 Nobel Prize promises to progress HIV treatment and eliminate the need for long-term antiviral drugs. Nonetheless, there are still issues with how difficult it is t...