From what I read, it interferes with capsid formation. Since HIV is a retrovirus, by the time capsid formation is happening it has already integrated itself with the host cell’s DNA.
That implies that as long as the drug is present, the virus won’t be able to replicate, however as soon as the drug is no longer present the virus will start replicating. Because the cell has been infected.
Since it has the eink it could also be a book reader. I know that once too many things are added it takes away from the low aspect, but that seems like a good one to me.
I really believe that reliable and safe autonomous driving requires LIDAR or something else that gives direct distance readouts In all lighting conditions.
The drug, Lenacapavir, is a capsid inhibitor. That means it prevents HIV virus from assembling into infectious particles by interfering with the production of the capsid and packaging of viral RNA into it.
This also means that it actually does not stop infection. Cells still get infected, but this drug prevents more virus from being produced.
My question is, since there are infected cells in these individuals, if they stop taking the drug aren’t they likely to become immediately highly infected, because the drug only interferes with viral replication while it is present in the body? Once infected, a cell is permanently infected.
I think this should be the case, unless infected cells are somehow killed off through some other mechanism: maybe they get lysed through an accumulation of partially formed capsids?