Our gut could be the key to treating HIV

Much of HIV research focuses on the immune system, as the virus targets the body's T cells to replicate itself, as seen in this photo. — AFP/US National Institutes of Health

Sometimes in science, answers come serendipitously, where researchers aren’t expecting to find them.

That’s what happened to Professor Dr Cristian Apetrei, Prof Dr Ivona Pandrea and their colleagues during a recent study on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).