article_snippet: Scientists claim Scientists are one step closer to creating a drug that can cure HIV.
article_snippet: scientists added CRISPR, the guide RNAs and other molecules needed for the system to work to immune cells that had been infected with HIV.
article_snippet: scientists found that CRISPR successfully cut the right spots in HIV's genes, inactivating the virus.
article_snippet: Not only did CRISPR chop up loose copies of the virus as they initially infected the cell, but the cell also cut up HIV that was hidden and dormant within the cells' DNA.
article_snippet: While other research groups have taken similar approaches in targeting CRISPR to HIV, the new Salk study showed that the method is effective against active, full-length HIV rather than a shortened, inactive version of the virus.
article_snippet: the new Salk study also illustrated in a more complete way how CRISPR targets HIV in living human cells, verifying that the new Salk study works both before and after the virus is embedded in the genome.
article_snippet: Not only did CRISPR chop up loose copies of the virus as they initially infected the cell, but the cell also cut up HIV that was hidden and dormant within the cells' DNA . '
article_snippet: Next, Liao and Liao colleagues tried adding the CRISPR system to human cells before Liao and his colleagues becoming infected with HIV. '
article_snippet: More research is needed to determine how the technology could be used in human patients and whether HIV will quickly evolve to escape CRISPR.
highlights_snippet: Scientists found method successfully cut HIV's genes, inactivating the virus .
  
highlights_snippet: CRISPR method also cut up HIV that was dormant within the cells' DNA .
  
highlights_snippet: Latest study shows CRISPR method is effective against active, full-length HIV rather than a shortened, inactive version of the virus .