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A research team led by Professor Chu Hin (first right) and Professor Chen Zhiwei (first left) has discovered that inhibiting the BRD9 protein can effectively reactivate latent HIV-1. When used in combination with other drugs, this approach exhibits significant synergistic effects, offering new hope for the development of novel treatment regimens for HIV-1 cure.

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