Current strategies for anti-HIV-1 gene therapy aim to do all of the following except:

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Current strategies for anti-HIV-1 gene therapy do not aim to destroy every cell infected with HIV-1 because this approach could harm the patient by destroying too many cells, including those that are essential for health. Instead, the focus is on reducing the viral load, improving patient quality of life, and targeting the virus (e.g., using ribozymes to cleave viral RNA) to inhibit its replication and spread.

Current Strategies for Anti-HIV-1 Gene Therapy Aim to Do All