Nanoparticle Carrying Bee Venom Could Prevent HIV Infection and Cure It

The research, which was published in the journal Antiviral Therapy ("Cytolytic nanoparticles attenuate HIV-1 infectivity"), employed a nanoparticle that had previously been abandoned when it proved ineffective for delivering oxygen to blood cells. But in its new role, carrying the toxin melittin, a poison found in bee venom, it is extremely effective at breaking down the essential structure of HIV.

via IEEE