This episode covers how RNA binding proteins can be targeted to antagonise viral infection, the challenges of host-directed therapies against HIV and promising future directions in the field of HIV/AIDS.

Kate Dicker, a PhD student in Infection, Immunology and Translational Medicine at the University of Oxford, shares her research.

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Music: "Fossiles" from the Carnival of the Animals (Saint Saëns). Recording by Seattle Youth Symphony, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license