Early evidence related to the use of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) and natural killer-cell (CAR-NK) therapies suggests they hold promise as potential treatments for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV infections.
CAR therapies were originally developed to treat cancer, and they have proven successful at treating some types of hematologic malignancies. That success led scientists to investigate other possible applications for the technology.
Source : AMJC
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