Instead of suppressing and treating HIV and
AIDS, which is what currently happens,
researchers have for the first time shown
they’ve found a way to destroy the virus.
It might not look like a typical operating room,
but in a lab at Temple’s Center for
Neurovirology researchers are performing
surgeries on genes. Welcome to the front lines
of genetic surgery. They’ve found a way to
operate on DNA and destroy the AIDS virus.
“It’s an important finding because for the first
time in laboratory setting we show that the
virus can be eradicated from human culture,
cell culture, said Dr. Kamel Khalili, who led the
research team. They developed molecular
tools that can hunt down and delete HIV in
cells.
“Basically converting infected cells to un-
infected cells and that is very important
because the current therapy can not eliminate
the virus from cells,” said Dr. Khalili.
Dr. Khalili showed a slide with a cell infected
with HIV, highlighted in green. Then he showed
another slide where the HIV is gone, the result
of Temple’s gene surgery.
“We have a cure for HIV elimination. We have a
system to eliminate HIV from the cells in the
laboratory,” said Dr. Khalili.
Now the next step is to find a way to move the
discovery from the lab into animals then
people, the groundwork being set for curing
HIV.
“Very exciting, it’s very exciting,” said Dr. Khalili.
Dr. Khalili doesn’t have a time frame on when
this discovery could be in clinical trials. There
are so many variables.
Thirty-three-million people have HIV. One
million are in the United States. Every year
50,000 Americans contract the virus.
www.theheraldng.com/researchers-discover-treatment-destroy-hiv-virus-human-cells/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Kudos

Absolute rubbish; nothing new; killing d virus; outside d body is as easy as ABC; nothing spectacular; ryt 4rm d outset; d probs has always been removing dat shit 4rm d blood

Ok

Raymondenyi: Absolute rubbish; nothing new; killing d virus; outside d body is as easy as ABC; nothing spectacular; ryt 4rm d outset; d probs has always been removing dat shit 4rm d blood

why not read it over again before you call it rubbish “Basically converting infected cells to un-
infected cells and that is very important
because the current therapy can not eliminate
the virus from cells,”

worlexy: why not read it over again before you call it rubbish “Basically converting infected cells to un-
infected cells and that is very important
because the current therapy can not eliminate
the virus from cells,”

. Tru genetic surgery abi? My bro; I'm a scientist; all those can only be hypothesized caused in reality dat can only be performed "invitro" not "invivo" so no need giving people false hope; n using false headlines!!! It ain't necessary!!!

Raymondenyi: . Tru genetic surgery abi? My bro; I'm a scientist; all those can only be hypothesized caused in reality dat can only be performed "invitro" not "invivo" so no need giving people false hope; n using false headlines!!! It ain't necessary!!!

OK. I know pessimistic like u wouldn't have believed sickled cell disease could be cured thru stem cell transplant, but it's now a reality. Whether in vitro or in vivo, this current feat has never been attained in the research on HIV before. Or maybe u should tell me as a "scientist" that u claim to be, if there has ever been such an in vitro achievement before.

Dis is not yet a cure! B careful d way u capture info...

Raymondenyi: Absolute rubbish; nothing new; killing d virus; outside d body is as easy as ABC; nothing spectacular; ryt 4rm d outset; d probs has always been removing dat shit 4rm d blood

you are the one who has missed it and it even shows you don't understand the pathogenesis of HIV.
currently,the available drugs only kill the virus BUT with the virus still encoded in the host cell DNA, more and more of the viruses will still be produced just like your body produces any other protein.
to find a permanent cure, the part of the DNA that codes the virus has to essentially be cut out ,altered or mutated.
what makes it even more difficult is that even though you reduce the virus to undetectable levels in blood,there are RESERVOIRS in the GIT and most especially the CNS where these viruses lie low to launch an attack once anti retrovirals are stopped.
currently,researchers are looking for ways to get to the reservoirs with drugs and its been difficult.
I believe genetic science is the key to solving this issue and indeed many other genetic based diseases.

phantom: you are the one who has missed it and it even shows you don't understand the pathogenesis of HIV.
currently,the available drugs only kill the virus BUT with the virus still encoded in the host cell DNA, more and more of the viruses will still be produced just like your body produces any other protein.
to find a permanent cure, the part of the DNA that codes the virus has to essentially be cut out ,altered or mutated.
what makes it even more difficult is that even though you reduce the virus to undetectable levels in blood,there are RESERVOIRS in the GIT and most especially the CNS where these viruses lie low to launch an attack once anti retrovirals are stopped.
currently,researchers are looking for ways to get to the reservoirs with drugs and its been difficult.
I believe genetic science is the key to solving this issue and indeed many other genetic based diseases.

God bless u for enlightening him. From your submission, I can guess that u have a sound knowledge of pathology. Some people just come on Nairaland to comment without having baseline knowledge about the subject matter.