Cure for HIV reportedly 3 years away

[gracie7]

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HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, particles in purple, cause the disease AIDS. (CDC/ Dr. A. Harrison; Dr. P. Feorino)

A cure for HIV and AIDS reportedly could be just a few years away after scientists have been able to successfully snip away the virus from infected cells and prevent the disease from returning.

Scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University are confident that within the next three years they will be able to start human trials, the UK Daily Telegraph reported.

American researchers have previously shown that it’s possible to edit genes to cut the virus from DNA cells entirely.

British experts believe that this treatment, which has only been tested in labs, would allow the body to effectively “cure itself from the inside,” the newspaper reported. Human immune cells that were tested in the labs have showed no alteration to any other part of the genetic code.

“The fact that for the first time we have been able to completely eliminate segments of the viral genome in the laboratory demonstrates that we should be able to eliminate it in the human body,” lead researcher Professor Kamel Khalili told The Telegraph.

He reiterated that based on the recent findings, clinical trials could start within the next three years.

The new technique is called Crispr/Cas9. It involves targeting the genetic code of HIV which inserts into cells, according to The Telegraph. Scientists then take the Cas9 protein and edit it so it can recognize viral code.

The patient’s blood is then taken and scientists would inject Cas9, which would then seek out the HIV virus in the cells. The protein then releases and enzyme and snips out the virus. Scientists are confident that replacing 20 percent of immune cells with genetically altered cells would be enough to cure the virus.

“It is an important step forward. This is part of a wave of research that is being done using these new techniques to attack HIV in particular but also a number of other diseases,” Britain’s Manchester University Professor Matthew Cobb told Radio 4, according to the newspaper.

According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1.2 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV and about 12.8 percent of them are unaware that they have the virus.

Those infected take an antiretroviral drug to control the infection, but need to take it for the rest of their life. If they stop taking the treatment, the virus could cause AIDS.

Source: Cure for HIV reportedly 3 years away | Fox News

[BolABug]

prevention is better than cure.. safe *** lang gud

[gracie7]

prevention is better than cure.. safe *** lang gud

Sakto gyud nah bro.

[Scott Bernard]

Ka remember ko, naana man nigawas nga study nga naana daw cure sa HIV ge develop ang US, then ma release daw a few years nya for further testing nalang...

Spoiler! 

And that was somewhere around 1985

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prevention is better than cure.. safe *** lang gud

Stop butt f#cking also... hehehehe!

[BolABug]

Ka remember ko, naana man nigawas nga study nga naana daw cure sa HIV ge develop ang US, then ma release daw a few years nya for further testing nalang...

Spoiler! 

And that was somewhere around 1985

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Stop butt f#cking also... hehehehe!

yah hahahhhah I'm not against gays but cla maoy one of the leading carrier ani ang uban nandamay pa jud tsk2x . one for all all for one

[Scott Bernard]

It is an eye opener... Only few GROs are infected with HIV. A big number of them even have good "retirement" lives, marrying foreigners and settling down permanently.

I am not anti gay, but this is the truth... Since many opened up their "closets", it is also directly proportional to the rise in HIV.

HIV / AIDS have been present in the Philippines since 1990's, but it is not highly alarming in KTV Bars and other "straight" red light districts....

statistics shows, male to male contact is the big contributor.

[THE KID]

dili lang tawn ta mag lubot oi...........

[divineskull]

tama.

di pod ko anti-gay or sa ilaha community..

pero murag sila gyud ang carrier..

example lang ni ha..
Boy A vs Boy B..
then nakauyab ug girl silang duha..
Boy A (infected) vs Girl A
then na infected na si Girl A
nagbuwag sila, then nakakita lain
Girl A (infected) vs Boy C
then Boy C is infected, then story goes on..
Boy B (infected) vs Girl B
then na infected na si Girl B
nagbuwag sila, then nakakita lain
Girl B (infected) vs Boy D
then Boy D is infected, then story goes on..

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[Scott Bernard]

tama.

di pod ko anti-gay or sa ilaha community..

pero murag sila gyud ang carrier..

example lang ni ha..
Boy A vs Boy B..
then nakauyab ug girl silang duha..
Boy A (infected) vs Girl A
then na infected na si Girl A
nagbuwag sila, then nakakita lain
Girl A (infected) vs Boy C
then Boy C is infected, then story goes on..
Boy B (infected) vs Girl B
then na infected na si Girl B
nagbuwag sila, then nakakita lain
Girl B (infected) vs Boy D
then Boy D is infected, then story goes on..

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A doctor friend of mine told me, they have this medical journal saying if naay full contact hasla^ between boy and girl, unknowingly naay usa nila HIV carrier, 50% ra ang risk nga matakdan ang usa. I said to him, unbelievable... pero mao man daw ang naa sa ilang medical journal.

Naa pod to nag post nga istoryan diri... concerning sa iyang bana nga bayot naay HIV, wala na nakasakay ug barko.

Nagpa testing pod ang wife if HIV positive ba siya... Negative man ang result daw.

[buknoy24]

Shobot ngari shobot ngadto hahahahaha...usahay naa pay canister or pepino or *****.. maypa maglikay...para way labad sa ulo....