This is a scientific first from Philadelphia which could be the way to curing HIV. It is a breakthrough, so instead of supressing and treating the HIV&AIDS which is what currently happens, researchers at Temple have now for the first time shown they’ve found a way to destroy the virus. The researchers at Temple Center for Virology have found a way to operate on DNA and destroy the AIDS virus.
“It is an important finding because for the first time in lab setting we show that the virus can be eradicated from human culture” – Dr Kamel Khalili
“Basically converting the infected cells to uninfected cells and that is very important because the current therapy cannot eliminate the virus from the cells” – Dr Kamel Khalili
“We have a tool for HIV elimination, we have a system to eliminate HIV from cells in the laboratory” – Dr Kamel Khalili
~ Dr Khalili led the research team that developed molecular tools that can hunt down and delete HIV in cells.
The media above shows a cell infected with HIV highlighted in green, to the right is the result of Temple’s gene surgery showing the HIV is gone(areas now pale grey). The next step in this huge discovery is to find a way to move the discovery from the lab and the animals then people, the ground work being set for curing HIV. There’s no exact time frame when this discovery could be in clinical trials because there are so many variables, this could be used eventually to help fight other diseases.