Temple University HIV Cure
Breakthrough HIV Cure?! Temple University Researchers May Have It - Page 2
“Basically, converting infected cells to un-infected cells and that is very important because the currant therapy cannot eliminate the virus from cells…we have a cure for HIV elimination. We have a system to eliminate HIV from the cells in the laboratory.”
Full details of the study were published July 21 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Khalili says that the team is working on strategies for preclinical studies, and eventually, will test in clinical trials on animals and humans. “We want to eradicate every single copy of HIV-1 from the patient. That will cure AIDS. I think this technology is the way we can do it.”
A cure has been a long time coming and this is definitely research to watch for.
Breakthrough HIV Cure?! Temple University Researchers May Have It - Page 2 was originally published on blackdoctor.org
