Regardless of how you got it, if you have it it is a deadly disease that wastes and devastates the body and the mind.
Scientists Make ?Exciting Discovery? That Could Lead to a ?Permanent Cure? for AIDS | Video | TheBlaze.com
Scientists Make ?Exciting Discovery? That Could Lead to a ?Permanent Cure? for AIDS | Video | TheBlaze.com
For the first time, scientists have successfully cut HIV out from human cells, marking an advance that researchers on the project called a possible “game changer” for the disease that afflicts millions worldwide.
The researchers from Temple University found a way to eradicate HIV-1 genes, which inserts itself into an infected individual’s own DNA, permanently from human cells in culture. Here’s how they achieved it, according to the university’s news release:
When deployed, a combination of a DNA-snipping enzyme called a nuclease and a targeting strand of RNA called a guide RNA (gRNA) hunt down the viral genome and excise the HIV-1 DNA. From there, the cell’s gene repair machinery takes over, soldering the loose ends of the genome back together – resulting in virus-free cells.