Scientists Successfully Remove HIV From Human Cells

BY Dan Avery:

  "Researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia have been able to destroy HIV in human cells, rather than simply suppress it, a breakthrough in the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS.

  “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 at Temple’s Center for Neurovirology.

  “Basically [we're] converting infected cells to un-infected cells,” he explains “And that is very important because the current therapy can not eliminate the virus from cells.”

  Dr. Khalili’s team developed molecular tools that can operate on DNA and delete HIV in cells."

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