The HIV virus is one of the most complicated and devastating diseases known to man. To date, 33 million are suffering from the disease worldwide, with one million of those cases being in the United States. About 55,000 are added to that number nationally every year. For years, the medical community has tried to find the best ways to treat and suppress the virus, but a cure seemed far off.
At least, it seemed far off until today. Researchers at Temple University’s Center for Neurovirology in Philadelphia have found a way to successfully eliminated the HIV virus from the human body by operating one’s DNA.“We have a cure for HIV elimination. We have a system to eliminate HIV from the cells in the laboratory,” said leader of the research squad, Dr. Kamel Khalili.
A team of researchers developed molecular tools that can be used to find and destroy HIV. Dr. Khalili said, “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.” He described the process as “Basically converting infected cells to un-infected cells.”
Researchers are excited about the findings, but there is still a long way to go. Now, they are charged with the task of finding a way to move the procedure from the lab into animals then into people. There is no timeframe for when this will happen.
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