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Australian study reveals that protein inhibits AIDS virus

01/17/2013

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Therapy prevents the HIV virus from reproducing but does not kill. If the search is successful, patients will still have the virus, but it does not trigger the disease

"If this study remains steadfast in his way, bearing in mind that there are many hurdles to overcome, we are looking for the cure of AIDS" - David Harrich, Institute for Medical Research in Queensland, Australia

"If this study remains steadfast in his way, bearing in mind that there are many hurdles to overcome, we are looking for the cure of AIDS" - David Harrich, Institute for Medical Research in Queensland, Australia

But when talking about a potential cure, we must make clear that it is not sterilizing cure, which means the total elimination of the virus from the body.

"The virus can infect a cell, but would spread" said Harrich. "The individual would still be infected with HIV - it is not a cure for the virus - but the virus remain latent, not wake up, so the patient does not develop AIDS," he added. "With a treatment like this, it would be possible to maintain healthy immune system", amended.

A person with HIV develops AIDS when their defense cell count falls below 200 CD4 cells per microliter of blood or develops some of the so-called AIDS-defining illnesses, any one of 22 opportunistic infections or cancers linked to HIV.

Without treatment, most people infected may not develop AIDS for 10 to 15 years or even more, according to the UN. But the use of antiretroviral drugs can prolong your life even more.

If proven, gene therapy may cause an interruption Nullbasic indefinite escalation of HIV to AIDS, putting an end to the lethality of the disease.

Moreover, according Harrich, the potential of a single protein to be as effective in combating disease mean the end of costly therapies with multiple drugs, which would mean a better quality of life and lower costs to people and governments.

Tests in animal protein are expected to start this year, but should still take a few years to develop a treatment from her.

According to the latest figures from the United Nations, the number of people infected with HIV worldwide has risen from 33.5 million in 2010 to 34 million in 2011.

The vast majority of those infected, 23.5 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa and 4.2 million in other South and Southeast Asian.



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