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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Possible Cure for HIV: British Man Shows No Signs After Treatment

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A clinical trial being conducted by Britain’s top five universities has announced that after subjecting the British man to treatment, he has not shown any signs. UK scientists say that this has been a remarkable improvement as reported by iflscience.com.

However, it is too early to tell if the technique actually worked. Because of the dormant cells that inhibit the symptoms, it might take years for doctors to finally say that the patient is cured.

The treatment proves to be promising though. It involves the three phases.

First, the patient will be introduced to anti-retroviral drugs to stop T-cells from spreading the virus. Second, they purposely infect the patients with a virus that strengthens the immune system thus giving them the ability to kill the infected T-cells. Last, they perform the “kick and kill” strategy. They administer vorinostat which activates the dormant T-cells and in turn, forces them to exhibit HIV-associated proteins. This is detected by the enhanced immune system and it destroys them.

It is expected that this new technique will be able to eliminate the existence of the virus from the patient’s body. This also includes the dormant cells. However, because these are inactive cells and they often remain dormant for years, the scientists won’t be able to determine if the patient has been truly cured of the condition.

The 44-year-old participant told The Sunday Times, “It would be great if a cure has happened. My last blood test was a couple of weeks ago and there is no detectable virus. However, that could be the anti-retroviral therapies, so we have to wait to be sure.”

Doctors will have to face the waiting game. In the event that they can prove the treatment to be a success, it can definitely give hope to the 37 million people in the world who are affected by this condition.

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