Scientists Just Deleted HIV in Mice Using Gene-Editing Technique

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Scientists at Temple University successfully removed HIV DNA from living animals, another step forward in their effort to develop a cure for the virus that causes AIDS.

Led by Kamel Khalili, professor and chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Temple, the team’s latest advancement comes months after it announced they had successfully removed the virus from human T-cells, using blood drawn from actual patients living with HIV and the much-touted CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing method.

 

“It’s extremely promising,” said Dr. Khalili, who believes the most recent advancement paves the way for “the ultimate cure.”

Detailed in the journal Gene Therapy, the most recent breakthrough showed that the team—which included collaborators from the University of Milan, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the University of South Carolina—was able to target and completely eliminate the virus in the organs of rats and mice, including the brain, heart, kidney, liver, lungs, spleen and blood cells.

“The findings are important on multiple levels,” added Khalili. “They show that the system can protect cells from reinfection and that the technology is safe for the cells, with no toxic effects.”

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[venusian 4,686]

the government will kill these people off just wait lmao

[Sizzily 14,571]

Just now, venusian said:

the government will kill these people off just wait lmao

[Pierre 10,480]

Well, this is really important. Let's see if the government and the pharmacy industry let them work.mp3 

[DiegoMonster 4,815]

Huge step, I wonder how the world will react when they deliver an actual cure for the virus...

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Just now, DiegoMonster said:

Huge step, I wonder how the world will react when they deliver an actual cure for the virus...

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but this will save so many countless lives  

[JDi 1,495]

4 minutes ago, venusian said:

the government will kill thesepeople off just wait lmao

you spelled gubberment wrong
 

Spoiler

 

[Wolf 1,328]

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[DiegoMonster 4,815]

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but this will save so many countless lives  

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[Radio Ga Ga 5,671]

12 hours ago, Baby Blue said:

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but this will save so many countless lives  

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1 minute ago, DiegoMonster said:

oh god poor Condom companies, their fall will be legit.

people will still use it for contraception tho  

[FATCAT 60,888]

5 minutes ago, DiegoMonster said:

Huge step, I wonder how the world will react when they deliver an actual cure for the virus...

They won't. The industry gets too much money treating the disease. Until they can make more money curing it, a cure won't be found.

[DiegoMonster 4,815]

 took it from http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/chusa03/pages/status_adolescents.htm

[Helxig 45,367]

These wonderful scientists should just shut up, stay quiet, do their research in complete privacy and anonymity, and then release and patent it the instant that it is actually perfected. Otherwise they're just gonna find themselves at a government motivated dead-end...

[AJH219 4,448]

Even if this is perfected and ready to go, we commoners will never get access to this