Israeli scientists find HIV cure: Journal

[Prometheus]

Jerusalem: In a major breakthrough, Israeli scientists have developed a method that can wipe out HIV infected cells without affecting the healthy ones but it will be a while before it is available to the public, a medical journal says.

Although the researchers have registered an Israeli patent, the treatment must still go through trials on animals and humans, the latest edition of the British journal AIDS Research and Therapy says.

Peptides, unique short protein segments developed by the researchers, can interfere with replication and at the same time overwhelm the infected cell, triggering its self-destruction.

"It is our view that the results described in this work suggest a novel approach to specifically promote death of HIV-1 infected cells and thus may eventually be developed into a new and general anti-viral therapy," Xinhua quoted the researchers as saying in the journal.

"The usual medications kill the virus that has entered the body during infection and the (peptide) treatment allows cells infected with the genetic load of the virus to be killed," they addedIsraeli scientists find HIV cure: Journal

 

[Gentle Typhoon]

wow great news.

 

[SpArK]

Good one .. They really have some brains...

 

[mjnaushad]

Awesome news.......

I hope he dont sell it to some high medicine company......Instead he donates it to world.....

 

[gowthamraj]

I love israelis . israeli scientist discovers atom bomb and the same country scientists discovers cure for hiv

 

[mjnaushad]

I love israelis . israeli scientist discovers atom bomb and the same country scientists discovers cure for hiv

I didn't know Einestine was a Israeli....He was a jew as far I know......

And I dont think Israel exist at that time...

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Impressive!
Can save many lives worldwide.

 

[ptldM3]

HIV/AIDS patients take a lot of medications, something like this will make many people angry due to the fact that they will lose millions perhaps billions over a prolonged period, will this make it to the market?

 

[mjnaushad]

HIV/AIDS patients take a lot of medications, something like this will make many people angry due to the fact that they will lose millions perhaps billions over a prolonged period, will this make it to the market?

Lets hope so.....

I think huge companies will try to buy this patent as it can give them trillions of profit......

It sure will come out but on a price which will only be affordable to few hotshots.

 

[Awesome]

Err you guys do know there have been many claims for this over the decades.

 

[foxbat]

here's hoping.. If true, it will really be a breakthru.

 

[Pasban]

I hope this is true, in which case congratulations to the researchers. Any strive towards a cure/ treatment should be applauded.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Lets wait for sometime before celebrating...these type of news have come before also...if true it could save millions.

 

[anathema]

Holy mother of god -- if true this is indeed great !!!! Lets hope that this medicine gives us all a much needed relief..

This can do wonders to Israeli economy --- Imagine all the money pumped in through patents.

And i dont think donating to the world is going to happen anytime sooner -- it will be all economics.

 

[Coltsfan]

This is a short report, not even a full research article.

Even if this treatment is promising it would be at least a decade before it can be actually used.

http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/pdf/1742-6405-7-31.pdf