Medical research team succeeded in completely removing HIV virus from blood

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The HIV virus that causes intractable disease / AIDS infects immune cells protecting the human body, weakens resistance, and drives it to death with a very high probability. Although it is an HIV virus feared as a virus of fear, a joint research team in the UK announced that it succeeded in removing HIV virus from the blood of a male patient by using a new therapy.

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The successful "HIV cure" is a collaborative research team by Oxford University, Cambridge University, Imperial College London, University of London, King's College London, UK. The team is conducting a clinical trial of a newly developed therapy for 50 HIV patients and a 44-year-old man who confirmed this virus disappearance became the first successful case by this therapy It is.

A scientist from the research team says that if it is confirmed that HIV virus is not detected at all from male blood and that this condition is continued, it will be called the first state of "HIV cure" about. Mark Samuels, director of the National Institute of Health in the UK, said: "We are pursuing the real possibilities in the treatment of HIV. This research is a very big challenge, and despite being in the early stages The results are impressive, "he says of the importance and achievements of the research.

The HIV virus infects T lymphocytes and macrophages, which play a very important role in the human immune system, takes over them, reduces the immune cells in the body, and is usually infected less often It also creates a situation that also infects pathogens. This condition is called AIDS (Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)Representative 23 diseasesIt is diagnosed with AIDS at the time of onset of infection. Conventional treatments use a technique called "antiretroviral therapy", but this treatment had the disadvantage that cells infected with viruses had no effect on latent cells.

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The possibility to solve this problem and bring about a leap in treatment is this treatment method whose effect was confirmed. This treatment consists of two stages, first using a vaccine to remove HIV virus-infected cells in the body. Then, by activating T cells infected with HIV with a newly developed drug called "Vorinostat", it will cause the patient's body's immune system to attack and cause the virus to disappear Thing.

A man who confirmed the disappearance of the virus said "If it is said that treatment is realized it would be wonderful.Although we tested my blood last week a few weeks ago, the virus was found I did not say. " Also, regarding participating in this study, "I decided to participate this time is to save myself as well as to save others.If the past years of research has resulted in this disease It would be a tremendous achievement if we could save people from it, I can not believe that I am involved in that. "

Dr. Sarah Fiddler of Imperial College London said, "This treatment is designed to completely eliminate the HIV virus including latent ones from the patient's body, and at the laboratory level the outcome is It is confirmed and this will result in the human body, but I would like to emphasize that there is still a long way to go before it is used as an actual treatment practice. " .