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Natural Defence Against HIV Found
Researchers have discovered a protein that may slow the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), thereby revealing a target for developing natural therapies against the deadly virus.
“In earlier studies, we knew that we could interfere with the spread of HIV-1, but we couldn’t identify the mechanism that was stopping the process,” said study co-author Yong-Hui Zheng, associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Michigan State University in the US.
The researchers found that the protein ERManI prevents the HIV virus from replicating.
“We now know that ERManI is an essential key, and that it has the potential as a antiretroviral treatment,” Zheng noted.
Currently, there is no cure for HIV-1. Once patients have it, they have it for life. While there are antiretroviral therapies available, they can only prolong life, albeit dramatically, but they cannot cure the disease.
Current drug treatments have to be taken for a lifetime, which causes side effects and many other issues, Zheng said.
“We see a way to treat this disease by helping the body protect itself,” he noted.
While it could be decades before an ERManI-based treatment can be prescribed for HIV-1 patients, these results provide a strong path for future research involving human cells, and later, clinical tests.
The next steps will be to test if HIV resistance can be promoted by increasing ERManI levels, Zheng pointed out.
The findings were detailed in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
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New Educated Zambia©❤√
September 18, 2015 at 8:29 am
We are tired of all these break through. We just want a cure. For as long as poverty is the order of the day under pf,hiv will also continue to rise. The two go hand in hand. Vote upnd
Hello Haters
September 18, 2015 at 9:20 am
Kikikiki. @break through.
Lamba boy
September 18, 2015 at 8:47 am
where is our own Sondashi Formula SF.
harishon
September 18, 2015 at 8:59 am
Good observation NEZ, but what will happen in case HH fails to win in 2016? You seem to have put all your eggs in one basket! Let’s not only depend on politicians to achieve sustainable development.
mailoni brother
September 18, 2015 at 9:18 am
ka NEZ iwe kapuli kobe waumfwa.HH is not the answer to everything waumfya.
Kalyobwele
September 18, 2015 at 10:15 am
The 1st prevention is in de mind…wel resechers contnu eploring & 1de the books wil balance
The cure could hav bin found…bt we see MONEY tob @de centa of evrythng..dey wil do evrithng to stop U….creat mor NGOs…bring any medivin to africa fo trials…wen de side efects erupt dey bring NGos..
Therz is mor to stop de Epindemic than jst de Anti..dot
AMASHOKO KOPALA
September 18, 2015 at 10:39 am
INSALA IYOOOOOOOO MU PF NOW IF MY CHILD VOTE PF BETER TO CHASE HIM AWAY I WILL MY FAMILY TO VOTE 4 UPND 4 BETER ZED …….
Joseph Chilongo
September 18, 2015 at 3:16 pm
Have just registered as a voter for el. Have not been voting for too long
Lamba boy
September 18, 2015 at 3:41 pm
congrats bro! vote nanzelu tho
one d
September 18, 2015 at 5:42 pm
HH must be a small god to some people, he can even cure AIDS just by winning the 2016 elections! some fellas are sick in their heads, I wonder what he,s feeding them or what he has promised them. Someone is going insane soon.
ba guy
September 18, 2015 at 10:32 pm
dream on!.
kalembe kafyuke
September 19, 2015 at 4:35 am
nez walichula sana mumano,come 2016,u will just pass out after the results,write a will if AT ALL u ve anything under the sun,because u will die from shock.
kalembe kafyuke
September 19, 2015 at 4:38 am
you never know guys,maybe under5 goes under cover with nez’s sister,you know.
Puungwa
September 19, 2015 at 4:30 pm
If HH does not win,njala iza banyokola ba zambia,the big corporations will squeeze zambias balls till they bleed.