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Human antibodies that were mass produced in a lab have eliminated HIV from newborn monkeys, a new study showed. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University were stunned by the results, published in Nature Medicine.
Not only did the antibodies work in each instance to eliminate the virus that causes AIDS, the therapy was also quick, clearing the virus from the body within two weeks. "We're very excited about this study because we think it opens some doors for alternative therapies that could be used to prevent infection in babies and children," said Nancy Haigwood, the lead investigator and head of the OHSU primate center. This is the first time human antibodies have been used in this way, Haigwood said.
Researchers have also tried administering antiretroviral drugs to attack a new infection, but those experiments have failed, she said. Antiretroviral drugs are given to pregnant women who are HIV positive to prevent them from transmitting the virus to their babies, but the drugs are expensive and not widely available in parts of the world where HIV is rampant. Haigwood said the trial of antibody therapy, which was tested in rhesus macaques, was so successful that the approach could be tried in humans in South Africa or elsewhere where the mother-to-child transmission rate of HIV is high.
More than 200,000 children were born with HIV worldwide in 2013, according to the United Nations children's organization, UNICEF. Without therapy, one-third of infected newborns die by their first birthday. Half don't make it to their second, the agency said.
originally posted by: rickymouse
But....But.... what will all those researchers and doctors do now. They will need to invent a new problem that needs urgent attention so they can keep working. Zika just won't cut the cake, maybe they will say that cancer is a communicable disease and they need to find a way to immunize against it.
OMG NOOOOOO
originally posted by: rickymouse
But....But.... what will all those researchers and doctors do now. They will need to invent a new problem that needs urgent attention so they can keep working. Zika just won't cut the cake, maybe they will say that cancer is a communicable disease and they need to find a way to immunize against it.
LOL NOOOOOO thats too much god why am I laughing right now
originally posted by: MysterX
originally posted by: rickymouse
But....But.... what will all those researchers and doctors do now. They will need to invent a new problem that needs urgent attention so they can keep working. Zika just won't cut the cake, maybe they will say that cancer is a communicable disease and they need to find a way to immunize against it.
That, or the return of Dun, da dun dun...Ebola, swine flu, Avian flu, Sars...so many to choose from, and each one a potential gold mine.
originally posted by: Tehthehet
No thank you for explaining and adding on I didn't really think about it it was in my inbox I was just happily surprised