How Could Scientists Cure AIDS Patients? - Part 1 – Virus 40

Surprisingly, the first AIDS patient has been cured first time in 2007, about 16 years ago, but since then, no or very few repeats are success.

Fig 01- Great shot of HIV (credit to Imperial College London)

One the most crucial reason that It is because bone marrow transplant technique face with “harsh side effects that can last for years,” and even causes patients almost to die.

Then, number of people infected by HIV is increasing year by year worldwide:

- more than 36.9 million people recently

- at least 940 thousands death in 2017 alone.

- and the condition is the worst in developing countries.

Fig 02- Red berries of Yaupon plant

Fig 03- Two Tangerines, illustration only

Researchers determined to develop transplant technique and procedure with less suffer side effects.

Interestingly, the transplant included CCR5 protein which has been mutant in a donor.

We might wonder that what is CCR5 protein which has been mutant?

# To be continued to part 2

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