In what it could be a breakthrough in the field of modern medical science, a team of scientists from Britain are on the verge of finding cure for HIV infection, which presently has the ‘incurable’ tag.
Earlier this week The Sunday Times reported the case of a Brit who hopes to have been cured of the dreaded disease with the help of the new ‘pioneering’ therapy.
According to reports, this 44-year-old man is one among 50 HIV positive patients who underwent the treatment. The therapy has been designed by scientists and doctors from five of Britain’s top colleges.
Currently, the available treatment for HIV-AIDS fails to get rid of infected cells in patient’s body which remain dormant for a specific period. Plainly speaking, it is here where the new treatment has seemingly made a difference. The scientists claim that the therapy will help in the tracking and destruction of even HIV affected dormant cells.
If the treatment is proven successful, it could save million of lives on Earth which are identified as HIV positive.
Blood tests conducted on the man show no traces of HIV infection in his blood stream, however, he has to wait for few more months before a confirmation, on whether the treatment has permanently cleared the disease, could be made.
“This is one of the first serious attempts at a full cure for HIV. We are exploring the real possibility of curing HIV. This is a huge challenge and its still early days but the progress has been remarkable,” Mark Samuels, managing director of the National Institute for Health Research Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure, was quoted by The Sunday Times.
