Potential Future HIV Cure: The Role of Gene Editing

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welcome back to health awareness today
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we're exploring a fascinating topic with
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the potential to transform the fight
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against HIV could Gan editing be the
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Breakthrough we've been waiting for join
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us as we dive into the exciting world of
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Chris per technology and its potential
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role in curing
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HIV let's take a moment to reflect on
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the past in the 1970s and 1980s a
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diagnosis of HIV was often a devastating
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sentence back then little was known
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about the virus and the medical imunity
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struggled to manage it but thanks to
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incredible advances in medicine and
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research we now have powerful treatments
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that can control the
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virus understanding how HIV works is key
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to grasping why a cure has been so
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elusive HIV typically spreads through
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unprotected sex and targets the immune
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system it integrates its genetic
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material into the DNA of immune cells
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effectively hiding within these cells
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and becoming a permanent part of the
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cellular
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Machinery after the initial flu like
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symptoms HIV enters a stage known as
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clinical latency during this period the
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virus continues to replicate at low
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levels but symptoms might be minimal or
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absent this latency can last for years
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during which the virus can lie dormant
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in some immune
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cells without treatment HIV advances to
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AIDS a condition where the immune system
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is severely compromised this makes
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patients highly susceptible to
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opportunistic infections and certain
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cancers while modern medications can
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keep the virus under control and prevent
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progression to AIDS they cannot
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eradicate the virus from the body now
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let's talk about crisper a
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groundbreaking tool in genetic research
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discovered in bacteria crisper allows
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scientists to make precise edits to the
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DNA of living cells this technology can
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cut insert or modify genes and it's
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already showing promise in treating
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genetic disorders like CLE cell
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anemia researchers at the University of
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am Amsterdam are pioneering ing the use
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of crisper to Target HIV their
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Innovative approach involves delivering
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crisper to infected cells to disable
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dormant HIV viruses this could
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potentially remove the virus completely
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and offer a
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cure however this approach is not
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without its challenges one of the major
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hurdles is delivering crisper
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effectively to all the different types
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of cells and organs where the virus
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might be hiding researchers must also
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ensure that the treatment works against
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all strains of HIV and is both safe and
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precise looking ahead the next steps
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involve testing this crisper technology
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in animal models to see if it can
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effectively Target and eliminate HIV
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infected cells if successful the
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ultimate goal is to move on to human
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clinical trials these trials will be
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crucial in determining whether this
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approach can be a viable cure for
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HIV to give you a broader perspective
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we've spoken to experts in the field
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here's what they have to say about the
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future of HIV treatment and the role of
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crisper
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while we're still in the early stages of
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this exciting research the potential of
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Gene editing to cure HIV is
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promising stay tuned to health awareness
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