According to Neppan Seppa this week scientists tried testing the effect of bee venom on people who were HIV positive. They discovered that if the bee venom was packed in little balls and put on the infected cell, that it caused the HIV to be destroyed while leaving the rest of the cell uninfected. This is an amazing breakthrough because in the past scientists haven't been able to destroy the HIV particles without also destroying the rest of the cell. This is not a cure for HIV but scientists will continue testing venoms against the virus and they hope to get a better understanding of animal venoms on HIV and possibly lead them to a cure for the deadly disease.
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Your article is very interesting because it shows that scientists are constantly discovering new ways to cure diseases that were once untouchable. I think it is particularly interesting that bee venom can kill HIV because I read another blog on here about how a baby was basically cured of HIV. I don't really understand why the bee venom can't cure HIV if it is killing the virus but not the original cell. What else has to happen to cure HIV besides killing it?
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what scientists are coming up with that could lead to cures, and I also read the article about the baby being cured from HIV, but I also think that they are going to need another way if they want to be able to cure people that are allergic to bees. They could hopefully use some drugs like they did for the baby that was cured.
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This is a very interesting, and it is amazing how scientist are trying everything just to come up with a cure for HIV. If they used something as random as bee venom, there are millions of other thing to be tested that could potentially cure HIV infected cells. I found another article based on this topic and it said the same information, like it doesn't kill the cell along with the infection. That is the biggest achievement to this experiment, because it allows the cell to live while the infection dies off. Also, Knowing that the baby was cured from HIV, as the other comments said, it suggests that scientists are on the right path, and I believe they will find a cure soon!
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That is a very interesting observation. It is amazing that some people are thinking of these things to cure this virus. I hope they will find a cure soon. This is a major advancement in experimenting a cure. I found an article that said that David Harrich, an Australian scientist, discovered a way that could cure HIV. He modified a protein in HIV that normally helps the virus spread. This make the HIV turn against itself.
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This experiment was a very interesting one, and very exciting that the bee venom can destroy the HIV and the surrounding cells will remain unharmed. Plus, it can also prevent the spread of HIV by using the venom as a vaginal gel.
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