Vadim Pokrovsky, an AIDS specialist from the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, said that the search for a drug for HIV could lead to the creation of a cure for cancer.
This is a dual gene therapy that protects healthy cells from HIV by straightening the DNA to look healthy. Similar, due to the action of the drug, can occur with cells in oncology.
In fact, the new drug will be the result of combining two drugs. However, it is too early to talk about the use of the drug in humans, to date, experiments are being carried out on animals.
“Therefore, transferring this to the treatment of people will require at least another 5-6 years,” the expert says.
Given that mice cannot get sick with HIV, the drug is able to affect healthy cells in another disease, such as cancer.
“But this editor can be used for something else, it’s like a method,” Pokrovsky added.
Further developments will help achieve the effectiveness of novelty for the treatment of cancer, writes Tsargrad .
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