Treatment for AIDS, New editing technique might cure AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome commonly known as AIDS is a disease of immune system. Immune system that protects us from diseases discontinues its functioning in this disease and eventually it leads to death. This disease is caused by HIV virus. Various medications that are available in market cannot cure or overcome this disease; they can only shortly reduce the damages related to the disease.

T cells play vital role in immune system and provide resistance against diseases.

Different teams of scientists around the globe are working to produce cure for this disease. Recently a team of scientists have claimed that AIDS can be treated using modern gene editing techniques. US scientists team from temple university Pennsylvania have successfully conducted an experiment in which HIV virus was removed from human cells using new Gene editing techniques. With the help of this technique AIDS can be cured and scientists are sure that within three years, this invention will be available in market. They used Crispr/Cas9 gene editing technology to remove AIDS virus from cultured T-cells. 

This is latest development in biotechnology. It will open new frontiers in medicine and technology. This will also enhance our understanding of human genome will lead to bunch of new arenas in biotechnology. This might lead to practice of human genetic manipulation and this type of technologies will get a new life. Possible cure for AIDS will reduce the moral, ethical and legal restrictions related to genetic manipulation.

These new techniques such as Crispr can be used in other diseases as well. This will enable us to genetically modify and engineer our cells. This may cure the diseases but also have potential to alter the course of humanity

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