Australian Scientists Discover Potential Aids Cure

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 17, 2013 @06:08PM from the saving-lives dept.

smi.james.th writes "Several sites report that Australian researcher David Harrich and his team have potentially discovered a way to stop HIV becoming AIDS and ultimately cure the disease. From the article: 'What we've actually done is taken a normal virus protein that the virus needs to grow, and we've changed this protein, so that instead of assisting the virus, it actually impedes virus replication and does it quite strongly.' This could potentially hail one of modern medicine's greatest victories."

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It's not a cure. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-17 19:11 · Score: 0, Redundant

You will still be HIV positive and can spread the infection, to others that don't have the modified protein, as it don't completely inhibit HIV reproduction. It's still great news for suffers, if the animal trials are successful.