Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
페이션스 므툰지(Patience Mthunzi): 레이저로 HIV를 치료할 수 있을까요?
Patience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively. Full bio
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to your head, where the pain is,
이 약이 도달하려면
and various other organs first.
먼저 거쳐야합니다.
and painless way of delivering
고통없는 방법입니다.
any medication leads to its dilution.
그 약을 희석시키게 됩니다.
particularly in HIV patients.
특히 HIV환자들에게요.
the virus in the blood,
감소시키는 역할을 합니다.
for their adverse side effects,
악명이 높지만,
by the time they get to the blood,
희석된다는게 더 안좋습니다.
they get to the sites
한 장소에 도달하기까지
within the HIV viral reservoirs.
중요한 장소인
such as the lymph nodes,
as well as the lungs --
get delivered in the blood
consistent anti-HIV drugs therapy.
환자의 혈액으로는요.
and infect new cells in the blood.
세포를 감염시킬 수 있습니다.
HIV with the current drug treatment,
다루는 데에 큰 문제가 되었습니다.
that must be swallowed by patients.
평생을 복용해야 하는 겁니다
within its reservoir sites,
바로 전달할 수 있을까,
the answer was just before my eyes:
정답은 바로 눈앞에 있었습니다.
쓰일 수 있습니다,
운송하는 것을 포함해서요.
we are currently using laser pulses
찌르는데 쓰고 있는데,
immediately in HIV-infected cells,
즉각적으로 열고 닫으며
전달하기 위해서입니다.
물으실 지도 모르겠습니다.
but super-tiny laser beam
또 아주 작은 레이저 빔을
in liquid containing the drug.
담궈져 있는 동안에요.
while the cell swallows the drug
그 세포를 관통합니다.
becomes immediately repaired.
this technology in test tubes
this technology in the human body,
인간의 몸에까지 가져가
하실 수 있습니다.
through a three-headed device.
이용하는 것입니다.
in the site of infection.
다다를 것입니다.
which is a drug-spreading sprinkler,
약물 분사 스프링클러를 이용해
at the site of infection,
곧바로 전달 합니다.
to poke those cells open.
자극하도록 다시 사용되는 동안에요.
like much right now.
않을 수 있습니다.
this technology can lead
of HIV in the body.
치유의 꿈입니다.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Patience Mthunzi - Laser scientistPatience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively.
Why you should listen
Patience Mthunzi is a research group leader at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria, South Africa. There, she uses laser "tweezers" to try and separate diseased cells from healthy ones. She's also developed a way to use laser pulses to target drug delivery into cells.
Born in Soweto, Patience got her PhD in physics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. In 2012, she was named one of 20 Youngest Power Women in Africa by Forbes magazine; that same year she was given the Order of Mapungubwe for her contribution in the field of biophotonics. She's also a TED Fellow.
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