Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Patience Mthunzi: HIV - vindecare cu ajutorul laserului?
Patience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively. Full bio
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to your head, where the pain is,
acolo unde e localizată durerea,
and various other organs first.
intestine și alte organe.
and painless way of delivering
cel mai eficient și nedurereros
any medication leads to its dilution.
oricărui medicament duce la diluarea lui.
particularly in HIV patients.
în special în cazul pacienților cu HIV.
the virus in the blood,
a diminua prezența virusului în sange
for their adverse side effects,
efectele lor secundare,
by the time they get to the blood,
până să ajungă în sânge,
they get to the sites
within the HIV viral reservoirs.
în interiorul rezervoarelor virale HIV.
such as the lymph nodes,
cum ar fi nodulii limfatici,
as well as the lungs --
get delivered in the blood
consistent anti-HIV drugs therapy.
medicamentos intensiv anti-HIV.
and infect new cells in the blood.
și infecta noi celule din sânge.
HIV with the current drug treatment,
a tratamentului actual anti-HIV,
that must be swallowed by patients.
de pacienți pe toată durata vieții lor.
within its reservoir sites,
rezervoarele virusului,
the answer was just before my eyes:
răspunsul era chiar în fața ochilor:
și în chirurgie,
la celule.
we are currently using laser pulses
immediately in HIV-infected cells,
în celulele infectate cu HIV,
medicamentele în ele.
but super-tiny laser beam
foarte puternic, dar și foarte mic
celule infectate cu HIV
in liquid containing the drug.
în lichidul ce conține medicamentul.
while the cell swallows the drug
în timp ce aceasta absoarbe medicamentul
becomes immediately repaired.
this technology in test tubes
în eprubete
this technology in the human body,
această tehnologie
through a three-headed device.
printr-un dispozitiv cu trei capete.
in the site of infection.
în locul infectat.
which is a drug-spreading sprinkler,
ce conține medicamentul,
at the site of infection,
direct la locul infectat,
to poke those cells open.
pentru a deschide celulele acelea.
like much right now.
this technology can lead
această tehnologie poate duce
of HIV in the body.
din organism.
cu ajutorul laserului.
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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