Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
పేషన్స్ మ్తున్జి: HIVను లేజర్స్ తో నయం చేయగలమా?
Patience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively. Full bio
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to your head, where the pain is,
తలను చేరుకోటానికి
and various other organs first.
అంగాల ద్వారా ముందుకు వెళ్ళాలి
and painless way of delivering
సమర్థవంతమైన
any medication leads to its dilution.
ఈ ప్రకియలో మందు పలచ పడుతుంది
particularly in HIV patients.
పెద్ద తలనొప్పి
the virus in the blood,
సంఖ్య తగ్గించి
for their adverse side effects,
పరిణామాలూ ఉత్పన్నమవుతాయి
by the time they get to the blood,
పలుచపడిపోతాయి
they get to the sites
ప్రభావిత ప్రాంతం
within the HIV viral reservoirs.
such as the lymph nodes,
as well as the lungs --
get delivered in the blood
consistent anti-HIV drugs therapy.
and infect new cells in the blood.
వ్యాపిస్తుంది
HIV with the current drug treatment,
పెద్ద తలనొప్పి
that must be swallowed by patients.
వేసుకుంటూ ఉండాలి
within its reservoir sites,
మందులు, పలచ పడకుండా
the answer was just before my eyes:
నా కళ్ళ ముందు కదలాడింది
శస్త్రచికిత్సలలో,
ఎన్నో విధానాల్లో ఉపకరిస్తాయి
we are currently using laser pulses
immediately in HIV-infected cells,
మందు ప్రవేశపెట్టి
but super-tiny laser beam
ప్రసరింప చేస్తాము
in liquid containing the drug.
while the cell swallows the drug
ఆ రంధ్రంలోకి మందు ఇంకుతుంది
becomes immediately repaired.
this technology in test tubes
టెస్ట్ ట్యూబ్ లలో లేదా
పరీక్షిస్తున్నాము
this technology in the human body,
మనుష్య దేహంపై
through a three-headed device.
in the site of infection.
which is a drug-spreading sprinkler,
మళ్ళా లేజర్'ను ఉపయోగించి
at the site of infection,
to poke those cells open.
మందు ప్రవేశపెడతాం.
like much right now.
this technology can lead
ఈ సాంకేతిక పరిజ్ఞానం
of HIV in the body.
పనిచేసే ప్రతి శాస్త్రవేత్త స్వప్నం
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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