Edsel Salvaña: The dangerous evolution of HIV
Edsel Salvaña: HIV'in tehlikeli evrimi
TED Fellow Edsel Salvaña studies the genetics of HIV, and he worries that we are just a few mutations away from the next deadly pandemic. Full bio
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and bluest skies on the planet.
ve en mavi gökyüzüne sahip.
HIV epidemics in the world.
as if we are just a late bloomer.
gibi görünüyor
for our current epidemic
a global resurgence of HIV.
habercisi olabilir.
continue to drop in the world,
azalmaya devam etse de
dalgası geldiğinde
and resistant viruses arrive.
into a new and different virus
virüse dönüştürme potansiyeli var.
we've made in reversing the epidemic,
olağanüstü ilerlemelerimize rağmen,
viral mutations away from disaster.
sadece birkaç virüs mutasyonu uzaktayız.
in which HIV transforms itself
etkili bir şekilde dönüştürmesinin
among humans of different races
is only 0.1 percent.
and rhesus macaques,
between HIV subtypes
HIV alt tipleri
between an infecting mother virus
ve sonradan gelen yavru virüs
as much as five percent.
giving birth to a chimpanzee,
rastgele büyük bir ape yerine
within its lifetime.
dünyaya getirmesiyle eşdeğer.
yeni alt tipleriyle birlikte
being discovered regularly.
is almost all of one subtype:
tamamen tek bir alt tipe denk geliyor:
and do to treat HIV
ve tedavisi için yaptığımız her şey
araştırmalara dayanıyor,
accounts for 12 percent
of cases of HIV in the world.
genetic difference
to become drug-resistant
dirençli olmasının yanı sıra
of HIV cases in the Philippines
patlamasının nedeninin
from the Western subtype B
alt tipi AE'nin
Southeast Asian subtype AE.
alması olduğunu keşfettik.
ve ilaca karşı dirençleri
in developed countries,
Canada and the United States.
ve Birleşik Devletler dahil.
explosion of cases in these countries.
patlamasını görebiliriz.
it can come right back.
geri gelebilir.
malaria was on the ropes.
hastalık oranları düştükçe
stopped paying attention.
onunla ilgilenmeyi bıraktı,
of drug-resistant malaria.
ölümcül bir sıtmanın doğuşuyla sonuçlandı.
that we think we've figured out,
tek bir virüs değil,
and highly unique viruses,
harekete geçirebilecek
eşsiz virüsler toplamı şeklinde olmalı.
the next deadly epidemic.
more powerful and new tools
belirlememize yardımcı olacak
the next deadly HIV strain,
araçlar geliştiriyoruz
with urgent research
davranış ve uygun tedavisi hakkında
of non-B subtypes.
kullanılması gerekiyor.
HIV sebebiyle hayatını kaybetti.
of an AIDS-free generation.
hayatını kaybedecek.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edsel Salvaña - Infectious disease specialist, molecular epidemiologistTED Fellow Edsel Salvaña studies the genetics of HIV, and he worries that we are just a few mutations away from the next deadly pandemic.
Why you should listen
Dr. Edsel Salvaña discovered that the driving force behind a new AIDS epidemic in the Philippines is the entry and spread of a deadlier strain of HIV -- a situation that can easily occur anywhere in the world.
Salvaña is an infectious disease specialist, molecular epidemiologist and is the director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the National Institutes of Health at the University of the Philippines in Manila. He is using next-generation sequencing and other cutting-edge genetic tools to study HIV viral diversity and superinfection. He is looking at how HIV develops drug resistance to better understand why his country suddenly has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia; and why HIV treatment that works well in developed countries is failing on emerging HIV strains in the Philippines and resource-limited settings. He trains doctors in infectious diseases, and supervises the care of several thousand HIV patients at the Philippine General Hospital. He has been a national force in the formulation of HIV treatment guidelines, campaigning against stigma, and raising awareness.
Salvaña's advocacy work has been featured in Science, and he has been recognized with numerous national and international awards including the "Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World" from JCI International and the Young Physician Leader Award from the Interacademy Medical Panel of the World Academy of Sciences. He was named a TED Fellow in 2017.
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