Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Patience Mthunzi: Můžeme vyléčit HIV laserem?
Patience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively. Full bio
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to your head, where the pain is,
do vaší hlavy, kde sídlí bolest,
and various other organs first.
a dalšími orgány.
and painless way of delivering
a bezbolestný způsob doručení
any medication leads to its dilution.
vede k jeho rozředění.
particularly in HIV patients.
především pro HIV pacienty.
the virus in the blood,
množství viru v krvi,
for their adverse side effects,
nepříznivé vedlejší účinky.
by the time they get to the blood,
zředí, než se dostanou do krve,
they get to the sites
na místo,
within the HIV viral reservoirs.
do HIV virové nádrže.
such as the lymph nodes,
například lymfatické uzliny,
as well as the lungs --
get delivered in the blood
consistent anti-HIV drugs therapy.
soustavnou anti-HIV léčbou.
and infect new cells in the blood.
infikovat nové buňky v krvi.
HIV with the current drug treatment,
současnou medikací,
that must be swallowed by patients.
a pacienti léky polykají.
within its reservoir sites,
do reservoárů
the answer was just before my eyes:
nabízela přímo před očima:
představitelného,
we are currently using laser pulses
používáme laserové pulsy
extrémně malých dírek,
immediately in HIV-infected cells,
okamžitě v buňkách infikovaných HIV,
but super-tiny laser beam
super tenký laserový paprsek
in liquid containing the drug.
kapalinou obsahující lék.
while the cell swallows the drug
a v mikrosekundách
becomes immediately repaired.
okamžitě zacelí.
this technology in test tubes
v testovacích trubičkách
this technology in the human body,
do lidského těla,
through a three-headed device.
tříhlavého zařízení.
kterou je náš laser,
in the site of infection.
which is a drug-spreading sprinkler,
kterou je postřikovač s lékem,
at the site of infection,
to poke those cells open.
pro otevření nemocných buněk.
like much right now.
může zdát jako nic moc.
this technology can lead
může tato technologie vést
of HIV in the body.
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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