Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
פטיאנס מתונזי: האם נוכל לרפא HIV עם לייזרים?
Patience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively. Full bio
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to your head, where the pain is,
שם נמצא הכאב,
and various other organs first.
המעי ואברים אחרים.
and painless way of delivering
הכי אפקטיבית ונטולת כאב לאספקת
any medication leads to its dilution.
הוא שבליעת כל תרופה מובילה לדילול.
particularly in HIV patients.
the virus in the blood,
for their adverse side effects,
בתופעות הלוואי שלהן,
by the time they get to the blood,
עד הזמן שהן מגיעות לדם,
they get to the sites
within the HIV viral reservoirs.
לתוך מאגרי וירוס ה HIV.
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.
ולהדביק תאים חדשים בדם.
HIV with the current drug treatment,
בטיפול ב HIV עם הטיפול התרופתי הקיים,
that must be swallowed by patients.
שחייב להבלע על ידי חולים.
within its reservoir sites,
נגד HIV ישירות לאזורי המאגר,
the answer was just before my eyes:
לכל דבר שניתן להעלות על הדעת,
we are currently using laser pulses
immediately in HIV-infected cells,
בתאים נגועים ב HIV,
but super-tiny laser beam
מאוד עוצמתית אובל סופר זעירה
in liquid containing the drug.
בנוזל שמכיל את התרופה.
while the cell swallows the drug
בעוד התא בולע את התרופה
becomes immediately repaired.
this technology in test tubes
את הטכנולוגיה הזו במבחנות
this technology in the human body,
לתוך הגוף האנושי,
through a three-headed device.
in the site of infection.
which is a drug-spreading sprinkler,
שהוא ממטרה מפזרת תרופה,
at the site of infection,
to poke those cells open.
כדי לדקור את התאים האלה.
like much right now.
this technology can lead
הטכנולוגיה הזו תוכל להוביל
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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