Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Patience Mthunzi: Kunnen we hiv genezen met lasers?
Patience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively. Full bio
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to your head, where the pain is,
waar de pijn zit,
and various other organs first.
en diverse andere organen.
and painless way of delivering
en pijnloze manier
any medication leads to its dilution.
ook leidt tot verdunning ervan.
particularly in HIV patients.
vooral bij patiënten met hiv.
the virus in the blood,
te verminderen
for their adverse side effects,
hun bijwerkingen,
by the time they get to the blood,
wanneer ze in het bloed komen,
they get to the sites
aankomen op de plaatsen
within the HIV viral reservoirs.
de hiv-virusreservoirs.
such as the lymph nodes,
zoals de lymfeknopen,
as well as the lungs --
get delivered in the blood
afgeleverd in het bloed
consistent anti-HIV drugs therapy.
hiv-remmers slikken.
and infect new cells in the blood.
in het bloed infecteren.
HIV with the current drug treatment,
de behandeling met de huidige medicatie,
met oraal in te nemen medicijnen.
that must be swallowed by patients.
within its reservoir sites,
naar die reservoirs brengen
verdund wordt?"
the answer was just before my eyes:
op mijn netvlies.
in de tandheelkunde,
wondgenezing bij diabetici,
naar de cellen.
we are currently using laser pulses
immediately in HIV-infected cells,
meteen weer dichtmaken,
but super-tiny laser beam
maar heel dunne laserstraal
van hiv-geïnfecteerde cellen
in liquid containing the drug.
vloeistof met het geneesmiddel.
while the cell swallows the drug
terwijl de cel het geneesmiddel opneemt
becomes immediately repaired.
this technology in test tubes
aan het testen in reageerbuizen
this technology in the human body,
in het menselijk lichaam te krijgen,
through a three-headed device.
middels een driekoppig apparaat.
in the site of infection.
which is a drug-spreading sprinkler,
die medicatie verspreidt,
at the site of infection,
de plaats van de infectie,
to poke those cells open.
de cellen open te maken.
like much right now.
nog niet zo indrukwekkend uit.
this technology can lead
kan deze technologie ooit leiden
van het hiv-virus in het lichaam.
of HIV in the body.
van iedere hiv-onderzoeker.
een geneesmiddel door lasers.
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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