Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Patience Mthunzi: Czy możemy leczyć HIV laserami?
Patience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively. Full bio
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to your head, where the pain is,
gdzie znajduje się źródło bólu,
and various other organs first.
jelita i wiele innych narządów.
and painless way of delivering
any medication leads to its dilution.
prowadzi do jego rozcieńczenia.
particularly in HIV patients.
to poważny problem.
the virus in the blood,
obniżyć zawartość wirusa w krwi
for their adverse side effects,
skutków ubocznych.
by the time they get to the blood,
są już rozcieńczone.
they get to the sites
within the HIV viral reservoirs.
do zbiorników z wirusem HIV.
such as the lymph nodes,
na przykład węzły chłonne,
as well as the lungs --
get delivered in the blood
consistent anti-HIV drugs therapy.
przeciwko wirusowi HIV.
and infect new cells in the blood.
i zakazić nowe komórki krwi.
HIV with the current drug treatment,
z wykorzystaniem obecnych leków,
that must be swallowed by patients.
dożywotnim połykaniem tabletek.
within its reservoir sites,
bezpośrednio do miejsc jego gromadzenia
the answer was just before my eyes:
miałam odpowiedź tuż przed oczami:
we are currently using laser pulses
immediately in HIV-infected cells,
niemalże natychmiast w komórce z HIV,
but super-tiny laser beam
ale supermałym promieniem lasera
in liquid containing the drug.
w cieczy zawierającej lek.
while the cell swallows the drug
do której dostarczany jest lek
becomes immediately repaired.
this technology in test tubes
testowania tej technologii w próbówkach
this technology in the human body,
przeniesienie tej technologii do organizmu,
through a three-headed device.
in the site of infection.
which is a drug-spreading sprinkler,
tzn. zraszacz doprowadzający lek,
at the site of infection,
do miejsca zakażenia,
to poke those cells open.
do nacięcia komórek.
like much right now.
this technology can lead
pewnego dnia ta technologia
of HIV in the body.
usunięcia HIV z organizmu.
będzie to leczenie laserami.
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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