Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Patience Mthunzi: HIV'i lazerle iyileştirebilir miyiz?
Patience Mthunzi wants to use lasers to deliver medicines more effectively. Full bio
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to your head, where the pain is,
öncelikle midenden,
and various other organs first.
organlarından geçmesi gerekir.
and painless way of delivering
vermenin
any medication leads to its dilution.
seyreliyor olması.
particularly in HIV patients.
bir problem.
the virus in the blood,
for their adverse side effects,
yan etkilerle biliniyorlar.
by the time they get to the blood,
daha da kötüsü,
they get to the sites
within the HIV viral reservoirs.
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.
hücreleri enfekte edebiliyorlar.
HIV with the current drug treatment,
zorunda olduğu
problem.
that must be swallowed by patients.
within its reservoir sites,
doğrudan virüslü bölgelere
the answer was just before my eyes:
önündeydi.
yaralarının
kullanılabiliyorsa eğer,
kullanılabilirdi.
dahil.
we are currently using laser pulses
taşımak için
immediately in HIV-infected cells,
but super-tiny laser beam
bulanmışken,
in liquid containing the drug.
while the cell swallows the drug
becomes immediately repaired.
this technology in test tubes
this technology in the human body,
diyebilirsin.
through a three-headed device.
in the site of infection.
which is a drug-spreading sprinkler,
püskürtücümüzü kullanarak,
at the site of infection,
ulaştıracağız
to poke those cells open.
kullanacağız.
like much right now.
görünmeyebilir.
this technology can lead
bir gün
of HIV in the body.
sağlayabilir.
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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