Radioactive bombs can kill HIV

American scientists have found that using radiation can help improve the effectiveness of HIV / AIDS treatment.

Dr. Ekaterina Dadachova and colleagues at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have found that radiation therapy can kill white blood cells infected with HIV. Antibodies also have the ability to kill more HIV-infected cells in the brain, while less damaging to the brain system.

HIV virus has caused AIDS for about 35 million people globally

'Treatment with Antiretroviral drugs penetrates only part of the blood brain barrier. This means that even if a patient is identified with HIV, the virus can still develop in the brain that causes cognitive and intellectual impairment, ' said Dr. Dadachova. "Our research shows that radiation therapy can kill HIV-infected cells in the central nervous system."

Scientists have tested the modified version of a radiation therapy currently in use to treat leukemia in blood samples taken from 15 HIV-infected diseases and found that it could destroy the cells. cells infected with HIV.

In addition to the ability to kill HIV-infected cells that are moving in the patient's body, radiation therapy can enter the brain - the ability of some drugs to treat HIV cannot be achieved.

'Excluding HIV-infected cells with radiation therapy has been shown to be effective,' said Dr. Dadachova. " Radiation attacks only HIV-infected cells and does not harm healthy cells."

Radiation therapy works by using antibodies that attach radioactive isotopes to inject into the blood of HIV patients, these antibodies will move to the target cells and then release the radiation to destroy the cells. infection.

HIV has caused AIDS to about 35 million people globally and has killed about 36 million others, according to UN statistics. Currently, there is no effective treatment for this disease, while the vaccine is still in the testing phase.