Treat HIV with ... dialysis machine

Infectious disease and bio-protection specialists have designed blood purification machines, which have fine fibers that retain viruses and remove them from the patient's blood. This new method can cure some diseases, including HIV.

Blood purification machine.Photo: Science Daily

The machine works like a dialysis machine, draws blood from the artery, then passes a piece of tubing into the machine to filter, then brings blood back to the body.

Every day the world has 14,000 more people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, which is still considered to be irreplaceable. The dialysis machine can be a breakthrough tool that allows more and more AIDS patients to live longer.

HIV patient John Paul Womble, who had dialysis through this machine, said: 'I feel healthy; Viruses can't control me anymore. It is true that I have the virus in my body but I have a way to handle it. I am determined to live as healthy as I can. '

'The device is designed to adapt to the natural immune response when eliminating viruses and toxins before infected cells and organs are infected,' said Jom Joyce, President and CEO of the manufacturer. Medical doctor Aethlon Medical in San Diego said. Designed by infectious disease and bio-defense experts, the blood purifier works like a dialysis machine. The antibodies grafted on tangled strands like a bunch of Italian spaghetti fibers retain and remove some strains of virus from the blood when blood passes through the bundle.

HIV is retained.Photo: Science Daily

'Your blood will circulate through a box every 8 minutes , ' explains Jim Joyce. The whole process will take place in a few hours. It can help patients who have been infected with HIV, hepatitis C and people with measles, mumps and the flu. 'The filter box can selectively retain viruses'.

A large number of machines will be provided to hospitals and a smaller number will be used in emergency rooms. It can save lives of people infected with biological weapons such as Ebola virus and smallpox, enabling the victims of germ war to survive.

Blood purification machine is a leading candidate to protect American people and military forces from the threat of bioterrorism or sudden outbreaks of avian flu and typhus that are not currently found. Which preventive medicine or vaccine is effective.