The article I found this morning is a bit troublesome. The title is, "Gene Therapy Can Effectively Eliminate HIV Infection." The article covers the same info I did for a recent post. It discussed deactivating the CCR5 mutation & snipping the virus from the cell. The concept CRISPR has been around a bit. The method has been studied for a while, still it isn't a proven strategy. Thus far, it's been used in humanized mice.
Even though the title infers there's a cure for HIV via gene therapy, there isn't at this time. Maybe this can be made to work in mice 100% of the time. That doesn't mean it will automatically translate to any other animals or humans.
Still the title remains & many people will read that & think they can be cured tomorrow. Articles like this can do far more harm than they will inform of future possibilities. Before you write, know your audience. Albeit there was some serious jargon in this article, it was written to lean towards lay people, not medical professionals. Even though the title is technically accurate, it's click bait & a false promise. This type of writing is misleading, harmful & quite frankly disgusting.
Cya...
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