Hot in the news: Scientists “Cut out” HIV from human cells (Perspective)

A few years ago scientists developed, and patented a technique to edit out (cut out) a specific part of a DNA. Researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia, have recently modified this method to cut out HIV DNA from HIV-infected human cells grown in the Lab. This is a significant achievement because HIV lodges it's DNA into human cells, making it almost impossible to get rid of. Now, it is possible to cut it out!

The results point toward this exciting method as a promising way of eradicating HIV from persons living with HIV. Yet there is still a way to go for several reasons:

1. The gene editing method called CRISPR/Cas9 (like a scissor), requires that Scientists design this scissor based on the type of HIV the person is living with. There are many different types of the virus, which is one reason why a vaccine is so difficult to

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TOFAUTI YA VVU NA UKIMWI

Ukweli ni kwamba kuna tofauti kati ya mtu mwenye virusi vya Ukimwi na yule ambaye ana Ukimwi, jambo ambalo wengi hawalijui.
Mtu anapokuwa ameambukizwa virusi vya Ukimwi haanzi kuugua mara moja na badala yake huweza kuishi na virusi hivyo kwa muda mrefu hata zaidi ya miaka 10 bila

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WANAUME WANAONUNUA MAKAHABA WASHITAKIWE : UMMY MWALIMU

WIZARA ya Afya, Maendeleo ya Jamii, Jinsia,Wazee na Watoto imetangaza kuiunga mkono Polisi nchini katika operesheni ya kukamatawateja wa makahaba kuhakikisha biashara hiyo inakoma nchini.
Waziri wa wizara hiyo, Ummy Mwalimu alisema takwimu zinaonesha wanawake ndio waathirika wakubwa wa ugonjwa wa Ukimwi, ambapo kati ya Watanzania 10 wanaopimwa, sita ni wanawake na wanaume ni wanne pekee.
Akizungumza katika maadhimisho ya Siku ya Wanawake Duniani Dar es Salaam jana, Ummy alisema si haki kuwakamata wanawake wanaojiuza na kuwaacha wateja wao ambao ni wanaume.
 

“Ninalipongeza Jeshi la Polisi kwa hatua hiyo kwa sababu imeonesha kutoegemea upande mmoja kwa kuwakamata wanawake makahaba. Wote wanaojiuza na wanaonunua huduma hiyo ni wakosaji wanaostahili kuchukuliwa hatua za kisheria.Tunaungana na Polisi kushiriki operesheni hiyo,” alisema.
 

Alieleza kuwa, biashara ya ukahaba inayofanywa na wanawake isingekuwepo endapo wateja wasingekuwepo, hivyo, wateja wanastahili kukamatwa pia kwa sababu ndio wanaoichochea.
 

Ummy alisema familia nyingi zina misukosuko na wanawake wengi wamekuwa wakiteseka na wengine kuambukizwa magonjwa na waume zao wanaoshiriki biashara hiyo.
 

Katika hatua nyingine, alisema sasa wanataka kuona idadi ya wanaume wateja wa biashara hiyo inatajwa sambamba na ya wanawake wanaokamatwa nao ili ndugu na wake zao wafahamu kuhusu tabia yao hiyo.
 

Mkuu wa Mkoa wa Dar es Salaam, Said Mecky Sadiki, alisema hatua ya kukamata wateja na wauza miili imetokana na makubaliano yaliyofikiwa na Kamati ya Ulinzi na Usalama ya Dar es Salaam.

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