Scientists from Pennsylvania announced that they had carried out an unprecedented operation to remove HIV from the genome of a living being. The operation was carried out at the molecular level and using experimental technologies.
It was reported that the genome of a laboratory rat, which was artificially infected with the HIV virus, was edited. Representatives of the university where the operation took place said that the whole procedure was of a purely experimental nature and had not been carried out earlier. Now, when the information obtained during the experiment is analyzed, scientists will be able in the future to simply delete the genes responsible for an incurable disease, thereby saving people from such a terrible medical sentence.
The operation to remove the genome of the disease took place by extracting it from a DNA chain taken from the rat's liver, respiratory organs and brain. In total, the experience lasted about two weeks, and the researchers needed more than one attempt to achieve a positive result. Now they plan to continue researching this topic so that in the future this technology can save lives.
Irina Vinogradova