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Aids Research Underscores Kenya’s Potential

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By Standard Digital News

Never underestimate the potential of Kenyans. For the first time after decades of HIV/Aids devastation, the world is staring at a real possibility of finding a cure for the disease. Importantly, a Kenyan is at the forefront of the research expected to wipe HIV from the face of the earth.

Recently, it was announced that Benson Edagwa and a team of researchers had successfully eliminated HIV from humanized mice (mice carrying functioning human genes).

This is the first time such a feat has been pulled off. The researchers combined Laser Art technology with a gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR-Cas9, to completely eliminate HIV from the body. Read more>>

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