is their a cure for aids?

Answer 1

no there are only medication that can slow down hiv but not stop it.

so practice safe sex and dont inject drugs

Answer 2

Oxygen will kill every virus known to man. According to a Dr I know, if you can carefully oxygnate the blood high enough, for long enough, it will kill the AIDS virus.

I've heard that in Belgium, they have been curing people by doing exactly that, using something similar to dialysis. Remove some blood, super-oxygenate it, then put it back in the body. Aparrently it is extremely expensive, but it's supposed to work.

Here's the real problem. If someone finds a cheap cure, it will put a LOT of researchers out of business and they will lose billions in research grants!

Answer 3

No, there is no cure for AIDS.

There are two reasons for this, namely, the fact that AIDS is an RNA virus like influenza. That is, it is in a constant state of 'shift and drift' where its identifiers (its protein coat) constantly change.

The other reason is that it attacks Ta luecocytes, which are basically the 'leaders' of the immune system. Even so, even with no treatment, the incubation period for AIDS is long, and it takes time for any symptoms to show.

AIDS infact, does not kill, rather, it allows oppurtunistic infections to kill, such as Kaposi sarcoma (a very weak form of cancer), pneumonia, and of course, influenza.

Treatment however is available. Zidovudine in particular is the number 1 drug of choice I believe. It interferes with the replication of the HIV virus, thus generally prolonging its incubation period.

Answer 4

Antiretroviral medications taken in sets of three are called HAART, for "Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy". This is a very effective means of controlling an HIV infection and can, if combined with medications to eliminate infections, halt the progression of AIDS and allow a return to health.

They are not, however, a cure. They are only a control.

The problem with HIV/AIDS is the enzyme reverse transcriptase. HIV is a retrovirus, which means its genetic code is in RNA, not DNA. The virus uses reverse transcriptase to copy RNA into DNA which then invades the nucleus of the CD4 lymphocyte, a white blood cell that is the mainstay of the human immune system. Once the viral transcribed DNA is implanted in the nucleus, the cell is 'hijacked' into producing more HIV copies until it explodes, scattering the viruses to invade other CD4 cells.

The thing is, reverse transcriptase is a very sloppy copying mechanism. It makes an error in roughly 1 out of 2000 bases. This is millions of times more frequent than DNA copying or DNA->RNA copying, which are performed by DNA polymerase. DNA polymerase has error correction, reverse transcriptase does not. Consequently, every single generation of HIV is different from the one that spawned it... and every person with an HIV infection has a different mix of viruses.

Reverse transcriptase is also the main point of attack against HIV, because it has almost no known function (and no essential function) in healthy humans. "Reverse transcriptase inhibitors" take advantage of the missing error correction to insert defective bases into the forming DNA chain, resulting in it disintegrating before it can finish the attack on the cell. DNA polymerase's error correction is not fooled by these medications so it does not result in normal DNA disintegrating, which would be lethal.

By the way, we're also fortunate that HIV is a very, very fragile virus; a slight change in pH or temperature will destroy it, which is why it requires contact with blood, semen, or breast milk for transmission. Even saliva is lethal for HIV, which is why we cannot catch it from sneezes from an HIV positive person with a cold.

Answer 5

There is in fact several cures for the aids virus, however these cures that kill the virus also kill the host. So they havent been implemented yet. You could expose the virus to high levels of radiation kills the virus and human host. Heat the blood of the individual to 300 degrees F. Kills virus, but destroys blood vessels in process, so again host dies!

Answer 6

No cure, Hardly any help. There are millions of dollars spent on the growing war with aids. This war is worse than any in history.

Answer 7

There is currently no vaccine against HIV or AIDS, the only known methods of prevention are based on avoiding exposure to the virus or, failing that, on antiviral treatment directly after a highly significant exposure. However, it is known that without major medical and scientific breakthroughs, HIV will not have any problem surviving combination therapy for decades.

Heads up, be careful.

Answer 8

The only way to keep from GETTING AIDS is to not have sex with anyone who has ever had it before, if you want to be CERTAIN. A CURE? none that I'VE ever heard. Why not just have friends, and hang out? Keep your urges to yourself.

Answer 9

Not yet. But I rememeber a couple of years ago in the news, that there was a woman who lived in a small village. Her profession was that of a prostitute. The majority of the men in the village where HIV positive and some also had Aids.

However, she did not contract the disease.

Answer 10

Well I actually heard a conspiracy theory once that there is a cure but it is only sold to a few persons for billions of dollars but apart from that no, there's no cure

Answer 11

no dear there is no cure 4 aids and it will never be because it is not a disease but a curse of God on those who disobey his nature laws