According to a recent study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, USA, the banana may play an important role in the production of a new drug to help treat the disease effectively century HIV / AIDS.
Scientists at the University of Michigan (USA) have discovered a substance lectin - a substance in some bananas and other crops - are resistant to HIV. The team used to create this type of drug called BanLec.
Results of laboratory tests showed BanLec work efficiency compared to other HIV drugs now. This medicine works as a membrane protein surrounded and isolated cells with HIV.
Dr. Michael Swanson, University of Michigan, head of research, said: "The weakness of some kind of HIV virus is now resistant to susceptible. However, substances in the banana lectin overcome the disadvantages of this. It can be combined with external cell lines with HIV formed thin membranes that HIV can not develop. "
BanLec tested in the laboratory equivalent effective HIV drugs are being used today, such as T-20 and maraviroc. Currently, Dr. Swanson and colleagues are developing a process to deliver drugs BanLec to treat patients infected with the disease for centuries.
Accordingly, these drugs can be used independently of treatment or in combination with other HIV drugs. The new drug's hope they can help save millions of people around the world in the future.
Scientists at the University of Michigan (USA) have discovered a substance lectin - a substance in some bananas and other crops - are resistant to HIV. The team used to create this type of drug called BanLec.
Results of laboratory tests showed BanLec work efficiency compared to other HIV drugs now. This medicine works as a membrane protein surrounded and isolated cells with HIV.
Dr. Michael Swanson, University of Michigan, head of research, said: "The weakness of some kind of HIV virus is now resistant to susceptible. However, substances in the banana lectin overcome the disadvantages of this. It can be combined with external cell lines with HIV formed thin membranes that HIV can not develop. "
BanLec tested in the laboratory equivalent effective HIV drugs are being used today, such as T-20 and maraviroc. Currently, Dr. Swanson and colleagues are developing a process to deliver drugs BanLec to treat patients infected with the disease for centuries.
Accordingly, these drugs can be used independently of treatment or in combination with other HIV drugs. The new drug's hope they can help save millions of people around the world in the future.
