Name: Could we cure HIV with lasers?
Uploaded: 2015-08-14T15:04:29Z
Duration: 4 min 15 s
Description: Swallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially better way? Lasers. In this passionate talk, TED Fellow Patience Mthunzi explains her idea to use lasers to deliver drugs directly to cells infected with HIV. It's early days yet, but could a cure be on the horizon?

Swallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially better way? Lasers. In this passionate talk, TED Fellow Patience Mthunzi explains her idea to use lasers to deliver drugs directly to cells infected with HIV. It's early days yet, but could a cure be on the horizon?

Patience Mthunzi: Could we cure HIV with lasers?

Could we cure HIV with lasers?

Innovative laser technology opens doors to drilling tiny holes in HIV-infected cells, ensuring precise drug administration.

Lasers may revolutionize HIV treatment by delivering drugs directly to viral reservoirs, potentially eradicating the virus.

Innovative use of lasers in medicine could lead to the direct, localized treatment of HIV, bypassing traditional drug dilution issues.