The Cure for Cancer: Using Viruses like HIV to Cure Cancer

1. The Cure for Cancer: Using Viruses like HIV to Cure Cancer Without any doubt, one of the most dreaded diseases in Cancer. It comes in several forms and many quarters consider it as murder especially considering the fact that there is no particular cancer treatment that has been proven to effectively cure the disease especially once it gets to the advanced stage. Recently, studies have revealed that a cure might present itself in the use of HIV to cure cancer. This concept was tried on a man diagnosed with cancer and was made to receive probably the first cancer treatment using HIV cells that have been modified. After being diagnosed with leukemia in 2012, Marshall Jensen has continued to undergo the gene therapy. Another kid of seven years also received a similar treatment and had since remained free of this disease. Experts have however raised their eyebrows concerning the use of this therapy for the treatment of cancer. One of the major points against this treatment is the cost, which is about $20,000. The treatment basically helps to train the immune system of the body to identify and kill tumor cells. Some part of the white blood cell is extracted and reprogrammed using a modified HIV virus version. The feature of the HIV virus which is the ability to insert new genes into cells is the attraction here. The treatment has recorded a number of successes with about seventy-five percent of patients treated with the therapy being in full or partial remission. It has however been discovered not to be a perfect treatment for all patients, one point doctors make clear to every person undergoing the therapy before its commencement. Despite the relative success achieved so far, it is important to point out that the therapy is in its trail phase and researches are going on to make improvements on the therapy especially as some side effects have been discovered. While the use is presently limited to one type of cancer – leukemia, efforts are ongoing to extend the use of the therapy to other types of cancer. As the best cure for cancer remains early detection, it is advised that awareness is done and on a large scale especially as it concerns breast cancer awareness considering the huge number of lives the disease takes yearly. The awareness campaign against cancer has been taken up celebrities and other famous elite, a good example being Lupe Fiasco's Mission song done to raise cancer awareness and make a case for people already affected. The #cancersurvivorday is also another cancer awareness campaign carried out with the use of social media. You can use the social media site called “nterestin” to have LIVE group video chat and start the conversation about ways to we can bring awareness to cancer campaigns or just simply come together in each other time of need. Cancer is a huge problem that could potentially affect everyone on earth, there is no reason to be silent and go through it alone.