By KGR Reporter,
As they held a candlelight event in remembrance of those who died of AIDS, researchers at the Makerere University Walter Reed Project said despite Uganda getting involved in many botched trials to find an effective vaccine, the country still needs a cure suitable for the Uganda setting.
Speaking at the event held in the lead to World AIDS Day tomorrow, Dr Grace Mirembe the Research Manager at Makerere University Walter Reed Project said the entity is currently collecting samples from tissues including lymph nodes which are known as hiding places for the virus to test whether the virus can be woken up, modified and made incapable of multiplying and spreading infection further among people who are positive. Dr. Mirembe speaking….
The researcher explains that this strategy is premised on the fact that they already know that the virus tends to invade and hide in places such as the brain, lymph nodes and blood cells in early weeks of infection where currently available Anti-retroviral treatments do not reach. End.