A potential HIV breakthrough is now being perfected to help in predict the direction the virus will take. With the help of mathematics, the evolution of the virus can now be accurately predicted that could help in developing highly effective vaccines.
A team of experts from Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa in Iowa City has managed to develop a diffusion-based tool that could accurately predict the movement or mutation of the virus. The concept behind this another HIV/AIDS breakthrough may be traced from studies involving mathematics- the stock price prediction and particle diffusion in liquids.
"Using volatilities measured from a few patient samples from the 1980s, we accurately predict properties of viruses that evolved in the population over the course of 30 years," Medical News Today quoted the authors of the study as saying.
The main cause for the delay of a vaccine that would definitely end the proliferation of HIV/AIDS has been associated to the ability of the virus to evolve. The constantly changing nature of the virus makes it difficult for experts to pattern a more accurate and highly efficient vaccine.
However, with the latest development at hand, knowing how the virus will evolve allows experts to develop a vaccine that would anticipate and match the HIV/AIDS over time. In a sense, it would be easier for medical and pharmaceutical experts to develop a vaccine that would hit a moving and continuously changing target.
This newest update affecting a greater portion of the efforts of finding a definitive HIV cure will likely benefit a huge number of HIV/AIDS patients. As of the current writing, the World Health Organization has reported that the virus has infected more than 70 million individuals, while around 35 million people worldwide have already lost their lives.
Knowing how the virus will likely present itself years after one has acquired it will likely affect the outcome. Having more knowledge on what to prepare and how to prepare will greatly affect the battle of both medical experts and patients against HIV/AIDS.
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