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Kenyan scientist says HIV cure will come from Africa

Prof Ndung’u is an investigator at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH) and a full professor at the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Prof Ndung’u created the first infectious molecular clone for HIV-1 subtype C, the strain largely responsible for the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

 

Prof Thumbi Ndung’u exclusively talks to Joy Wanja Muraya on creating the first infectious molecular clone for HIV-1 subtype C, the strain largely responsible for the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa and the promise of a cure for HIV. His passion lies in finding lasting home-grown solutions to HIV and Aids and tuberculosis, the conditions that largely affect sub-Saharan Africans.

For two decades, professor Thumbi Ndung’u has dedicated his life to understanding how the immune system fights off HIV and tuberculosis, and he is optimistic that the knowledge he has will lead to the elimination of the two health conditions.

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