It was a joyous news on Tuesday when the Dean, School of
Basic Medical Sciences, University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Isaiah
Ibeh, announced the development of a new drug that can possibly cure HIV
and AIDS. However, the joy was short-lived after the claim became
controversial.
Ibeh disclosed that the herbal drug had undergone "series of
successful tests" and had been positive. According to him, "We are at
the threshold of making history, in the sense that we seem to have with
us something that will permanently take care of what, over time, seemed
to have defied all solutions.
"We are talking about the latest discovery of an oral drug made from
plants extraction in Nigeria for the possible cure of the pandemic HIV
and AIDS virus". He disclosed that research on the project started in
2010 and culminated in the development of "Deconcotion X (DX)-Liquid or
Bioclean 11 for the cure of HIV and AIDS".
"The existing retroviral drugs are intervention drugs for the
management of AIDS but our new discovery is a possible cure. We have
tried to look at the product first; its toxicological analysis and
discovered that it has a large safety margin. This means that if animals
or human beings are exposed to it, they will not suffer any serious
harm at all from the exposure.
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