The Dean, School of Basic Medical Sciences of the University of
Benin, Prof. Isaiah Ibeh on Tuesday announced the development of a new
drug that can possibly cure HIV and AIDS.
While briefing newsmen in Benin, Prof. Ibeh said the herbal drug had undergone “series of successful tests”.
He said, “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 seems 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.”
possible cure of the pandemic, HIV and AIDS virus.”
He explained that the research work 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.
“It also helped us to know the quantity we can conveniently give to
animals and will feel secure that nothing untoward will happen. We have
also done the bacteriological analysis on it, after which
we looked at its effect on the virus and the result was quite revealing and refreshing.”
we looked at its effect on the virus and the result was quite revealing and refreshing.”
According to Ibeh, the drug had undergone series of medical
examination both in Nigeria and in the USA. He added that the drug had
performed well when administered to patients with the HIV virus and had
shown evidence of total restoration of damaged tissues.
“The result showed an increase in the body weight of the individual administered with DX.
“The body weight was statistically significant when compared with the control group,” Ibeh added.
Prof. Ibeh however noted that the drug would undergo further test to
determine “at what point will a patient become negative after being
administered the drug?”.
“This verification is necessary because it is what is used to measure
whether infection is still there or not. So we need to know the
siro-convention time.
“But preliminary results showed that of the five latest patients
orally administered with the drugs, our findings is that up to seven
months , three of
them were siro negative while two were sill faintly positive.”
The medical Don appealed to the Federal Government and relevant
bodies and individuals to assist the institution with relevant equipment
to sustain the research.

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