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What do you think of my hypothetical AIDS treatment? How could I design a research experiment?

• What do you think of my hypothetical AIDS treatment? How could I design a research experiment? I was given a research experiment for my Human Bio Class, an experiment where no actual physical experiment is done but conclusion is based on research. Anyway, I know that I have not found the cure for AIDS or anything but wrong or right I want to know your thoughts on my hypothesis and how could I design the experiment ( according to the scientific method of course). My hypothesis: We could quarantine a volunteer AIDS patient until all CD4 T-Cells dies off along with HIV virus, then we reintroduce previously copied copies of heallthy CD4 T-cells into the patient. The logic is that AIDS does not kill the patient, it is the "opportunistic diseases." So, we quarantine them until safe to reintroduce healthy CD4 cells. I know I could be totally wrong but constructive feedback and an experiment design would be appreciated. Thanks!

• Answer:

  Sorry but the HIV virus would not just "die off" to the best of my knowledge, it would just keep making more and more of itself from the T cells that your body will keep producing, unless you can stop the body from producing any T-Cells. That's the inherent flaw in your design. However, to design an experiment I suppose your hypothesis would be that this procedure would restore the CD4 T-cells in the patient and restore normal immune functionality. Then have a group of patients you give the T-cells to and have a group you don't, and compare the T-cell counts at the beginning, end & at certain benchmarks of time (1 month, 6mo, 1yr etc) and check up on their progress to see if they regress. Good luck!