finds cure for HIV/AIDS
If claims by Professor Francis Otunta are anything
to go by, then, Michael Okpara University of
Agriculture, might have discovered a drug for the
treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS.
The Vice Chancellor of the institution located at
Umudike in Abia state, has announced the
discovery of a drug which he claims is potent in
the cure of the epidemic.
Otunta told newsmen at the university campus
on Wednesday, February 1, that the finding
followed years of scientific research by the
institution.
He said that the breakthrough was made by
Prof Maduike Ezeibe, a researcher in the
university.
According to him, Ezeibe had presented the
drug to the University management, Senate and
Council, where he explained the processes he
went through to arrive at his finding.
The VC also said that Ezeibe had equally
presented the drug to his colleagues in the
medical field and nobody had contradicted his
finding.
“Prof. Ezeibe is a researcher in Veterinary Medicine and
one may wonder how he discovered a drug to cure a
human ailment,” he said.
He commended Ezeibe for the breakthrough,
saying: “He has brought honour to the University and
we are proud of him.”
Otunta said that the university was in the
process of mass producing the drug for further
clinical trials on persons living with HIV/AIDS
in the country.
Ezeibe, who is a professor of Veterinary
Medicine and Clinical Virology, said that the
drug was produced with Aluminum Silicate and
Magnesium Silicate (Synthetic Aluminum-
Magnesium Silicate).
He said that the two minerals “are already in use
as medicines for the treatment of various animal and
human diseases”.
He said that 10 persons living with the disease,
“who volunteered’’, were made to apply
through their doctor to the VC.
“They were treated daily with the Medicinal Synthetic
Aluminum-Magnesium Silicate (50 mg/kg),” he said.
Ezeibe said that the volunteers were subjected to
monthly tests for viral loads and CD4-
lymphocyte counts.
“With the antiviral effects of the medicine, its ability to
reach all cells (as nanoparticles) and the lymphocytes,
there is no more hiding place (sanctuary) for HIV,” he
said.
He said that the medicine had been used to
potentiate Ampicilin, Chloroquine, Piperazine
and Sulphadimidin, among others, and could be
a major foreign exchange earner for Nigeria, if
approved by relevant authorities.
According to him, “local and international medical
companies will find the product as a veritable raw
material”.
Ezeibe said that he presented the research
findings to the World Virology Conference in
Atlanta in 2015, and Antonio (Texas) in 2016.
Besides, he said that the results of the
laboratory tests had been published in many
international scientific journals, including the
British Journal of Medicine and Medical
Research, among several others.
He said that he is also about to sign a
Memorandum of Understanding with a U.S.-
based Scientific Research Publishing, publishers
of World Journal of AIDS, for the publication of
his book “How I came about the cure for HIV/AIDS”.
Ezeibe, who said that the medicine was patented
in August 2014 in Nigeria, called on the Federal
Government to help him to secure international
patency for the drug.
He said: “If commercialised, the Medicinal Synthetic
Aluminum-Magnesium Silicate would become an
alternative for petroleum to the Nigerian economy.”
However, no international or local clinical tests
have been reported, so it is likely that the
discovery is fake as nothing is yet confirmed.
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