Nigeria’s University of Benin unveils ‘cure’ for HIV/AIDS

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Published: January 8,2013

UNIBEN says Prof Ibeh did not carry it along in his research and cannot authenticate his AIDS cure claim

A cure for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, AIDS, has been discovered, a Professor at the University of Benin said on Tuesday.

Isaiah Ibeh, the Dean of the School of Basic Medical Science of the University, said in Benin that the herbal drug has undergone “series of successful tests”.

“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,” he said.

Mr. Ibeh said 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”.

He said that while the existing retroviral drugs are intervention drugs for the management of AIDS, the 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.”

Mr. Ibeh also said that the drug had been exposed to series of medical examination both in Nigeria and in the USA.

He added that the drug had performed well on 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,” he said. “The body weight was statistically significant when compared with the control group.”

He said that further tests were being conducted to determine the point at which “a patient becomes 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,” he said.

The professor however did not say whether the findings have been peer reviewed, and why the outcome of the research was being announced at a press interview and not at a scientific conference in line with global best practices.

But Mr. Ibeh appealed for support from the Federal Government and relevant bodies to assist the university with relevant equipment to sustain the research.

(News Agency of Nigeria)

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Kudos!
ATKAF

UP Nigeria, We hope the federal govt will support this great work. Kudos to the university don and his colleagues for a job well done. This discovery will generate enough foreign exchange for nigeria than crude oil if properly financed and commercialized. God blee nigeria.
http://www.facebook.com/peopleofnigeria Peopleof Nigeria

The battle now is, would the west accept the drug as valid cure or would they allow their greedy pharmaceutical companies in US and Britain undermine the drug as not being mainstream enough.
-This opinion was expressed by a good friend of mine, Dr. Femi Folorunsho. Author of the new book: “Unconventional Wisdom”.
- Dan maikoko
  
  Dont be suprised if the professor went to the press because the professional paper he wrote would not be published. Linus Paulin, the only man to have won two nobel prizes, said that 10 grams of vitamiin C a day will cure cancer. Decades later people are still dying from cancer because vitC cannot be patented.
  - Dr lawrees
    
    help me thank Dr samoda for saving my life, i would have been dead with
    this virus if it wasn’t for the cure from Dr samoda i got this bad
    disease from a razor blade and i didn’t know it was contaminated so i
    tried several doctors but no cure was found so i decided to flush my
    blood evry month and i cannot just do this for a period of time so i
    seek for help on how to cure my disease so i found someone testifying
    about Dr samoda so i tried all i could to get help from him until last i
    got healed with his spell cast and now am puree and clean. so later i
    go for check up and the Dr confirmed that am negative so if you are
    having this same problems like mine and you need help in solving it i
    want you to email him now at he will help you the same way he helped me okay….
    - viru1980 .
      
      and how much money he takes! dont say he dont take anything…
Akinonthelam

Our great federal government would do well to do something about this like involving the ministry of health to support the research. It’s just unfortunate that the Nigerian government I know may not really be interested in things like this. I hope for a pleasant surprise on the part of government.
Martins Hindan.

Abalaka on my mind. The guy was frustrated by th govt.of OBJ,when he also announced that he has the cure to the virus. Let us see what happens this time around. Weldone Prof.
- Dan maikoko
  
  This announcement came at a deadly dangerous time for the prof. when the HIV-AIDS death marchants and reaping huge profits. His only chance of survival if the cure is true is to make the formula public as soon as possible. Failure to do this is a death sentence!
Bobby

if i were goodluck, i will invite this our prof and his team and assess the truth first hand. A day begins a story. Dont undermine our scientists, please. This is what it takes to be important in the committee of nations, . successive break through in science and innovation is just what it took the united state to be exceptionally great. Please encourage this team, who knows, we may have withing our shores the next great scientist our time. I beleive in Nigeria my country, i know our passion in doing things are exceptional, Mr president, if u truely believe in transformation you preach, this is it. Your action now will define the future. Dont allow others in us and europ to show us the talent we have within our shores all the time. Who will listen to Ngozi Okonjo iweala with her economic wisdom , if she was in naija. Always. others show us what we hav. our doctors making history all over the world. pls it does nt take rocket science to make a good president and take action. pay attention to everything nomatter how insignificant, there is a chance breakthrough is nearby . i am just a proud nigerian with passion. this could be history in the making………. wish u well. take para some times to with stand all these criticism the public are raining on u daily. Naija guys are hungry of good news abeg.
Ur former fan from norway. bobby.
Moses P. Adoga

1. “The result showed an increase in the body weight of the individual administered with DX”. I know this is not enough to go public. I’m tempted to say it is a mere propaganda. How can you use just body weight to demonstrate the efficacy of ” a drug” that is supposed to cure a viral infection?

2. “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”. Two were still faintly negative?! You are telling the whole world that you used rapid test kits to arrive at your conclusion? Ridiculous! Secondly, have you done any clinical trials at all? If so, at what stage now are you? In which journal did you publish your findings to warrant such a spurious claim advertised by a gullible media? Stop embarrassing Nigerian scientists with claims that lack merit by all standards please.
- Max Izua
  
  The good Prof, may be economical with information or sounding vague for reasons best known to him. I think we should watch and listen for more news on this. The fact that the world has battled with finding a cure for AIDS for decades without success does not mean that it is incurable. An Eureka moment just requires someone searching for an elusive truth in the right place!!
- JERRY
  
  Moses, its people like u that kill initiative and believe that nothing good can come from their country. if it was a white man that said what the prof said you would have been celebrating. The prof and his team have done what no other have been able to achieve so far. They need encouragement to do better not condemnation from people like you who have not contributed anything to good of anybody not to talk of a nation. It is on scientific (and historical) record that the yam pounding machine developed by a scientist in the University of Nsukka was disregarded by Nigerians (like yourself) but the patent of the same product was bought by the Japanese and is now being imported to our country for people like you who only celebrate things from outside their country. WHAT YOU DONT CELEBRATE DIMINISHES.
- Divine Abbah
  
  God bless you Moses, Nigeria needs more people like you. I’m sick and tired of the high level of ineptitude on the part of our leaders. Worse still is the fact that nigerians just can’t help themselves from the strong grip of nepotisim.
  This announcement is indeed a big embarrasment to nigerian scientists. As a matter of fact, it would question the credibility of other genuine projects and research to be carried out by the university in future.
  - Dan maikoko
    
    Orthordox medical science has taken trillions from the public on cancer alone and for a hundred years could not find a cure or prevention for it. They couldnt cure or prevent osteoporousis, alzhimers, HBP, heart disease, MS, kidney disease, diabetes, ADHD, … you name it. In the past one hundred years, outside of antibiotics medical science could not prevent or cure one metabolic disease! But you still have so much hope in them that you care about questions on the credibility of other research that such an inept science will do or sponsor in UNIBEN?
    
    Keep your faith while we march to health and progress for nigeria.
igbe osayande

I really can’t comprehend why we constantly drag the federal government into issues like this ostencibly to discredit it. Its high time this is stoped. If there is a discovery of a cure for Hiv the whole world is happier for it. And there are organisations within and outside the country who are very willing to finance the effort upon successful confirmation of research result.
- Akinonthelam
  
  But is this govt creditable? Does govt encourage research? We don’t have a culture of research do we? How wouldn’t I be worried about govt’s position on this when a large proportion of officials jump on a plane to germany to treat stomach ache? Like someone mentioned below I also remember Dr Jeremiah Abalaka who announced same years ago but we all know what happened. The public knowledge of the true situation of things with this discovery at Uniben would be accelerated if the ministry of health got on it. We know the position of the west on these matters and the last thing you want is to get western pharmaceutical organizations involved. If true, this is momentous, and the FG should live up to its responsibility through the health ministry.
  - http://www.facebook.com/Onigbinde.Joe Joseph Olusina Onigbinde
    
    A cure for HIV/AIDS -A ruse or truth?
Royale Events

Even if this research is not right or lack merits we shouldn’t sound as if it hold some kind of personal grudges on us! This team claimed they’ve been working upon this research some years back, whether liable or not we should appreciate them first. And if you know better kindly take it up n give us merited research!
We appreciate you a lots, pls take your time to do all necessary test, so, pessimist won’t deprived you all your entitlements!!!

Proudly nigeria
kagu

I think he deserves a resounding benefit of doubt. First, he is an academic professor from a reknown university, he therefore knows more than any other that he is pitting his reputation on any claim he is making. Alas, the doubters have already started casting him with those rhetorics common of a society that failed to heal from inferiorism. ‘He is not an ‘Oyibo’. But most importantly is the fact that, he was quoted as saying “…for POSSIBLE cure of the epidemic”. The phrase suggest that he is not been conclusively judgemental, he is only optimistic of his findings.
Philemon Adjekuko

A good scientist does not rush to press to make this kind of claim. Besides, why beg the Federal Government for funding. There are many local and international drug companies that would jump at the opportunity to make history and tons of money from a drug that will cure Aids. Something is not right about the story.
- Dan maikoko
  
  The drugs are derived from natural herbs. You cant patent a natural product. If there is anything the drug companies are going to do about this professor is to pay for his assasination! He is about to shut down all business in the anti-retroviral and AIDS care sector! Cant you see!!?
  - Tobibs
    
    Nah…you are firing blanks…The same companies that are manufacturing the anti-retroviral drugs are those that will also produce a “cure” drug…You are really really underestimating the amount of funding scientists looking for a cure for this disease are getting…While I pray this works, I think Philemon is right to suggest something is fishy about the call for funding from the federal government…any sign of success from the so called drug would attract millions of dollars of funding from non-governmental organisations and foundations across the world…something just don’t sound right…
    - Dan maikoko
      
      You can be sure the professor does not have the sophisticated labs and scientists available to the drug companies. What this means is that any chemists or herbalist with a bit of brain would be able to put together this drug. AIDS being what it is today the drug companies cannot protect their patents! they wont make a single dollar out of this! Moreover they dont produce any cure for any disease! If u take away anti-biotics there is not one drug out there that cures any disease! The money is in moduretic, vioxx, insulin, chemo, surgery, radiothereaphy, …. drugs you will have to take for life. A poatient cured is a customer lost!
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000146899966 Alana Weaver
      
      These same companies making billions of dollars you proclaim “will also produce a ‘cure’ drug” would have long produced a cure for HIV/Aids if they had the knowledge of what kills the HIV/Aids virus and wanted to spend the necessary funds to doing it. Don’t you realize HIV/Aids is approaching a trillion dollar ROI for these same companies, NGOs and foundations ran by the various “First World” nations. Human beings simply need to change their behavior and not engaging in sex work, prostitution or prostituting others, rape or having lewd sex with everyone or any animals. Stop underestimating the intelligence of African scientists no matter what African nation they are originally from. African scientists like this professor and her engineers are what the continent of Africa needs for development and growth of economic prosperity for all Africans in all African nations. Why do you think “First World” citizens are trying to now attain citizenship in the different African countries?
  - jerry
    
    Thanks Dan. I pray others are reading
barbie

Kudos to prof,we should all support is effort bcos it is not easy to dedicate time to go on research on personal eFfort.
eboy

How can one run a bacteriological analysis on a viral disease, and what the hell is “siro-convention”? Dont you mean Sero-conversion?

Please at least even if you may have stumbled upon a possible cure, try to write a more professional article because not everyone reading is gullible. Congratulations on you findings.
http://www.facebook.com/endora.williams Endora Williams

I just tink dat some ting is wrong somewhere is either d prof just want to make money by telling us lies cos if he has really found cure as he said, then he should’nt b beging for support from govt n other agencies but rather will gain popularities and supports frm d numbers of people he has cure. Tink abt dis my prof.
- jerry
  
  Dear Williams, (please no insult meant) but you sound a bit naive as to how good things can be frustrated when there is politicking and bureaucracy at work. The good prof has obviously tried getting some more subversion for his work through the usual channels but has met with hindrances from those same channels and has used this means to attract attention to his work. One thing is for sure if the govt dont take note and there is any iota of truth to his words we will have another “brain drain” in our hands.
Dan maikoko

THIS IS 2012! The greatest secrets held deliberately from mankind will find a way to the general public. People have been brainwashed to a point that we are unable to accept what will otherwise be obvious. The comments here shows the deep sleep state people walk in everyday. In 2001 civil, intelligent and well read people worldwide accept the story that two 110 storey buildings made of steel (not concrete) came to the ground in 10 seconds after it withstood the crash of a jetliner for an hour! The building collapsed to the seventh floor underground and all the prefab concrete floor slabs magically converted to dust before our eyes! Yet a few blocks away stand another steel framed building (the umpire state building) that was hit in the seventies by a fully loaded B52 bomber lost in the fog. The ordinance the plane was carrying all detonated, 14 people died but the building did not collapse and still stand today after repairs. Collective hypnotism made intelligent people to accept that a third building that is 48 storey also collapsed to its foundation in 6 seconds, without affecting adjoining buildings, even though it was not hit by any plane!

The cure of aids is simply to return the body to its natural alkaline state. It is the cure of cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney disease …etc. Of what use is medical science when for over a hundred years, and after spending trillions of dollars, it could not produce a cure for cancer or type II diabetes? If we take away antibiotics, in all of medical science there is no drug or process that cures anything. Yet ignorant people pin their hopes on medical science. They troop abroad for the ” best in medical care”. All except for a very few end up dead. The few that survive are placed on deadly and dangerous drugs not known in nature or to our body for the rest of their life.

The bible say that by their fruits you shall know them. The sickest people on earth today are the developed countries. Yet they have healthcare, they consume more drugs than any country, they have more doctors and other health professionals. 25% of America’s gdp is healthcare! But we allow ourselves to be led by them. The number of doctors per million of a nations population should be zero, the total contribution of healthcare to GDP should ideally be zero. The natural state of our body is health and not sickness, and if medical science cannot find a way to prevent all diseases then it is of no use.

I pray for this professor because of the inadvertent mistake he has made to make such a profound announcement. His life will be in danger because he is standing in the way of billions of dollars in the anti-retroviral business of death. If we were to say that a deficiency of trace element selenium leads to cardiomyopathy diseases, and a deficiency of trace elements chromium and vanadium leads to adult onset diabetes (type II) or that supplementation with these trace nutrients cures the condition, we will be standing in the way of medical science! If common salt is a cure for AIDS people should never expect an announcement from medical science because nobody will make money from such a cure.
igbokwe Ndubuisi

what I don’t understand is why a newspaper that has its headline as’ cure for HIV found’ would end up telling us that it is a possible cure for the virus. What type of unethical and unprofessional practice is that? God help my country.
Bill Hansen

If this were a serious announcement the research results would have been published in a prestigious international medical journal and, given the nature of the claim and the disease involved, would have been on the front pages of every newspaper in the world. Such a discovery would merit (guaranatee) the next ten Nobel Prizes for physiology and medicine. I’ve already checked today’s New York Times, LeMonde and BBC News…NO ANNOUNCEMENT. One wonders why Prof Ibeh insists on being seen as an international laughingstock.
jikan maikoko

right on point dan maikoko, antibiotic drugs are the only known drug group to effect a cure! shouldnt we ask way!
uju

I reserve my comment cos @ moses has said every thing
Akyala

This is another joke,pls the Federal ministry of health should call this prof in question.MOses I like ur comment.
Carlbigman

I am an American who stumbled onto this article from an African friend’s link, on her Facebook wall, and as I read this article and many of your accompanying posts below, I am quite impressed by all of your writings.

If this is an example or a slice of the overall Nigerian intelligence, wisdom, and intellect I am really REALLY quite amazed and hold out much hope for your nation and your scientists, as well as its’ people and schools and the reality that your nation very well may do greater things in the future too!

I commend you all, and I sincerely hope to hear that this researcher is right in his summary notification that a “cure” may very well have been found for that scourge of all nations! I will hold out much hope for all of you as world-class, world citizens… and ones who are vitally important on the world stage! God bless you all!
Kenn

Lets give the Professor a chance to present the findings and evidence, I won’t shut his claims down, regardless of the manner in which it is publicized. I am a bit worried about his life from the greedy and evil ones who created the virus in a quest to make money through anti-retrovirals,and they don’t want to hear a word about a cure!!!
subrita

Hiv/aids have a cure i was diagnose to hiv/aids twice in 2010 and i was told to used INDI B1 herbal remedy drugs by my friend in South Africa who contacted hiv/aids and he was cured by INDI B1 herbal remedy drugs, i contacted Dr Shant Tami of indianspell@yahoo.com and he prepared this great drugs for me and followed what he ask me to do and i was cure from hi/aids with my Doctor report after taking the drugs, of a truth this great INDI B1 herbal remedy drugs really cured my hiv/aids i,m so happy.
- viru1980 .
  
  hi subrita,
  dr. shant tami is a fraud. u know and seems you are his agent. he took a big money from you and sends nothing. you know that. how much money you get for raising his funds.
  Plz. stop doing cheating innocent and ill people.