Bioelectrification

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In 1990, two scientists found that they could neutralize HIV by subjecting Infected blood to a very small direct electrical current. The virus itself was not distroyed, but the current affected the outer protein coating in such a way to prevent the virus from producing Reverse Transcriptase. This blocked the virus from being able to infiltrate other cells.

There have been a number of patents for devices that could use this to treat blood, (eg 5,188,738 but would be incredibly expensive because all blood would either have to be pumped outside the body, or devices would have to be implanted in the body that would have to be moved frequently.

Robert (Bob) Beck, claimed to have designed a device that could use current outside the body. Claiming that the FDA was against "curing" Beck released the circuit design so that anyone with minimal electronics experience could help themselves.