Hi tanjali. That does sound like a real possibility but from my research on Trichosanthes kirilowii I've found only information that is 16 years old. I know there have been a lot of possible cures to come out over the years but for various reasons they never seem to work out. Whether it be budget cuts or lack of interest or ended up being a complete failure while being tested. For example a recent drug being developed called kp 1461 had many people going about being a possible cure or at least a drug that would work for those who have become drug resistance to their HAART regiments. However early of June 2008 the pharmaceutical company had to end the drug while it was in its phase 2a trial. They claimed that the drug was not making any significant changes in the volunteers, meaning their viral load didn't go down enough. If you read about kp 1461 what it does it increases the rate the virus replicates in the body, which sound bad but if you read about VDA (viral decay acceleration) it sounds like a good theory. However like many other drugs it did not work out. To answer your question the only thing I was able to find was about 16 years old and so I am to assume that it failed in its trials and was disbanded like many other drugs. May I ask where you got your information and if its from a website can you link me to it?