Month: July 2012

Starting HIV Medications Within 10 Weeks from Infection Can Create Elite Controllers After 3 Years of Treatment

Distribution of the HIV reservoir in patients spontaneously controlling HIV infection after treatment interruption Presented by Charline Bacchus (France). C. Bacchus1, L. Hocqueloux2, V. Avettand-Fenoël3, A. Saez-Cirion4, A. Mélard3, B. Descours5, A. Samri1, C. Blanc6, B. Autran1, C. Rouzioux3, VISCONTI and ALT ANRS study groups 1Cellular and Tissular Immunology Laboratory, Pierre and Marie Curie University, …

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Two more men with HIV now virus-free. Is this a cure?

They are still taking HIV medications, so we won’t know until after they interrupt their HIV treatment… Two More Patients HIV-Free After Bone Marrow Transplants https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/07/26/two-more-patients-hiv-free-after-bone-marrow-transplants/ Two more men with HIV now virus-free. Is this a cure? https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48338421/ns/health-mens_health/t/two-more-men-hiv-now-virus-free-cure/#.UBG2nI6TNUR HIV Undetectable in 2 Men After Bone Marrow Transplants: Study https://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/26/hiv-undetectable-in-2-men-after-bone-marrow-transplants-study 2 HIV patients in Boston show …

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GSK is Exploring a Once a Month Injectable HIV Treatment Regimen

Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Tolerability of the HIV Integrase Inhibitor S/GSK1265744 Long Acting Parenteral Nanosuspension Following Single Dose Administration to Healthy Adults          Presented at the International AIDS Conference in Washington this week Discussion  — S/GSK1265744 long acting parenteral administration prolonged plasma levels (apparent t1/2of 2150days; Figure 4) compared with oral administration (oral …

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An HIV Drug Helps Cancer Patients

NEJM paper: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1201248https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/07/11/immune-reversal-unsuccessful-pfizer-aids-drug-might-help-transplant-patients/Immune Reversal: How A Pfizer AIDS That Disappointed Investors Drug Might Help Transplant PatientsA Pfizer drug that failed to thrive as a treatment for HIV may now present a great hope for a deadly consequence of the bone marrow transplants used to treat blood cancers such as leukemia, myeloma, and lymphoma, according to a …

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Informative Questions and Answers at TheBody.com

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