HIV Vaccine?

[Gryph]

http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/97/104268.htm

 

This is very interesting, some researchers in France and Brazil have concocted a vaccine that resulted in a 90% drop of HIV and halted T-cell count drop in some patients. Of course, this is just a proof of concept but this technique seems to yield the best results. Only after years of clinical testing will there more concrete results.

 

After getting three under-the-skin injections of the tailor-made vaccine, the amount of HIV in the patients' blood (called the viral load) dropped by 80%. After a year, eight of the 18 patients still had a 90% drop in HIV levels. All patients' T-cell counts stopped dropping.

 

The findings appear in the December issue of Nature Medicine.

 

"The results suggest that [these] vaccines could be a promising strategy for treating people with chronic HIV infection," Andrieu and colleagues write. "The significant decrease of viral load as well as maintenance of... [T-]cell counts observed at one year after immunization are particularly promising."

[random guy]

I thought that you couldn't cure AIDS because it's an AQUIRED DEFICIENCY.

[Gryph]

But it caused by a virus, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

[Fatal Rose]

Well this is great news. So it basically prolongs you living with aids?

[Gryph]

Well it's only been tested on a few individuals so you can't really say much. But it basically killed the HIV virus which stops it from killing for T-cells.

[Cominus]

How about something that getz rid of scabies?

[Fatal Rose]

If this ends up being what we hope it will be how much do you think it will cost for someone to get treated?

[Gryph]

If this ends up being what we hope it will be how much do you think it will cost for someone to get treated?

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A lot. These vaccines are tailor made for each individual by using their dendritic cells (instrumental in immune reactions.) The process will have to be cheap (it probably isn't and will be a long time till it is) in order to help the millions of people in the 3rd world who have it.

[Bluestinger X]

Well this is great news. So it basically prolongs you living with aids?

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i believe this treats for when u have hiv which is actully before u get aids completely... theres always been talk of if u could stop the virus at hiv then it would work... but soon as u are fully have aids its pretty much down hill from there.. unless u can find a way to avoid getting sick and stuff. I hear some people with aids can live a pretty good while as long as they keep them selfs healthy. Getting depressed and stuff speeds up the proccess of dying.

[Inky]

How about something that getz rid of scabies?

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have a problem with that do you?

[sf2_ryu]

scabies that a funny word! but anywaysthat's cool i guess