The Cure for HIV?!?

[i l l m a t i c]

A durable new drug that prevents HIV from entering human cells and causes almost no side effects has been developed by a team of researchers at Kumamoto University.

 

The new drug, code named AK602, was reported by the research team's leader, Hiroaki Mitsuya, at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Kobe on Tuesday.

 

The drug's main feature is that it shuts out the AIDS virus at the point when it tries to intrude into a human cell.

 

Current AIDS medicines can lose their effectiveness in a few days when the virus changes and develops a resistance to those drugs. But AK602 is different because it reacts to human cells instead of attacking the virus, Mitsuya said.

 

He said the drug sticks to a protein called CCR5 that acts as an entrance into human cells for the AIDS virus. When the new drug becomes attached to the protein, it can prevent HIV from entering, and thus stop the virus from spreading.

 

The researchers conducted clinical tests on 40 AIDS patients in the United States.

 

AK602 not only proved effective against viruses that had become resistant to other drugs, but it also caused almost no side effects, the team said.(IHT/Asahi: July 7,2005)

 

 

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/...0507070204.html

[Alpha]

This is amazing, finally there is some luck for MAGIC JOHNSON!

Wooohhh..but one question, this focuses on before you attract HIV right? So why would they give it to people who already have HIV? (may have misunderstood)

[Agozer]

The way I see it, the new drug just stops the spreading of the HIV now.

[Elazul Yagami]

i think it's more like a vaccine basically.

[Gryph]

This is very interesting. I hope something actually comes of this. You can read the Abstract here: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/robot_pages/Mee...IDS0021043.html

[bubbawmu2]

so will they try to kill it out like they did with smallpox? will we all have take this vaccine?

 

me= do not like shots

[Ryuken]

so i'm saved?? i really don't want to die.

[OverlordMondo]

This is amazing, finally there is some luck for MAGIC JOHNSON!

Wooohhh..but one question, this focuses on before you attract HIV right? So why would they give it to people who already have HIV? (may have misunderstood)

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Aids doesn't immediately enter all of your cells. By applying AK602, the clean cells become resistant to HIV.

[Kukash]

ALMOST no side effects?

 

[Inky]

This is amazing, finally there is some luck for MAGIC JOHNSON!

Wooohhh..but one question, this focuses on before you attract HIV right? So why would they give it to people who already have HIV? (may have misunderstood)

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I don't think magic has HIV. just my opinion, Magic announced he had HIV in 1991. it's been 14 years. since he announced. prolly add a few years to that before he knew or told anyone. and he is still as healthy as ever. something isn't right there. either there are treatments that only the super rich have access to, or it was some kind of stunt to generate awareness.

[Gryph]

ALMOST no side effects?

 

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Heh, it's really tough to make anything without side effects. It's one of those unfortunate things.

 

This is amazing, finally there is some luck for MAGIC JOHNSON!

Wooohhh..but one question, this focuses on before you attract HIV right? So why would they give it to people who already have HIV? (may have misunderstood)

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I don't think magic has HIV. just my opinion, Magic announced he had HIV in 1991. it's been 14 years. since he announced. prolly add a few years to that before he knew or told anyone. and he is still as healthy as ever. something isn't right there. either there are treatments that only the super rich have access to, or it was some kind of stunt to generate awareness.

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If you take aggressive action against HIV very early after you're infected, you can keep it at bay with medicine. Because he is rich he can afford those medicines.