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Hmm... a cure for AIDS?
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| jesteraver |
"Japanese researchers have developed a durable new drug that blocks HIV from entering human cells and causes almost no side effects.
The new drug, code named AK602, was unveiled by Hiroaki Mitsuya, leader of the research team at Kumamoto University, at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Kobe Tuesday, the Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday.
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 medications often lose their effectiveness after a few days due to the virus' resistance, but the AK602 reacts to human cells instead of attacking the virus, said Mitsuya, a university professor.
When the new drug becomes attached to the protein that acts as an entrance into human cells for the AIDS virus, it can prevent HIV from entering.
The researchers conducted clinical tests on 40 AIDS patients in the United States. When the patients took 0.02 ounces of AK602 twice a day for 10 days, the number of HIV viruses dropped to an average of 1 percent.
Almost no side effects were reported, the professor said." (Courtesy of United Press International) |
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| malek |
| you know that from a statistical point of view, a drop of an average of 1% is meaniningless right? |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
you know that from a statistical point of view, a drop of an average of 1% is meaniningless right? |
that is an improvment though |
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| jesteraver |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
that is an improvment though |
slowly getting there, wonder where they will be in 5 - 15 years. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
that is an improvment though |
bah not really, the sample is really small, so this pill/med could be as good as a placebo. |
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| Falcon-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
bah not really, the sample is really small, so this pill/med could be as good as a placebo. |
Yeah 40 patients.... this is not serious research |
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| nchs09 |
| u know how expensive it is to try this kind of meds. they cant afford to do it in ALL patients. |
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| Falcon-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
u know how expensive it is to try this kind of meds. they cant afford to do it in ALL patients. |
Hmmmm huge difference between 40 ans all people affected by HIV... and any drug is expensive to be tested |
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| malek |
most costs when developping a new medecine is related to research... they usually test a remedy on well above 10000 people to prove that its working and to detail side effects.
so yes it costs hundreds of millions, if not a billion. |
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| Tag |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
most costs when developping a new medecine is related to research... they usually test a remedy on well above 10000 people to prove that its working and to detail side effects.
so yes it costs hundreds of millions, if not a billion. |
Maybe 1000 people I dont believe 10 000 people for a second. |
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| fastmp3 |
| what's the source of this article? |
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