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A new drug blocks HIV from entering cells. Cure?
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| Lepanto |
The first major breakthrough in finding the cure for HIV/AIDS doesn't get much publicity in the Americas, though.
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.
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Found this on another, smaller forum. Thought it might be interesting to share. Also, didn't know the "appropriate" forum for this either. |
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| Sunsnail |
| Freaking sweet! :toocool: |
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| nchs09 |
| repost. u willy wonka stoner. |
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| Lepanto |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
Freaking sweet! :toocool: |
I knew if anyone would reply it'd be another Salvia fan :p
On the other website (i forgot to add this to the original message) people were claiming that no government agency would release this drug, such as the FDA. They wouldn't want a cure since the big pharmacutical companies would lose ALOT of money. |
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| Lepanto |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
repost. u willy wonka stoner. |
search doesn't work remmember? you non-willy wonka stoner |
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| Sunsnail |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
repost. |
well im glad he posted it since I haven't seen it :) |
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| jonze234 |
in the immortal words of Floorfiller (posted in the original thread)
"bring on the unprotected sex" |
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| Lepanto |
didn't i say it didn't work? i searched for AIDS cure drug and some other nothing showed up. and at least to one person this is still news :p |
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| Trance Nutter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lepanto
On the other website (i forgot to add this to the original message) people were claiming that no government agency would release this drug, such as the FDA. They wouldn't want a cure since the big pharmacutical companies would lose ALOT of money. |
Those people have no idea.:rolleyes:
If they had any idea how the FDA works (and remember, thats just the US, there are regulatory bodies in every country in the world), they would know this is wrong. This comment would hold true to nearly every drug released, yet it has never happened. Not to mention, the FDA couldn't give a royal about pharmaceutical companies. |
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| Lepanto |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Nutter
Those people have no idea.:rolleyes:
If they had any idea how the FDA works (and remember, thats just the US, there are regulatory bodies in every country in the world), they would know this is wrong. This comment would hold true to nearly every drug released, yet it has never happened. Not to mention, the FDA couldn't give a royal about pharmaceutical companies. |
Very true but lots of people think the FDA is controlled by the pharmaceutical and other HUGE corporations under their jurisdiction.( not something i believe but its out there ). |
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