Ask the Experts
A new hope? Lymphoma Drug Wakes Up Dormant HIV
A drug approved to treat lymphoma, Zolinza (vorinostat, SAHA) can wake up CD4 cells latently infected with HIV and render them vulnerable to antiretroviral (ARV) medication, according to a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry and...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
...Perhaps. But more studies will have to be done in HIV infected people to determine whether this is a safe strategy. Read more »Dormant HIV
I've heard that HIV can lay dormant in the body for up to ten years. Is there any truth to this? Read more »Dr BoB!!Could HIV keep dormant or am i crazy!?I promise to donate,please help!
Dear Dr Bob: I recently read some articles and began to worry about if the virus of HIV... Read more »
Articles
Anti-Convulsant Might Help Eliminate Dormant HIV-Infected Cells, Study Says; Scientists Say Finding Could Lead to HIV Cure
...shown promise in reducing the number of dormant cells infected with HIV, a finding that one day could lead to a cure for HIV/AIDS, according to preliminary research published in the Aug. 12 issue of the Lancet , the AP/ USA Today reports.... Read more »
AIDS 2010: Researchers Moving Toward HIV/AIDS Treatments and Cures
...was the destruction of HIV cells, making the Berlin Patient essentially immune to HIV and allowing him or her to stop taking HIV/AIDS medication. The stem cell recipient hasn't taken drugs for over two years since receiving the transplant. This... Read more »
Looking Ahead: NIAID's Future HIV/AIDS Therapeutics Priorities
... This article was cross-posted from the AIDS.gov blog. Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D. , is Director of NIAID's Division of AIDS. Since the 1980s when the HIV/AIDS epidemic Read more »
