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Gene Therapy Hiv Aids
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Ask the Experts
New Gene Therapy for HIV !!!!!!!!!! (GENE THERAPY, 2010)Dr Robert my idol and shining light, please tell me what this really means ??? l have been hiv positive for 25 years and most of my friends have died to aids...l have resistance to nearly all hiv meds.... how long before gene therapy can give us...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi Mark,Gene therapy is tricky (and somewhat risky) business. (See below.) It's also not yet ready for prime time! I'll post below a recent report about one type of gene therapy that's moving into clinical trials.Stay tuned to this...
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Gene Therapy? (GENE THERAPY, 2009)Hi Dr. Bob,Could you discuss recent discoveries in stem cell transplants and gene therapy? It seems... Read more »gene therapy and immune based therapies: changing treatment of hiv?Goodday Nelson from Greece... In Greece where i am there is not alot of chatter about gene based... Read more »
Articles
Scientists Look to Gene Therapy as Way to Boost Immune System Response to HIVThe Los Angeles Times reports on the recent efforts of scientists to use gene therapy to strengthen the ability of patients living with HIV to fight off the HIV virus. The article examines an ongoing project by a team of researchers in California... Read more »
University of Pennsylvania Pioneers HIV Gene-Therapy TrialUniversity of Pennsylvania researchers are still recruiting HIV-positive participants for a trial of a gene therapy approach intended to block HIV from entering human immune cells. The trial's initial results, presented at the recent 18th Conference... Read more »
Promising New Gene Therapy for HIV ImmunityScientists are working to genetically engineer the immune cells of HIV patients so they become HIV-resistant, according to interim results presented Wednesday at the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston. Dr. Carl... Read more »
Gene Therapy Safe in Decade-Long HIV Study That May Widen UseAn experimental gene therapy given to HIV patients more than a decade ago still appears durable and safe, a new study suggests. Forty-three people were given genetically altered versions of their own T cells engineered to target an HIV protein and... Read more »
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hiv gene therapy
Posted by hopefulone, 2 Replies
hiv gene therapy has been getting a lot of play in the national and international press as of late....i would be interetested in comments on this hope.
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AIds and gene therapy
Posted by contct1160
every little bit helps!! Check this outhttp://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/072100hth-gene-therapy.html Read more » Gene Therapy "Cure" Research from CROI 2011
Posted by bartleby, 1 Reply
The full transcript of the press conference is a little long, but it's really interesting. They talk about modifying stem cells, knocking off the CCR5 receptor, and reinfusing these new HIV-resistant cells them into the body. Research is still... Read more » New HIV therapy shows promise
Posted by losing_it, 1 Reply
Saw this on cnn today.....WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers may finally be on track to fight the AIDS virus by blocking a long-elusive target, an HIV enzyme called integrase. An experimental drug that inhibits the enzyme helped to keep the infection in... Read more »
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