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Hiv Genes
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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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anti-HIV geneWhat do you know about anti-HIV gene therapy?And what about mutation in HIV gene?Will this... Read more »Sangamo's SB-728 HIV Gene TherapyDr. Henry,first of all thank you for your work on thebody.com. In regards to the... Read more »
Articles
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 »
HIV Might Be Result of Gene Mutation, Study SaysHIV might be the result of a gene mutation that occurred when the simian immunodeficiency virus -- believed to be the progenitor of HIV -- jumped from apes to humans, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Cell , Reuters reports.... Read more »
Gene in HIV Makes HIV-2 Susceptible to Immune System Response, Researchers SayA team of researchers from Oxford University and the U.K. Medical Research Council unit in Gambia have discovered that a gene in HIV, known as the gag gene, makes HIV-2 more susceptible to an immune system response, ANI/DailyIndia.com reports.... Read more »
Gene Technique That Alters CCR5-Producing Gene Increases Resistance to HIV in Mice, Study FindsAltering the gene that produces CCR5 protein on the surface of immune cells using a harmless virus was found to significantly increase resistance to HIV in mice, according to a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Biotechnology , the Press... 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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HIV-Blocking Gene Breakthrough
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Researchers in HIV-Blocking Gene BreakthroughSun Jul 14, 3:35 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - AIDS ( news - web sites) researchers declared a breakthrough Sunday with the discovery of a naturally occurring gene that effectively blocks the disease's... Read more » HIV-Blocking Gene Breakthrough
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Researchers in HIV-Blocking Gene BreakthroughSun Jul 14, 3:35 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - AIDS ( news - web sites) researchers declared a breakthrough Sunday with the discovery of a naturally occurring gene that effectively blocks the disease's... Read more » Scientists Identify Gene That Blocks HIV
Posted by Mssimone, 1 Reply
Is this a good thing?Scientists Identify Gene That Blocks HIV American and Canadian researchers have identified a human gene called TRIM22 that can block HIV infection by preventing certain forms of the virus from replicating, CBC News reported. In... Read more »
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