Hiv Tre Enzyme

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new future hiv cure with tre recombinase enzyme

Hi Keith, l read in national paper that tre recombinase enzyme can elimate the hiv virus from infected cells in 3 months... but we know hiv is tricky and hides in your dna,the german reseach team want to come up with a extra enzyme to target other...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Too early to say whether that treatment will pan out. There is no treatment currently under clinical study that is likely to result in a cure at the present time. Current treatments can keep HIV under control and possibly lead to a normal life... Read more »

Tre enzyme is our leading hope to cure hiv

Hi Dr Bob, l just cut and paste a story l read on Tre enzyme, could this be the holy cure ??? what... Read more »

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THANKS RE: Gene focus of the new Tre enzyme

Thanks so much for doing a deep dive on my question about the Tre enzyme study.You're... Read more »

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Articles

Human Enzyme Could Hold Key to New AIDS Drug

The "latest and most exciting developmen[t]" for scientists performing basic science research on HIV is the discovery that a protein produced by HIV enables the virus to overcome the human body's natural defenses against viruses such as HIV, the ... Read more »

Key Retrovirus Enzyme Grown in Lab

A study published on Sunday in the journal Nature has shed light on the enzyme integrase, "which is found in retroviruses like HIV and is a target for some of the newest HIV medicines," Reuters reports. Scientists at the Imperial College London... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

German Scientists Snip AIDS Virus Out of Human Cells

In a recent test tube experiment, scientists engineered an enzyme that cut from human cells the DNA for producing HIV, leaving the rest of the DNA intact and HIV-free. Three years of experiments on mice are planned next; if they are successful,... Read more »

Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) Seroprevalence at the Time of HIV-1 Diagnosis and Seroincidence After HIV-1 Diagnosis in an Ethnically Diverse Cohort of HIV-1-Infected Persons

Researchers in the current study sought to determine herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) seroprevalence at HIV-1 diagnosis and seroincidence one year or more after HIV diagnosis. HSV type-specific antibodies were detected using enzyme immunoassay in... Read more »

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are enzymes related to hiv testing?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I was wondering if when you donate plasma and they test your enzyme levels in your liver and stuff does it have to do with hiv.I'm wondering becuase i was told my enzyme levels were low when they tested my plasma and they needed to take 2 tubes of... Read more »

HIV1?HIV2?HIV-O?HIV-N?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

We didn't even know about HIV until the 1980's. So, we invented a HIV1 test, only to find there is a HIV2. So, we invented a HIV2 only to find out there is a HIV-O. Why are we so ignorant to think there couldn't be another strain...for which we... Read more »

HIV-1? HIV-2? HIV-O?

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

can an HIV-1 test detect HIV-2?

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I had several ELISA HIV 1 tests all negative (thank God). But now I'm wondering about HIV 2. Can the HIV 1 test detect HIV 2?

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