| Author | Message | ||
     Politicalobserver Side Hero Username: Politicalobserver Post Number: 2149 Registered: 11-2012 Posted From: 117.203.52.29 Rating: N/A |
Good news if true.Nenu Malawi vellinappudu chepparu naaku akkada local population lo nearly 40% infected with HIV anta.Entha daarunam ante nobody is in a position to work there. | ||
| Ballasticmissile Side Hero Username: Ballasticmissile Post Number: 3649 Registered: 07-2012 Posted From: 125.99.197.136 Rating: N/A |
A pioneering research team from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the University of Mississippi Medical Center said they have made a breakthrough in the search for a cure for HIV-infected infants, after a dramatic treatment and recovery case. Researchers said beginning a combination anti-retroviral treatment of an HIV-infected baby in Mississippi just 30 hours after that child’s birth ultimately appears to have killed the virus. It was a single case, which means researchers now have to launch extended studies to determine whether and how well this might work in other children. “This case is remarkable because the child was treated, then off treatment for many months and has been able to control the virus without rebound,” UMass Medical School immunologist Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga told the Herald yesterday. “It suggests that very early treatment may allow the curtailment of the formation of the viral reservoirs that serve as barriers to cure.” Specialists at a major AIDS meeting in Atlanta yesterday said the case offers promising clues to eliminating HIV in children, especially in AIDS-plagued African countries. “You could call this about as close to a cure, if not a cure, that we’ve seen,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health. A University of Mississippi doctor gave the baby faster and stronger treatment than usual, starting three drugs within 30 hours of birth — before tests confirmed the infant was infected by a mother whose HIV wasn’t diagnosed until she was in labor. “I just felt like this baby was at higher-than-normal risk, and deserved our best shot,” said Dr. Hannah Gay, a pediatric HIV specialist at Mississippi. Tests during the treatment showed a diminishing viral presence in the infant’s blood. By day 29, the baby showed no signs of the virus. Doctors continued to administer anti-viral medications for the next 17 months. Then, because of circumstances beyond doctors’ control, the child stopped receiving treatment for 10 months. When the child returned, tests found no trace of HIV in the child’s bloodstream. This case appears to show that promptly administering antiviral treatment to HIV-infected babies may halt the formation of hard-to-treat viral reservoirs of dormant cells that reignite the infection in most HIV patients within weeks of stopping therapy. “What we need to do now is do more studies to allow us to understand if this can be easily generalized for all children,” said Luzuriaga of UMass, whose ultra-sensitive testing procedures helped confirm the virus was gone. “Up until this point, we had never thought you could treat a child, then take them off treatment.” The Associated Press contributed to this report. i am leading a pious life so far so good | ||
| Dma Side Hero Username: Dma Post Number: 8265 Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 70.176.173.118 Rating: |
 |
