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 Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:58 pm
The Senior MD/PhD student in my lab was snooping around in www.nature.com a great source of information. I'll just quote so I don't have t do a summary. But if this holds true, specially considering clinical trials might possibly start this year then I smell a Nobel Prize! If anyone had any questions as to what gp41 or any other thing is please ask me ^^ This is my area of study. rofl Quote: News Published online: 19 April 2007; | doi:10.1038/news070416-12 Natural peptide protects against HIV A protein in the blood could make for a new class of AIDS drug. Kerri Smith A natural component of human blood has been found to block the HIV virus from infecting cells. And fortunately, tweaking just a few of the amino acids that form the molecule somehow makes its effects 100 times more potent. Because it works in a different way to existing therapies, the peptide could lead to a novel class of drugs to fight AIDS. There is also evidence that HIV doesn't easily develop resistance to the new compound, which is a major problem with many current HIV treatments. The molecule, known as VIRIP (virus-inhibitory peptide), binds to a spiky protein on the surface of the HIV virus called gp41. HIV normally uses this protein to make the first contact with and latch onto a human cell, after which it would infect it. But the intervention of VIRIP stops that contact from happening. This is because HIV has proven to be very adaptable; many of its surface proteins constantly change. But VIRIP picks on a fairly stable surface protein, which does not change so much — it works in conjunction with another protein, called gp120, which was recently discovered to be conserved over time (see 'HIV reveals site of vulnerability)'. This means that a drug using it should remain effective. "The really good thing is that it targets a very conserved area," says Ray. "It does seem to be a promising candidate." http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070416/full/070416-12.html
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:55 pm
That sounds very promising!
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:17 pm
I'm really glad to hear this. I have several friends with HIV... some have died, some are struggling valiently with drugs, herbal remedies and diet and exercise and have lasted over 10 years and still going relatively strong.
And some people are exposed to AIDS and get it, but never show any signs whatever. Great mystery.
I'm sure we can beat it, I just hope it's soon.
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:25 pm
kitten22481 That sounds very promising! I agree. I really do hope they find the cure!
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:25 pm
theres already a vaccine, well sort of,
ohh and it will never happen until proper legislation changes in our country simply because pharmacudical companies make WAYYYYYY to much money treating the virus instead of curing it.
hers the link for the vaccine, its been all over science papers,journals, and health media.
http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/news/20041129/human-test-novel-vaccine-stops-hiv
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:51 am
of course they will blame the delays on the FDA
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:23 pm
Yeah, there will definitely be a cure for it in the future...
It is very hard to make the cure though... they already tried medicines that prevent the virius from reproduce at different stages of its life and that didn't work very well... because like the article said... the virus is very adaptable...
But there will definitely be a cure for it in the future... unlike cancer.
There can be no cure for cancer, since there are over 250 forms of it. There can be cures for different kinds of cancer, like breast cancer and things in the future, but there can't be a cure that cures all forms of cancer because there are too many forms of it.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:27 pm
I say there is a cure for everything it is just a matter of finding the cure. It may take years or take centuries.
I hope that a cure for HIV will be found within the next five years that will be affordable for everyone in at least the Western world.
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