Posted by admin On August 7, 2008
A report presented by HIV AIDS specialist of JOHNS HOPKINS university proves that they have discovered a therapy treatment which is fully efficient in stopping the replication of aids virus in human body .They said that they have been succeeded in one step out of three that is to stop replication of aids virus .They are very near to find the full treatment .
Robert Siliciano, M.D., Ph.D., said at XVII International Conference on AIDS, taking place in Mexico City,that they are succesful in controling the aids virus from replication .He said that they just requires little progress in finding where virus reservoirs persist and how to eliminate them from body .
The therapy provided for the treatment is antiretroviral drugs .Siliciano says that they are succesful in finding the reservoirs of AIDS VIRUS and they need efforts to eliminate them from the body as if this step is completed the AIDS will be cured .The data presented by Siliciano’s presentation shows that if a fourth of more anti- potent HIV drug is added to the existing drug therapy than it was seen that number of copies of HIV virul were not reduced but after they added protease inhibitor they found that number of copies became static .
The latest study was provided by the the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Howard Hughes Medical Institute; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) .
source : Johns Hopkins Medical News
Posted by admin On August 5, 2008
Researchers at University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health have found that ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS used for HIV treatment provides protection against atherosclerosis -which is responsible for heart diseases .The diseases hardens the arteries and is caused due to smoking ,high level of cholesterol .
This study was a part of Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) which was started in 1983 and completed between 2004 and 2006.During their study they tested nearly 950 HIV positive and HIV negative people for the levels of coronary artery calcification (CAC) and found that the score for CAC was almost 60% less than HIV negative .When initially the treatment was prescribed by Lawrence Kingsley, Ph.D., study lead author and associate professor, Departments of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health he was concerned that how the therapy affects the lipid level .But now the concept has been opposed that antiretroviral drugs are beneficial for HIV parents and prevents them from atherosclerosis .
Studies also showed that the most common cause of diseases the older age and smoking and other life styles also played a role .
Posted by admin On July 30, 2008
MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF AIDS
People who have no effect or less effect by traditional treatment can get help by this new therapy treatment involving RALTEGRAVIR .It can be used for treatment with anti HIV treatment drugs and is safe and has minimum side effects .It is already available in Australia .This therapy has a different mechanism .UNSW professers David Copper says that it is very effective and reduces the level of VIRUS in blood upto 62% .The results have been presented by clinical trails of Europe,Australia,Northa and South America .The results were judged by count of virul load reduction and cd4 cell count increase,more cell count increase is good for more healthy immune system .
source:Science Daily
