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The search for a cure
Gene therapy for HIV is “progress towards functional cure” say researchers

Investigators of a new gene therapy approach to HIV treatment claim that their findings represent “significant progress towards a `functional cure`”, after results from Sangamo Biosciences phase

Published
20 September 2011
By
Keith Alcorn
The search for a cure
Scientists find way to "disarm" AIDS virus

Researchers from the United States and Europe working in laboratories on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) found it is unable to damage the immune system if cholesterol is removed from the virus's membrane. "It's like an army that has lost its weapons but still has flags, so another army can recognize it and attack it," said Adriano Boasso of Imperial College London, who led the study.

Published
20 September 2011
From
Reuters
Changing treatment
Switching to once-daily etravirine a safe and effective option for individuals taking suppressive protease inhibitor therapy

Patients taking a virologically suppressive HIV treatment combination can safely switch from a protease inhibitor to the new NNRTI etravirine, according to interim results from a small

Published
20 September 2011
By
Michael Carter
New and experimental HIV treatments
Gilead: Second trial of 4-drug AIDS pill meets goal

Gilead Sciences Inc's four-drug experimental HIV pill worked as well as a regimen containing protease inhibitor Reyataz in the second pivotal trial of the drug, the company said on Monday.

Published
19 September 2011
From
Reuters
The search for a cure
"Functional Cure" For HIV/AIDS Glimpsed In Small Trial

Researchers testing a potential new gene therapy for HIV/AIDS say they are excited by early results that represent significant progress towards a "functional cure" for the disease.

Published
19 September 2011
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New and experimental HIV treatments
Sangamo’s Blood-Cell Gene Therapy Fights HIV Without Drugs

Gene therapy developed by Sangamo Bioscience Inc. to mimic the blocking effect of white blood cells in people naturally immune to HIV helped six patients fight off the disease without drugs, a study showed.

Published
19 September 2011
From
Bloomberg Business Week
Changing treatment
A fifth of patients discontinue Atripla within a year, CNS side-effects the main reason

A fifth of patients who start antiretroviral therapy with Atripla switch to an alternative regimen within a year, according to UK data presented to the 51st

Published
19 September 2011
By
Michael Carter
Resistance
Big falls in prevalence of protease inhibitor and triple-class resistance

The prevalence of HIV resistance to protease inhibitors fell sharply between 2003 and 2010, according to a study presented to the 51st ICAAC meeting in Chicago. Investigators

Published
19 September 2011
By
Michael Carter
New and experimental HIV treatments
Sangamo gene therapy shows promise in reducing HIV

An early stage trial of Sangamo BioSciences Inc's HIV treatment found that the gene therapy reduced levels of the virus and even eliminated it in one patient with a naturally occurring gene mutation.

Published
18 September 2011
From
Reuters
The search for a cure
Sangamo’s Blood-Cell Gene Therapy Fights HIV Without Drugs

Gene therapy developed by Sangamo Bioscience Inc. to mimic the blocking effect of white blood cells in people naturally immune to HIV helped six patients fight off the disease without drugs, a study showed.

Published
18 September 2011
From
Bloomberg Business Week
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