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| New drug blocks HIV from entering cells - Brought to you from Japan |
| 2005-07-08 |
| A durable new drug that prevents HIV from entering human cells and causes almost no side effects has been developed by a team of researchers at Kumamoto University. The new drug, code named AK602, was reported by the research team's leader, Hiroaki Mitsuya, at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Kobe on Tuesday. The drug's main feature is that it shuts out the AIDS virus at the point when it tries to intrude into a human cell. Current AIDS medicines can lose their effectiveness in a few days when the virus changes and develops a resistance to those drugs. But AK602 is different because it reacts to human cells instead of attacking the virus, Mitsuya said. He said the drug sticks to a protein called CCR5 that acts as an entrance into human cells for the AIDS virus. When the new drug becomes attached to the protein, it can prevent HIV from entering, and thus stop the virus from spreading. The researchers conducted clinical tests on 40 AIDS patients in the United States. AK602 not only proved effective against viruses that had become resistant to other drugs, but it also caused almost no side effects, the team said.(IHT/Asahi: July 7,2005) If this drug is that effective and cheap, YEAHA! Proof once again that Western (including Japan and Taiwan) tech, know how, and good old fashioned elbow grease are superior to ANYTHING that the Islamic nations or Socialist regimes have ever produced. So, all you liberal asswhipes who hate our culture but live in it none the less, FUCK OFF! |
| Posted by:mmurray821 |
| #5 how wonderful. with all of the terrible news these past few days it's good to read some good news for a change |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-07-08 23:53 |
| #4 Frank wins the daily Gromgoruu award. No, Gromgoruu is no longer allowed entry. I suspect he has a diesel powered Krank 'O Matic. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-08 14:30 |
| #3 Don't worry SW: Meth and Bathhouse consequence permutations will sidestep this drug and restart the plague |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-08 14:10 |
| #2 CG6152: Hey! You're messing wit me meal-ticket! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-07-08 12:54 |
| #1 MM - careful, that's how it all got spread around. Note well that without massive funding from the US Congress, the Japanese seem to have gotten some success. Time to hammer every 'face' who goes before Congress demanding more money to be wasted on academic welfare under the guise of unending and no results research. Aid to Africa by anyother name. Feely good acts that cost billions and deliver nothing. |
| Posted by: Chavish Grilet6152 2005-07-08 09:50 |