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Author Topic: Carbon nanotubes could help stop spread of HIV according to Stanford University  (Read 4619 times)

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Offline Optimistic

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More good news....  ;D :D :)

Here's the link to the article.

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/313/C11872/

Justin

12/06 (Atripla): cd4 - 260; cd% - 33%; vl - 169
1/07 (Atripla): cd4 - 267; cd% - 38.1%; vl - 132
4/07 (Atripla): cd4 - 373; cd% - 33.9%; vl - <50
7/07 (Atripla); cd4 - 287; cd% - 35.8%; vl - <50
9/07 (Atripla); cd4 - 356; cd% - 39.5%; vl - <50
12/07 (Atripla); cd4 - 517

Offline Ihavehope

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fabulous news..
Infected: April 2005
12/6/06 - Diagnosed HIV positive
12/19/06 - CD4 = 240  22% VL = 26,300
1/4/07 - CD4 = 200 16% VL = ?
2/9/07 = Started Kaletra/Truvada
3/13/07 = CD4 = 386 22% VL ?

Offline Cerrid

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I'm a bit sceptical of this one. What happens with the carbon nanotubes once they have delivered their loads? They cannot be metabolised, so do they stay inside the cell, accumulate and possibly clog the system?
"Boredom is always counterrevolutionary. Always." (Guy Debord)

Offline J220

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I think you're getting way ahead of things. Researchers don't even know exactly how the nanotubes are delivering their payload. For all we know the NT's don't even go inside the cell, but simply "inject" the rna through the cell membrane. What's important is that it's good news. This is cutting-edge technology, one that seems to have far-reaching potential, not just for hiv but other diseases as well, so it's worth watching!
« Last Edit: February 28, 2007, 10:20:27 pm by J220 »
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Offline bimazek

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lots of exciting interesting research and results with NANOtech and HIV
This gives me reason to be optimistic

nano  HIV research
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=nano+hiv&as_ylo=2005&as_yhi=2007&btnG=Search&as_subj=med


nanotubes and HIV research
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=nanotube+hiv&as_ylo=2001&as_yhi=2007&btnG=Search&as_subj=med

viral load in various tissues
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?num=100&hl=en&lr=&q=+hiv+load+tissues&as_ylo=2001&as_yhi=2007&btnG=Search&as_subj=med

iRNA HIV esearch
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?as_q=iRNA+hiv&num=100&btnG=Search+Scholar&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=any&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=2005&as_yhi=2007&as_allsubj=some&as_subj=med&hl=en&lr=

some facts i have read recently that seems interesting

only one in one million CD4 Tcell is HIV infected even with average 30,000 VL

the infected CD4 cells are not the ones dying it is the ones called back to the nodes because body feels the infection battle is won that self distruct ( this has in last few weeks been learned to be Trim5 Alpha)

CD8 cells naturally supresss the virus in animals because of proteins and a receptor that just recently has been found called pd-1

 





Offline Optimistic

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Thanks for the info....it seems like there are so many different approaches to combat this disease, hopefully one of em' will come through.

Justin
12/06 (Atripla): cd4 - 260; cd% - 33%; vl - 169
1/07 (Atripla): cd4 - 267; cd% - 38.1%; vl - 132
4/07 (Atripla): cd4 - 373; cd% - 33.9%; vl - <50
7/07 (Atripla); cd4 - 287; cd% - 35.8%; vl - <50
9/07 (Atripla); cd4 - 356; cd% - 39.5%; vl - <50
12/07 (Atripla); cd4 - 517

 


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