Prostratin seeks out latent virus

[veritas]

As reported by AIDSMED:

http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/hiv_prostratin_reservoirs_1667_17975.shtml

Link from 2008 (a little history):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18451298?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=1

Press release:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3532854.htm

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[veritas]

Here is the patent submitted by Stanford on the production of Prostratin:

http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090187046

The patent goes into detail as to the mechanism prostatin uses to go after virus and how to synthetically produce it, making it possible to use as a therapeutic.

Interesting read.

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[xman]

I don't see the news. Almost a decade ago prostratin was considered a powerful addition to HAART able to activate latent HIV. The fact is that they never moved to test it on humans. 10 years spent in the test tube. I was reading about the difficulties in finding prostratin at enough quantities for tests and further development. It seems they are now able to make it in the lab.

[sensual1973]

interesting,and i hope it doesnt sink and vanish in the sea of "under scientific investigation" forever.

[veritas]

xman,

Did you read the links ? The news is the fact that they can make prostratin in sufficient quantities for therapeutic use with the new method mentioned in the patent. A wonderful achievement. Now, they can start clinical trials.

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[georgep77]

I would love to be a guinea pig for prostratin for sure !

                                           

[xman]

xman,

Did you read the links ? The news is the fact that they can make prostratin in sufficient quantities for therapeutic use with the new method mentioned in the patent. A wonderful achievement. Now, they can start clinical trials.

v

It's still preclinical. Read this from the article posted above:

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration conducted a preliminary review of AIDS Research Alliance’s prostratin data in February 2009. Additional pre-clinical studies will continue over the next year.

This means that human trials will most likely not start before 2011.