The HIV Genocide - Time No Longer2024-03-28T13:14:57Zhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/forum/topics/the-hiv-genocide?commentId=5124148%3AComment%3A20611&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=no"Chagas Disease, an incurable…tag:timenolonger.ning.com,2012-05-30:5124148:Comment:206112012-05-30T21:40:37.831ZSinclairhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/profile/Sinclair
<p><strong>"Chagas Disease, an incurable infection, called the ‘new AIDS of the Americas': report</strong> <br></br><br></br><strong>xperts have dubbed it the “new AIDS of the Americas.”</strong><br></br><br></br><strong>A parasitic infection called Chagas Disease has similarities to the early spread of HIV, according to research published recently in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.</strong><br></br><br></br><strong>Like AIDS, Chagas is hard to detect and has a long incubation period before symptoms…</strong></p>
<p><strong>"Chagas Disease, an incurable infection, called the ‘new AIDS of the Americas': report</strong> <br/><br/><strong>xperts have dubbed it the “new AIDS of the Americas.”</strong><br/><br/><strong>A parasitic infection called Chagas Disease has similarities to the early spread of HIV, according to research published recently in the journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.</strong><br/><br/><strong>Like AIDS, Chagas is hard to detect and has a long incubation period before symptoms emerge, the study said, according to the New York Times.</strong><br/><br/><strong>As many as 8 million people are infected in the Western Hemisphere, mainly in Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia and Central America, as well as some 30,000 people in the U.S., the newspaper reported. Chagas infects people in areas of poverty, and most U.S. cases are found in immigrants.</strong><br/><br/><strong>Because Chagas is often left untreated, it spreads easily, either genetically or through blood transfusion. If caught early, it can be treated with intense medication, but the drugs are scarce in poor countries and very little money is invested in searching for new treatments, the paper said.</strong><br/><br/><strong>Chagas is usually transmitted from the bite of blood-sucking insects that release a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi into the victim’s bloodstream. The parasite can eventually make its way to the heart, where it can live and multiply.</strong><br/><br/><strong>Infections often stay dormant for years, and then emerge as heart arrhythmias and heart failure. About a quarter of victims develop enlarged heart or intestines that can lead to sudden death if they burst, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</strong><br/><br/><strong>New research suggests Chagas may have led to the death of Charles Darwin — one of the great medical mysteries."</strong><br/><br/>Read more: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/incurable-infection-called-aids-americas-report-article-1.1086053#ixzz1wOKpxlG2" target="_blank">http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/incurable-infection-called-aids-americas-report-article-1.1086053#ixzz1wOKpxlG2</a><br/><br/>Its been around all this time and its just now a big problem? Seems odd to me.<br/><br/></p>
In medical breakthrough, HI…tag:timenolonger.ning.com,2010-12-14:5124148:Comment:37772010-12-14T22:26:17.000ZKathyhttps://timenolonger.ning.com/profile/Kathy
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<p><strong>In medical breakthrough, HIV-positive man ‘cured’ by stem cell transplant</strong></p>
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<p>By <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/author/davidedwards/" rel="nofollow"></a>David Edwards<br></br>Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 -- 4:02 pm</p>
<p>An HIV-positive man who received a stem cell transplant for leukemia has been cured of HIV infection, doctors announced recently.</p>
<p>While the case was first reported at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic…</p>
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<p><strong>In medical breakthrough, HIV-positive man ‘cured’ by stem cell transplant</strong></p>
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<p>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/author/davidedwards/"></a>David Edwards<br/>Tuesday, December 14th, 2010 -- 4:02 pm</p>
<p>An HIV-positive man who received a stem cell transplant for leukemia has been cured of HIV infection, doctors announced recently.</p>
<p>While the case was first reported at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston, doctors have now published an updated report in the journal <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/content/abstract/blood-2010-09-309591v1"><em><span style="color: #0000ff;">Blood<span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span></span></em></a> which affirms extensive testing.</p>
<p>"It is reasonable to conclude that cure of HIV infection has been achieved in this patient," the doctors wrote.</p>
<p>In 2007, Timothy Ray Brown suffered a relapse of leukemia that required a stem cell tranplant. Brown, also known as "Berlin patient," was given stem cells from a donor that lacked the CCR5 receptor, "a condition that is present in less than 1 percent of Caucasians in northern and western Europe," <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.aidsmap.com/Stem-cell-transplant-has-cured-HIV-infection-in-Berlin-patient-say-doctors/page/1577949/"></a>According to London Based AIDS Map.</p>
<p>"The man received bone marrow from a donor who had natural resistance to HIV infection; this was due to a genetic profile which led to the CCR5 co-receptor being absent from his cells," they explained. "The most common variety of HIV uses CCR5 as its ‘docking station’, attaching to it in order to enter and infect CD4 cells, and people with this mutation are almost completely protected against infection."</p>
<p>The case appears to prove that stem cell driven treatments could be incredibly valuable in a variety of applications, including HIV therapies.</p>
<p>Although antiretroviral drugs have made HIV infection treatable, this is the first time a person has been reportedly cured.</p>
<p>Doctors recently announced that an antiretroviral pill called Truvada reduced the risk of HIV infection in gay men by 44 percent. <em>Time</em> magazine Named the Drug as one of the top ten medical breakthroughs for 2010.</p>
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<p>I found it quite interesting that those with "natural resistance" are also "people with this mutation".</p>
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