by Jim Thompson | Mar 12, 2014 | CROI, CROI 2014, Cure |
CROI 2014: Tim Henrich with Richard Jefferys Update on ‘the Boston Patients’, two men living with HIV that underwent bone marrow or stem cell transplantation. HIV negative donor cells were used for the transplantation and demonstrated as a proof of concept...
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | Antiretrovirals, CROI, CROI 2014, Cure, Pediatrics |
CROI 2014: Mississippi Baby Update The Mississippi Baby born in 2010 at high risk of transmission from her mother was started on a triple cocktail immediately after birth, and continued on the medicines as an infected child anticipating that she would stay on those...
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | Aging, CROI, CROI 2014 |
CROI 2014: Aging An expert panel discussing the importance of the role that HIV plays with depression, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and cancer risk factors that affect individuals living and aging with HIV. Presented at CROI this year was data demonstrating...
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | CROI, CROI 2014, Cure |
CROI 2014: The Cure A discussion on elements surrounding HIV Cure research including viral persistence and its impact on HIV cure research, with discussion that viral persistence is proving to be more complex than originally expected by early researcher leading to the...
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | Co-morbidities, CROI, CROI 2014, Metabolics |
CROI 2014: Metabolics Panel The panel focuses on metabolic complications of HIV and discusses specific issues surrounding heart failure as well as inflammation in the spleen, bone marrow and other organs. The panel reaches some consensus suggesting that exercise seems...
by Jim Thompson | Mar 10, 2014 | Co-infection, CROI, CROI 2014, Hepatitis |
CROI 2014: Hepatitis Coinfection This year there have been huge medicinal advances in Hepatitis C therapy. The new treatments are a significant improvement over the past. We may have entered an interferon free era. New protease inhibitors are efficacious. The era of...
