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KOBE, Japan, July 6 (UPI) -- Japanese researchers have developed a durable new drug that blocks HIV from entering human cells and causes almost no side effects.

The new drug, code named AK602, was unveiled by Hiroaki Mitsuya, leader of the research team at Kumamoto University, at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Kobe Tuesday, the Asahi Shimbun reported Wednesday.

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 medications often lose their effectiveness after a few days due to the virus' resistance, but the AK602 reacts to human cells instead of attacking the virus, said Mitsuya, a university professor.

When the new drug becomes attached to the protein that acts as an entrance into human cells for the AIDS virus, it can prevent HIV from entering.

The researchers conducted clinical tests on 40 AIDS patients in the United States. When the patients took 0.02 ounces of AK602 twice a day for 10 days, the number of HIV viruses dropped to an average of 1 percent.

Almost no side effects were reported, the professor said.

Copyright 2005 by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/ind...=UPI-1-20050706-05305900-bc-japan-newdrug.xml
 
An average of 1% is amazing. But before this even becomes remotely accessible to the public it'll have to go through a number of routine tests and then be approved by the FDA, which could take years.
 
Is this a cure or vacinne?

I'd love to see a cure, but I think that the AIDS Virus is a little more resilient and may mutate to counteract the drug.

Maybe some biology/pharmacuetical types here can set me straight on this.
 
Richiban said:
Is this a cure or vacinne?

I'd love to see a cure, but I think that the AIDS Virus is a little more resilient and may mutate to counteract the drug.

Maybe some biology/pharmacuetical types here can set me straight on this.
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Vacinne.

The drug wouldn't kill the HIV virus, it would merely block it from spreading to healthy cells. But with that being possible, patients could simply live with HIV for the rest of their natural lives without having it affect them.
 
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"No thanks, I found the cure years ago."
 
Its always good to hear news like that for a change! Although 1% sounds small, its still a start and hopefully we can get closer and closer to curing AIDS.
 
I'm always suspicious when someone says "almost no side effects" :) Does that mean that the few that you encountered were a mild rash or resulted in the person disolving into gel. Reminds me of one drug that was supposed to help with liver problems being advertised on TV but when they said the side effects the last two were "in isolated cases has caused blindness and death". I was like, well shit - I guess few people will be using that one :)
 
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.

Let me qualify by saying that I mean, from what I've read of expert sources, heterosexual men are a minority as far as new infections. Female->Male transmission is very rare. This isn't some remote, fringe theory, but a widely accepted view amongst leading specialists.

Still, this is great news if true.
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.
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Something ridiculus like 6.9-8.3% of sub Sahara Afica tends to disagree with this statement.

Edited for correctness.
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.
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The ignorance you spew is only exceeded by:

Megafoo Chavez said:
cure aids? why?
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This fuckrag.
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.
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Ladies and gentleman, the dumbest thing ever said.

(Today.)
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.

Let me qualify by saying that I mean, from what I've read of expert sources, heterosexual men are a minority as far as new infections. Female->Male transmission is very rare. This isn't some remote, fringe theory, but a widely accepted view amongst leading specialists.
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Millions of straight, African men disagree with "leading specialists". So does, I hear, the vast majority of doctors.
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.

Let me qualify by saying that I mean, from what I've read of expert sources, heterosexual men are a minority as far as new infections. Female->Male transmission is very rare. This isn't some remote, fringe theory, but a widely accepted view amongst leading specialists.

Still, this is great news if true.
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Honestly, you have no idea what you're talking about.
 
Any additional details on this drug? Does it use some sort of RNAi to block the virus?

Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.

Let me qualify by saying that I mean, from what I've read of expert sources, heterosexual men are a minority as far as new infections. Female->Male transmission is very rare. This isn't some remote, fringe theory, but a widely accepted view amongst leading specialists.

Still, this is great news if true.
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... wow this is seriously the most ignorant thing I've ever read ...

today.
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.
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O_o

What?
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.

Let me qualify by saying that I mean, from what I've read of expert sources, heterosexual men are a minority as far as new infections. Female->Male transmission is very rare. This isn't some remote, fringe theory, but a widely accepted view amongst leading specialists.

Still, this is great news if true.
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:lol :lol :lol
 
:lol

this thread went well. Good news and amazing posts.
My brain writhed in pain and my mouth was literally agape reading some of them!

... I laughed though
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.

Let me qualify by saying that I mean, from what I've read of expert sources, heterosexual men are a minority as far as new infections. Female->Male transmission is very rare. This isn't some remote, fringe theory, but a widely accepted view amongst leading specialists.

Still, this is great news if true.
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Um, yeah, you have less of a chance of getting contracting it if you are a male, but that doesn't mean that you don't have to worry about it, and bone every girl without a condom.

10% of newly infected males in 2003 got it through vaginal sex. And thats just in the states, not even talking about the shit thats going down in Africa.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/2003SurveillanceReport/table17.htm
 
Anyone of you wise asses care to explain why Kano is incorrect? I mean seriously unless you are having anal sex, male or female, or shooting up with dirty needles, there is virtually no risk of getting AIDS.
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.

Let me qualify by saying that I mean, from what I've read of expert sources, heterosexual men are a minority as far as new infections. Female->Male transmission is very rare. This isn't some remote, fringe theory, but a widely accepted view amongst leading specialists.

Still, this is great news if true.
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Wait wait wait...I read this too.

It was right next to the ad where I could send away for some X-Ray glasses and under the ad that asked me if I was tired of being a 98 pound weakling and if I was tired of getting beat up at the beach.

It all works!
 
Silent Death said:
Anyone of you wise asses care to explain why Kano is incorrect? I mean seriously unless you are having anal sex, male or female, or shooting up with dirty needles, there is virtually no risk of getting AIDS.
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If you have unprotected sex with a person who has HIV or AIDs, your chance of getting it is somewhere over 80%. So, clearly your risk is based on whether or not the person you're about to have sex with has AIDS. If they don't have aids, your risk is 0% whether or not your sharing a needle, having anal sex, etc. AIDs doesn't come from anal sex, dirty needles, etc. It comes from people who have AIDS....
 
Silent Death said:
Anyone of you wise asses care to explain why Kano is incorrect? I mean seriously unless you are having anal sex, male or female, or shooting up with dirty needles, there is virtually no risk of getting AIDS.
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Yeah, sure.

From http://www.avert.org/howcan.htm:

If a woman with HIV has sexual intercourse without a condom, HIV could get into the man's blood through a sore patch on his penis or by getting into the tube that runs down the penis.

If there is any contact with blood during sex, this increases the risk of infection. For example, there may be blood in the vagina if intercourse occurs during a woman's period.
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Silent Death said:
Anyone of you wise asses care to explain why Kano is incorrect? I mean seriously unless you are having anal sex, male or female, or shooting up with dirty needles, there is virtually no risk of getting AIDS.
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That is so true man. Now go on a sex tour in Africa man. You'll be safe if you're straight and don't do anal. Go for it man!!111

marsomega said:
OLD...


http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=54764
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Hmmm. Shut up?
 
Well I assume the first problem people have with Kano's comments is the association with sodomy. It probably implies a prejudice for some people here, and they may be insulted... but more than that, it's not just anal sex that will get you the AIDS. Semen (or other forms of sexual discharge) are less infectious than blood, but then -- what did you suppose? That cocks bleed when they enter ass and vice versa, exclusively during the act of anal intercourse? Shit happens, it's not worth the risk. Other STDs are more common here in the west, but the danger is such that everybody should be aware of AIDS, how it can be transmitted, and the slightest chance of getting it. Extreme unprotected sexual promiscuity is a big no no.

This will become truly good/bad news when it can be qualified as to how much a potential drug would cost to produce/sell. There's a lot of kids being born on a certain poverty stricken continent that are destined to die needlessly.
 
Kano said:
Honestly, if you're a heterosexual male (who doesn't engage in anal sex with an infected female), you really don't have to worry about AIDS. Sad, but true. This is good news, though.

Let me qualify by saying that I mean, from what I've read of expert sources, heterosexual men are a minority as far as new infections. Female->Male transmission is very rare. This isn't some remote, fringe theory, but a widely accepted view amongst leading specialists.

Still, this is great news if true.
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Thanks for the insight Mr. Santorum, please come back soon. :p
 
Zeo said:
Ladies and gentleman, the dumbest thing ever said.

(Today.)
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Well, it certainly ranks as one of the most ignorant things I've ever read. Not the most ignorant, but it's up there. Kind of scary too.
 
Phoenix said:
If you have unprotected sex with a person who has HIV or AIDs, your chance of getting it is somewhere over 80%. So, clearly your risk is based on whether or not the person you're about to have sex with has AIDS. If they don't have aids, your risk is 0% whether or not your sharing a needle, having anal sex, etc. AIDs doesn't come from anal sex, dirty needles, etc. It comes from people who have AIDS....
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LOL, WTF are you talking about? What are the two main groups that make up the majority of AIDS cases? Could it be homosexual males and or introventious drug addicts? So if you have sex with anyone in either one of these class groups then you are more likely to contract AIDS, not guaranteed but more like than someone who doesn't fall into one or more of these classes of has sex with someone who does.
 
He is saying: YOU GET AIDS FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS AIDS. ANY HUMAN BEING REGARDLESS OF LIFESTYLE CAN GET IT. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
 
Silent Death said:
LOL, WTF are you talking about? What are the two main groups that make up the majority of AIDS cases? Could it be homosexual males and or introventious drug addicts? So if you have sex with anyone in either one of these class groups then you are more likely to contract AIDS, not guaranteed but more like than someone who doesn't fall into one or more of these classes of has sex with someone who does.
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Its ironic that someone with your screen name is so ignorant about HIV\AIDS...
 
Diablos said:
He is saying: YOU GET AIDS FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS AIDS. ANY HUMAN BEING REGARDLESS OF LIFESTYLE CAN GET IT. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
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Go fucking figure. You mean all people can contract the AIDS virus, GET OUT OF HERE!!! :rolleyes Let me explain it again for the thinking impaired such as you. True anyone can get AIDS, but you are more likely to do so if you are a homosexual and heterosexual engaging in anal sex or uses dirty needles. Not saying only those people will get it just saying they make up the largest number of people who have it.
 
There are even what are called "nonprogressers" or something like that. People that have HIV, but (I believe I'm getting this right) never develop large quantities of it in their bloodstream and therefore suffer little if any of the usual problems associated with being infected and never actually develop AIDS.
 
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