New HIV drugs and therapy presented at AIDS conference Jul 25, 2007
The practice is now being trailed in the first patients with AIDS-related lymphoma, with researchers removing infected bone marrow stem cells and growing new ones that have the HIV gene permanently turned off. They are then re-implanted with this new resistance. (People's Daily Online)
Bob Hattoy, 56; witty and outspoken advocate for the environment, AIDS research Mar 6, 2007
Soon after joining Bill Clinton's presidential campaign as an environmental advisor at the start of the 1992 primary season, he learned that he had AIDS-related lymphoma. Two months later, he stood before thousands of delegates at the Democratic National Convention in New York City and assailed then-President George H.W. Bush for not making AIDS treatment and research a priority. (Los Angeles Times)
Combo Therapy Fights AIDS-Linked Lymphoma Mar 3, 2006
The study included 72 HIV patients with AIDS-related lymphoma treated with a multi-drug chemotherapy called CHOP (cylcophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) and HIV-suppressing, highly active retroviral therapy (HAART) ... The study found that 79 percent of standard-risk AIDS-related lymphoma patients achieved complete lymphoma remission, and more than 50 percent were alive after 47 months. (MEDLINEplus)
