Fighting AIDS & Cancer
In the past week, two new drugs have been shown to successfully fight AIDS/prevent cervical cancer (mainly due to HPV).
This article explains the new drug PA-457, which has decreased HIV cells in blood tenfold in a matter of hours. The only problem is, it is in the early stages of testing and thus won't be made available to the public until 2009.
The new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer has had tremendous success in women (100% effective) and can now be administered to girls as young as 9 years old. However, be weary if you already have HPV because the vaccine can exacerbate symptoms.
I'm hoping that this is a new turn in medicine and to those fighting cancer & AIDS.
This article explains the new drug PA-457, which has decreased HIV cells in blood tenfold in a matter of hours. The only problem is, it is in the early stages of testing and thus won't be made available to the public until 2009.
The new vaccine to prevent cervical cancer has had tremendous success in women (100% effective) and can now be administered to girls as young as 9 years old. However, be weary if you already have HPV because the vaccine can exacerbate symptoms.
I'm hoping that this is a new turn in medicine and to those fighting cancer & AIDS.