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03-05-2009, 07:24 AM
Killing AIDS with GML Gel and Cream
Based on new university research, a non-prescription gel or cream containing the safe and natural chemical GML could be on the market immediately, saving lives from dealy HIV/AIDS.
At last, scientists have found the silver bullet to stop the spread of AIDS. A simple gel or cream application of GML (glycerol monolaurate), a common chemical that exists naturally in humans and is safely used in ice cream and cosmetics, has protected monkeys from the HIV virus. Researchers expect the same protection
will be available to humans.
The GML gel
or cream would be applied in the woman's vagina, creating a protective barrier against the virus during sexual intercourse. A dose of GML, based on the new research, will cost less than a penny.
It is expected that the domains (web addresses) www.gmlgel.com and www.gmlcream.com, currently owned by WebTalkerPR, will be acquired by savvy marketers eager to get commercial products into the hands of consumers. So long as no medical claims are made, GML products should be immediately available for sale.
Technically, the GML product would be a microbicide, or germ-killer. In the absence of an AIDS vaccine, microbicides are the best defense against this disease, which has killed more than 25 million people. Worldwide, 16,000 people contract HIV every day -- the majority getting infected through unprotected sex. Thirty-three million people are living with HIV today.
The exciting new GML data came from researchers at the University of Minnesota. Their report, published in the journal Nature, says that GML breaks a 'vicious cycle' of immune-system signaling and inflammatory response in the cervix and vagina. 'This result represents a highly encouraging new lead in the search for an effective microbicide - that meets the criteria of safety, affordability and efficacy,' they write.
Dr. Ashley Haase, who led the study with Patrick Schlievert, said that if GML works as well in humans as it has in monkeys, "It could contribute to saving millions of lives."
Schlievert said there's evidence that GML also may help prevent other sexually-transmitted diseases, such as chlamydia, as well as other types of infections. In theory, women could use the GML gel or cream an hour or so before sex to protect themselves from infection. A GML product for men is also likely to be developed.
The domains www.gmlgel.com and www.gmlcream.com can be purchased at those addresses, using the 'Buy This Domain - Click Here' email link. Helpful tips on making money from domain sales are at domaineering.wordpress.com.
http://www.pr-inside.com/killing-aids-with-gml-gel-and-r1095017.htm
Can a Bone-Marrow Transplant Halt HIV?
By Eben Harrell / London Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008Bone-marrow cell
MedicalRF.com / Getty
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1858843,00.html
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a pathogen so wily and protean that researchers rarely talk about curing infected patients, focusing instead on treatment and prevention. But in an announcement that caused a flutter of excitement and a wave of prudent skepticism, Berlin-based hematologist Gero Huetter claimed on Thursday that he has cured an HIV infection in a 42-year-old man through a bone-marrow transplant.
The patient, a U.S. citizen living in Germany, was suffering from advanced leukemia and HIV two years ago when Huetter treated the cancer with a bone-marrow transplant at Berlin's Charité hospital. As a side experiment, he inserted the bone marrow of a donor naturally resistant to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. (Researchers have long known that about 1% of Europeans carry a genetic mutation that makes their cells resistant to HIV infection.) Bone marrow produces the cells that HIV attacks. So, the thinking went, inserting marrow that produces HIV-resistant cells might endow the patient with a means to repel the infection. Twenty months after the transplant, Huetter says, the man shows no signs of carrying the virus. (See stories of people surviving with HIV.)
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1858843,00.html
Based on new university research, a non-prescription gel or cream containing the safe and natural chemical GML could be on the market immediately, saving lives from dealy HIV/AIDS.
At last, scientists have found the silver bullet to stop the spread of AIDS. A simple gel or cream application of GML (glycerol monolaurate), a common chemical that exists naturally in humans and is safely used in ice cream and cosmetics, has protected monkeys from the HIV virus. Researchers expect the same protection
will be available to humans.
The GML gel
or cream would be applied in the woman's vagina, creating a protective barrier against the virus during sexual intercourse. A dose of GML, based on the new research, will cost less than a penny.
It is expected that the domains (web addresses) www.gmlgel.com and www.gmlcream.com, currently owned by WebTalkerPR, will be acquired by savvy marketers eager to get commercial products into the hands of consumers. So long as no medical claims are made, GML products should be immediately available for sale.
Technically, the GML product would be a microbicide, or germ-killer. In the absence of an AIDS vaccine, microbicides are the best defense against this disease, which has killed more than 25 million people. Worldwide, 16,000 people contract HIV every day -- the majority getting infected through unprotected sex. Thirty-three million people are living with HIV today.
The exciting new GML data came from researchers at the University of Minnesota. Their report, published in the journal Nature, says that GML breaks a 'vicious cycle' of immune-system signaling and inflammatory response in the cervix and vagina. 'This result represents a highly encouraging new lead in the search for an effective microbicide - that meets the criteria of safety, affordability and efficacy,' they write.
Dr. Ashley Haase, who led the study with Patrick Schlievert, said that if GML works as well in humans as it has in monkeys, "It could contribute to saving millions of lives."
Schlievert said there's evidence that GML also may help prevent other sexually-transmitted diseases, such as chlamydia, as well as other types of infections. In theory, women could use the GML gel or cream an hour or so before sex to protect themselves from infection. A GML product for men is also likely to be developed.
The domains www.gmlgel.com and www.gmlcream.com can be purchased at those addresses, using the 'Buy This Domain - Click Here' email link. Helpful tips on making money from domain sales are at domaineering.wordpress.com.
http://www.pr-inside.com/killing-aids-with-gml-gel-and-r1095017.htm
Can a Bone-Marrow Transplant Halt HIV?
By Eben Harrell / London Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008Bone-marrow cell
MedicalRF.com / Getty
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1858843,00.html
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a pathogen so wily and protean that researchers rarely talk about curing infected patients, focusing instead on treatment and prevention. But in an announcement that caused a flutter of excitement and a wave of prudent skepticism, Berlin-based hematologist Gero Huetter claimed on Thursday that he has cured an HIV infection in a 42-year-old man through a bone-marrow transplant.
The patient, a U.S. citizen living in Germany, was suffering from advanced leukemia and HIV two years ago when Huetter treated the cancer with a bone-marrow transplant at Berlin's Charité hospital. As a side experiment, he inserted the bone marrow of a donor naturally resistant to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. (Researchers have long known that about 1% of Europeans carry a genetic mutation that makes their cells resistant to HIV infection.) Bone marrow produces the cells that HIV attacks. So, the thinking went, inserting marrow that produces HIV-resistant cells might endow the patient with a means to repel the infection. Twenty months after the transplant, Huetter says, the man shows no signs of carrying the virus. (See stories of people surviving with HIV.)
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1858843,00.html