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AIDS ERADICATION SCIENTIFIC UPDATE FROM THE ST.
MARTIN MEETING in SF Feb 4 2010
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DATE: Thursday, February 4th, 2010
TIME: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: San Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street in San Francisco
Researchers, physicians, medical students and advocates are invited to attend a scientific update from a recent research
conference on HIV viral eradication.
The 4th International Workshop on HIV Persistence during Therapy was a small,
closed workshop (also known as the St. Martin? Meeting), held in December, 2009.
The focus of the St. Martin meeting was understanding the basic science and
mechanisms regarding why and how HIV persists in the human body even
after years of effective therapy. Promising new research was discussed that may lead to a deeper understanding of HIV viral reservoirs and persistence and ultimately lead to therapies that could benefit people with HIV.
Session topics included ·Basic Science & Animal Models of Viral
Persistence ·Cellular Compartments & Reservoirs ·New Therapeutic
Approaches ·Primary HIV Infection & Eradication Issues, Biology &
Reservoirs, ·Immunology & Reservoirs, ·Resistance & Reservoirs and
Pharmacology.
Rick Loftus, MD, an HIV physician based in San Francisco, will offer introductory remarks.
Romas Geleziunas, Phd will present highlights from the conference, a summary of research presented and some ideas discussed.
Geleziunas, a scientist and director at Gilead, was one of very few Bay Area attendees of the conference.
This report back will not cover treatment issues or treatment options.
RSVPs encouraged, not required. Please send your name and affiliation to: info@AIDSPolicyProject.org
If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please send your name, affiliation, and contact info to list@AIDSPolicyProject.org
We have begun a research issues email list; contact John James at jsj@aidsnews.org if you would like to be included.
We will be following, on the evening of February 20, with a larger town meeting for the San Francisco community on AIDS eradication research, the first held in many years. Dr. David Margolis will be our speaker at that meeting. (We are confirming participation from another San Francisco researcher as well.)
This scientific update is co-sponsored by the AIDS Policy Project and by Project Inform.
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