Therapeutic HIV vaccines show promise

Therapeutic vaccines against HIV infection.

Resistance to medication, adverse effects in the medium-to-long-term and cost all place important limitations on lifelong adherence to combined antiretroviral therapy (cART). In this context, new therapeutic alternatives to 'cART for life' in HIV-infected patients merit investigation. Some data suggest that strong T cell-mediated immunity to HIV can indeed limit virus replication and protect ag...

Variable Ordering Heuristics Show Promise

ADCs Show Promise in Leukemias.

According to a phase III study, the antibody-drug conjugate inotuzumab ozogamicin is more likely to induce complete remissions, with full or incomplete hematologic recovery, in patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia. Data from a phase I study of another antibody-drug conjugate, vadastuximab talirine, demonstrates that it is safe and effective against acute myeloid leuke...

Therapeutic promise and principles

For a number of disease entities, oxidative stress becomes a significant factor in the etiology and progression of cell dysfunction and injury. Therapeutic strategies that can identify novel signal transduction pathways to ameliorate the toxic effects of oxidative stress may lead to new avenues of treatment for a spectrum of disorders that include diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's dise...

Role of therapeutic vaccines in the control of HIV-1.

The recent success of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has altered the prognosis of patients living with HIV-1 infection. However, there are still many challenges to be addressed if we want to develop long-term therapeutic strategies for patients, in both the Western world and resource-poor countries. In this review, the potential role for HIV-1 therapeutic vaccines in the era of HA...