Treatment Made Easy 8 BY: Gilbert Mallais

Posted by on May 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Undetectable ≠ No risk of HIV transmission   The published results from the HPTN 052 study as well as an increasing amount of talk around treatment as prevention have opened up a new avenue of questioning for HIV positive members of society.  Some think that having an undetectable HIV viral load means that you can’t transmit HIV to others.   Agreeing or disagreeing with this mindset is not easy and takes a lot of information.   Although... Read More >

TREATMENT MADE EASY 7 BY: Maria Lawrynowicz

Posted by on April 11, 2012 · 1 Comment 

Over the hill with HIV! By:Maria Lawrynowicz Supervised by: Gilbert Mallais (Treatment Information Facilitator) Thanks to the incredible advances in HAART treatment during the last 30 years, those living with HIV have a much higher life expectancy and improved quality of life. This has created a relatively new area of research interest that was unheard of just 20 years ago: aging with HIV. How does infection with HIV change the progression of the... Read More >

INFO-TRAITEMENT

Posted by on April 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Title: INFO-TRAITEMENT Location: Centre St-Pierre 1212 rue Panet Description: HIV and Aging Assuring a quality of life as we live longer Dr. Julian Falutz FRCPC Director, HIV Metabolic Clinic Senior Physician, Division of Geriatrics McGill University Hospital Center Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2012-04-11 End Time: 21:00 INFO-TRAITEMENT CONFERENCES  Read More

TREATMENT MADE EASY 6 By: Maria Lawrynowicz

Posted by on March 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

  Berlin Patient De-Mystified   - Maria Lawrynowicz Supervised by: Gilbert Mallais   The legendary Berlin patient, Timothy Brown, is a constant reminder of the incredible scientific leaps taken in the last 30 years, but how many people actually know what it means to be “cured” of HIV and how this rare medical advance occurred? As always, it started with an idea put forth by Gero Hutter who was not aware how important his discovery... Read More >

TREATMENT MADE EASY 5 By: Maria Lawrynowicz

Posted by on March 19, 2012 · 2 Comments 

HIV Vaccine moves into Phase I of Clinical Testing Process -Maria Lawrynowicz Supervised by: Gilbert Mallais The end of 2011 was abuzz with news of HIV vaccine FDA approval for testing in US/ Canada this year. This new vaccine is the first attempt at using a whole inactivated virus (of subtype B) as a preventative vaccine. Trials are to begin this month in phase I, while vaccine development itself began 10 years ago and preliminary research another... Read More >