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Subject: Re: (2115) UPDATE: Query on new treatment
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Date: 5 Jun 90 19:49:00 GMT
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I know this treatment is new, and I haven't heard about it except through
AIDSNEWS.  I am sort of confused about the procedure---can anoyone help?

I would think that it's sort of like pheresis, the blood being taken from
one arm, put through all sorts of contraptions, and then returned through
the other arm.  If that's true (and I don't know if it is), how is the "good"
blood kept from being recontaminated by the "bad" blood?  I don't think it's
possible (or even a good idea) to remove *all* a person's blood, wait 5-6
hours and then return it, so how can one keep the blood separated?

This does sound like a possibly wonderful treatment, but I'm concerned about
it being a long-term thing:  HIV does pass the blood-brain barrier, so how
can the virus be removed from infected brain tissue?  Can it be done over and
over again (every 8-10 years as a person begins to show symptoms)?  How
accessible is this treatment to people?  Will Dr. Logan (I think that's the
doctor who did this) perform this treatment on others?  I'm sure people are
clamoring for it.  Are there any side effects (nonde have been mentioned that
I remember)?

I don't have access to great oracles of information, but I'll keep looking
for more info about this.

--kelly
Kelly C.M-H. Keany, iulh100@indyvax.edu
7372 Creekbrook Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46227