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New HIV vaccine could turn deadly condition into 'minor infection like herpes'

By Emily Allen - 28th September 2011 - UK MAIL ONLINE

A new HIV vaccine could turn the once deadly condition which has killed millions of people into a 'minor chronic infection' like herpes, say scientists.

The first human tests found nine-in-ten volunteers developed an immune response against the virus, with 85 per cent maintaining immunity for at least a year.

If bigger clinical trials are as successful the virus that claimed the lives of a host of stars including Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett would no longer cause a disease and be much less contagious.

The success of the vaccine, known as MVA-B, is based on the ability of the human immune system to learn how to react over time against virus particles and infected cells.

Professor Mariano Esteban, of the Spanish Superior Scientific Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, said: 'MVA-B vaccine has proven to be as powerful as any other vaccine currently being studied, or even more.'

It had already been successful in experiments on mice and monkeys and is based on a vaccine used to treat smallpox, with the addition of four HIV genes that are not able to self-replicate, guaranteeing safety.

The study involved thirty healthy volunteers, 24 of whom were treated with MVA-B while the other six were given a placebo.

They received three doses of the vaccine at the start and then after four and sixteen weeks and the effects were studied in blood tests until the trial ended after eleven months.

Injecting the vaccine into a healthy person is intended to train the immune system to detect and learn how to combat the virus.

Prof Esteban said: 'It is like showing a picture of the HIV so that it is able to recognise it if it sees it again in the future.'

The 'soldier' cells in charge of detecting the foreign substances in the body and sending the right coordinates to destroy them are immune cells known as lymphocytes T and B.

Prof Esteban said: 'Our body is full of lymphocytes, each of them programmed to fight against a different pathogen. Training is needed when it involves a pathogen, like the HIV one, which cannot be naturally defeated.'

He said MVA-B is not capable of removing HIV from the body but meets the requirements for a 'promising HIV vaccine.'

Prof Esteban said: 'If the virus enters the body and tries to develop in a cell, the immune system is ready to inactivate the virus and destroy the infected cell'.

The researchers said: 'If this genetic cocktail passes Phase II and Phase III future clinic trials, and makes it into production, in the future HIV could be compared to herpes virus nowadays'.

The virus would not cause a disease anymore and would become a minor chronic infection, which would only show its effects in a low defence scenario, with a much lower contagious profile.
Take Action:
  • Boycott Bill O'Reilly and FOX News and their advertisers. Bill discussed a French commercial by McDonalds that was meant to show that McDonalds is Gay Friendly. Bill said what is next? Is McDonalds going to be Al-Qaida friendly as well? Imagine - Bill O'Reilly compares Gays to Al-Qaida! Boycott Fox's Owner "Rupert Murcoch" and get him thrown in jail for illegal - political donations, corruption, greed, bribery, hacking!
  • Boycott Target, Best Buy, Gold's Gym - for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations. Update: (12/26/2010): Target is continuing to donate to anti-gay groups/causes/politicians. Update 03/08/11 - Lady Gaga Ends Target Partnership, Reportedly Over Target's Poor LGBT Stance. Update 3/25/2010 - Target displays their hypocrisy and Sues California Gay Rights Group for Lobbying Outside Stores. Target is attempting to block the LGBT right of free speech! STOP SHOPPING AT TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Update 4/8/2011: Target lost its case to stop the LGBT from canvassing in front of their stores. A huge PR Disaster for TARGET! Perhaps Target should go out of business as they betrayed their investers and customer base. Target contributed massive funds to a politician who would like to exterminate gays. Now, Target can not stop us from Boycotting them, nor picketing, nor talking to customers near their stores; although, Target allows a anti-gay company such as the Salvation Army to stand outside their door and speak with customers and raise money. Isn't this a double standard?
  • End DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act). Prevents Federal employees and Gays in the Military from gaining equal benefits. Prevents Gay Partners from gaining equal benefits.
  • Pass ENDA (Employee Non-Discrimination Act). ENDA would prevent employment discrimination of LGBT workforce.
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    Former US President and Former GA Gov. Jimmy Carter felt that TROY DAVIS should not be executed and deserved a re-trial. The Former Director of the FBI feels that TROY DAVIS Was Not Guilty! Do not drive through Goergia as it is dangerous. Do not fly via Atlanta. Do not travel to GA. TELL YOUR COMPANY NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CONVENTION IN GA! "Georgia Executes Innocent People!"

And Now, Our War of the Fittest!

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Obama: Defense of Marriage Issue Will Be Settled Soon
Huffington Post - Sep 28, 2011 - Elise Foley

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said he thinks the courts will decide "fairly soon" whether to end the Defense of Marriage Act, hinting that he believes the courts will agree with his administration that the law is unconstitutional.

"The position that my administration has taken, I think, will have a significant influence on the court as it examines the constitutionality of this law," he said Wednesday at a roundtable with latino news outlets. "Once that law is put down -- and I don't know what the ruling would be -- addressing these bi-national issues could flow from that decision."

The president announced in February that his administration would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans gay marriage at a federal level, because he believes the law is unconstitutional.

HuffPost Latino Voices asked Obama at the roundtable how his administration would address bi-national couples, gay and lesbian men and women who want to petition for legal status for their foreign-born partners. Under the Defense of Marriage Act, these men and women are barred from doing so, even if they are legally allowed to marry in their state.

The law also bars gay and lesbian men and women from federal benefits for marriage and allows states to block them from getting married. Obama said he cannot comment on how the current cases against DOMA will be decided, but said he believes the law should be repealed.

"I can't comment on where the case is going to go, I can only say what I believe, and that is that DOMA doesn't make sense, it's unfair, I don't think it meets the demands of our constitution," he said.

Obama said he supports ending the Defense of Marriage Act through Congress, but thinks the likelihood of passing such a repeal is unlikely because of heavy opposition from the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

"The likelihood of us being able to get the votes in the House of Representatives for a DOMA repeal are very low at this point," he said. "Truthfully, the recourse through the courts is probably going to be the best approach."

Still, there is some possibility for reprieve for bi-national couples. The Obama administration announced in August it would close some deportation cases based on family ties to the United States, including whether the man or woman is in a long-term, committed partnership or marriage. Senior administration officials confirmed that gay and lesbian immigrants would be included in this policy.
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OCCUPY WALL STREET:
Susan Sarandon lends star power to Wall Street protests

Susan Sarandon joins Wall Street protests to 'educate' herself. Visits by Sarandon and other high-profile activists are helping 'Occupy Wall Street' gain attention.

By Jeff Cox, CNBC Senior Writer / September 28, 2011

The noisy bazaar of militants, 21st century hippies and dreadlocked nomads with rainbow stocking caps may have fallen short of their "Occupy Wall Street" goal, but they are getting noticed.

From the lunchtime passersby to the Freedom Tower construction workers to a prominent member of the Hollywood liberal braintrust, the demonstration against corporate greed is, at least, drawing onlookers.

That may also be the most the week-old demonstration accomplishes. "Occupy Wall Street"-a rag-tag organization orchestrated on the streets and online--promised thousands but has delivered just hundreds.

Still, the attention is being looked at as the first step in a long journey.

"I came down here to educate myself," actress Susan Sarandon told CNBC.com. "It's been really informative and I'll be back (following a trip to Italy). There's a huge void between the rich and the poor in this country."

Clad in jeans, a modest polka-dot pullover and just a touch of makeup, Sarandon could have blended in easily with the crowd had it not been for a small phalanx of cameras and gawkers trailing the biggest shot of starpower "Occupy Wall Street" has seen so far. (Filmmaker Michael Moore reportedly stopped by Monday evening.)

Known for her support of many similar causes, Sarandon encapsulated the prevailing sentiments at the demonstration: Bankers and traders who run the financial markets and their enablers in Washington have hijacked the system from ordinary Americans who just want a decent job and a home of their own.

Asked whether she felt Wall Street deserved the abuse the protesters heaped on it, Sarandon bristled.

"Do you think if you asked that question of anyone in America the answer would be 'no'?" she said. "It's not to say that everything is Wall Street's responsibility. There are good corporations. I can't think of any off the top of my head."

"Greed is widespread all over the world," she added. "We have to start making human decisions and put people at the top of the line."

Tuesday was a happier day for "Occupy Wall Street," which was marred over the weekend when police pepper-sprayed some of the protesters.

With much of the preceding tumult gone, a small marching band banged out a rhythm by which the rest of the protest community seemed to move.

Young men and women staffed tables and asked for petition signatures. Signs dotted the sidewalks and politically fueled chatter filled the air. Mattresses dotted the landscape and the weary huddled in blankets, while the stray banjo, guitar or even an accordion contributed to the event's soundtrack.

"We believe in nonviolence. We are peaceful," explained Chris Mapp, a 20-year old New York Film Academy student who has been around for several days helping to demonstrate. "No rights, no justice, no peace."

One thing to know about "Occupy Wall Street" is that it doesn't really occupy Wall Street at all. The protest instead has found a home at Zuccotti Park at Broadway and Liberty Street, about three blocks away.

In fact, the only signs of the event around the New York Stock Exchange were the barriers that prevented people from walking through the plaza around the financial center. The most notable protest around the exchange came not from the raggedy-looking "Occupy Wall Street" group but from dozens of neatly attired workers with the Air Line Pilots Association union, which was protesting working conditions for that group.

John Weitrich, a reserved-looking foreign currencies pro in the financial district, gazed bemusedly at a sidewalk mural of signs, each containing equally vitriolic messages about American greed.

"I get the feeling there's not too much behind it," Weitrich said. "Maybe they want to bring back the '60s. A lot of the signs don't seem to mean a heck of a lot."

Still, no one appeared particularly disturbed that the protesters had taken over the park, which in normal times serves as a comparatively quiet lunchtime spot for Wall Streeters and construction workers alike.

A few of the hard-hats seemed to sneer occasionally at the gathering, but it was an otherwise peaceful coexistence.

"They feel the minority is not getting their fair shake," said Danny DeJesus, a 50-year old construction worker at ground zero. "I don't know if they're going to get their demands met. After a couple months everybody's going to be gone and it will just be the same old thing."

What their demands even are is unclear.
 
While idealism is running high, it's not like Wall Street is going to come to a screeching halt even if the couple hundred protesters ask nicely. Rather, the protest likely will be one in an ongoing series of events looking to get some level of reform in the financial system, after memories of how greed nearly brought down the entire US economy just three years ago.
 
"I'm excited there are people in America who care enough to do something," said Jumaane D. Williams, a New York City councilman from Brooklyn.
 
Williams' media director said the councilman is the first elected official to visit "Occupy Wall Street" so far. But even he didn't seem quite sure what the protesters want.
 
"That's a question that has to be considered," Williams said. "People are beginning to take them seriously and they should."
 
For some, though, the protest if nothing else was a way to carry on an American tradition.
 
"I've been protesting since the Vietnam War," said a smiling Larry Lawrence. The lanky 61-year-old who now lives in New York but originally hails from Jackson, Ga., wandered the park spouting statistics that highlighted income disparity in the US.
 
But will the protesters' message gain traction?
 
With the question put to her, Sarandon raised her eyebrows, looked directly at her interviewer and said, "That depends on you."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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