HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:37:09 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/hiv-breakthrough-drug-trial-shows-injection-twice-a-year-is-100-effective-against-infection-233295>

"A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a
twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women
total protection from HIV infection.

The trial tested whether the six-month injection of lenacapavir would provide
better protection against HIV infection than two other drugs, both daily pills.
All three medications are pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP) drugs.

Physician-scientist Linda-Gail Bekker, principal investigator for the South
African part of the study, tells Nadine Dreyer what makes this breakthough so
significant and what to expect next."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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