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Summer_Jim
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X-scapee. No time for bigots or those whose delusions lead them to believe that depriving others of dignity and rights can be justified by their own entitlement.
January 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it’.(Geo. Santayana)

#Trump2.0 is taking #USA backwards. These and other recent announcements will absolutely NOT #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
“This is a matter of life or death. #PEPFAR provides lifesaving antiretrovirals for more than 20 million people – and stopping its funding essentially stops their #HIV treatment. If that happens, people are going to die and HIV will resurge.” – IAS President Beatriz Grinsztejn.
January 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
So #Bluesky here I am.
a blue background with a white butterfly in the middle
ALT: a blue background with a white butterfly in the middle
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Reposted by Summer_Jim
We recently published a paper describing the use of the lymphocyte-depleting antibody drug Alemtuzumab to try to reduce the viral reservoir while on ART. This drug was part of the therapy for the successful cure of Adam Castillejo, the “London Patient”.

journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Impact of alemtuzumab-mediated lymphocyte depletion on SIV reservoir establishment and persistence
Author summary A major challenge to curing HIV is the presence of cells containing the rebound-competent viral reservoirs (RCVR) capable of re-establishing systemic infection when ART is interrupted. ...
journals.plos.org
November 12, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Summer_Jim
Part 2 of 2
December 7, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Reposted by Summer_Jim
Thanks to Henry Jimenez Kerbox for featuring me in this World AIDS Day campaign.

Part 1 of 2
December 7, 2024 at 7:16 AM