New drug may slow AIDS progression in trials
A study from the University of Cop en reports isoprinosine may delay AIDS progression in HIV infected patients. In 866 participants, 429 took the drug for 24 weeks and 437 received a placebo with two developing AIDS versus 17 in the placebo group. FDA experts questioned the findings citing earlier studies showing no benefit.
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Surgical staff face AIDS infection risk in operating rooms
A study from San Francisco General Hospital estimates one AIDS infection will occur every eight years among surgeons and nurses due to exposure to HIV-tainted blood in surgery at this high prevalence center. In the broader United States the on-the-job risk is likely about one infection every 80 years.
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Collector ends 22 year bid to stop his sprawling folk art cache
Peter P. Cecere, a Foreign Service officer turned obsessive collector, sells off 20,000 artifacts including Ecuadoran python skin, Japanese kamikaze waistband, ceremonial masks, and Civil War memorabilia. After decades of hoarding in his Res ton Virginia home, he says the collection enslaves him and bids farewell as items head to auction. Cecere estimates a $175,000 lifetime spend on folk art and kitsch from Bolivia, Uruguay, Mexico, Ecuador and Barcelona.
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