In hoping for a cure for HIV, any lessons for us HER-2??

[bejuce]

Hi fellow HER-2ers,

I just read this article (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/health/new-hope-of-a-cure-for-hiv.html?_r=1&hpw) talking about a potential cure for HIV. It seems very interesting to me that the gene therapy approach may end working well against HIV. I couldn't help it but draw parallels to HER-2 and think about the potential for a similar approach - I guess this is what all the vaccine trials out there are trying too?

Thanks!

Marcia

[Rich66]

Well..one of the emerging viral strategies to fight cancer is Viracept, an early, not ridiculously expensive AIDS treatment:

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=46622

[geewhiz]

Remember how foolish everyone thought Coley's Toxins were?