>>JENNIFER WAUGH: RESEARCHERS ARE STUDYING STEM CELL TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS LIVING
WITH HIV. A PATIENT IN GERMANY
IS NOW VIRUS-FREE AFTER A BONE
MARROW TRANSPLANT. THE
TRANSPLANT REPLACED HIS STEM
CELLS WITH THE DONOR’S HIV
RESISTANT CELLS. THAT
OPERATION HAPPENED IN 2013
AFTER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
LEUKEMIA. THE PATIENT WAS
MONITORED AFTER THE PROCEDURE
AND HAS REMAINED HIV FREE.
RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO PROVEN
CURE, BY THE WAY, FOR THE
VIRUS. ONLY TREATMENTS MORE
THAN 84 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN INFECTED WITH HIV.
ROUGHLY 1.2 MILLION ARE LIVING
HERE IN THE UNITED STATE AND
30,000 ARE DIAGNOSED EVERY
YEAR. RESEARCHERS SAY 13% ARE
UNDIAGNOSED OF THOSE WHO HAVE
IT. A LOCAL INFECTIOUS DISEASE
DOCTOR, DOCTOR MOHAMMED REZA
IS JOINING US NOW IN THE
MORNING SHOW VIA ZOOM. GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU
FOR HAVING SO. THE STEM CELL
DONOR HAD A MUTATION THAT
PREVENTS THE PROTEIN USED BY
HIV TO ENTER CELLS. AND THIS
IS NOW THE 5TH PERSON TO BE
CURED OF THE VIRUS. AFTER A
STEM CELL TREATMENT. DO YOU
THINK THAT THIS TREATMENT
COULD BECOME AN OPTION FOR
PATIENTS INFECTED WITH HIV IN
OUR COUNTRY?
>> POINT, GIVEN THAT THE
COMPLICATIONS YOU CAN HAVE
FROM THE TRUMP. SO TRESTMAN
SELF NOT YET. BUT THIS IS JUST
ANOTHER OPTION IS IT’S A HOPE
FOR US TO COME UP WITH A CURE.
AS TIME GOES ON. SO WHAT WAS
DONE WAS THERE’S A MUTATION
CALLED CCR 5. YOU TASTE THAT
DOESN’T ALLOW THE BARS TO GET
INTO CELLS OF THIS, PERSON
THAT WE’RE TREATING THEIR
CANCER, A BLOOD CANCER. WE GOT
WORD OF THAT. ALL OF THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEM SO THAT ITSELF
HAS LONG COMPLICATIONS AND
THEN REPLACE THAT WITH THIS
DONOR. LET’S MEET HAITIAN
THAT’S RESISTANT AGENT
QUESTION. THIS MAY BE AN
OPTION. HOPEFULLY GIVES US
ANOTHER. IF YOU LOOK TO HOW WE
CAN COME UP WITH A CURE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WHAT CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT MEDICATIONS THAT
CAN BE TAKEN TO REDUCE THE
CHANCE OF SOMEONE CONTRACTING
THE VIRUS?
>> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. WE
HAVE FANTASTIC MEDICATIONS AT
THIS POINT. AND YOU CAN TAKE
ONE PILL ONCE A DAY OR SECTION
EVERY 2 MONTHS TO DECREASE
YOUR RISK OF CONTRACTING HIV
BY ALMOST 99%. AND THIS IS FOR
ANYONE THAT’S ACTUALLY LIKE I
SAY, THIS IS A VIRUS DOESN’T
CARE ABOUT YOUR ORIENTATION.
IT DOESN’T CARE. IT’S GOING
AFFECT YOU IF YOU’RE SEXUALLY
ACTIVE. SO MY BIGGEST
RECOMMENDATIONS GET TESTED.
NEUER STATS. AND IF YOU’RE
NEGATIVE AND YOU ARE SEXUALLY
ACTIVE OR YOU HAVE HIGH THE
HIGH FACTORS GET ON THE SUMMIT
IS NOT A CASE THAT CAN
DECREASE YOUR RISK MARKETING.
AND IF YOU’RE POSITIVE IN
KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE
GETTING TREATMENT AS EARLY AS
POSSIBLE HAS SHOWN US THAT
THIS IS VERY TREATABLE. IT’S
NOT TOO IT’S VERY TREATABLE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WANT TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH
ABOUT WHO IS MOST AT RISK AND
MINUTE. BUT LOOKING AT SOME OF
THE STATISTICS WHEN IT COMES
TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WHERE
DOES OUR STATE KIND OF RANK
WHEN IT COMES TO STATES WHERE
PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERED TO HAV
A LIFETIME HIGHEST RISK OF
CATCHING THE VIRUS. I
>> WE WANT TO THE
>> MANY YEARS. RANK BETWEEN
THE TOP 3 STATES IN THE
COUNTRY WHEN YOU RISK THE NEW
RATES HIV INFECTION.
MIAMI-DADE HAS BEEN ONE THE
HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY AND
JACKSON IS NOT TOO FAR FROM
THERE. SO THAT’S WHY WE SAY
KNOW YOUR STATUS GET TESTED.
THAT’S THE FIRST THING PEOPLE
WANT TO DO. AND IF YOU’RE
SEXUALLY ACTIVE, PLEASE,
PLEASE TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS.
CONDOMS ALSO HELP. YOU THOSE
KIND RISK FACTORS AND CAUTIONS
WE CAN TAKE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND
HISPANICS ARE AT A HIGHER RISK
OF OF CATCHING THIS VIRUS,
THEN THEN CALLED PATIENTS.
>> AND IT IS. AND IT’S DUE TO
THE LACK OF ACCESS TO MEDICAL
CARE AND KNOWLEDGE ENDED. AND
THERE’S A LOT OF TIMES MORE ON
THIS. EVEN THIS CROSS THE
WORLD IS REALITY. SO I THINK
IT’S BECAUSE LACK OF ACCESS IS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
MORESO LACK ACCESS AND
KNOWLEDGE. BUT THE SAME TIME
MAKING THIS INFORMATION
AVAILABLE. MEDICATIONS LIKE
PREP, WHICH STANDS FOR
PREVENTING SHOPPING SECTION
PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS. IT
CAN MARKLEY DECREASE YOUR RISK
ONE STATISTIC THAT JUST BLOWS
MY MIND. ONE IN 2
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN HAVE WITH
MEN HAVE A LIFETIME RISK THE
TRUCK. THE ONE ENFORCE PANIC
AND WITH MEN HAVE LESSONS TO
BE CHECKED. SO THOSE ARE
STAGGERING STATISTICS AND WE
WANT TO GET THAT. TO WHERE
IT’S NOT TRANSMISSIBLE
ANYMORE. THIS POINT BECAUSE WE
HAVE THOSE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO
US. AND DOCTOR REZA, FINALLY,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU SAID
THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THAT
THIS IS A VIRUS THAT DOESN’T
CARE WHO IT INFECTS YOUR
MESSAGE TO PARENTS WITH
TEENAGERS AS THEY EDUCATE THEM
ABOUT.
>> WAS THE DIFFERENCE AND USED
WE’VE AND YOU CAN GET.
>> AS CITIES FROM OTHER
METHODS AND JUST HAVING WITH
ORAL ON THE OTHER METHODS. SO
GETTING TESTED IS KNOWN TO
HAVE TO BATTLE. AND IF YOU ARE
60 ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY PARENTS
THAT HAVE KIDS OR PLEASE
EDUCATE THEM BECAUSE MULTIPLE
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN, AS YOU CAN
DOES DECREASE RISK STDS, HIV
TRANSMISSION. ALL THOSE THINGS
AND AND GETTING IN ON
PREVENTATIVE MEDICATION HELPS
FOR SHORT INCREASED RISK
TRACKING SMARTS.