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9th AIDS conference: Virus outpacing research
Berlin-At the conclusion of the Ninth International Conference on AIDS, Dr. James Curran, director of the AIDS program at the Centers for Disease Control, said he was "more impressed with the progress of the virus than the progress of the science."
The World Health Organization released a new report showing that 14 million people are now infected with the AIDS virus and 20 million more will be infected by the end of the decade.
That represents about 3 million new infections per year, or 60,000 during the week-long AIDS conference alone. The conference ended June 11. Gloom about the pace of scientific progress was widespread, but some suggested that scientists are on the verge of a second wave of AIDS research.
Martin Delaney, director of Project Inform, an AIDS treatment and advocacy organization in San Francisco, pointed to conference reports on two impending ad-
vances.
One was the development of new drugs, including "anti-sense" drugs intended to confuse the virus and stop its reproduction. The other was a trial to begin this year in which genes will be inserted into human cells to make them resistant to the HIV virus. A study was also released indicating that an ambitious $3 billion-a-year prevention program could halve the number of AIDS cases in developing countries by the year 2000.
Many notable reports, promising or discouraging, were presented at the confer-
ence:
Some prostitutes in Nairobi remained free of HIV infection for up to eight years despite an average of 32 sexual contacts per year with HIV-infected men. The prostitutes under observation indicated no differences in behavior from those prostitutes who had been infected with the HIV virus.
Researchers have also found intriguing immune-system quirks in men who have survived HIV infection for years without getting sick. A naturally occurring substance that blocks reproduction of the AIDS virus has been found in the blood of men infected with HIV. Scientists would like to find a way to boost the activity of this substance.
An ongoing study of 593 San Francisco gay men observed since the mid-1970s, originally to track the rate of hepatitis infections, has revealed a group which may have a resistance to HIV. Eight percent of these men have remained healthy up to 14
years after becoming infected with the virus. Studies of the immune systems of those men have revealed that they are much more likely than the others to carry certain immune-system genes that may protect against HIV.
Dr. Miles Cloud of the University of Texas has also found evidence of a gene that makes CD4 cells resistant to infection to certain strains of HIV. The hope is that studies of these long-term survivors will enable doctors to delay the onset of AIDS in HIV-positive people.
●Participants had eagerly awaited the first results of a study that used two antiviral drugs in combination to fight the virus. Excitement faded when Dr. Margaret Fischl of the University of Miami reported only slight improvements in patients given the combined therapy.
The Concorde trial in France suggested that the drug AZT was of no medical benefit while other studies have found value in early use of AZT. Researchers have yet to sort out the contradictory results, but all studies show that AZT is useful for only a limited time before the virus becomes resistant to it.
Improved AIDS vaccines are producing levels of immunity 10 times higher than earlier ones. The U.S. government said it is beginning to plan new trials of vaccine effectiveness in thousands of people for late 1994 or 1995.
Needle exchange programs were found to be dramatically effective at altering the behavior of abusers of injected drugs, researchers said. In one study, more than 80 percent of drug abusers changed their behavior to reduce their risk.
A survey of 12,272 American high school students at 137 schools indicated that two-thirds of the students were sexually active by their senior year. Nearly half of those high school students who were sexually active used condoms for birth control, but many did not use them to prevent AIDS when other means of birth control were available. Teens in homeless shelters, medical clinics and correctional facilities were at higher levels of risk, with 88-98 percent sexually active. There is the belief that teens can be educated more effectively about AIDS due to their knowledge of birth control.
Dr. Jonas Salk, renowned for his polio vaccine, hinted earlier in the week that he had achieved important new results with an experimental AIDS vaccine. However, virologists found the results confusing and unimpressive.
Fundie runs for Lakewood council
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Ohio has a statewide chapter, headquartered in Mentor. Currently, 39 Ohio counties have local Coalition chapters. Five of those are in Greater Cleveland.
Official positions of the Christian Coalition, which supports Cunningham's candidacy, include the denial of civil rights protection for gays and lesbians, the establishment of the U.S. as a Christian country, environmental deregulation, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the removal of environmental controls on industry, and the establishment of complete control of employees by employers.
Martin Hoke (R) for the District 10 seat then held by Mary Rose Oakar. State Rep. Michael Wise (R), who spoke at the seminar, thanked the Medina County chapter for their aid in winning the District 15 seat.
The Cuyahoga County Chapter of the Christian Coalition, headed by Cunningham, holds scheduled meetings in the Lakewood Public Library. Information on the next meeting can be obtained by calling the library at 226-8275.
Cunningham is married to a woman, and works as a personal fitness trainer for straight and gay clients.
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nation and consultation for the local chapters. Chapters in the Greater Cleveland area are in Cuyahoga, Lake and Medina counties. A chapter in Franklin County (Columbus) is currently being organized. Chapters in other Ohio counties are also planned.
The Cuyahoga and Medinachapters claimed two candidate victories in the November 1992 election. Cunningham said the Cuyahoga County chapter provided assistance to the campaign of U.S. Rep.
The National Forum for Black Public Administrators said June 9 its April 1994 annual conference will not be in Tampa because of the city's repeal of a gay rights law in November. The convention was
expected to attract 2,000 people and pump $1 million into the local economy.
Organizers for the Catholic Campus Ministers Association also canceled late last year in response to the repealed law.