about hep c research

[rosebud57]

i am posting on this side cause what i have to say is not real technical.  i had just turned my computer off late last night and switched to PRI public radio international about 1:30 pacfic time.  a healthwatch segment came on the speaker was from egypt. she was describing the crisis level of hep c in their country as 16% of population have this diagnosis. she explained that this high level is because they had used reusable syringes that were not properly cleaned to innoculate the population.  they are interested and currently working on developing an inexpensive pharmeceutical to cure hepp c in their population. they say they have a team of 20 researchers in their country (and mentioned some in the U.S.). The interviewee said that they have a promising direction - this part is fuzzy in my brain but they said this several times. similar to antibiotics - an anerobic bacteria looks promising, can be created cheaply and the resulting product from it works on hep c is non-toxic (to the environment or to us???). i don't know if this information can be found elsewhere i heard it on kpcc public radio.

[ladybug52]

Remember I'm spelling out things that are normally signs. Like at=@. I'm so clever, no one will ever figure it out, even you! Here goes again:jbozhallatsbcglobaldotnet. (hint dot=.=period)
Hope this helps!
Bug

[rosebud57]

tried to transcribe hard because of thick accents..
New research 20 microbiologist,  biologist, clinician, and pathologists , chemist, Cairo University of Alexandria our study conventional and similar to penicillin study.  cyanobacteria  produce specific material cyano viral ane. ??? antiviral blocks entry of virus into liver cells interfere and stop replication at 3 points with the substance found in this bacteria: the cyano something mentioned above, . sulfated polysaccharides and phytokines.  They say this is cheap to produce only need water, light cultures. Join other centers analyzed studied this bacteria and all determined a particular one which is from the delta in egypt. this was also examined in the U.S. Illinois and included one Egyptian scientist. species of cyan bacteria incapable of producing toxins so they are saying this is safe.

so i guess one could look for studies of cyanobacteria & hep c in illinois and egypt...

[rosebud57]

here it is. probably only good today unless there is an archive..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/default.stm#  
select listen audio for "healthcheck" it is the egypt story of hep c..

[Forseegood]

for kpcc pasadena, CA if that's the station....Larry Mantle always has interesting programs, probably on his program, my guess anyway...

http://www.scpr.org/

[Forseegood]

or Pat Morrison, or Terry Gross...ha ha! it's an interesting place at any rate, I'll have a look see...

[ladybug52]

I went online first to look it up, then called the radio station. She was very helpful but couldn't find it and said it will show up on the website in 24 hours, or call back. Thanks for the info, it was helpful when I called too.
Bug
I love PRI!

[rosebud57]

the program is not one i heard before may have even been part of the bbc radio broadcast that sometime i catch in the late morning hours.  but it was clearly called "healthwatch" but was probably part of a world news segment - like i said possibly part of the bbc public radio they cover all the world news our programs on tv seem to have no interest in.. as i was listening to it i kept thinking i don't want to turn my computer on i hope i can remember it! i did though.

i don't know what is in the interferon, but i think i know it has to do with protease inhibitors?  from reading i only did yesterday. so something from a bacteria sounds like a whole different approach, but i could be wrong.. at least someone is working on it and they have a vested interest.

bug,
i saw a program on frontline last tuesday, missed the beginning (part of name so fast they have partial segments available online), it was about ALS and because so few people that have it pharmeceutical companys had not paid attention, "orphan disease" they profiled a young man with this diagnosis and showed how (i came in late) his brother had quit his job and formed als foundation, it was a difficult start, completly floundered at some point, they were able to garner support for research pharmeceuticals are on board, now a multimillion or billion? organization started in someones basement...  not the first organization to make headway through a family member starting such a venture, oprahs profiled similar stories.
take care all.
rose

[Forseegood]

I saw that too, love Frontline...Is hep an "orphan disease"? probably, under that criterion anyway....off topic, but if you ever can, if you havent seen it, see the Frontline they did on credit card companies, OMG!!!! and the government office who is supposed to "oversee" them, are in bed with them??, yikes!(at least back then when they did the doc)

[sunshine007]

Hi, I was trying to email you and it wouldn't go through.  Can you please give me your email address again?  Thanks!

[FlGuy]

I wonder if it's a reference to Alinia (google Alinia or Romark). Haven't heard much on it lately, but I think some of the early investigation/trials/experiments were in Egypt.  Someone around here, I think, was involved in a trial.  If that's what's being referenced.

[rosebud57]

finally wrote you check your email
i saw a different post you left, be of good cheer, you will be okay
check your mail if you haven't sent you some articles..might be of interest to you.

[jmjm530]

I'm having trouble opening that link, so if anyone is able to listen (click on "Health Check" on the right) please try and post a summary including the name of the drug in question.

-- Jim

[rosebud57]

it is a cryonobacteria that they said is promising much like a single penicillin is responsible for many of our antibiotics,  they say this cryonoacteria from the delta has properties that can cure hep c i think they said others have looked at it and it seems to be viable . it is cheap to make (replicate the bacteria) which is important to people of that culture as they are poor. it is non-toxic    They have 20 or so researchers on board there in egypt and some involved in study from chicago. don't know where they are at with this or if it is just beginning.

[rosebud57]

this was the link in the "email this to a friend"  see if it works  better. it is a 30min broadcast, there is an option to skip forward 5 minutes - that is where it begins.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?
/radio/aod/wservice_aod.shtml?wservice/healthcheck

[rosebud57]

this was the link in the "email this to a friend"  see if it works  better. it is a 30min broadcast, there is an option to skip forward 5 minutes - that is where it begins.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript.shtml?
/radio/aod/wservice_aod.shtml?wservice/healthcheck

[rosebud57]

well that was duplicioius and confusing i thought it would take directly to the audio of that specific program and it didn't... the first link and instructions posted above achieve better results...

off to school.
later

[Forseegood]

that's Pasadena, CA if anyone is interested in looking it up...

[Forseegood]

hey, I'll look this up, sounds interesting...I listen to that station all the time, one of the best in my book....out of Pasadena...maybe on Larry Mantle? the guy has many interesting projects on there and you can listen to it on the net...