City University Distinguished Lecture by Professor David D. Ho
We would like to invite you to cover the following event:
Event: City University Distinguished Lecture by Professor David D. Ho
Title of talk: “Novel Approaches to HIV Prevention”
Date: 12 November 2014 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Connie Fan Multi-media Conference Room, 4/F,
Cheng Yick-chi Building, CityU
Professor David D. Ho is the founding Scientific Director and CEO of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center; and the Irene Diamond Professor at The Rockefeller University in New York. Professor Ho has been widely acknowledged as one of the preeminent HIV/AIDS researchers in the world for more than three decades.
In his lecture, Professor Ho will introduce his group’s research into the use of antibodies as agents for passive administration to prevent HIV infection. They have engineered a number of bi-specific monoclonal antibodies that have remarkable potency and breadth against the virus in vitro.
In addition, the group has pursued a slow-release formulation of an integrase inhibitor against HIV. In protection experiments against virus challenges in monkeys, this drug has shown 100% protection. This long-acting integrase inhibitor is a promising agent for HIV prevention in high-risk populations.
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