Shedding light on the use of heat to treat HIV infections.
Considering the lack of effectiveness of current therapies to treat HIV disease, the authors present observations that provide a strong cogent argument for critically designed and meticulously performed clinical trials employing whole body hyperthermia with or without other therapeutic modalities. Only as a result of such clinical trials will it be possible to fairly evaluate the role of hyperthermia as a potential therapy for treatment of chronic HIV infection.
Yatvin
M B
MB
Department of Radiation Oncology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098.
Stowell
M H
MH
Steinhart
C R
CR
D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D007107:Immune System; D014779:Virus Replication