Polygonum cuspidatum extract has a certain anti-AIDS effect

Since the first case of AIDS was reported in 1981, this terrible disease has so far caused more than 25 million deaths, making it one of the most devastating diseases in human history Tomorrow (December 1) is World AIDS Day Under the theme of "Stop AIDS and fulfill commitments", the whole society is launching an unprecedented AIDS war The latest World AIDS report released by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization praises China's anti AIDS work on the grounds that we have spent limited funds on key AIDS prevention and control projects and achieved results In the middle of this month, the Ministry of Health reported the latest AIDS epidemic status in China As of October 31, 2006, 183733 cases of AIDS had been reported in the whole country The risk factors of further spread of AIDS were still serious According to the Ministry of health, in order to prevent the spread of AIDS and mobilize the whole society to participate in the prevention of AIDS, a free AIDS testing week will be held from December 1 to 7 this year Since the "historic handshake" between Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao and AIDS patients in 2003 and 2004, the Chinese government's care for AIDS patients and its determination to fight against AIDS have been demonstrated to the world It is also a big step for the Chinese government to show that it attaches great importance to the issue of AIDS and drives people to break through the psychological barriers of the disease As the fifth AIDS epidemic in China, the latest information about AIDS epidemic in Guangdong Province is that the knowledge of AIDS prevention and control has been included in the curriculum of Guangdong provincial Party school Moreover, the provincial government subsidizes 10000 yuan per year for each antiviral treatment patient So far, 384 patients have received free antiviral treatment and 51 patients have received free anti opportunistic infection treatment The relevant departments highly appraised the comprehensive AIDS prevention measures in Guangdong New progress in anti AIDS Scientists take photos for anti HIV enzyme: in the latest issue of the American Journal of Biochemistry, researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States introduced that scientists took a structural "snapshot" of an enzyme when they studied why some people were born with HIV resistance This enzyme can cause HIV to mutate and die Scientists hope to invent a new drug to help people fight HIV AIDS vaccine: the first AIDS vaccine in China has completed phase I clinical experiment in June this year According to the current clinical observation results, the safety of the vaccine has been confirmed, and the experiment is expected to enter phase II Once the clinical research of the vaccine has completed all three phases, it can be approved for production and application Traditional Chinese medicine against AIDS: after experts found that Glycyrrhiza has anti AIDS effect, several experts from Guangzhou University of traditional Chinese medicine of our province recently completed a research project funded by Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, which shows that Polygonum cuspidatum extract Resveratrol has a certain anti HIV effect; an expert from the UK's Renner medical center also recommended a new Chinese medicine "antiviral capsule" for AIDS treatment in an academic seminar This drug, jointly developed and trial produced by the UK's Renner medical center and Nanjing kangyide pharmaceutical technology development company, has been in clinical trials in the UK since May 2005 After more than one year of clinical research, the drug has a good effect on the treatment of AIDS Therefore, the drug is expected to be used as an alternative medicine after the failure of Western medicine.