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Article: NAC: Stanford San Francisco Study Report Shows Blood Glutathione Improvement, Possible Survival Benefit.
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- AIDS Treatment News
- Article date:
- October 6, 2000
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2000 John S. James. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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[Disclosure: The senior authors of the NAC study reported here, Drs. LA Herzenberg, both Ph.D., of the Department of Genetics at Stanford University, are on the board of AIDS Treatment News Associates, our nonprofit arm which helps fund newsletter subscriptions for prisoners, persons with low income, and others who cannot pay for copies. The Herzenbergs have a use patent for NAC in the treatment of HIV infection, and have pledged any proceeds to further research.]
A placebo-controlled trial in over 60 HIV-positive volunteers found that NAC (Nacetylcysteine) significantly increased abnormally low blood and T-cell levels of glutathione, an important antioxidant ...