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Article: Dr. Candace Pert, discoverer of new therapy for AIDS, to speak at San Francisco AIDS Conference. (Peptide T) (NEWS ADVISORY)
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- April 7, 1989
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DR. CANDACE PERT, DISCOVERER OF NEW THERAPY FOR AIDS,
TO SPEAK AT SAN FRANCISCO AIDS CONFERENCE
On Saturday, April 8, at 12:30 p.m., Candace Pert, Ph.D., guest researcher for the National Institute of Mental Health, will be the featured speaker at the Lesbian and Gay Health Conference and the National AIDS Forum. Pert is the co-discoverer of Peptide T, an experimental anti-viral drug for the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Peptide T has been shown to inhibit HIV from entering T-cells which are white blood cells critical to the body's immune system functioning. Currently, the drug is ...