HIV
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 7, 2020 by Steven Strogatz · across every show →
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Jan 7, 2020
Strogatz: Math revealed HIV produces a billion virus particles daily
“By making measurements on the rate of this exponential drop Perelson and Ho were able to show that the body HIV was producing about a billion virus particles every day. HIV was making an enormous amount of new virus, and the immune system was clearing it out a…”
Jan 7, 2020
Strogatz: Mathematical modeling proved three-drug therapy suppresses long-term HIV mutations
“What Perilson's math showed is that if you did two drugs, your odds were a little better, because then the virus would have to do two simultaneous mutations. The odds of that were lower than one. But three drugs would be the sweet spot where The odds were so l…”