Candace Pert on Peptide T and buyers club inactive peptide T problems
Here's a link for an interview of Candace Pert on Peptide T.
I noticed at the end of the article (from 2007) it said many Peptide T items were inactive
http://www.gayhealthblog.com/my-blo...il-in-relative-obscurity-candace-pert-ha.html
In your book, youve boldly called Peptide T a possible cure for HIV. But what exactly is Peptide T?
Peptide T is an experimental therapeutic treatment for HIV disease, which was actually invented over 20 years ago at the National Institutes of Health by my colleague Mike Ruff and I. Its shown to be non-toxic and able to reduce the viral burden both in plasma and in cells and has shown no toxicity in combination with various HAART regimens. A vaccine developed from it neutralizes against all strains of the virus and has already been tested by the NIH experts. Im extremely gratified by the fact that the development of the drug, which has long been delayed by the licensing practices of the NIH, is now moving forward into large scale clinical testing.
What specifically caused such a long delay?
I think Peptide T is very cutting edge stuffwhats often called a premature discovery. It was made many years ago, before people ever knew what receptors the virus used. Only within the last few years have we realized that the receptor which Peptide T blocks is CCR5, which turns out to be the most important receptor that the virus in humans beings uses to infect cells. So there were misinterpretations of our early data, which often happens when you make a big leap into uncharted territory. Weve worked a long time on this and we think were finally coming down the home stretch. There are sure to be plenty of skeptics out there. What would you say to them? I know in some ways this drug sounds too good to be true, but Im completely optimistic because the new breakthrough is the scientific data from the NIH, based on its own study. I think the clinicians will be very excitedthe new clinical data and published papers are available on The Institute for New Medicines website (
www.TINM.org). But Im positive weve got something novel and helpfulall we have to do is put our heads together and reach out. Its gonna happen.
*Peptide T 'Buyers Club' Alert --As Peptide T gains media attention, sales of PT are starting to pop up online. Scientists have almost always found that "underground" drugs available through buyers clubs have no biological activity because the peptide is not formulated properly and becomes inactive almost immediately. Peptide T has been found to quickly become inactive and we have determined that lots of underground Peptide T does indeed suffer from this flaw. --Editors
*Original interview published on Jan. 30, 2007