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Personally, I think we may get a deal with the government first....
The stock hold well since it broke through the 50DMA, positive MACD with a rising RSI are all encourage signs of a uptrend. (for now)
Today's PR is one with meat, unlike the last one. (IMHO)
Thank you very much Doc!
Care to elaborate?
I would like to be label as a realist. :)
I love all the people here who share info and their knowledge. It is a well of information just like the IV elan board.
Best wishes
From investorvillage Elan board:
From Monday’s NYT (scan to bottom):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/health/11aids.html
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Scientists Find New Receptor for HIV
February 11, 2008
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
SAN FRANCISCO — Government scientists have discovered a new way that H.I.V. attacks human cells, an advance that could provide fresh avenues for the development of additional therapies to stop AIDS, they reported on Sunday.
The discovery is the identification of a new human receptor for H.I.V. The receptor helps guide the virus to the gut after it gains entry to the body, where it begins its relentless attack on the immune system.
The findings were reported online Sunday in the journal Nature Immunology by a team headed by Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
For years, scientists have known that H.I.V. rapidly invades the lymph nodes and lymph tissues that are abundant throughout the gut, or intestines. The gut becomes the prime site for replication of H.I.V., and the virus then goes on to deplete the lymph tissue of the key CD4 H.I.V.-fighting immune cells.
That situation occurs in all H.I.V.-infected individuals, whether they acquired the virus through sexual intercourse, blood transfusions, blood contamination of needles and syringes, or in passage through the birth canal or drinking breast milk.
The findings appear to provide some, if not the main, answers to how and why that situation occurs.
Dr. Warner C. Greene, an AIDS expert and the director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology here who was not involved in the research, said the findings were “an important advance in the field.”
“They begin to shed light on the mysterious process on why the virus preferentially grows in the gut,” Dr. Greene said in an interview.
Dr. Fauci, James Arthos, Claudia Cicala, Elena Martinelli and their colleagues showed that a molecule, integrin alpha-4 beta-7, which naturally directs immune cells to the gut, is also a receptor for H.I.V. A protein on the virus’s envelope, or outer shell, sticks to a molecule in the receptor that is linked specifically to the way CD4 cells home in on the gut, the researchers said.
Binding of the virus to the integrin alpha-4 beta 7 molecule stimulates activation of another molecule, LFA-1, which plays a crucial role in the spread of the virus from one cell to another. The actions ultimately lead to destruction of lymph tissue, particularly in the gut.
Several other receptor sites for H.I.V. are known. The most important is the CD4 molecule on certain immune cells; the molecule’s role as an H.I.V. receptor was identified in 1984.
Two other important receptors, known as CCR5 and CXCR4, were identified in 1996. CCR5 is a normal component of human cells and acts as a doorway for the entry of H.I.V. People who lack it because of a genetic mutation rarely become infected even if they have been exposed to H.I.V. repeatedly.
“The work we did took nearly two years, and there’s little doubt that what we have found is a new receptor,” Dr. Fauci said in an interview after giving a lecture here, adding that “we certainly have to learn a lot more about it.”
Scientists have sought to identify receptors because they offer targets for the development of new classes of drugs.
For example, last year the Food and Drug Administration approved for AIDS treatment a Pfizer drug, Selzentry or maraviroc, which works by blocking CCR5.
Dr. Fauci said he hoped his team’s findings would encourage other scientists from different disciplines to explore new ways to attack H.I.V.
A number of experimental drugs that block the integrin alpha-4 beta-7 receptor are being tested for the treatment of autoimmune disorders. Dr. Fauci said such drugs should also be studied for their potential benefit in AIDS treatment.
Organization of new trials in the next year or so could test such drugs in animals and humans to determine their safety and effectiveness against H.I.V., Dr. Fauci said.
One candidate is a drug, Tysabri or natalizumab, that is marketed for treatment of multiple sclerosis, Dr. Fauci said. Biogen/Elan makes Tysabri.
If trials for H.I.V. are successful, Dr. Fauci said, the drugs could be added to existing treatment regimens.
Just read my interruption of an earlier press release from the company and the reception I received.
Join the club!
To be critical about it, this just say business as usual. Nothing more... (IMHO)
$5 Billion to the market cap will be another $43 dollars. Doc, you need to say this is a $143 dollar stock now...hehehe.. Good info, good find.
Wow, the 100 bucks prediction is back! The prediction sounds good/great Doc.
But given current o/s around 114M shares, a 100 bucks a share will give the company with a Mkt Cap of 11.4 billion. Just put things into perspective.
Pick up some at that price too...
You 2 DFG! And all of you here at the NNVC board.
Happy New year!
Just use 1x sale based on the 4.7B you estimated. The stock price will equal to 33.58. (using yahoo current mkt cap of 53.59M)
Pretty much a very conservative estimate..
U really can't trust what they say... or everybody for that matter...
trenty, thx for the early x'mas gift!
as for this:
"In terms of our executive board, I'm beginning to build that now because I have a longer term goal of moving to the NASDAQ which will require a much expanded board, so I'm now in the process of building that board, to really give us the sort of help in the area of business that we're going to need when we deal with the large pharmaceutical companies" {13:40]"
Doc, will u be interested?
Anyone who follows this board would already knew/expected these kind of results. (Thx! Dr. Feelgood)
Now, if the company can get some tractions on the business side..
IMHO, a quite irrelevant PR at this point.
While we are on the topic of trading above the ask. Two days in a row now that my streamer from TD is showing NNVC at a wooping $0.92.(FWIW)
hummmm.... :)
Are you kidding me?????? Take a word from a stranger on a message board and invest your hard earn money based on his/her recommendation????
It is getting comical that no-one is taking responsibility of their own action anymore these days. (Note to self- teach son to take responsibility.)
Most of us here are invested in a company with a great potential. Are you? Can you envision this company 5, 10 yrs from now?
-rant finish- I can be nice now....
So, what is your problem? :)
With the increase collaboration between NNVC and the government, it tells me (IMHO) that they must be seeing something they like. IF not, why bother expending the relationship? Also, it can be safely inferred that the Dungen test most likely performing very well and the words are getting around.
FWIW, there is what today's PR is telling me. Good things ahead....
"it looks like alot of the strong hands are being shaken out and that is never good"
Not here, thx for the shares...
Thank you Echo
That's great! Any update from Vietnam??
Side note, a very belated thx for incubus-now for the PM.
If you looking for catalysts, here are some that I can think of for now:
Please add to this list if you can id them, thx
1.) Contracts with government. (I will say we will go to $7. Conservative estimate as usual)
2.) Another Bird Flu scare run/ found in the US. (Sky is the limit when irrational is in play)
BOL
Good Trading Ovidius! -eom-
My TD is quoting 93 cents? What????? :)
MM needs more shares already? Keep Bashing away....
They will need financing for that,no? Better to have some contracts in hand b4 burning more cash. IMOH and worthless two cents of course....
Thank you for posting this info!
Just remember the progress the company had made and believe in your own DD.
Some accomplishments/progress that I value a lot:
1.) The company uplisted from Pink to BB.
2.) Collaboration with the governments.(Vietnam and US), Oh what happen to the Vietnam government front????
The company is valued at 50M right now with a tech that can possibly change the filed of viral medicine.
IHMO, which does not worth much, it is the time to put your $$$$ where your mouth is. I have and I will continue to do so.
FOCUS on the Fuddies/progress! A PR with a government contract on anything... this baby will fly. Is that why they hired that lobbying firm in DC? (a pure spec on my part)
Clever trading and risk management will set you free!
BOL
Thx for cheap shares at $.60!!! :)
The Recent PR basically saying, "Things are going along fine!" and should help support the price a bit. However, if we are shipping stuff.. does that mean REVENUE????
Just some points to ponder...
BOL
"Is this $5 million more in addition to the $5 million previous?"
I will be conservative here, just say it was the old $5MM instead of additional $5MM. IMHO
Understand your feeling.... ( Seeing your account equity going down everyday) but the company is still in it's infancy. With 100 million shares O/S (Please correct me if I am wrong). The company is already be valued at $65 million. (if my math is correct)
The point is that the company has great promises. However, one must balance that with the progress the company has made. Do not get me wrong, the company has come very far, but it still has a long way to go.
IMHO, still claim... buy the dips if your finances permits and trade around it.
BOL
The mood is getting ripe for purchasing more shares. Keep bashing!
Also,expect a bit more downside while we are going into year-end tax selling season. Set your price targets and best of luck!
Yes, I am in Hong Kong now. It is getting pretty bad....
Dengue in South-East Asia
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9487109
I have a trade placed above the closing price but was never filled. just a FYI.
LOVE the "FUD" being spread around by our new "friends".
Is that you Matty???
The company has made the necessary progress that convince me it is a good buy now. Accompany with other "unusual" activities on this board, IMHO this is a buying opp.
BOL
"Dr.Diwan/Seymour need to write clearer PR's in a way that 12 year olds could understand..."
like refer to the wikipedia???