1 00:00:05,081 --> 00:00:06,950 GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 2 00:00:06,950 --> 00:00:09,686 WELCOME AGAIN TO THE SIXTH 3 00:00:09,686 --> 00:00:15,392 BIENNIAL HIV/AIDS CURE MEETING. 4 00:00:15,392 --> 00:00:17,027 WE'RE GOING TO START OFF THIS 5 00:00:17,027 --> 00:00:27,737 MORNING, IT'S GOING TO BE TH SAA 6 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:30,807 BRIDGES. 7 00:00:30,807 --> 00:00:32,242 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 8 00:00:32,242 --> 00:00:33,643 I'M SANDRA BRIDGES, PROGRAM 9 00:00:33,643 --> 00:00:35,412 OFFICER ALONG WITH ERIC FOR THE 10 00:00:35,412 --> 00:00:36,580 REACH COLLABORATORY, AND I THINK 11 00:00:36,580 --> 00:00:38,381 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, 12 00:00:38,381 --> 00:00:41,184 THAT STANDS FOR RESEARCH 13 00:00:41,184 --> 00:00:42,719 ENTERPRISE TO ADVANCE A CURE FOR 14 00:00:42,719 --> 00:00:44,354 HIV. 15 00:00:44,354 --> 00:00:46,223 I'VE ASKED THEM FOR A SHORTER 16 00:00:46,223 --> 00:00:47,190 NAME BUT THAT'S IT. 17 00:00:47,190 --> 00:00:51,361 THIS IS REACH. 18 00:00:51,361 --> 00:00:55,198 WE HAVE TWO -- WE HAVE CO-PIs 19 00:00:55,198 --> 00:00:57,167 ON THIS COLLABORATORY. 20 00:00:57,167 --> 00:01:00,337 THEY ARE BRAD JONES, WHO'S BASED 21 00:01:00,337 --> 00:01:03,506 AT WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE, AND 22 00:01:03,506 --> 00:01:05,675 MARINA CASKEY, WHO'S AT THE 23 00:01:05,675 --> 00:01:06,009 ROCKEFELLER. 24 00:01:06,009 --> 00:01:07,544 SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, I'LL 25 00:01:07,544 --> 00:01:10,814 TURN IT OVER TO BRAD, AND HE'LL 26 00:01:10,814 --> 00:01:11,081 CARRY ON. 27 00:01:11,081 --> 00:01:11,815 THANK YOU. 28 00:01:11,815 --> 00:01:14,851 IT'S A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE 29 00:01:14,851 --> 00:01:17,621 GROUP. 30 00:01:17,621 --> 00:01:20,357 >> THANKS SO MUCH, SANDRA, AND 31 00:01:20,357 --> 00:01:22,292 ERIC, FOR BEING SUCH SUPPORTIVE 32 00:01:22,292 --> 00:01:23,393 PROGRAM OFFICERS. 33 00:01:23,393 --> 00:01:25,896 IT'S MY PLEASURE TO GIVE THIS 34 00:01:25,896 --> 00:01:27,998 OVERVIEW FOR REACH AND SEE IF I 35 00:01:27,998 --> 00:01:38,475 CAN ADVANCE MY SLIDES ALSO. 36 00:01:40,744 --> 00:01:43,647 SO AS SANDRA MENTIONED I CO-LEAD 37 00:01:43,647 --> 00:01:44,848 THIS PROGRAM WITH MARINA CASKEY 38 00:01:44,848 --> 00:01:45,815 AS WELL AS ADAM WARD. 39 00:01:45,815 --> 00:01:48,351 THIS IS OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 40 00:01:48,351 --> 00:01:50,320 THEY SERVE A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT 41 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:50,654 ROLES. 42 00:01:50,654 --> 00:01:52,622 WE'RE CHARGED WITH DYNAMICALLY 43 00:01:52,622 --> 00:01:54,357 TRYING TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO 44 00:01:54,357 --> 00:01:55,926 SUPPORT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY 45 00:01:55,926 --> 00:01:59,162 SCIENCE AND WE DO THAT WITH THE 46 00:01:59,162 --> 00:02:00,797 DISCUSSION AND VOTES OF OUR 47 00:02:00,797 --> 00:02:02,666 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 48 00:02:02,666 --> 00:02:05,402 SO REACH IS LARGELY AN IMMUNE 49 00:02:05,402 --> 00:02:06,937 BASED COLLABORATORY, WE'RE 50 00:02:06,937 --> 00:02:08,371 TRYING TO HARNESS THE IMMUNE 51 00:02:08,371 --> 00:02:10,874 SYSTEM TO CURE HIV OR ACHIEVE 52 00:02:10,874 --> 00:02:11,975 REMISSION. 53 00:02:11,975 --> 00:02:15,245 WE'RE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON 54 00:02:15,245 --> 00:02:17,547 CD8 T-CELLS AND NATURAL KILLER 55 00:02:17,547 --> 00:02:17,981 CELLS. 56 00:02:17,981 --> 00:02:19,516 WE LOOK AT RESERVOIR DYNAMICS 57 00:02:19,516 --> 00:02:21,484 AND HOW THESE RELATE TO T-CELL 58 00:02:21,484 --> 00:02:22,686 RESPONSES, HOW T-CELLS CAN SHAPE 59 00:02:22,686 --> 00:02:26,089 THE RESERVOIR EVEN UNDER 60 00:02:26,089 --> 00:02:26,656 ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY. 61 00:02:26,656 --> 00:02:28,491 WE HAVE A MAJOR FOCUS ON 62 00:02:28,491 --> 00:02:30,126 UNDERSTUDIED POPULATIONS, IN 63 00:02:30,126 --> 00:02:34,931 PARTICULAR A FOCUS ON RAKAI, 64 00:02:34,931 --> 00:02:38,301 UGANDA AS YOU'LL SEE IN GUI'S 65 00:02:38,301 --> 00:02:39,970 TALK. 66 00:02:39,970 --> 00:02:41,805 RESEARCH FOCUS TWO, REMISSION, 67 00:02:41,805 --> 00:02:44,975 WE'RE TRYING TO HARNESS BNABS IN 68 00:02:44,975 --> 00:02:48,278 COMBINATION WITH CD8 PLUS 69 00:02:48,278 --> 00:02:51,014 T-CELLS AND OTHER BIOLOGICS, AND 70 00:02:51,014 --> 00:02:52,148 RESEARCH FOCUS 3, WE HAVE TWO 71 00:02:52,148 --> 00:02:52,449 PARTS. 72 00:02:52,449 --> 00:02:54,384 FIRST WE'RE TRYING TO ENHANCE 73 00:02:54,384 --> 00:02:56,353 CTL AND NK CELL FUNCTION AND 74 00:02:56,353 --> 00:02:57,787 ALSO OVERCOME MECHANISMS BY 75 00:02:57,787 --> 00:03:00,523 WHICH SOME INFECTED CELLS RESIST 76 00:03:00,523 --> 00:03:01,057 KILLING. 77 00:03:01,057 --> 00:03:02,492 THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT AREA 78 00:03:02,492 --> 00:03:03,827 OF FOCUS WITHIN REACH. 79 00:03:03,827 --> 00:03:04,594 THE SECOND PART, WE'RE LOOKING 80 00:03:04,594 --> 00:03:06,096 AT MECHANISMS OF LATENCY WITH A 81 00:03:06,096 --> 00:03:07,530 FOCUS ON HOW THIS IS INFLUENCED 82 00:03:07,530 --> 00:03:09,499 BY THE PROVIRAL INTEGRATION 83 00:03:09,499 --> 00:03:09,833 SITE. 84 00:03:09,833 --> 00:03:11,701 SO JUST TO FLASH THIS BRIEFLY, I 85 00:03:11,701 --> 00:03:13,536 WANT TO MENTION THAT WE REALLY 86 00:03:13,536 --> 00:03:15,071 PRIORITIZE TRYING TO FIND 87 00:03:15,071 --> 00:03:15,939 SYNERGIES BETWEEN THESE 88 00:03:15,939 --> 00:03:16,706 DIFFERENT RFs. 89 00:03:16,706 --> 00:03:20,110 TO ME THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST 90 00:03:20,110 --> 00:03:22,178 EXCITING PARTS OF THESE DELANEY 91 00:03:22,178 --> 00:03:22,879 PROGRAMS, SO THIS IS SOMETHING 92 00:03:22,879 --> 00:03:24,147 WE THINK ABOUT VERY CAREFULLY. 93 00:03:24,147 --> 00:03:25,348 AND TO MENTION, WE ARE DOING A 94 00:03:25,348 --> 00:03:26,883 LOT OF BASIC SCIENCE BUT WE'RE 95 00:03:26,883 --> 00:03:28,618 LOOKING TOWARDS TRANSLATIONAL 96 00:03:28,618 --> 00:03:30,253 OUTCOMES, AND POTENTIALLY TAKING 97 00:03:30,253 --> 00:03:31,588 PROMISING APPROACHES AND 98 00:03:31,588 --> 00:03:34,190 PARTNERING WITH THE ACTG, AND WE 99 00:03:34,190 --> 00:03:36,393 HAVE ONE SUCH PARTNERSHIP SO 100 00:03:36,393 --> 00:03:36,826 FAR. 101 00:03:36,826 --> 00:03:41,631 THIS STUDY IS CALLED ACTG A5386. 102 00:03:41,631 --> 00:03:42,065 THERE'S TWO ARMS. 103 00:03:42,065 --> 00:03:43,600 THIS IS WITH OUR INDUSTRY 104 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,336 PARTNER IMMUNITY BIOTESTING A 105 00:03:46,336 --> 00:03:47,871 SUPERAGONIST ALONE OR WITH 106 00:03:47,871 --> 00:03:49,372 BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES, 107 00:03:49,372 --> 00:03:50,607 THEN THERE IS A TREATMENT 108 00:03:50,607 --> 00:03:51,608 INTERRUPTION PHASE WHERE WE HOPE 109 00:03:51,608 --> 00:03:53,176 WE SEE SOME SIGNAL OF REMISSION 110 00:03:53,176 --> 00:03:54,778 THAT WAS SEEN IN NON-HUMAN 111 00:03:54,778 --> 00:03:56,646 PRIMATES WITH THIS COMBINATION. 112 00:03:56,646 --> 00:03:58,148 AND WE'RE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE 113 00:03:58,148 --> 00:03:59,149 WAY THROUGH ACCRUAL FOR THIS 114 00:03:59,149 --> 00:04:00,350 STUDY. 115 00:04:00,350 --> 00:04:01,751 SO ONE OF THE WAYS WE LIKE TO 116 00:04:01,751 --> 00:04:02,986 MEASURE OUR PROGRESS IS HOW WELL 117 00:04:02,986 --> 00:04:05,321 WE'RE DOING AT BRINGING 118 00:04:05,321 --> 00:04:06,523 DIFFERENT INVESTIGATORS TOGETHER 119 00:04:06,523 --> 00:04:10,727 AND FORMING NEW CL COLLABORATIO. 120 00:04:10,727 --> 00:04:14,564 SO WE DO THIS WITH THESE -- EACH 121 00:04:14,564 --> 00:04:16,433 IS PROPORTIONATE TO THE NUMBER 122 00:04:16,433 --> 00:04:17,734 OF CO-PUBLICATIONS WITH 123 00:04:17,734 --> 00:04:18,068 INVESTIGATORS. 124 00:04:18,068 --> 00:04:19,602 THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED AT THE 125 00:04:19,602 --> 00:04:20,470 BEGINNING OF THE GRANT. 126 00:04:20,470 --> 00:04:21,438 IT'S REWARDING TO SEE THIS IS 127 00:04:21,438 --> 00:04:22,806 WHERE WE'RE AT 2 1/2 YEARS IN. 128 00:04:22,806 --> 00:04:24,107 THERE'S A FEW NEW INVESTIGATORS 129 00:04:24,107 --> 00:04:25,775 THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED BUT LARGELY 130 00:04:25,775 --> 00:04:28,378 THIS DENSIFICATION IS DUE TO NEW 131 00:04:28,378 --> 00:04:29,813 COLLABORATIONS, NEW PUBLICATIONS 132 00:04:29,813 --> 00:04:31,414 WITH GROUPS OF INVESTIGATORS WHO 133 00:04:31,414 --> 00:04:33,750 HADN'T WORKED TOGETHER 134 00:04:33,750 --> 00:04:35,051 PREVIOUSLY, AS WELL AS NOW 135 00:04:35,051 --> 00:04:37,320 BROADER LINES BETWEEN GROUPS WHO 136 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,656 HAD COLLABORATIONS. 137 00:04:39,656 --> 00:04:40,824 IN THE LIMITED TIME I HAVE 138 00:04:40,824 --> 00:04:43,693 TODAY, I PICKED JUST TWO AREAS 139 00:04:43,693 --> 00:04:46,362 OF PROGRESS FROM THE FIRST TWO 140 00:04:46,362 --> 00:04:48,098 YEARS TO HIGHLIGHT. 141 00:04:48,098 --> 00:04:49,499 APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO I LEFT 142 00:04:49,499 --> 00:04:51,801 OUT. 143 00:04:51,801 --> 00:04:53,103 WE'RE NOT FUNDING TRIALS IN 144 00:04:53,103 --> 00:04:54,637 REACH BUT WE'VE HAD 145 00:04:54,637 --> 00:04:56,372 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE IN 146 00:04:56,372 --> 00:04:58,241 REALLY IMPORTANT WAYS TO 147 00:04:58,241 --> 00:04:58,775 EXISTING TRIALS. 148 00:04:58,775 --> 00:05:01,511 ONE OF THESE IS THE ECLEAR 149 00:05:01,511 --> 00:05:01,945 STUDY. 150 00:05:01,945 --> 00:05:04,581 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WAS 151 00:05:04,581 --> 00:05:06,316 DISCOVERED WITH THE TEAM IS THAT 152 00:05:06,316 --> 00:05:08,618 ABOUT 51% OF THESE PEOPLE HAD 153 00:05:08,618 --> 00:05:10,253 NON-SUBTYPE B HIV, SO APPLYING 154 00:05:10,253 --> 00:05:12,122 INTACT PRO FIERL DNA ASSAYS WAS 155 00:05:12,122 --> 00:05:12,555 A CHALLENGE. 156 00:05:12,555 --> 00:05:14,524 SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE OUR 157 00:05:14,524 --> 00:05:17,594 EXPERIENCE IN ADAPTING TO 158 00:05:17,594 --> 00:05:19,362 DIVERSE ISOLATES THAT GUIN WILL 159 00:05:19,362 --> 00:05:22,332 TALK ABOUT AND DEVELOP 17 NEW 160 00:05:22,332 --> 00:05:23,399 PRIMERS, 25 CUSTOM PROBES AND 161 00:05:23,399 --> 00:05:24,901 MEASURE THE INTACT PRO VIRUS IN 162 00:05:24,901 --> 00:05:28,204 EVERYONE IN THIS STUDY. 163 00:05:28,204 --> 00:05:29,339 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE 164 00:05:29,339 --> 00:05:31,274 DONE IN LEVERAGING THE FLEXIBLE 165 00:05:31,274 --> 00:05:32,342 ASPECTS OF THE DELANEY IS ADD 166 00:05:32,342 --> 00:05:36,112 NEW INVESTIGATORS, SO OLE IS NOW 167 00:05:36,112 --> 00:05:36,946 OFFICIALLY A REACH INVESTIGATOR 168 00:05:36,946 --> 00:05:38,381 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO 169 00:05:38,381 --> 00:05:39,315 PRIORITIZE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS 170 00:05:39,315 --> 00:05:40,783 TRYING TO DISCERN MECHANISMS BY 171 00:05:40,783 --> 00:05:41,885 WHICH SOME MEASURE OF CONTROL 172 00:05:41,885 --> 00:05:43,720 WAS ACHIEVED IN THIS ECLEAR 173 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,922 STUDY AND OTHER TRIALS. 174 00:05:45,922 --> 00:05:46,923 THE SECOND AREA I'LL HIGHLIGHT 175 00:05:46,923 --> 00:05:50,193 IS THESE TWO STUDIES 176 00:05:50,193 --> 00:05:51,461 CHARACTERIZING THE FEATURES OF 177 00:05:51,461 --> 00:05:52,929 THE EXPANDED CLONES OF INFECTED 178 00:05:52,929 --> 00:05:54,998 CELLS IN HIV RESERVOIRS, AND 179 00:05:54,998 --> 00:05:55,932 APPROACHES FROM SOMEWHAT 180 00:05:55,932 --> 00:05:58,601 DIFFERENT AN AGAINS, THEY 181 00:05:58,601 --> 00:05:59,369 CONVERGED ON THE FINDING THAT 182 00:05:59,369 --> 00:06:01,104 SOME OF THE RESERVOIR IS 183 00:06:01,104 --> 00:06:04,073 HARBORED IN THESE CYTOTOXIC 184 00:06:04,073 --> 00:06:05,375 CD4 T-CELL CLONES AND YET SHE 185 00:06:05,375 --> 00:06:06,276 PROPOSED ONE OF THE REASONS 186 00:06:06,276 --> 00:06:07,477 THESE MAY BE HARD TO KILL IS 187 00:06:07,477 --> 00:06:08,778 THEY HAVE MECHANISMS FOR 188 00:06:08,778 --> 00:06:09,546 DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST 189 00:06:09,546 --> 00:06:11,414 THEIR OWN CYTOTOXICITY. 190 00:06:11,414 --> 00:06:12,282 SO ONE OF THE OTHER 191 00:06:12,282 --> 00:06:13,583 INVESTIGATORS WE'VE ADDED GOING 192 00:06:13,583 --> 00:06:17,520 INTO YEAR THREE IS FRAU, WHO HAS 193 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,821 A LARGE PANEL OF CLONES OF 194 00:06:18,821 --> 00:06:20,156 INFECTED CELLS THAT WE CAN 195 00:06:20,156 --> 00:06:21,791 REALLY PROBE FOR SOME OF THESE 196 00:06:21,791 --> 00:06:26,596 FUNCTIONAL FEATURES. 197 00:06:26,596 --> 00:06:27,931 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF POSTERS HERE 198 00:06:27,931 --> 00:06:29,132 AT THE MEETING THAT I'LL 199 00:06:29,132 --> 00:06:30,767 HIGHLIGHT HERE, AND CONGRATULATE 200 00:06:30,767 --> 00:06:32,302 THE EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR 201 00:06:32,302 --> 00:06:33,169 SCHOLARSHIPS THAT ARE 202 00:06:33,169 --> 00:06:36,239 HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. 203 00:06:36,239 --> 00:06:37,874 I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ 204 00:06:37,874 --> 00:06:39,709 THROUGH ALL THESE OF PLEASE DROP 205 00:06:39,709 --> 00:06:40,710 BY THE POSTERS AND SEE WHAT 206 00:06:40,710 --> 00:06:44,981 WE'VE BEEN UP TO. 207 00:06:44,981 --> 00:06:48,151 THEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER IS 208 00:06:48,151 --> 00:06:49,586 AVAC, WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT 209 00:06:49,586 --> 00:06:50,987 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN 210 00:06:50,987 --> 00:06:51,754 HER UPCOMING TALK. 211 00:06:51,754 --> 00:06:54,157 SO WITH THAT, I WILL WRAP UP AND 212 00:06:54,157 --> 00:06:57,460 PASS OVER TO GUIN LEE, ONE OF 213 00:06:57,460 --> 00:07:01,164 THE CO-LEADS OF RF 1 TO TELL BUS 214 00:07:01,164 --> 00:07:11,808 ADAPTING INTACT VIRAL ASSAYS I. 215 00:07:14,978 --> 00:07:16,179 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 216 00:07:16,179 --> 00:07:18,481 MY NAME IS GUIN LEE FROM WEILL 217 00:07:18,481 --> 00:07:19,282 CORNELL MEDICINE. 218 00:07:19,282 --> 00:07:21,551 TODAY I'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY 219 00:07:21,551 --> 00:07:26,022 RF 1 COLEADS, AND OF COURSE ON 220 00:07:26,022 --> 00:07:29,192 BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM TO 221 00:07:29,192 --> 00:07:31,160 TALK ABOUT THE VIRAL RESERVOIR 222 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:35,665 IN RAKAI. 223 00:07:35,665 --> 00:07:38,668 SO THE REACH RF 1 TEAM IS 15 224 00:07:38,668 --> 00:07:39,369 INVESTIGATORS STRONG. 225 00:07:39,369 --> 00:07:40,570 I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THE 226 00:07:40,570 --> 00:07:42,972 INVESTIGATORS HERE WHO ARE 227 00:07:42,972 --> 00:07:45,942 INVOLVED IN THE RAKAI PROJECT. 228 00:07:45,942 --> 00:07:48,011 OUR OVERARCHING GOAL IN RF 1 IS 229 00:07:48,011 --> 00:07:50,213 TO DEFINE A THREE-WAY 230 00:07:50,213 --> 00:07:51,414 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPOSITION 231 00:07:51,414 --> 00:07:53,316 DYNAMICS AND CD4 T-CELLS AND 232 00:07:53,316 --> 00:07:54,250 REBOUND VIRUSES. 233 00:07:54,250 --> 00:07:55,652 SO HERE TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK 234 00:07:55,652 --> 00:07:57,754 VERY SPECIFICALLY ON NON-SUBTYPE 235 00:07:57,754 --> 00:08:00,189 V HIV IN RAKAI. 236 00:08:00,189 --> 00:08:04,093 SO THE PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY. 237 00:08:04,093 --> 00:08:04,961 THE KEY QUESTION HERE IS I WANT 238 00:08:04,961 --> 00:08:08,631 TO ASK, ARE NON-SUBTYPE B HIV 239 00:08:08,631 --> 00:08:10,433 DNA GENOMES, ARE THEY -- DO THEY 240 00:08:10,433 --> 00:08:11,734 HAVE THE SAME COMPOSITION 241 00:08:11,734 --> 00:08:13,269 RELATIVE TO WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT 242 00:08:13,269 --> 00:08:15,805 SUBTYPE B TODAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE 243 00:08:15,805 --> 00:08:17,540 A LOT OF RESERVOIR STUDIES IN 244 00:08:17,540 --> 00:08:20,410 SUBTYPE B VIRUSES, BUT IS THE 245 00:08:20,410 --> 00:08:22,145 RESERVOIR COMPOSITION THE SAME 246 00:08:22,145 --> 00:08:22,912 IN NON-SUBTYPE B VARIANTS? 247 00:08:22,912 --> 00:08:25,114 ARE WE ABLE TO ADAPT THE IPDA 248 00:08:25,114 --> 00:08:27,050 ASSAY THAT IS DEVELOPED BASED ON 249 00:08:27,050 --> 00:08:29,252 SUBTYPE B SEQUENCES ON THE 250 00:08:29,252 --> 00:08:31,220 NON-SUBTYPE B VARIANTS? 251 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:33,189 SO WE FOUND THAT OUR KEY 252 00:08:33,189 --> 00:08:34,891 FINDINGS IS THAT THE NON-SUBTYPE 253 00:08:34,891 --> 00:08:37,026 B AND SPECIFICALLY SUBTYPE 254 00:08:37,026 --> 00:08:39,562 A1 AND D PRO VIROME GENOMES, 255 00:08:39,562 --> 00:08:41,064 THEY ACTUALLY SHARED A LOT OF 256 00:08:41,064 --> 00:08:42,498 COMMONALITIES WITH SUBTYPE B. 257 00:08:42,498 --> 00:08:45,335 SO FOR EXAMPLE, SUBTYPE B HAS A 258 00:08:45,335 --> 00:08:47,070 LOT OF DEFECTIVE GENOMES WHEN 259 00:08:47,070 --> 00:08:48,171 YOU LOOK AT THE PROVIRAL POOL 260 00:08:48,171 --> 00:08:50,273 AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR SUBTYPE 261 00:08:50,273 --> 00:08:50,673 A AND D. 262 00:08:50,673 --> 00:08:53,209 FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SEEN CLONAL 263 00:08:53,209 --> 00:08:55,878 EXPANSION OF SUBTYPE B VARIANTS, 264 00:08:55,878 --> 00:08:58,781 ALSO SEEING EVIDENCE OF CLONAL 265 00:08:58,781 --> 00:09:00,750 EXPRESSIONS OF TYPE A AND D. 266 00:09:00,750 --> 00:09:02,018 WEEFL ALSO HAD PRELIMINARY DATA 267 00:09:02,018 --> 00:09:05,121 TO SHOW THAT THE CD8 T-CELL 268 00:09:05,121 --> 00:09:06,522 RESPONSES IN THE RAKAI 269 00:09:06,522 --> 00:09:07,957 PARTICIPANTS BEING HIGHER THAN 270 00:09:07,957 --> 00:09:09,392 THE AMERICAN -- THEIR AMERICAN 271 00:09:09,392 --> 00:09:10,727 COUNTERPARTS. 272 00:09:10,727 --> 00:09:12,895 SO THE NEXT STEP, SO WE HAVE 273 00:09:12,895 --> 00:09:15,732 CURRENTLY INSTALLED OR IN THE 274 00:09:15,732 --> 00:09:18,468 MID EVIDENTLY INSTALLING A DDPCR 275 00:09:18,468 --> 00:09:22,739 PLATFORM IN RAKAI TO HELP 276 00:09:22,739 --> 00:09:24,240 INSTALL THE DDPCR MACHINE ON 277 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:24,807 SITE. 278 00:09:24,807 --> 00:09:26,876 SO THEN THE UGANDA SCIENTISTS 279 00:09:26,876 --> 00:09:27,977 CAN ACTUALLY RUN THIS ASSAY 280 00:09:27,977 --> 00:09:31,614 THERE. 281 00:09:31,614 --> 00:09:33,316 SO MOVING FORWARD, WE WANT TO 282 00:09:33,316 --> 00:09:35,118 APPLY THE DDPCR ASSAY TO ALL 283 00:09:35,118 --> 00:09:37,086 STUDY PARTICIPANTS LONGITUDALLY 284 00:09:37,086 --> 00:09:38,821 IN THE RAKAI COHORT, AND WE WANT 285 00:09:38,821 --> 00:09:40,790 TO SEE WHETHER THERE'S 286 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:43,659 SIGNIFICANT CD8 T-CELL RESPONSES 287 00:09:43,659 --> 00:09:45,161 CORRELATION WITH THE RESERVOIR 288 00:09:45,161 --> 00:09:48,030 MEASUREMENTS. 289 00:09:48,030 --> 00:09:49,866 SO TO INTRODUCE THE COHORT, THE 290 00:09:49,866 --> 00:09:52,301 RAKAI LATENT RESERVOIR 291 00:09:52,301 --> 00:09:56,105 LONGITUDAL COHORT HAS 19 STUDY 292 00:09:56,105 --> 00:09:56,539 PARTICIPANTS. 293 00:09:56,539 --> 00:09:58,975 IT'S HOUSED WITHIN A 30,000 294 00:09:58,975 --> 00:10:00,176 REGIONAL HIV TREATMENT PROGRAM 295 00:10:00,176 --> 00:10:01,677 COHORT WHERE THE CLINICAL AND 296 00:10:01,677 --> 00:10:04,380 TREATMENT HISTORIES ARE 297 00:10:04,380 --> 00:10:07,450 AVAILABLE, SO PARTICIPANTS WERE 298 00:10:07,450 --> 00:10:13,022 ENROLLED MEDIAN SEVEN YEARS POST 299 00:10:13,022 --> 00:10:17,093 TREATMENT. 300 00:10:17,093 --> 00:10:19,128 PBMC AND PLASMA ARE COLLECTED 301 00:10:19,128 --> 00:10:24,033 AND WE PERFORMED QVOA AND FRIP 302 00:10:24,033 --> 00:10:25,902 SEQUENCING AND DDPCR ON THESE 303 00:10:25,902 --> 00:10:28,204 STUDY PARTICIPANTS. 304 00:10:28,204 --> 00:10:29,939 SO THE RAKAI RESERVOIR STUDY 305 00:10:29,939 --> 00:10:32,341 REALLY STARTED WITH THIS 306 00:10:32,341 --> 00:10:33,876 OBSERVATION THAT OUR OWN 307 00:10:33,876 --> 00:10:34,877 DR. JESSICA SALZWEDEL MADE THAT 308 00:10:34,877 --> 00:10:37,647 THE RAKAI RESERVOIR IS ACTUALLY 309 00:10:37,647 --> 00:10:39,549 THREE FOLD LOWER IN TERMS OF IPD 310 00:10:39,549 --> 00:10:40,783 VALUES COMPARED TO THE NORTH 311 00:10:40,783 --> 00:10:42,518 AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS AND SO IT 312 00:10:42,518 --> 00:10:45,488 SHOWS THAT THE NON-SUBTYPE B -- 313 00:10:45,488 --> 00:10:46,556 AT LEAST IN THIS POPULATION, IT 314 00:10:46,556 --> 00:10:48,424 MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME AS WHAT 315 00:10:48,424 --> 00:10:50,526 WE'VE USUALLY SEEN IN THE 316 00:10:50,526 --> 00:10:54,797 SUBTYPE B COHORTS. 317 00:10:54,797 --> 00:10:56,232 SO FURTHERMORE WE HAVE THE 318 00:10:56,232 --> 00:10:58,801 LATEST PRELIMINARY DATA FROM THE 319 00:10:58,801 --> 00:11:02,104 RF 1 THAT IF YOU LOOK AT PANEL 320 00:11:02,104 --> 00:11:05,141 1, WE ARE COMPARING THE RAKAI 321 00:11:05,141 --> 00:11:09,178 CTCD8 T-CELL RESPONSES TO A NORH 322 00:11:09,178 --> 00:11:09,579 AMERICAN COHORT. 323 00:11:09,579 --> 00:11:11,614 YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RAKAI STUDY 324 00:11:11,614 --> 00:11:14,016 PARTICIPANTS HAVE HIGHER 325 00:11:14,016 --> 00:11:16,352 INTERFERON GAMMA-SPECIFIC T-CELL 326 00:11:16,352 --> 00:11:18,054 RESPONSES IN TERMS OF MAGNITUDE 327 00:11:18,054 --> 00:11:20,590 RELATIVE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN 328 00:11:20,590 --> 00:11:24,393 COUNTERPARTS. 329 00:11:24,393 --> 00:11:27,363 SO THE -- IS ALSO HIGHER 330 00:11:27,363 --> 00:11:28,231 SPECIFICALLY IN ENVELOPE AND 331 00:11:28,231 --> 00:11:31,434 ALSO IN CMV IN THIS RAKAI 332 00:11:31,434 --> 00:11:31,734 COHORT. 333 00:11:31,734 --> 00:11:33,169 SO SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT AT 334 00:11:33,169 --> 00:11:36,005 LEAST IN THE CD8 T-CELL 335 00:11:36,005 --> 00:11:36,973 RESPONSES. 336 00:11:36,973 --> 00:11:40,576 IN THE SECOND PANEL, CAN YOU SEE 337 00:11:40,576 --> 00:11:47,149 THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF -- HAS AN 338 00:11:47,149 --> 00:11:48,684 INVERSE CORELATION WITH THE IPD 339 00:11:48,684 --> 00:11:49,986 MEASUREMENTS IN THIS RAKAI 340 00:11:49,986 --> 00:11:50,553 COHORT. 341 00:11:50,553 --> 00:11:52,855 WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE HIGHER 342 00:11:52,855 --> 00:11:55,091 THE -- WE SEE A CORRELATION THAT 343 00:11:55,091 --> 00:11:57,360 THERE'S A HIGHER -- RESPONSES 344 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:02,365 AND THERE'S A LOWER IUPM VALUES. 345 00:12:02,365 --> 00:12:04,233 IT MEANS THAT WHEN THE T-CELL 346 00:12:04,233 --> 00:12:05,568 MAGNITUDE RESPONSES IS STRONGER 347 00:12:05,568 --> 00:12:09,572 IN THE CD8 NEF-SPECIFIC 348 00:12:09,572 --> 00:12:11,541 RESPONSES, IT'S CORELATED WITH A 349 00:12:11,541 --> 00:12:14,944 LOWER IUPM VALUES SO MAYBE THAT 350 00:12:14,944 --> 00:12:17,079 SUGGESTED THAT THE CD8 T-CELLS 351 00:12:17,079 --> 00:12:18,314 ARE MAKING A DENT ON THE 352 00:12:18,314 --> 00:12:20,082 RESERVOIR, IS SHAPING THE 353 00:12:20,082 --> 00:12:20,616 RESERVOIR PROFILE. 354 00:12:20,616 --> 00:12:22,385 SO WE WANT TO STUDY THE SHAPES 355 00:12:22,385 --> 00:12:24,253 OF THE RESERVOIR, WHAT IS INSIDE 356 00:12:24,253 --> 00:12:24,987 THE RESERVOIR. 357 00:12:24,987 --> 00:12:29,258 SO HERE WE HAVE MATCHING VIRAL 358 00:12:29,258 --> 00:12:30,893 GENOME SEQUENCES OBTAINED FROM 359 00:12:30,893 --> 00:12:31,994 20 TOLEDO NORS. 360 00:12:31,994 --> 00:12:36,032 THERE ARE SUBTYPE A1 -- WE HAVE 361 00:12:36,032 --> 00:12:37,900 FOUR INDIVIDUALS, NINE SUBTYPE D 362 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:39,201 INDIVIDUALS AND NINE INDIVIDUALS 363 00:12:39,201 --> 00:12:40,836 WITH RECOMBINANT AD VIRUSES. 364 00:12:40,836 --> 00:12:43,573 IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECOMBINANTS, 365 00:12:43,573 --> 00:12:45,875 SO EACH VERTICAL ROW -- SORRY, 366 00:12:45,875 --> 00:12:46,976 EACH HORIZONTAL ROW HERE 367 00:12:46,976 --> 00:12:47,944 REPRESENTS A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL. 368 00:12:47,944 --> 00:12:51,681 IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM STACK 369 00:12:51,681 --> 00:12:55,718 THERE, THE RECOMBINANTS, THE 370 00:12:55,718 --> 00:12:58,020 RECOMBINANT IN THIS COHORT IS 371 00:12:58,020 --> 00:13:00,089 ACTUALLY VERY COMPLEX. 372 00:13:00,089 --> 00:13:01,524 RED STANDS FOR SUBTYPE D AND 373 00:13:01,524 --> 00:13:03,159 BLUE STANDS FOR SUBTYPE A, AND 374 00:13:03,159 --> 00:13:06,329 YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE A LOT 375 00:13:06,329 --> 00:13:07,763 OF THESE INTERSUBTYPE REIMI 376 00:13:07,763 --> 00:13:09,065 NANTZ THAT ARE CIRCULATING IN 377 00:13:09,065 --> 00:13:09,498 THIS COHORT. 378 00:13:09,498 --> 00:13:11,467 SOME OF THEM START WITH A 379 00:13:11,467 --> 00:13:12,568 SUBTYPE A GAP AND THEN IT 380 00:13:12,568 --> 00:13:15,071 BECOMES A SUBTYPE D PROTEASE AND 381 00:13:15,071 --> 00:13:19,008 RT AND THEN IT BECOMES A SUBTYPE 382 00:13:19,008 --> 00:13:20,343 A -- AGAIN, AND THEN IT TURNS 383 00:13:20,343 --> 00:13:21,377 BACK INTO SUBTYPE D. 384 00:13:21,377 --> 00:13:24,113 SO THE RECOMBINATION SITUATION 385 00:13:24,113 --> 00:13:26,349 IN A COHORT LIKE THIS IS REALLY 386 00:13:26,349 --> 00:13:29,852 COMPLEX, AND ALL OF THE 387 00:13:29,852 --> 00:13:31,053 RECOMBINANT DONORS DON'T HAVE 388 00:13:31,053 --> 00:13:32,688 THE SAME RECOMBINATION BREAK 389 00:13:32,688 --> 00:13:33,022 POINTS. 390 00:13:33,022 --> 00:13:34,190 FOR EXAMPLE IF A PERSON WALKS 391 00:13:34,190 --> 00:13:35,424 INTO A CLINIC, YOU WOULD NOT BE 392 00:13:35,424 --> 00:13:36,859 ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY KNOW WHETHER 393 00:13:36,859 --> 00:13:38,928 THIS PERSON IS IMPACTED BY 394 00:13:38,928 --> 00:13:41,230 SUBTYPE A OR SUBTYPE D VIRUSES, 395 00:13:41,230 --> 00:13:45,167 AND PERHAPS THE ENVELOPE REGION 396 00:13:45,167 --> 00:13:47,903 VERSUS THE G AK REGION WHICH ARE 397 00:13:47,903 --> 00:13:48,671 THOSE TARGET SITES WOULD NOT 398 00:13:48,671 --> 00:13:50,840 HAVE THE SAME SUBTYPE, AND SO WE 399 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,541 WANT TO DEVELOP A METHOD THAT 400 00:13:52,541 --> 00:13:54,143 WOULD COVER BOTH SUBTYPES IN 401 00:13:54,143 --> 00:13:56,312 THIS COHORT AND SO WE WILL BE 402 00:13:56,312 --> 00:14:01,183 DOING A COHORT-SPECIFIC IPD 403 00:14:01,183 --> 00:14:01,684 DEVELOPMENT APPROACH. 404 00:14:01,684 --> 00:14:03,319 SO GOING BACK TO THE RESERVOIR, 405 00:14:03,319 --> 00:14:05,421 SO IN THE STUDY WE'VE OBSERVED 406 00:14:05,421 --> 00:14:07,023 THAT THE SUBTYPE A AND D 407 00:14:07,023 --> 00:14:08,658 RESERVOIRS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO 408 00:14:08,658 --> 00:14:10,760 SUBTYPE B IN THE SENSE THAT 409 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:13,029 THERE ARE VERY FEW INTACT 410 00:14:13,029 --> 00:14:15,898 VIRUSES, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 411 00:14:15,898 --> 00:14:17,867 DEFECTIVE VIRAL GENOME 412 00:14:17,867 --> 00:14:19,835 CATEGORIES VERY SIMILAR IN TERMS 413 00:14:19,835 --> 00:14:21,470 OF HAVING THE LARGE TRUNCATIONS, 414 00:14:21,470 --> 00:14:23,539 HAVING HYPERMUTATIONS, AND WE'VE 415 00:14:23,539 --> 00:14:25,074 ALSO SEEN EVIDENCE OF CLONAL 416 00:14:25,074 --> 00:14:28,444 EXPANSION. 417 00:14:28,444 --> 00:14:30,746 SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A 418 00:14:30,746 --> 00:14:31,414 REPRESENTATIVE INDIVIDUAL THAT 419 00:14:31,414 --> 00:14:34,383 IS IMPACTED BY SUBTYPE A HIV. 420 00:14:34,383 --> 00:14:36,452 SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DARK 421 00:14:36,452 --> 00:14:38,621 BLUE STACKS OF BARS AT THE TOP 422 00:14:38,621 --> 00:14:40,189 ARE THE INTACT VIRUSES. 423 00:14:40,189 --> 00:14:42,058 AND ALL OF THE OTHER VIRAL 424 00:14:42,058 --> 00:14:43,359 GENOMES AT THE BOTTOM WITH 425 00:14:43,359 --> 00:14:45,695 LIGHTER COLORS ARE 426 00:14:45,695 --> 00:14:46,429 GENOME-DEFECTIVE VIRUSES. 427 00:14:46,429 --> 00:14:48,397 SO I'VE HIGHLIGHTED WITH 428 00:14:48,397 --> 00:14:52,001 VERTICAL LINES OF THE IPDA SITE 429 00:14:52,001 --> 00:14:53,569 AND ENVELOPE BINDING SITES. 430 00:14:53,569 --> 00:14:55,304 HERE'S A SUBTYPE D DONOR. 431 00:14:55,304 --> 00:14:56,872 AND YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE 432 00:14:56,872 --> 00:14:57,406 SIMILARITIES. 433 00:14:57,406 --> 00:14:59,008 IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE 434 00:14:59,008 --> 00:15:01,210 USUALLY IN SUBTYPE B. 435 00:15:01,210 --> 00:15:03,279 NOW, WHAT ABOUT THE IPDA BINDING 436 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:04,280 SITES? 437 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:05,915 SO IF YOU COUNT UP THE NUMBER OF 438 00:15:05,915 --> 00:15:08,184 GENOMES THAT CONTAINS BOTH IPDA 439 00:15:08,184 --> 00:15:11,487 BINDING SITES, WHICH IS A 440 00:15:11,487 --> 00:15:12,788 PREDICTIVE MARKER FOR A GENOME 441 00:15:12,788 --> 00:15:13,989 BEING INTACT, SO IF YOU HAVE 442 00:15:13,989 --> 00:15:16,492 BOTH IPDA BINDING SITES, THE 443 00:15:16,492 --> 00:15:17,927 GENE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE 444 00:15:17,927 --> 00:15:18,260 INTACT. 445 00:15:18,260 --> 00:15:20,129 SO OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE INTACT 446 00:15:20,129 --> 00:15:21,964 VIRUSES WOULD CONTAIN BOTH IPDA 447 00:15:21,964 --> 00:15:25,267 BINDING SITES, BUT IF YOU COUNT 448 00:15:25,267 --> 00:15:28,537 THE GENOME-DEFECTIVE VIRUSES, WE 449 00:15:28,537 --> 00:15:32,308 SAW 95% WOULD EITHER HAVE ONE 450 00:15:32,308 --> 00:15:34,977 MISSING OR MISSING BOTH IPDA 451 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:35,978 AND -- BINDING SITES. 452 00:15:35,978 --> 00:15:39,148 THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE 100% 453 00:15:39,148 --> 00:15:40,249 SENSITIVITY AND 95% SPECIFICITY 454 00:15:40,249 --> 00:15:42,685 IN TERMS OF IF WE JUST LOOK AT 455 00:15:42,685 --> 00:15:45,821 THE LOCATIONS OF THESE PRIMER 456 00:15:45,821 --> 00:15:47,790 AND PRO BINDING SITES, IF WE USE 457 00:15:47,790 --> 00:15:50,092 THE ORIGINAL IPDA DESIGN ON THIS 458 00:15:50,092 --> 00:15:50,426 COHORT. 459 00:15:50,426 --> 00:15:53,896 BUT OF COURSE THE 460 00:15:53,896 --> 00:15:54,563 SENSITIVITY/SPECIFICITY ISSUE IS 461 00:15:54,563 --> 00:15:56,966 NOT JUST LIMITED TO WHERE THE 462 00:15:56,966 --> 00:15:59,502 PRIMERS AND PROBES LOCATED. 463 00:15:59,502 --> 00:16:00,903 SEQUENCE AND DIVERSITY ALSO 464 00:16:00,903 --> 00:16:01,137 MATTERS. 465 00:16:01,137 --> 00:16:04,073 SO LET'S LOOK AT A SEQUENCE 466 00:16:04,073 --> 00:16:04,540 DIVERSITY. 467 00:16:04,540 --> 00:16:09,645 ALL OF THE POLYMORPHISMS WE 468 00:16:09,645 --> 00:16:15,551 IDENTIFIED -- THIS IS THE FIRST 469 00:16:15,551 --> 00:16:17,753 REGION, AND THE BOTTOM FOUR ROWS 470 00:16:17,753 --> 00:16:20,256 ARE THE RAKAI COHORT 471 00:16:20,256 --> 00:16:20,689 OBSERVATIONS. 472 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:23,759 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PSI 473 00:16:23,759 --> 00:16:25,628 FORWARD AND REVERSE PRIMERS 474 00:16:25,628 --> 00:16:27,496 PRETTY MUCH MATCH UP THE IPDA 475 00:16:27,496 --> 00:16:31,433 WITH A FEW POLYMORPHISMS BUT THE 476 00:16:31,433 --> 00:16:33,302 PSI PROBE HAS A LOT MORE 477 00:16:33,302 --> 00:16:34,603 OBSERVED IN THE RAKAI COHORT. 478 00:16:34,603 --> 00:16:37,439 THE SAME IS TRUE IN THE ENVELOPE 479 00:16:37,439 --> 00:16:37,840 REGION. 480 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:39,742 THERE ARE -- WE SEE DIVERSITY. 481 00:16:39,742 --> 00:16:42,578 AND SO HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR 482 00:16:42,578 --> 00:16:44,213 THIS DIVERSITY? 483 00:16:44,213 --> 00:16:45,548 FIRST LET'S SEE WHETHER THE 484 00:16:45,548 --> 00:16:48,384 ORIGINAL IPDA DESIGN AND THE 485 00:16:48,384 --> 00:16:49,685 ORIGINAL PRIMERS AND PROBE 486 00:16:49,685 --> 00:16:52,822 SEQUENCES WOULD ACTUALLY BIND TO 487 00:16:52,822 --> 00:16:54,623 THE SAMPLES IN THIS RAKAI 488 00:16:54,623 --> 00:16:55,491 COHORT. 489 00:16:55,491 --> 00:16:59,762 SO ON PANEL A HERE, WE SUBJECT A 490 00:16:59,762 --> 00:17:01,063 SUBTYPE D SAMPLE THROUGH THE 491 00:17:01,063 --> 00:17:03,132 ORIGINAL IPDA AND UNFORTUNATELY 492 00:17:03,132 --> 00:17:05,835 IPDA ACTUALLY FAILED IN THE PSI 493 00:17:05,835 --> 00:17:07,670 REGION AND IT ONLY PRODUCED 494 00:17:07,670 --> 00:17:09,171 ENVELOPE SIGNALS. 495 00:17:09,171 --> 00:17:11,774 BOTTOM THERE, WE USED AN 496 00:17:11,774 --> 00:17:14,410 ADAPTIVE DESIGN, DESIGNED 497 00:17:14,410 --> 00:17:17,112 SPECIFICALLY TO TAKE INTO 498 00:17:17,112 --> 00:17:19,882 ACCOUNT FOR THE GENETIC 499 00:17:19,882 --> 00:17:22,518 DIVERSITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO 500 00:17:22,518 --> 00:17:24,687 RESCUE THE SIGNALS. 501 00:17:24,687 --> 00:17:27,189 SO OUR APPROACH IS TO USE 502 00:17:27,189 --> 00:17:28,490 DEGENERATIVE BASIS. 503 00:17:28,490 --> 00:17:30,426 FOR EACH OF THE POLYMORPHIC 504 00:17:30,426 --> 00:17:31,927 SITES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED -- 505 00:17:31,927 --> 00:17:34,530 THAT WE'VE OBSERVED IN THIS IPDA 506 00:17:34,530 --> 00:17:35,965 PRIMERS AND PROBES BINDING SITE, 507 00:17:35,965 --> 00:17:37,700 WE INCORPORATED DEGENERATIVE 508 00:17:37,700 --> 00:17:38,367 BASE IN THE REGION. 509 00:17:38,367 --> 00:17:41,437 SO WHAT I MEAN BY 510 00:17:41,437 --> 00:17:43,072 DEGENERATIVE-BASED APPROACH IS 511 00:17:43,072 --> 00:17:44,473 THAT FOR EXAMPLE, IN A VERY 512 00:17:44,473 --> 00:17:48,077 SPECIFIC SITE, IF WE SEE 50% -- 513 00:17:48,077 --> 00:17:50,279 OR WE SEE POLYMORPHISMS THAT 514 00:17:50,279 --> 00:17:53,115 CONSIST OF 50% A AND 50% G, WE 515 00:17:53,115 --> 00:17:54,550 DESIGN A PRIMER MIX THAT 516 00:17:54,550 --> 00:18:00,022 CONTAINS WI 50% A NUCLEOTIDES AD 517 00:18:00,022 --> 00:18:02,524 50% G, ALL MIXED UP AND PUT INTO 518 00:18:02,524 --> 00:18:02,958 THE REACTION. 519 00:18:02,958 --> 00:18:05,160 SO FOR COMPASS IN THE SPI PROBE 520 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:06,528 THERE WILL BE 60 VARIATIONS SO 521 00:18:06,528 --> 00:18:07,663 IF YOU COUNT UP TO THE MATH, 522 00:18:07,663 --> 00:18:09,765 THERE WILL BE 64 DIFFERENT 523 00:18:09,765 --> 00:18:10,666 SPECIES OF THE PROBE SEQUENCE 524 00:18:10,666 --> 00:18:12,968 THAT WILL BE IN THE MIX. 525 00:18:12,968 --> 00:18:15,437 AND THIS ACTUALLY HAS SHOWN TO 526 00:18:15,437 --> 00:18:17,840 BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A STRONG 527 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,343 SIGNAL TO DETECT THE SUBTYPE D 528 00:18:21,343 --> 00:18:22,645 SAMPLES THAT RESCUE TO FAILURE. 529 00:18:22,645 --> 00:18:23,946 SO WE ARE APPLYING THIS 530 00:18:23,946 --> 00:18:26,282 TECHNOLOGY TO OTHER SAMPLES, 531 00:18:26,282 --> 00:18:28,117 INCLUDING SUBTYPE A1 AND D AND 532 00:18:28,117 --> 00:18:30,219 SUBTYPE A SAMPLES. 533 00:18:30,219 --> 00:18:32,288 SO WE ARE ALSO VERY PROUD TO 534 00:18:32,288 --> 00:18:34,456 ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE 535 00:18:34,456 --> 00:18:36,091 TRANSFERRING THE TECHNOLOGY TO 536 00:18:36,091 --> 00:18:39,595 THE UGANDAN SCIENTISTS AND 537 00:18:39,595 --> 00:18:42,231 INSTALLING A DDPCR MACHINE ON 538 00:18:42,231 --> 00:18:43,532 SITE AND OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY 539 00:18:43,532 --> 00:18:45,067 ON SITE TO HELP WITH THE DDPCR 540 00:18:45,067 --> 00:18:45,834 SETUP. 541 00:18:45,834 --> 00:18:48,671 AND THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST DDPCR 542 00:18:48,671 --> 00:18:50,005 MACHINE THAT IS INTRODUCED INTO 543 00:18:50,005 --> 00:18:52,274 THE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN REGION 544 00:18:52,274 --> 00:18:53,609 OUTSIDE OF SOUTH AFRICA. 545 00:18:53,609 --> 00:18:59,415 SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT. 546 00:18:59,415 --> 00:19:00,816 SO IN THE NEXT STEP, NOW THAT WE 547 00:19:00,816 --> 00:19:02,885 HAVE AN ADAPTED IPDA ASSAY, WE 548 00:19:02,885 --> 00:19:05,521 WANT TO USE THIS TO ENSURE 549 00:19:05,521 --> 00:19:06,522 LONGITUDALLY THE RELATIVE 550 00:19:06,522 --> 00:19:09,358 CHANGES OF GENOME INTACT 551 00:19:09,358 --> 00:19:10,893 VIRUSES, DEFECTIVE VIRUSES, WE 552 00:19:10,893 --> 00:19:13,429 ALSO HAVE THE IUPM VALUES FOR 553 00:19:13,429 --> 00:19:16,465 THESE PARTICIPANTS AND WE ALSO 554 00:19:16,465 --> 00:19:19,301 WANT TO CORRELATE THE T-CELL 555 00:19:19,301 --> 00:19:20,536 RESPONSES IN THIS COHORT WITH 556 00:19:20,536 --> 00:19:23,072 THE RESERVOIR DYNAMICS. 557 00:19:23,072 --> 00:19:24,340 THIS IS A HUGE TEAM EFFORT. 558 00:19:24,340 --> 00:19:25,874 IT'S NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT ALL OF 559 00:19:25,874 --> 00:19:28,444 THE TEAM MEMBERS HERE INVOLVED 560 00:19:28,444 --> 00:19:30,112 IN THE STUDY, SO I THANK 561 00:19:30,112 --> 00:19:31,347 EVERYONE AND OF COURSE ALL THE 562 00:19:31,347 --> 00:19:33,082 RAKAI STUDY PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE 563 00:19:33,082 --> 00:19:33,349 INVOLVED. 564 00:19:33,349 --> 00:19:33,983 THANK YOU. 565 00:19:33,983 --> 00:19:44,159 [APPLAUSE] 566 00:20:46,088 --> 00:20:49,158 >> SO NOW I'M GOING TO TALK 567 00:20:49,158 --> 00:20:50,426 ABOUT RF 2. 568 00:20:50,426 --> 00:20:52,661 SO AS BRAD INTRODUCED, OUR 569 00:20:52,661 --> 00:20:55,831 COLLABORATORY IS REALLY FOCUSED 570 00:20:55,831 --> 00:20:57,266 ON IMMUNOLOGIC APPROACHES. 571 00:20:57,266 --> 00:21:00,736 IN PART OF RF 2, WE ARE TRYING 572 00:21:00,736 --> 00:21:03,272 TO LEVERAGE CLINICAL TRIAL 573 00:21:03,272 --> 00:21:06,008 SAMPLES, ALL STUDIES WE HAVE 574 00:21:06,008 --> 00:21:07,709 CONDUCTED OR ARE ONGOING THAT 575 00:21:07,709 --> 00:21:10,612 ARE TESTING A COMBINATION OF B 576 00:21:10,612 --> 00:21:12,915 NABS WITH OTHER STRATEGIES. 577 00:21:12,915 --> 00:21:15,084 AND THEN HERE, THE POINT IS TO 578 00:21:15,084 --> 00:21:17,286 TRY TO DETERMINE THEIR VIROLOGIC 579 00:21:17,286 --> 00:21:18,587 AND IMMUNOLOGIC EFFECTS WITHIN 580 00:21:18,587 --> 00:21:22,324 THE CONTEXT OF ACHIEVING 581 00:21:22,324 --> 00:21:22,858 NEUROLOGIC CONTROL. 582 00:21:22,858 --> 00:21:24,593 SO HERE ARE THE RF 583 00:21:24,593 --> 00:21:25,594 2 INVESTIGATORS, AND THEN THE 584 00:21:25,594 --> 00:21:26,361 STUDIES I'M GOING TO BE 585 00:21:26,361 --> 00:21:27,229 DISCUSSING TODAY ARE STUDIES 586 00:21:27,229 --> 00:21:28,964 THAT WE CONDUCTED AT ROCKEFELLER 587 00:21:28,964 --> 00:21:31,266 AND STUDIES THAT WE ARE 588 00:21:31,266 --> 00:21:36,572 CONDUCTING IN COLLABORATION WITH 589 00:21:36,572 --> 00:21:37,773 OTHERS. 590 00:21:37,773 --> 00:21:39,508 SO THE AIM OF THE RF 2 THAT I'LL 591 00:21:39,508 --> 00:21:42,344 BE DISCUSSING STATES THE 592 00:21:42,344 --> 00:21:42,678 FOLLOWING. 593 00:21:42,678 --> 00:21:44,546 SO THE GOAL IS TO DEFINE 594 00:21:44,546 --> 00:21:47,916 MECHANISMS OF CD8 OR NK CELL 595 00:21:47,916 --> 00:21:50,786 MEDIATED CONTROL OF VIREMIA 596 00:21:50,786 --> 00:21:52,654 FOLLOWING DIFFERENT IMMUNOLOGIC 597 00:21:52,654 --> 00:21:52,955 STRATEGIES. 598 00:21:52,955 --> 00:21:53,956 WE'RE TRYING TO LEVERAGE WHAT WE 599 00:21:53,956 --> 00:21:55,224 CAN LEARN FROM DIFFERENT 600 00:21:55,224 --> 00:21:57,192 CLINICAL TRIALS. 601 00:21:57,192 --> 00:21:59,194 SO THIS FIGURE HERE, I'M TRYING 602 00:21:59,194 --> 00:22:00,929 TO ILLUSTRATE STUDYS THAT WE ARE 603 00:22:00,929 --> 00:22:03,999 CONDUCTING OR HAVE ACCESS TO, 604 00:22:03,999 --> 00:22:05,968 WIDER STUDIES ARE STILL IN 605 00:22:05,968 --> 00:22:08,604 DEVELOPMDEVELOPMENT, IN RED ARES 606 00:22:08,604 --> 00:22:09,705 ONGOING AND IN BLUE ARE 607 00:22:09,705 --> 00:22:10,472 COMPLETED STUDIES. 608 00:22:10,472 --> 00:22:12,307 SO ACROSS THE SERIES OF STUDIES, 609 00:22:12,307 --> 00:22:13,976 WE ARE TESTING BNABS IN 610 00:22:13,976 --> 00:22:14,510 DIFFERENT CONTEXTS. 611 00:22:14,510 --> 00:22:19,148 SO EITHER DOING ACUTE INFECTION, 612 00:22:19,148 --> 00:22:21,116 CHRONIC INFECTION AT ART 613 00:22:21,116 --> 00:22:25,287 INITIATION, ARTE ART RESTART, AE 614 00:22:25,287 --> 00:22:28,557 OR IN COMBINATION WITH AGONISTS 615 00:22:28,557 --> 00:22:30,526 OR IL15 SUPERAGONIST. 616 00:22:30,526 --> 00:22:32,361 SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF STUDIES 617 00:22:32,361 --> 00:22:34,663 THAT WE'VE DONE AT ROCKEFELLER. 618 00:22:34,663 --> 00:22:37,499 SO WHILE OUR STUDIES ARE SMALL, 619 00:22:37,499 --> 00:22:39,134 WE'VE SHOWN THAT A COMBINATION 620 00:22:39,134 --> 00:22:42,404 OF TWO ANTIBODIES ARE ABLE TO 621 00:22:42,404 --> 00:22:43,639 MAINTAIN SUPPRESSION IN 622 00:22:43,639 --> 00:22:44,806 INDIVIDUALS THAT HARBOR 623 00:22:44,806 --> 00:22:45,541 SENSITIVE VIRUSES. 624 00:22:45,541 --> 00:22:46,642 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE STARTED 625 00:22:46,642 --> 00:22:51,813 TO PROBE TO SEE IF THEY HAD 626 00:22:51,813 --> 00:22:52,381 OTHER EFFECTS. 627 00:22:52,381 --> 00:22:53,715 THE FIRST GRAPHIC COMES FROM THE 628 00:22:53,715 --> 00:22:57,186 FIRST STUDY WE DID WHERE WE SHOW 629 00:22:57,186 --> 00:23:00,556 AN INFUSION IN VIREMIC 630 00:23:00,556 --> 00:23:02,357 INDIVIDUALS OR ART-SUPPRESSED 631 00:23:02,357 --> 00:23:03,625 INDIVIDUALS LED TO INCREASE IN 632 00:23:03,625 --> 00:23:05,260 THEIR AUTOLOGOUS 633 00:23:05,260 --> 00:23:05,794 NEUTRALIZATION -- OVER THE 634 00:23:05,794 --> 00:23:07,930 COURSE OF SIX MONTHS. 635 00:23:07,930 --> 00:23:08,897 LOOKING AT THEIR T-CELL 636 00:23:08,897 --> 00:23:10,065 RESPONSES IN A STUDY WHERE WE 637 00:23:10,065 --> 00:23:12,067 DID THE TWO ANTIBODIES OVER THE 638 00:23:12,067 --> 00:23:14,937 COURSE OF SIX WEEKS DURING ART 639 00:23:14,937 --> 00:23:16,004 INTERRUPTION, WE ALSO SAW THERE 640 00:23:16,004 --> 00:23:18,740 WAS AN INCREASE IN GAG-SPECIFIC 641 00:23:18,740 --> 00:23:20,375 CD8 AND CD4 T-CELL RESPONSES 642 00:23:20,375 --> 00:23:22,811 DURING THIS BNAB MEDIATED VIRUS 643 00:23:22,811 --> 00:23:23,779 SUPPRESSION. 644 00:23:23,779 --> 00:23:24,980 BUT THOSE CHANGES WERE 645 00:23:24,980 --> 00:23:25,981 TRANSIENT. 646 00:23:25,981 --> 00:23:31,220 MORE RECENTLY, A STUDY WE DID 647 00:23:31,220 --> 00:23:35,490 WITH CHRISTIAN GAEBLER, HE USED 648 00:23:35,490 --> 00:23:35,924 Q4PCR. 649 00:23:35,924 --> 00:23:37,459 IN THIS STUDY THE PARTICIPANTS 650 00:23:37,459 --> 00:23:38,327 RECEIVED ANTIBODIES OVER THE 651 00:23:38,327 --> 00:23:39,761 COURSE OF FIVE MONTHS AND THEN 652 00:23:39,761 --> 00:23:40,862 HE FOUND THAT THERE WAS THIS 653 00:23:40,862 --> 00:23:42,698 SMALL BUT STATISTICALLY 654 00:23:42,698 --> 00:23:43,599 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE NUMBER 655 00:23:43,599 --> 00:23:45,334 OF INTACT PRO VIRUSES DURING 656 00:23:45,334 --> 00:23:48,070 THIS COURSE OF SIX MONTHS IN 657 00:23:48,070 --> 00:23:49,905 CONTRAST TO THE -- VIRUS. 658 00:23:49,905 --> 00:23:51,340 SO PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, 659 00:23:51,340 --> 00:23:54,076 WE THINK THESE ARE SMALL SIGNALS 660 00:23:54,076 --> 00:23:56,478 THAT THE ANTIBODIES MAY IN FACT 661 00:23:56,478 --> 00:23:58,880 BE INTERFERING WITH HIV 662 00:23:58,880 --> 00:23:59,548 PERSISTENCE IN VIVO. 663 00:23:59,548 --> 00:24:00,649 HOWEVER NONE OF THESE CHANGES 664 00:24:00,649 --> 00:24:02,084 HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT 665 00:24:02,084 --> 00:24:06,421 RETURN OF VIREMIA CONSISTENTLY. 666 00:24:06,421 --> 00:24:09,157 SO IT MAY BE THAT THESE STUDIES 667 00:24:09,157 --> 00:24:12,661 WERE NOT INTERVENING AT THE 668 00:24:12,661 --> 00:24:15,497 IDEAL CLINICAL TIME POINT. 669 00:24:15,497 --> 00:24:17,266 SO COULD IT BE THAT ANTIBODIES 670 00:24:17,266 --> 00:24:20,002 AT ART INITIATION OR PERHAPS AT 671 00:24:20,002 --> 00:24:24,806 ARTEART RESUMPTION IS A BETTER E 672 00:24:24,806 --> 00:24:25,907 TO INTERVENE. 673 00:24:25,907 --> 00:24:27,442 SO THIS IS A STUDY THAT BRAD 674 00:24:27,442 --> 00:24:29,511 DISCUSSED A LITTLE EARLIER THAT 675 00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:35,317 WAS CONDUCTED BY OLE SOGA ARD. 676 00:24:35,317 --> 00:24:40,222 , HERE HE ENROLLED INDIVIDUALS 677 00:24:40,222 --> 00:24:41,657 TO RECEIVE -- REVERSING AGENT 678 00:24:41,657 --> 00:24:43,625 AND THE POINT HERE WAS TO SEE IF 679 00:24:43,625 --> 00:24:45,694 THIS INTERVENTION AT ART 680 00:24:45,694 --> 00:24:46,762 INITIATION WOULD INTERFERE WITH 681 00:24:46,762 --> 00:24:47,796 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 682 00:24:47,796 --> 00:24:48,664 RESERVOIR. 683 00:24:48,664 --> 00:24:51,166 SO THE INTERVENTION TOOK PLACE 684 00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:54,002 OVER SEVERAL WEEKS, AND THEN THE 685 00:24:54,002 --> 00:24:55,304 PARTICIPANTS WENT OFF ART AT THE 686 00:24:55,304 --> 00:24:56,305 END OF ONE YEAR. 687 00:24:56,305 --> 00:24:57,306 WHAT'S INTERESTING IN THIS STUDY 688 00:24:57,306 --> 00:24:59,174 IS THAT THE PARTICIPANTS THAT 689 00:24:59,174 --> 00:25:02,044 RECEIVED THE ANTIBODY WITH OR 690 00:25:02,044 --> 00:25:04,313 WITHOUT -- BUT HAD SENSITIVE 691 00:25:04,313 --> 00:25:05,113 NEUTRALIZATION SENSITIVE VIRUSES 692 00:25:05,113 --> 00:25:07,416 AT THE START, SO PLASMA VIRUSES 693 00:25:07,416 --> 00:25:08,684 THAT WERE SENSITIVE TO THE 694 00:25:08,684 --> 00:25:11,219 ANTIBODY, THEY MAINTAINED HIGHER 695 00:25:11,219 --> 00:25:12,721 CD8 T-CELL RESPONSES THAN THE 696 00:25:12,721 --> 00:25:14,923 OTHER GROUPS PRIOR TO ART DISTIN 697 00:25:14,923 --> 00:25:17,893 WAITION. 698 00:25:17,893 --> 00:25:18,994 DISCONTINUATION. 699 00:25:18,994 --> 00:25:20,462 THEY ALSO EXPERIENCED VIRAL 700 00:25:20,462 --> 00:25:21,596 REBOUND THAT WAS DELAYED AND 701 00:25:21,596 --> 00:25:23,131 THEN SHOW THE DIFFERENT VIRAL 702 00:25:23,131 --> 00:25:25,200 DYNAMIC WHEN ART WAS 703 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:26,868 DISCONTINUED IN COMPARISON TO 704 00:25:26,868 --> 00:25:28,603 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD RESISTANT 705 00:25:28,603 --> 00:25:29,671 VIRUSES. 706 00:25:29,671 --> 00:25:34,843 SO IT SEEMS THERE'S A SHIFT IN 707 00:25:34,843 --> 00:25:36,912 HOW -- THE INTERFACE BETWEEN 708 00:25:36,912 --> 00:25:38,013 IMMUNE RESPONSES AND VIRUSES 709 00:25:38,013 --> 00:25:40,315 AFTER INTERVENTION. 710 00:25:40,315 --> 00:25:42,250 SO WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS THE 711 00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:45,087 STUDIES THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED, 712 00:25:45,087 --> 00:25:46,655 WE SEE THE ANTIBODIES MAINTAIN 713 00:25:46,655 --> 00:25:48,623 SUPPRESSION, WE HAVE THESE 714 00:25:48,623 --> 00:25:50,025 INDICATIONS THAT PERHAPS THERE 715 00:25:50,025 --> 00:25:51,893 IS INTERFERENCE WITH HIV 716 00:25:51,893 --> 00:25:53,095 PERSISTENCE, AND ACROSS THESE 717 00:25:53,095 --> 00:25:56,264 TRIALS, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SIX 718 00:25:56,264 --> 00:25:58,767 FULL OR PARTIAL POST 719 00:25:58,767 --> 00:25:59,868 INTERVENTION CONTROLLERS, BUT WE 720 00:25:59,868 --> 00:26:01,970 DON'T REALLY -- ASIDE OF THESE 721 00:26:01,970 --> 00:26:03,372 CHANGES IN T-CELL RESPONSES, WE 722 00:26:03,372 --> 00:26:04,706 DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD 723 00:26:04,706 --> 00:26:07,442 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT REALLY 724 00:26:07,442 --> 00:26:08,477 DISTINGUISHING THEM FROM THE 725 00:26:08,477 --> 00:26:11,913 ONES THAT WERE NON-CONTROLLERS. 726 00:26:11,913 --> 00:26:16,718 SO AS BRAD TALKED EARLIER, WE 727 00:26:16,718 --> 00:26:18,687 NOW ARE ALWAYS COMING OFFICIALLY 728 00:26:18,687 --> 00:26:20,122 INTO THE COLLABORATORY AND WHAT 729 00:26:20,122 --> 00:26:21,556 HE'S GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON IS 730 00:26:21,556 --> 00:26:25,260 TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS POST 731 00:26:25,260 --> 00:26:27,129 INTERVENTION CONTROL OF 732 00:26:27,129 --> 00:26:29,297 PARTICIPANTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN 733 00:26:29,297 --> 00:26:31,066 OUR STUDIES AND HE'S GOING TO DO 734 00:26:31,066 --> 00:26:33,001 THAT BY APPLYING A SERIES OF 735 00:26:33,001 --> 00:26:34,569 MULTI-OMIC APPROACHES THAT ARE 736 00:26:34,569 --> 00:26:36,171 GOING TO -- AIMING TO 737 00:26:36,171 --> 00:26:37,672 CHARACTERIZE IMMUNE RESPONSES AT 738 00:26:37,672 --> 00:26:39,708 THE TRANSCRIPTOMIC AND PHENOTYPE 739 00:26:39,708 --> 00:26:41,643 LEVEL TO TRY TO UNCOVER PERHAPS 740 00:26:41,643 --> 00:26:44,946 WHAT FEATURES ARE ARE 741 00:26:44,946 --> 00:26:47,215 DISTINGUISHED CONTROLLERS FROM 742 00:26:47,215 --> 00:26:49,317 NON-CONTROLLERS. 743 00:26:49,317 --> 00:26:51,953 SO WE ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING 744 00:26:51,953 --> 00:26:53,688 STUDY, THE CLINICAL TRIAL IS 745 00:26:53,688 --> 00:26:54,656 FUNDED BY THE GATES FOUNDATION 746 00:26:54,656 --> 00:26:57,726 THROUGH THE FRONTIERS PROGRAM. 747 00:26:57,726 --> 00:27:00,762 THE STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED IN 748 00:27:00,762 --> 00:27:06,935 THE UK WITH FIDLER AND FRATER. 749 00:27:06,935 --> 00:27:09,538 IT'S A PLACEBO CONTROLLED RAND 750 00:27:09,538 --> 00:27:11,106 DOMMIZED STUDY WHERE INDIVIDUALS 751 00:27:11,106 --> 00:27:13,275 STARTED ART DURING EARLY 752 00:27:13,275 --> 00:27:15,143 INFECTION, RANDOMIZED 1 TO 1 TO 753 00:27:15,143 --> 00:27:16,778 EITHER RECEIVE AN INFUSION OF 754 00:27:16,778 --> 00:27:21,783 THE TWO ANTIBODIES OR PLACEBO. 755 00:27:21,783 --> 00:27:23,084 AND THEY DISCONTINUED ART TWO 756 00:27:23,084 --> 00:27:23,885 DAYS LATER. 757 00:27:23,885 --> 00:27:25,187 SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE 758 00:27:25,187 --> 00:27:27,389 A SECOND DOSE OF THE ANTIBODY IF 759 00:27:27,389 --> 00:27:28,323 THEY CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN 760 00:27:28,323 --> 00:27:29,458 SUPPRESSION. 761 00:27:29,458 --> 00:27:30,792 THE STUDY -- THE GOALS OF THE 762 00:27:30,792 --> 00:27:33,161 STUDY IS TO SEE, NUMBER ONE, IF 763 00:27:33,161 --> 00:27:34,729 THERE IS MAINTENANCE OF 764 00:27:34,729 --> 00:27:37,232 SUPPRESSION LONG TERM WITH THIS 765 00:27:37,232 --> 00:27:37,999 LONG-ACTING ANTIBODIES IN 766 00:27:37,999 --> 00:27:39,734 COMPARISON TO PLACEBO. 767 00:27:39,734 --> 00:27:41,503 AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE 768 00:27:41,503 --> 00:27:43,138 MORE EXPLORATORY ARM OF THE 769 00:27:43,138 --> 00:27:43,572 STUDY. 770 00:27:43,572 --> 00:27:45,774 THE STUDY IS DESIGNED TO ENROLL 771 00:27:45,774 --> 00:27:47,509 A TOTAL OF 72 PARTICIPANTS. 772 00:27:47,509 --> 00:27:49,711 SO FAR 60 HAVE BEEN DOSED AND 773 00:27:49,711 --> 00:27:52,981 THEN OUT OF THOSE, 37 HAVE BEEN 774 00:27:52,981 --> 00:27:54,182 UNBLINDED, BUT THIS FIRST PHASE 775 00:27:54,182 --> 00:27:56,251 OF THE STUDY REMAINS BLINDED. 776 00:27:56,251 --> 00:27:58,019 SO WE WON'T BE TALKING FURTHER 777 00:27:58,019 --> 00:28:00,989 ABOUT THIS. 778 00:28:00,989 --> 00:28:03,258 BUT WE HAVE STARTED TO DO 779 00:28:03,258 --> 00:28:06,294 ANALYSIS ON THE GROUP B STAGE 780 00:28:06,294 --> 00:28:07,095 TWO PHASE OF THE STUDY. 781 00:28:07,095 --> 00:28:08,730 SO AGAIN, PARTICIPANTS COME IN, 782 00:28:08,730 --> 00:28:10,932 THEY RECEIVE PLACEBO, 783 00:28:10,932 --> 00:28:13,001 DISCONTINUE ART. 784 00:28:13,001 --> 00:28:15,670 ONCE ART -- ARE MET, THEN WE 785 00:28:15,670 --> 00:28:17,472 KNOW THEY ARE UNBLINDED, THE 786 00:28:17,472 --> 00:28:19,007 ONES THAT DID RECEIVE PLACEBO 787 00:28:19,007 --> 00:28:21,743 ARE OFFERED TO RECEIVE AN 788 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:23,378 INFUSION OF THE TWO ANTIBODIES. 789 00:28:23,378 --> 00:28:24,913 THE PROTOCOL WAS SUBSEQUENTLY 790 00:28:24,913 --> 00:28:27,449 CHANGED TO OFFER -- TO HAVE A 791 00:28:27,449 --> 00:28:31,486 SECOND DOSE AT 20 WEEKS LATER. 792 00:28:31,486 --> 00:28:33,321 SO THE INFUSION IS GIVEN 793 00:28:33,321 --> 00:28:36,191 TOGETHER WITH ART RESTART. 794 00:28:36,191 --> 00:28:37,392 SIX MONTHS AFTER THE INFUSIONS 795 00:28:37,392 --> 00:28:38,460 ARE GIVEN THEY COME OFF OF ART 796 00:28:38,460 --> 00:28:40,128 FOR A SECOND TIME AND THEY ARE 797 00:28:40,128 --> 00:28:42,864 MONITORED UNTIL VIRAL REBOWP. 798 00:28:42,864 --> 00:28:43,298 REBOUND. 799 00:28:43,298 --> 00:28:44,833 I SHOULD ALSO SAY THE 800 00:28:44,833 --> 00:28:47,569 PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FOR 801 00:28:47,569 --> 00:28:49,971 SENSITIVITY AT LEAST AT A 802 00:28:49,971 --> 00:28:52,807 SEQUENCE LEVEL TO 1074. 803 00:28:52,807 --> 00:28:54,009 SO IN THIS OPEN LABEL PHASE OF 804 00:28:54,009 --> 00:28:55,577 THE STUDY THERE ARE ONGOING 805 00:28:55,577 --> 00:28:57,846 ANALYSIS OF THE RESERVOIR 806 00:28:57,846 --> 00:29:01,783 REBOUND VIRUSES. 807 00:29:01,783 --> 00:29:03,585 HERE I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE TWO 808 00:29:03,585 --> 00:29:04,853 EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT 809 00:29:04,853 --> 00:29:05,720 WE'RE STARTING TO SEE. 810 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:09,658 SO IN THIS FIRST PARTICIPANT, 811 00:29:09,658 --> 00:29:11,927 HERE I'M SHOWING THE VIRAL LOAD 812 00:29:11,927 --> 00:29:13,495 CURVES ANTIBODY LEVELS OVER 813 00:29:13,495 --> 00:29:13,728 TIME. 814 00:29:13,728 --> 00:29:16,097 AND THEN THE TIME POINTS WHERE 815 00:29:16,097 --> 00:29:17,766 SEQUENCING OF ENVELOPE TOOK 816 00:29:17,766 --> 00:29:18,199 PLACE. 817 00:29:18,199 --> 00:29:20,035 SO IF YOU SEE HERE, THIS 818 00:29:20,035 --> 00:29:22,370 PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCED REBOUND, 819 00:29:22,370 --> 00:29:24,739 THIS IS A PLACEBO RECIPIENT, 820 00:29:24,739 --> 00:29:25,974 EXPERIENCED REBOUND WITHIN ABOUT 821 00:29:25,974 --> 00:29:28,143 THREE WEEKS OF DISCONTINUING 822 00:29:28,143 --> 00:29:30,512 ART, VIRAL LOADS REACHED ABOUT 823 00:29:30,512 --> 00:29:31,980 200,000 AND THEN HE WAS 824 00:29:31,980 --> 00:29:34,816 RESTARTED ON ART AND RECEIVED AN 825 00:29:34,816 --> 00:29:37,452 ANTIBODY INFUSION AT THIS TIME. 826 00:29:37,452 --> 00:29:39,588 WAS MAINTAINED ON ART FOR ABOUT 827 00:29:39,588 --> 00:29:41,489 SIX MONTHS, ART WAS DISCONTINUED 828 00:29:41,489 --> 00:29:46,595 DISCONTINUEDTHE SECOND TIME ANDA 829 00:29:46,595 --> 00:29:48,430 RETURNS ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER 830 00:29:48,430 --> 00:29:49,397 THE SECOND DISCONTINUATION OF 831 00:29:49,397 --> 00:29:50,832 ART AND A TIME WHEN ANTIBODY 832 00:29:50,832 --> 00:29:53,568 LEVELS WERE ABOUT 20 AND 833 00:29:53,568 --> 00:29:54,769 30-MICROGRAMS PER ML SO THERE'S 834 00:29:54,769 --> 00:29:56,304 STILL SOME ANTIBODY ON BOARD. 835 00:29:56,304 --> 00:29:57,839 BUT UNLIKE WHAT HAPPENED AFTER 836 00:29:57,839 --> 00:29:59,307 THE FIRST ATI PERIOD, HE 837 00:29:59,307 --> 00:30:01,876 REBOUNDS TO A LOWER PEAK LEVEL 838 00:30:01,876 --> 00:30:04,346 VIREMIA AND THEN HIS VIRAL LOADS 839 00:30:04,346 --> 00:30:06,715 FLUCTUATE OVER THIS COURSE OF 840 00:30:06,715 --> 00:30:07,916 ABOUT SIX MONTHS. 841 00:30:07,916 --> 00:30:09,451 ONCE IT STARTS TO BE MORE 842 00:30:09,451 --> 00:30:11,586 PERSISTENT, HE'S CLOSE TO 843 00:30:11,586 --> 00:30:16,558 NEEDING ART -- SO WHAT WE ARE 844 00:30:16,558 --> 00:30:19,294 LEARNING NOW FROM ANALYZING HIS 845 00:30:19,294 --> 00:30:23,465 VIRUS, SO HERE THIS PHYLOGENETIC 846 00:30:23,465 --> 00:30:24,866 TREE SHOWS SEQUENCES OBTAINED 847 00:30:24,866 --> 00:30:27,602 FROM PBMCs AT BASELINE. 848 00:30:27,602 --> 00:30:29,771 BLUE IS THE FIRST REBOUND TIME 849 00:30:29,771 --> 00:30:32,207 POINT AND THEN GREEN AND ORANGE, 850 00:30:32,207 --> 00:30:34,809 THE SECOND ATI OF THE PEAKS OF 851 00:30:34,809 --> 00:30:37,112 VIRAL LOADS. 852 00:30:37,112 --> 00:30:38,647 SO WE SEE THERE ARE DIFFERENT 853 00:30:38,647 --> 00:30:40,615 VIRUSES THAT ARE EMERGING, AND 854 00:30:40,615 --> 00:30:41,950 THE RESERVOIR, THERE WAS 855 00:30:41,950 --> 00:30:43,351 SENSITIVITY TO BOTH ANTIBODIES 856 00:30:43,351 --> 00:30:46,421 BUT THERE WAS ONE CLONE THAT HAD 857 00:30:46,421 --> 00:30:49,691 RESISTANCE TO -- HIGHLIGHTED 858 00:30:49,691 --> 00:30:51,459 HERE IN YELLOW. 859 00:30:51,459 --> 00:30:52,661 THE FIRST REBOUND, A CLONE THAT 860 00:30:52,661 --> 00:30:55,830 HAS PARTIAL OR RESISTANCE TO 861 00:30:55,830 --> 00:30:58,299 3BMC ALSO EMERGES, AND AT THE 862 00:30:58,299 --> 00:30:59,668 SECOND TIME POINT, THERE IS NOW 863 00:30:59,668 --> 00:31:01,069 RESISTANCE TO BOTH ANTIBODIES 864 00:31:01,069 --> 00:31:02,704 BECAUSE PROBABLY DURING THIS 865 00:31:02,704 --> 00:31:04,139 PERIOD OF TIME, THERE WAS 866 00:31:04,139 --> 00:31:06,775 MONOTHERAPY WITH 1074, BECAUSE 867 00:31:06,775 --> 00:31:08,343 WE KNEW -- NOW WE KNOW THAT THE 868 00:31:08,343 --> 00:31:11,246 PERSON HAD RESISTANCE TO 3BNC 869 00:31:11,246 --> 00:31:14,049 THAT SELECTED RESISTANCE TO 870 00:31:14,049 --> 00:31:14,315 1074. 871 00:31:14,315 --> 00:31:15,517 BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING HERE 872 00:31:15,517 --> 00:31:16,851 THAT DESPITE NOW HAVING 873 00:31:16,851 --> 00:31:18,253 RESISTANCE TO BOTH ANTIBODIES, 874 00:31:18,253 --> 00:31:20,955 THE VIRAL LOADS CONTINUE, THEY 875 00:31:20,955 --> 00:31:23,825 ARE NOT REACHING THE SAME LEVEL 876 00:31:23,825 --> 00:31:28,329 OF VIREMIA, OF REPLICATION AS IN 877 00:31:28,329 --> 00:31:30,398 THE FIRST ATI PERIOD. SO WE 878 00:31:30,398 --> 00:31:32,233 DON'T KNOW IF DESPITE HAVING 879 00:31:32,233 --> 00:31:33,101 NEUTRALIZATION RESISTANCE, 880 00:31:33,101 --> 00:31:34,169 PERHAPS THE ANTIBODIES STILL 881 00:31:34,169 --> 00:31:35,570 HAVE A PARTIAL EFFECT, PERHAPS 882 00:31:35,570 --> 00:31:39,274 THESE VIRUSES ARE LESS FIT OR 883 00:31:39,274 --> 00:31:40,241 DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, 884 00:31:40,241 --> 00:31:41,976 THERE IS AN ENGAGEMENT OF HOST, 885 00:31:41,976 --> 00:31:43,645 CELL OR -- IMMUNE RESPONSES THAT 886 00:31:43,645 --> 00:31:45,714 ARE SOMEHOW MODIFYING THIS VIRAL 887 00:31:45,714 --> 00:31:48,249 REBOUND DYNAMIC. 888 00:31:48,249 --> 00:31:49,384 THIS IS THE SECOND EXAMPLE. 889 00:31:49,384 --> 00:31:52,287 THIS OTHER PARTICIPANT AGAIN 890 00:31:52,287 --> 00:31:54,022 DISCONTINUES ART, EXPERIENCES 891 00:31:54,022 --> 00:31:55,557 VIRAL REBOUND WITHIN ABOUT THREE 892 00:31:55,557 --> 00:31:59,961 WEEKS OF ART DISCONTINUATION. 893 00:31:59,961 --> 00:32:01,896 HIS PEAK VIREMIA IS LESS THAN 894 00:32:01,896 --> 00:32:03,364 10,000. 895 00:32:03,364 --> 00:32:05,166 HE RESUMES ART AFTER A PERIOD OF 896 00:32:05,166 --> 00:32:08,269 SIX WEEKS OF VIRAL LOADS ABOVE 897 00:32:08,269 --> 00:32:12,774 1,000, RECEIVES THE ANTIBODY 898 00:32:12,774 --> 00:32:13,508 WHILE ON ART. 899 00:32:13,508 --> 00:32:14,943 ART IS DISCONTINUED SIX MONTHS 900 00:32:14,943 --> 00:32:16,478 LATER. 901 00:32:16,478 --> 00:32:18,346 VIRAL REBOUND LIKE THE OTHER 902 00:32:18,346 --> 00:32:20,415 PARTICIPANT STARTS TO EMERGE AT 903 00:32:20,415 --> 00:32:22,951 ABOUT SIX WEEKS AFTER THE ART IS 904 00:32:22,951 --> 00:32:23,284 DISCONTINUED. 905 00:32:23,284 --> 00:32:24,886 IN THIS CASE, THE ANTIBODY 906 00:32:24,886 --> 00:32:30,658 LEVELS WERE ABOUT 50 MI CROW 50S 907 00:32:30,658 --> 00:32:31,359 PER ML. 908 00:32:31,359 --> 00:32:32,627 ONCE AGAIN THE VIRAL LOAD 909 00:32:32,627 --> 00:32:33,895 DOESN'T REACH THE SAME LEVEL OF 910 00:32:33,895 --> 00:32:36,064 PEAK AS IN THE FIRST ATI. 911 00:32:36,064 --> 00:32:37,799 HERE LEVELS ARE ABOUT 200 TO 912 00:32:37,799 --> 00:32:38,333 300. 913 00:32:38,333 --> 00:32:39,667 THESE VIRAL LOADS GO UP AND DOWN 914 00:32:39,667 --> 00:32:41,302 FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, AND 915 00:32:41,302 --> 00:32:43,271 THEN HE FULLY SUPPRESSES AND 916 00:32:43,271 --> 00:32:45,240 THEN CONTINUES TO DO SO NOW FOR 917 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,474 ABOUT 14 MONTHS AFTER THE SECOND 918 00:32:46,474 --> 00:32:48,309 TIME THE ART WAS DISCONTINUED. 919 00:32:48,309 --> 00:32:52,247 WE DON'T HAVE THE ENTIRE AND 920 00:32:52,247 --> 00:32:54,849 BODY PK CURVE YET AND WE DON'T 921 00:32:54,849 --> 00:32:56,518 HAVE THE SENSITIVITY RESULTS FOR 922 00:32:56,518 --> 00:32:58,386 THE REBOUND VIRUSES. 923 00:32:58,386 --> 00:33:02,223 BUT THE SEQUENCES OF THE 924 00:33:02,223 --> 00:33:05,293 RESERVOIR VIRUSES IN FIRST 925 00:33:05,293 --> 00:33:06,795 REBOUND THAT WERE THEN SELECTED 926 00:33:06,795 --> 00:33:10,031 FOR TESTING WITH NEUTRALIZATION 927 00:33:10,031 --> 00:33:11,199 SHOWS SENSITIVITY TO BOTH 928 00:33:11,199 --> 00:33:11,499 ANTIBODIES. 929 00:33:11,499 --> 00:33:12,934 IN ADDITION WHAT WE ARE ALSO 930 00:33:12,934 --> 00:33:14,035 LEARNING FROM THIS PARTICIPANT, 931 00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:15,570 AND THIS IS WORK THAT WAS DONE 932 00:33:15,570 --> 00:33:18,540 IN JOHN'S LAB, WE'RE STARTING TO 933 00:33:18,540 --> 00:33:20,341 LOOK AT HIS T-CELL RESPONSES, 934 00:33:20,341 --> 00:33:22,677 AND IN THIS GRAPH HERE IT'S 935 00:33:22,677 --> 00:33:26,281 SHOWING LONGITUDALLY CHANGES 936 00:33:26,281 --> 00:33:28,917 IN -- SO CD8 T-CELLS TO 937 00:33:28,917 --> 00:33:30,985 DIFFERENT HIV GENES, AND IN 938 00:33:30,985 --> 00:33:32,387 PURPLE HERE IS THE VIRAL LOAD 939 00:33:32,387 --> 00:33:35,690 CURVE AND THEN HERE ARE THE 940 00:33:35,690 --> 00:33:37,559 DIFFERENT T-CELL RESPONSES. 941 00:33:37,559 --> 00:33:41,262 AND AS EXPECTED, FOLLOWING THE 942 00:33:41,262 --> 00:33:42,697 FIRST VIRAL REBOUND, THERE IS AN 943 00:33:42,697 --> 00:33:46,301 INCREASE IN T-CELL RESPONSES, 944 00:33:46,301 --> 00:33:47,836 THAT THOSE RESPONSES DECREASE 945 00:33:47,836 --> 00:33:50,672 WHEN ART IS RESUMED AND THE 946 00:33:50,672 --> 00:33:51,873 PERSON ACHIEVES VIRAL 947 00:33:51,873 --> 00:33:52,340 SUPPRESSION. 948 00:33:52,340 --> 00:33:54,642 ONCE AGAIN, THE T-CELLS START TO 949 00:33:54,642 --> 00:33:57,478 COME UP AFTER THE SECOND PERIOD 950 00:33:57,478 --> 00:33:59,581 OF VIREMIA, BUT WHAT'S 951 00:33:59,581 --> 00:34:00,882 INTERESTING HERE, EVEN 20 WEEKS 952 00:34:00,882 --> 00:34:03,518 OR SO AFTER THE PERSON 953 00:34:03,518 --> 00:34:06,888 RESUPPRESSES ON HIS OWN, THESE 954 00:34:06,888 --> 00:34:07,889 T-CELL RESPONSES REMAIN 955 00:34:07,889 --> 00:34:08,423 ELEVATED. 956 00:34:08,423 --> 00:34:10,525 WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING 957 00:34:10,525 --> 00:34:12,160 TO INCLUDE THE -- BECAUSE LATER 958 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,561 TIME POINTS HAVEN'T BEEN DONE 959 00:34:13,561 --> 00:34:14,529 YET BUT WE FIND IT INTERESTING 960 00:34:14,529 --> 00:34:16,231 THAT IT SEEMS THAT IN THIS CASE, 961 00:34:16,231 --> 00:34:17,532 UNLIKE WHAT WE HAD SEEN IN OUR 962 00:34:17,532 --> 00:34:19,167 EARLIER STUDY, THIS CHANGE IN 963 00:34:19,167 --> 00:34:21,669 T-CELL RESPONSES ARE PERSISTING, 964 00:34:21,669 --> 00:34:23,004 THEY'RE NOT AS TRANSIENT AS IN 965 00:34:23,004 --> 00:34:26,441 OUR EARLIER STUDY. 966 00:34:26,441 --> 00:34:27,842 THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO 967 00:34:27,842 --> 00:34:29,244 SHARE IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE A 968 00:34:29,244 --> 00:34:32,213 STUDY THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH 969 00:34:32,213 --> 00:34:33,314 A -- MECHANISM THAT IS ONGOING. 970 00:34:33,314 --> 00:34:38,019 THIS IS AGAIN THE COMBINATION OF 971 00:34:38,019 --> 00:34:40,755 3BNC AND 1074 PROVIDED BY OUR 972 00:34:40,755 --> 00:34:45,460 PARTNER IMMUNITY BU BIO. 973 00:34:45,460 --> 00:34:47,528 IT'S AN OPEN LABEL SINGLE ARM 974 00:34:47,528 --> 00:34:50,498 STUDY WHERE WE ADMINISTER THE 975 00:34:50,498 --> 00:34:53,034 ANTIBODIES, THE INTERVENTION 976 00:34:53,034 --> 00:34:55,203 PERIOD IS OVER A PERIOD OF SIX 977 00:34:55,203 --> 00:34:58,706 MONTHS DURING ATI SO ART IS 978 00:34:58,706 --> 00:35:00,341 DISCONTINUED RIGHT AFTER THE 979 00:35:00,341 --> 00:35:01,776 ANTIBODY INFUSIONS AND THEY'RE 980 00:35:01,776 --> 00:35:02,877 MONITORED UNTIL REBOUND. 981 00:35:02,877 --> 00:35:03,878 THE END POINTS ARE VIRAL 982 00:35:03,878 --> 00:35:06,714 SUPPRESSION BY WEEK 24, BUT ALSO 983 00:35:06,714 --> 00:35:08,049 WHAT'S MOST -- WHAT WE ARE MOST 984 00:35:08,049 --> 00:35:09,050 INTERESTED TO SEE IS WHAT 985 00:35:09,050 --> 00:35:11,686 HAPPENS DURING THIS PERIOD OF 986 00:35:11,686 --> 00:35:13,888 BNAB -- OR BEYOND THE BNAB 987 00:35:13,888 --> 00:35:16,391 WASHOUT PERIOD, ARE WE GOING TO 988 00:35:16,391 --> 00:35:18,159 ABLE TO ACHIEVE VIROLOGIC 989 00:35:18,159 --> 00:35:18,493 CONTROL. 990 00:35:18,493 --> 00:35:20,361 WE NOW HAVE THOSE 17 991 00:35:20,361 --> 00:35:20,895 PARTICIPANTS. 992 00:35:20,895 --> 00:35:21,996 EIGHT ARE STILL IN THE 993 00:35:21,996 --> 00:35:23,398 INTERVENTION PERIOD, FOUR HAVE 994 00:35:23,398 --> 00:35:25,066 PROGRESSED INTO THE LONG-TERM 995 00:35:25,066 --> 00:35:28,436 FOLLOW-UP OF ART, AND THEN FOUR 996 00:35:28,436 --> 00:35:30,872 HAD MET ART -- CRITERIA AND ARE 997 00:35:30,872 --> 00:35:31,673 IN STEP THREE. 998 00:35:31,673 --> 00:35:36,945 WE HAVE NOW GIVEN 87 DOSES OF 999 00:35:36,945 --> 00:35:37,979 N-803. 1000 00:35:37,979 --> 00:35:39,547 IN GENERAL PARTICIPANTS HAVE 1001 00:35:39,547 --> 00:35:40,415 EXPERIENCED WHAT'S BEEN 1002 00:35:40,415 --> 00:35:41,716 DESCRIBED IN THE PAST, LOCAL 1003 00:35:41,716 --> 00:35:43,251 INJECTION REACTIONS THAT HAVE 1004 00:35:43,251 --> 00:35:44,686 BEEN OF GRADE # AND 2. 1005 00:35:44,686 --> 00:35:46,754 ONE EXPERIENCED GRADE 3 MYALGIA 1006 00:35:46,754 --> 00:35:48,756 AND NOW HE REMAINS ON STUDY BUT 1007 00:35:48,756 --> 00:35:50,692 HE'S GOING TO RECEIVE REDUCED 1008 00:35:50,692 --> 00:35:52,660 DOSES OF N-803. 1009 00:35:52,660 --> 00:35:54,662 SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE DATA TO 1010 00:35:54,662 --> 00:35:55,530 SHARE WITH YOU NEXT TIME WE 1011 00:35:55,530 --> 00:35:55,964 MEET. 1012 00:35:55,964 --> 00:35:57,565 SO TO SUMMARIZE, THESE STUDIES 1013 00:35:57,565 --> 00:36:01,235 OF PASSIVELY ADMINISTERED 1014 00:36:01,235 --> 00:36:02,870 ANTIBODIES SHOW THERE SEEMS TO 1015 00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:06,808 BE SOME EFFECT ON -- BUT WE 1016 00:36:06,808 --> 00:36:07,909 HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CLEARLY 1017 00:36:07,909 --> 00:36:10,111 DETERMINE IF THIS IS DUE TO A 1018 00:36:10,111 --> 00:36:11,746 VACCINAL EFFECT BUT PERHAPS MORE 1019 00:36:11,746 --> 00:36:12,413 IMPORTANTLY, THESE EFFECTS HAVE 1020 00:36:12,413 --> 00:36:15,016 NOT BEEN SUFFICIENT TO MEDIATE 1021 00:36:15,016 --> 00:36:16,784 LONG TERM VIROLOGIC CONTROL AT 1022 00:36:16,784 --> 00:36:17,418 LEAST CONSISTENTLY. 1023 00:36:17,418 --> 00:36:18,653 ALL OF THESE STUDIES HAVE BEEN 1024 00:36:18,653 --> 00:36:21,723 SMALL TO DATE. 1025 00:36:21,723 --> 00:36:23,057 RIO IS GOING TO BE A BIG STUDY 1026 00:36:23,057 --> 00:36:24,926 WHERE WE HAVE DATA FROM 1027 00:36:24,926 --> 00:36:25,293 72 PARTICIPANTS. 1028 00:36:25,293 --> 00:36:26,894 SO WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE 1029 00:36:26,894 --> 00:36:28,096 LEARNING QUITE A BIT FROM THAT 1030 00:36:28,096 --> 00:36:30,164 STUDY. 1031 00:36:30,164 --> 00:36:33,034 BUT EVEN IN THEE FEW STUDIES, WE 1032 00:36:33,034 --> 00:36:35,970 WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME POST 1033 00:36:35,970 --> 00:36:36,738 INTERVENTIONAL CONTROLLERS AND 1034 00:36:36,738 --> 00:36:37,839 NOW GOING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING 1035 00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:39,374 TO ANALYZE IN GREATER DETAIL 1036 00:36:39,374 --> 00:36:40,908 USING DIFFERENT APPROACHES, SO 1037 00:36:40,908 --> 00:36:42,443 THAT WITH THE HOPE THAT WE'RE 1038 00:36:42,443 --> 00:36:44,545 GOING TO UNCOVER DIFFERENT 1039 00:36:44,545 --> 00:36:46,948 MECHANISMS OF CONTROL THAT COULD 1040 00:36:46,948 --> 00:36:49,384 HELP US SELECT OR REFINE FUTURE 1041 00:36:49,384 --> 00:36:51,019 CURE STRATEGIES. 1042 00:36:51,019 --> 00:36:53,121 AND THEN ANOTHER PART OF RF 1043 00:36:53,121 --> 00:36:54,122 2 THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO 1044 00:36:54,122 --> 00:36:55,857 TALK ABOUT, WHICH IS WORK THAT 1045 00:36:55,857 --> 00:36:59,027 HAS BEEN DONE BY UNIVERSITY OF 1046 00:36:59,027 --> 00:37:01,662 PITTSBURGH WITH AYA LI, IT'S 1047 00:37:01,662 --> 00:37:04,632 VERY CLEAR THAT ONE OF THE CHAL 1048 00:37:04,632 --> 00:37:06,701 CHALLENGES WITH BNAB IS IMMUNE 1049 00:37:06,701 --> 00:37:07,135 ESCAPE. 1050 00:37:07,135 --> 00:37:09,337 SO THEY'RE WORKING WITH NOVEL 1051 00:37:09,337 --> 00:37:10,671 THERAPEUTIC TOOLS TO PREVENT 1052 00:37:10,671 --> 00:37:11,873 IMMUNE ESCAPE IN ORDER TO 1053 00:37:11,873 --> 00:37:13,074 ACHIEVE VIROLOGIC CONTROL, AND 1054 00:37:13,074 --> 00:37:14,942 THEN TO DO THAT, THAT THEY'RE 1055 00:37:14,942 --> 00:37:18,012 DEVELOPING DIFFERENT BI AND 1056 00:37:18,012 --> 00:37:20,048 TRI-SPECIFIC MOLECULES THAT ARE 1057 00:37:20,048 --> 00:37:21,749 NOT ONLY ENGAGED WITH THE 1058 00:37:21,749 --> 00:37:23,051 ENVELOPE BUT ALSO EFFECTOR 1059 00:37:23,051 --> 00:37:23,251 CELLS. 1060 00:37:23,251 --> 00:37:25,787 WITH THAT I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE OUR 1061 00:37:25,787 --> 00:37:26,788 STUDY PARTICIPANTS THAT ENROLL 1062 00:37:26,788 --> 00:37:28,322 IN THESE VERY COMPLEX STUDIES 1063 00:37:28,322 --> 00:37:32,360 AND OUR VARIOUS COLLABORATORS, 1064 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,562 ESPECIALLY ELE AND THEN JOHN. 1065 00:37:34,562 --> 00:37:35,029 THANK YOU. 1066 00:37:35,029 --> 00:37:42,570 [APPLAUSE] 1067 00:37:42,570 --> 00:37:44,872 >> RF 3 WE'RE FOCUSED ON 1068 00:37:44,872 --> 00:37:46,941 DIFFERENT WAYS BY WHICH INFECTED 1069 00:37:46,941 --> 00:37:49,777 CELLS MIGHT RESIST BEING KILLED, 1070 00:37:49,777 --> 00:37:51,646 SO THE SUMMARY IS WE'RE ASKING 1071 00:37:51,646 --> 00:37:53,214 THE QUESTION DO SOME HIV 1072 00:37:53,214 --> 00:37:54,515 INFECTED CELLS HAVE WAYS OF 1073 00:37:54,515 --> 00:37:55,817 PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING 1074 00:37:55,817 --> 00:37:57,251 KILLED, EVEN WHEN SEEN BY THE 1075 00:37:57,251 --> 00:37:57,919 IMMUNE SYSTEM? 1076 00:37:57,919 --> 00:38:01,322 WE FIND THAT YES, IMMUNE 1077 00:38:01,322 --> 00:38:04,926 RESISTANT POPULATIONS EXIST AND 1078 00:38:04,926 --> 00:38:06,994 NOW WE WANT TO OVERCOME THESE TO 1079 00:38:06,994 --> 00:38:08,663 ELIMINATE THE HIV RESERVOIR. 1080 00:38:08,663 --> 00:38:10,631 SO HERE'S HOW WE TEST TO SEE IF 1081 00:38:10,631 --> 00:38:12,166 SOME CELLS ARE RESISTANT TO 1082 00:38:12,166 --> 00:38:13,267 KILLING. 1083 00:38:13,267 --> 00:38:14,569 WE HAVE CELLS THAT ARE INFECTED 1084 00:38:14,569 --> 00:38:16,237 WITH EITHER A WILD TYPE HIV OR 1085 00:38:16,237 --> 00:38:19,607 AN HIV THAT HAS ONE POINT 1086 00:38:19,607 --> 00:38:21,142 MUTATION AND EPITOPE TARGETED BY 1087 00:38:21,142 --> 00:38:22,343 A T-CELL CLONE. 1088 00:38:22,343 --> 00:38:23,578 WE MIX THESE TOGETHER, 1089 00:38:23,578 --> 00:38:24,645 CO-CULTURE WITH THE T-CELL CLONE 1090 00:38:24,645 --> 00:38:25,746 THAT'S GOING TO TARGET THOSE 1091 00:38:25,746 --> 00:38:27,748 CELLS INFECTED WITH WILD TYPE 1092 00:38:27,748 --> 00:38:29,050 HIV, AND WE'RE GOING TO 1093 00:38:29,050 --> 00:38:30,918 POTENTIALLY SELECT FOR RESISTANT 1094 00:38:30,918 --> 00:38:31,352 POPULATION. 1095 00:38:31,352 --> 00:38:33,788 WE THEN COME IN WITH A SECOND 1096 00:38:33,788 --> 00:38:35,089 CTL CLONE THAT TARGETS AN 1097 00:38:35,089 --> 00:38:37,391 EPITOPE THAT'S INTACT IN BOTH 1098 00:38:37,391 --> 00:38:39,127 VIRUSES, SO IF THERE'S NO SUCH 1099 00:38:39,127 --> 00:38:40,895 THING AS CTL RESISTANCE IN THE 1100 00:38:40,895 --> 00:38:42,430 FIRST ROUND, WE'LL KILL OFF THE 1101 00:38:42,430 --> 00:38:44,298 WILD TYPE CELLS, AND IN THE 1102 00:38:44,298 --> 00:38:45,700 SECOND ROUND, WE'LL KILL BOTH 1103 00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:47,068 THE ONES THAT WEREN'T SELECTED 1104 00:38:47,068 --> 00:38:49,137 AND THE ONES THAT WERE EQUALLY. 1105 00:38:49,137 --> 00:38:50,905 IF THERE WAS A RESISTANT 1106 00:38:50,905 --> 00:38:51,672 POPULATION, THEN WHAT WE'LL SEE 1107 00:38:51,672 --> 00:38:53,641 IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SEE HERE. 1108 00:38:53,641 --> 00:38:55,076 THIS POPULATION THAT SURVIVED 1109 00:38:55,076 --> 00:38:57,278 THE FIRST ROUND OF KILLING ALSO 1110 00:38:57,278 --> 00:38:58,713 SURVIVES THE SECOND ROUND OF 1111 00:38:58,713 --> 00:38:59,814 KILLING, AND THE CELLS THAT 1112 00:38:59,814 --> 00:39:01,883 WEREN'T SELECTED IN THE FIRST 1113 00:39:01,883 --> 00:39:03,684 ROUND ARE KILLED OFF. 1114 00:39:03,684 --> 00:39:06,020 SO THE FIRST MECHANISM WHICH HAS 1115 00:39:06,020 --> 00:39:07,822 BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LOT IN THIS 1116 00:39:07,822 --> 00:39:09,757 MEETING IS BCL2 OVEREXPRESSION. 1117 00:39:09,757 --> 00:39:12,126 I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS 1118 00:39:12,126 --> 00:39:14,095 QUICKLY FOR THE SAKE OF TIME. 1119 00:39:14,095 --> 00:39:15,863 WE SEE IT'S OVEREXPRESSED IN 1120 00:39:15,863 --> 00:39:17,732 CELLS THAT RESIST KILLING AND 1121 00:39:17,732 --> 00:39:19,567 SUBSEQUENTLY OTHER STUDI STUDIEN 1122 00:39:19,567 --> 00:39:22,036 CANCER SEE THIS IN TUMORS THAT 1123 00:39:22,036 --> 00:39:26,741 OVEREXPRESS BCL2. 1124 00:39:26,741 --> 00:39:28,376 THEY'RE IN PRE-CLINICAL AND 1125 00:39:28,376 --> 00:39:29,243 CLINICAL STAGE DEVELOPMENT. 1126 00:39:29,243 --> 00:39:30,678 WHAT REACH IS FOCUSING ON NOW IS 1127 00:39:30,678 --> 00:39:32,013 ADDING TO THIS PIPELINE. 1128 00:39:32,013 --> 00:39:34,515 SO DOING DISCOVERY SCIENCE AND 1129 00:39:34,515 --> 00:39:35,850 FINDING WHAT OTHER MECHANISMS 1130 00:39:35,850 --> 00:39:39,220 MAY BE TARGETABLE THAT WE CAN 1131 00:39:39,220 --> 00:39:40,121 BRING FORWARD INTO THESE 1132 00:39:40,121 --> 00:39:42,323 DIFFERENT APPROACHES. 1133 00:39:42,323 --> 00:39:43,724 SO THIS IS OUR SCHEMA AGAIN FOR 1134 00:39:43,724 --> 00:39:45,059 LOOKING AT RESISTANCE. 1135 00:39:45,059 --> 00:39:46,694 AGAIN WILD TYPE INFECTED CELLS, 1136 00:39:46,694 --> 00:39:48,663 CELLS INFECTED WITH AN ESCAPE 1137 00:39:48,663 --> 00:39:49,964 MUTANT HIV MIXED AND SUBJECTED 1138 00:39:49,964 --> 00:39:52,166 TO CTL KILLING. 1139 00:39:52,166 --> 00:39:53,734 NOW WE'RE USING MULTI-OMIC 1140 00:39:53,734 --> 00:39:54,936 PROFILING TO LOOK AT WHAT'S 1141 00:39:54,936 --> 00:39:56,237 DIFFERENT OF THESE INFECTED 1142 00:39:56,237 --> 00:39:59,540 CELLS THAT SURVIVE KILLING 1143 00:39:59,540 --> 00:40:00,942 VERSUS THESE ESCAPE MUTANT CELLS 1144 00:40:00,942 --> 00:40:03,044 IN THE EXACT SAME ENVIRONMENT 1145 00:40:03,044 --> 00:40:05,580 ALSO INFECTED WITH HIV THAT 1146 00:40:05,580 --> 00:40:07,982 WEREN'T JUST SUBJECT TODAY CTL 1147 00:40:07,982 --> 00:40:08,950 PRESSURE. 1148 00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:10,384 WE'RE SORT ON CELLS THAT EXPRESS 1149 00:40:10,384 --> 00:40:11,285 ENVELOPE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT 1150 00:40:11,285 --> 00:40:12,486 LOOKING AT LATENCY HERE, WE'RE 1151 00:40:12,486 --> 00:40:13,821 JUST LOOKING AT MECHANISMS BY 1152 00:40:13,821 --> 00:40:16,324 WHICH SOME CELLS CAN SURVIVE 1153 00:40:16,324 --> 00:40:17,425 KILLING. 1154 00:40:17,425 --> 00:40:20,061 HERE'S THE TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROAT 1155 00:40:20,061 --> 00:40:20,761 FILING. 1156 00:40:20,761 --> 00:40:25,600 WITHOUT ME VWHEN WE ADD CTL, WEE 1157 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:26,500 TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILE OF BOTH 1158 00:40:26,500 --> 00:40:28,236 THE CELLS THAT ARE BEING 1159 00:40:28,236 --> 00:40:29,870 TARGETED AND THE CELLS THAT ARE 1160 00:40:29,870 --> 00:40:30,838 NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN AN 1161 00:40:30,838 --> 00:40:33,274 ENVIRONMENT WITH AN ACTIVATED 1162 00:40:33,274 --> 00:40:33,841 CTL. 1163 00:40:33,841 --> 00:40:34,475 WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT THESE 1164 00:40:34,475 --> 00:40:35,576 ARE NOW DIFFERENT FROM EACH 1165 00:40:35,576 --> 00:40:36,010 OTHER. 1166 00:40:36,010 --> 00:40:37,378 AND AGAIN THESE ARE PRETTY 1167 00:40:37,378 --> 00:40:38,779 PRECISE CONTROLS SO THIS IS 1168 00:40:38,779 --> 00:40:40,848 TELLING US ABOUT THE FEATURES OF 1169 00:40:40,848 --> 00:40:44,685 CELLS THAT SURVIVED CTL KILLING. 1170 00:40:44,685 --> 00:40:45,820 THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENTIAL 1171 00:40:45,820 --> 00:40:46,988 GENES THAT WE CAN GO AFTER, SO 1172 00:40:46,988 --> 00:40:48,689 WE HAVE THE QUESTION OF WHAT TO 1173 00:40:48,689 --> 00:40:49,857 TACKLE AND AS YOU'LL SEE ONE OF 1174 00:40:49,857 --> 00:40:51,292 THE THINGS THAT WE'RE USING IN 1175 00:40:51,292 --> 00:40:54,262 OUR CRITERIA ARE PATHWAYS THAT 1176 00:40:54,262 --> 00:40:58,966 MAY HAVE THERAPEUTIC RELEVANCE. 1177 00:40:58,966 --> 00:41:00,601 WE ALSO SEE THIS AT THE SINGLE 1178 00:41:00,601 --> 00:41:02,903 CELL LEVEL, SO THIS IS 1179 00:41:02,903 --> 00:41:03,337 TRANSCRIPTOMICS. 1180 00:41:03,337 --> 00:41:04,672 THE SURVIVORS CLUSTER 1181 00:41:04,672 --> 00:41:06,841 DIFFERENTLY THAN THE BYSTANDERS. 1182 00:41:06,841 --> 00:41:08,075 WE THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE 1183 00:41:08,075 --> 00:41:09,310 MECHANISMS BY WHICH CELLS CAN 1184 00:41:09,310 --> 00:41:10,111 RESIST KILLING. 1185 00:41:10,111 --> 00:41:11,479 THIS IS SURFACE PROTEIN 1186 00:41:11,479 --> 00:41:13,014 EXPRESSION, THIS IS ONE OF THE 1187 00:41:13,014 --> 00:41:15,383 CITE-SEQ PANELS WITH 150 1188 00:41:15,383 --> 00:41:16,651 ANTIBODIES, SO YOU CAN SEE 1189 00:41:16,651 --> 00:41:17,752 REALLY HOW DIFFERENT THESE 1190 00:41:17,752 --> 00:41:20,421 SURVIVORS ACTUALLY ARE FROM THE 1191 00:41:20,421 --> 00:41:23,024 BYSTANDERS, REALLY CLUSTERING 1192 00:41:23,024 --> 00:41:23,991 VERY DISTINCT POPULATIONS. 1193 00:41:23,991 --> 00:41:26,560 OUR OLD FREN BCL2, WE SEE IT 1194 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,529 HERE AGAIN, THE CELLS THAT 1195 00:41:28,529 --> 00:41:31,132 SURVIVE KILLING TEND TO 1196 00:41:31,132 --> 00:41:32,166 OVEREXPRESSION BCL2. 1197 00:41:32,166 --> 00:41:35,002 WHAT WE SEE WITH THE SINGLE CELL 1198 00:41:35,002 --> 00:41:38,205 DADATA IS THERE'S HETEROGENEITY 1199 00:41:38,205 --> 00:41:39,407 BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF CELLS 1200 00:41:39,407 --> 00:41:42,143 THAT SURVIVE THAT ARE BCL2-LOW. 1201 00:41:42,143 --> 00:41:43,911 SO NOW WE CAN START TO TEASE 1202 00:41:43,911 --> 00:41:45,913 APART THIS HETEROGENEITY AND ASK 1203 00:41:45,913 --> 00:41:46,947 WHAT OTHER MECHANISMS MIGHT BE 1204 00:41:46,947 --> 00:41:47,848 AT PLAY. 1205 00:41:47,848 --> 00:41:50,518 THE FIRST MECHANISM THAT WE SEE 1206 00:41:50,518 --> 00:41:52,286 POINTS TO BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES 1207 00:41:52,286 --> 00:41:53,688 OF THE TARGET CELL, SOMETHING WE 1208 00:41:53,688 --> 00:41:54,455 WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT 1209 00:41:54,455 --> 00:41:55,556 WITHOUT THESE RESULTS. 1210 00:41:55,556 --> 00:41:59,760 SO GENES INVOLVED IN ACTIVE 1211 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,362 CYTOSKELETON ARE DOWN AS WELL AS 1212 00:42:01,362 --> 00:42:01,929 SOME LIPID COMPONENTS. 1213 00:42:01,929 --> 00:42:03,297 THIS ACTUALLY TIES INTO WHAT'S 1214 00:42:03,297 --> 00:42:05,900 KNOWN FROM THE TUMOR FIELD, SO 1215 00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:07,201 THE CYTOTOXIC T-CELL NEEDS TO 1216 00:42:07,201 --> 00:42:08,469 APPLY FORCE TO ITS TARGET CELL, 1217 00:42:08,469 --> 00:42:11,939 IT NEEDS TO STRETCH TO BE ABLE 1218 00:42:11,939 --> 00:42:13,374 TO INSERT INTO THE MEMBRANE. 1219 00:42:13,374 --> 00:42:16,577 ACTUALLY THE SQUISHIER THAT CELL 1220 00:42:16,577 --> 00:42:18,212 IS, THE LESS THAT CTL IS ABLE TO 1221 00:42:18,212 --> 00:42:21,048 KILL IT AND THIS IS AN ACTUALLY 1222 00:42:21,048 --> 00:42:22,817 PRETTY REMARKABLE EFFECT. 1223 00:42:22,817 --> 00:42:24,485 SO ARE SURVIVORS BIOPHYSICALLY 1224 00:42:24,485 --> 00:42:25,553 DIFFERENT FROM THE CELLS THAT 1225 00:42:25,553 --> 00:42:27,588 WERE BYSTANDERS? THE MOVIE IS 1226 00:42:27,588 --> 00:42:29,423 NOT GOING TO WORK UNFORTUNATELY 1227 00:42:29,423 --> 00:42:31,058 BUT WE USE A METHOD WHERE YOU 1228 00:42:31,058 --> 00:42:32,827 FORM A TETHER WITH TARGET CELLS 1229 00:42:32,827 --> 00:42:34,161 AND YOU PULL THE BEAD AWAY AND 1230 00:42:34,161 --> 00:42:35,029 YOU MEASURE THE FORCE IT TAKES 1231 00:42:35,029 --> 00:42:36,464 TO PULL THAT TETHER, WHICH TELLS 1232 00:42:36,464 --> 00:42:40,334 YOU ABOUT THE MEMBRANE TENSION. 1233 00:42:40,334 --> 00:42:41,969 LONG STORY SHORT, THESE INFECTED 1234 00:42:41,969 --> 00:42:43,938 CELLS THAT SURVIVE CTL KILL 1235 00:42:43,938 --> 00:42:45,506 HAVING LESS MEMBRANE TENSION 1236 00:42:45,506 --> 00:42:47,508 THAN THE BYSTANDERS THAT WERE IN 1237 00:42:47,508 --> 00:42:48,976 THE SAME WELL, SO WE ARE 1238 00:42:48,976 --> 00:42:51,512 SELECTING FOR CELLS THAT ARE, 1239 00:42:51,512 --> 00:42:53,280 FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, 1240 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,250 SQUISHIER AND HARDER TO KILL. 1241 00:42:56,250 --> 00:42:57,451 IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO 1242 00:42:57,451 --> 00:42:57,985 ABOUT THIS? 1243 00:42:57,985 --> 00:42:59,453 AGAIN THE CANCER FIELD HAS SOME 1244 00:42:59,453 --> 00:43:00,421 ANSWERS WE CAN LOOK TO. 1245 00:43:00,421 --> 00:43:03,591 THERE ARE WAYS TO STIFFEN CELL 1246 00:43:03,591 --> 00:43:05,226 MEMBRANES, BOTH IN VITRO AND IN 1247 00:43:05,226 --> 00:43:07,661 VIVO, IN PARTICULAR BY DEPLETING 1248 00:43:07,661 --> 00:43:08,996 CHOLESTEROL, SO CAN WE ENHANCE 1249 00:43:08,996 --> 00:43:10,531 KILLING OF HIV INFECTED CELLS 1250 00:43:10,531 --> 00:43:11,332 USING THIS APPROACH? 1251 00:43:11,332 --> 00:43:12,299 THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO 1252 00:43:12,299 --> 00:43:12,733 NEXT. 1253 00:43:12,733 --> 00:43:13,768 THE OTHER MECHANISM THAT CAME 1254 00:43:13,768 --> 00:43:17,138 OUT IS WHAT WE CALL AVIDITY 1255 00:43:17,138 --> 00:43:18,572 ESCAPE. 1256 00:43:18,572 --> 00:43:21,542 MEANING A CTL HAS TO NOT ONLY 1257 00:43:21,542 --> 00:43:24,044 BIND TCR AND MHC1, THERE'S 1258 00:43:24,044 --> 00:43:25,379 ADHESION MOLECULES THAT NEED TO 1259 00:43:25,379 --> 00:43:30,317 INTERACT SO THE TARGET CELL HAS 1260 00:43:30,317 --> 00:43:34,355 ICAM-1. 1261 00:43:34,355 --> 00:43:36,123 ICAM-1 WAS DOWN ON SURVIVORS SO 1262 00:43:36,123 --> 00:43:38,325 HARDER FOR CTL TO GRAB ON TO 1263 00:43:38,325 --> 00:43:39,527 THESE TARGET CELLS AND WE 1264 00:43:39,527 --> 00:43:42,496 CONFIRM THIS BY FLOW CYTOMETRY, 1265 00:43:42,496 --> 00:43:44,698 THERE'S LESS ICAM-1 ON 1266 00:43:44,698 --> 00:43:45,032 SURVIVORS. 1267 00:43:45,032 --> 00:43:46,567 THEY'RE HARDER FOR THE CTL TO 1268 00:43:46,567 --> 00:43:47,668 GRAB ON TO. 1269 00:43:47,668 --> 00:43:49,103 AGAIN IN PARALLEL WITH RECENT 1270 00:43:49,103 --> 00:43:53,507 FINDING IN CANCER, ONE MECHANISM 1271 00:43:53,507 --> 00:43:57,111 OF IMMUNE EVASION IS THEY DON'T 1272 00:43:57,111 --> 00:43:59,447 UPREGULATE ICAM-1, THE CTL 1273 00:43:59,447 --> 00:44:00,414 CANNOT GRAB ON TO THESE CELLS. 1274 00:44:00,414 --> 00:44:01,515 IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO 1275 00:44:01,515 --> 00:44:02,616 ABOUT IT? 1276 00:44:02,616 --> 00:44:03,717 THERE ARE SMALL MOLECULES UNDER 1277 00:44:03,717 --> 00:44:06,020 DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE 1278 00:44:06,020 --> 00:44:07,354 LFA1 ACTIVATION OR ICAM 1279 00:44:07,354 --> 00:44:09,757 EXPRESSION, SO MAYBE WE CAN MAKE 1280 00:44:09,757 --> 00:44:11,325 THESE CELLS STICKIER. 1281 00:44:11,325 --> 00:44:13,394 AND THERE'S EFFORTS TO ENGINEER 1282 00:44:13,394 --> 00:44:15,696 T-CELLS IN CARS WITH HIGHER 1283 00:44:15,696 --> 00:44:17,698 AVIDITY VERSIONINGS OF LFA1 THAT 1284 00:44:17,698 --> 00:44:18,899 CAN BIND TO JUST THE SMALL 1285 00:44:18,899 --> 00:44:21,001 AMOUNTS OF ICAM1 THAT MIGHT BE 1286 00:44:21,001 --> 00:44:22,736 LEFT ON THESE SURVIVORS, SO 1287 00:44:22,736 --> 00:44:23,938 THESE ARE TWO NEW APPROACHES. 1288 00:44:23,938 --> 00:44:27,141 THIS IS MORE JUST AN 1289 00:44:27,141 --> 00:44:28,909 ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE POSTER. 1290 00:44:28,909 --> 00:44:30,644 PLEASE SEE HIM AS WELL, BUT THE 1291 00:44:30,644 --> 00:44:31,412 OTHER THING WE SAW IS THAT 1292 00:44:31,412 --> 00:44:33,848 THERE'S A CLEAR METABOLIC 1293 00:44:33,848 --> 00:44:34,849 SIGNATURES OF CELLS THAT SURVIVE 1294 00:44:34,849 --> 00:44:35,282 KILLING. 1295 00:44:35,282 --> 00:44:37,151 THERE'S LESS METABOLICALLY 1296 00:44:37,151 --> 00:44:37,485 ACTIVE. 1297 00:44:37,485 --> 00:44:38,652 WE THINK THIS IS LINKED TO THE 1298 00:44:38,652 --> 00:44:41,121 FACT THAT REACTIVE OXYGEN 1299 00:44:41,121 --> 00:44:42,223 SPECIES ARE AN IMPORTANT 1300 00:44:42,223 --> 00:44:45,860 EXECUTER OF CTL KILLING AND 1301 00:44:45,860 --> 00:44:49,797 CT LS TARGET A CELL, THOSE 1302 00:44:49,797 --> 00:44:51,232 REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES WREAK 1303 00:44:51,232 --> 00:44:52,766 HAVOC. 1304 00:44:52,766 --> 00:44:54,535 SO IF A CELL IS NOT 1305 00:44:54,535 --> 00:44:55,736 METABOLICALLY ACTIVE AND DOESN'T 1306 00:44:55,736 --> 00:44:57,371 HAVE ENOUGH REACTIVE OXYGEN 1307 00:44:57,371 --> 00:44:59,473 SPECIES, IT'S GOING TO BE LESS 1308 00:44:59,473 --> 00:45:00,341 SUSCEPTIBLE TO KILLING. 1309 00:45:00,341 --> 00:45:02,443 PLEASE DO SEE ALBERTO'S POSTER 1310 00:45:02,443 --> 00:45:04,345 BECAUSE THERE'S A SAFE AND WELL 1311 00:45:04,345 --> 00:45:05,179 TOLERATED DRUG WHICH INCREASES 1312 00:45:05,179 --> 00:45:07,147 LEVELS OF REACTIVE OXYGEN 1313 00:45:07,147 --> 00:45:08,716 SPECIES, AND HE SHOWS THAT THIS 1314 00:45:08,716 --> 00:45:10,584 SENSITIZES THESE CELLS TO BEING 1315 00:45:10,584 --> 00:45:12,987 KILLED BY CYTOTOXIC T-CELLS. 1316 00:45:12,987 --> 00:45:14,488 SO CONCLUSIONS, HIV INFECTED 1317 00:45:14,488 --> 00:45:17,625 CELLS DO VARY IN THEIR 1318 00:45:17,625 --> 00:45:19,360 SUSCEPTIBILITY TO KILLING, WE 1319 00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,028 WANT TO OF COURSE 1320 00:45:21,028 --> 00:45:22,229 CROSS-REFERENCE THIS WITH THE 1321 00:45:22,229 --> 00:45:23,230 CHARACTERIZATION OF RESERVOIR 1322 00:45:23,230 --> 00:45:24,665 HARBORING CELLS SO WE'RE DOING 1323 00:45:24,665 --> 00:45:26,734 THAT IN THE COLLABORATORY. 1324 00:45:26,734 --> 00:45:28,402 RESISTANT CELLS HAVE DISTINCTIVE 1325 00:45:28,402 --> 00:45:30,070 PROPERTIES. 1326 00:45:30,070 --> 00:45:32,406 BCL2, BCL2 FAMILY MEMBERS ARE AN 1327 00:45:32,406 --> 00:45:33,407 IMPORTANT MECHANISM BUT THERE'S 1328 00:45:33,407 --> 00:45:35,309 OTHER MECHANISMS AS WELL. 1329 00:45:35,309 --> 00:45:37,177 MANY OTHER MECHANISMS THAT WE'RE 1330 00:45:37,177 --> 00:45:38,913 JUST SIFTING THROUGH NOW AND WE 1331 00:45:38,913 --> 00:45:40,915 HOPE TO OFFER MORE THERAPEUTIC 1332 00:45:40,915 --> 00:45:42,783 TARGETS, MORE WAYS TO ENHANCE 1333 00:45:42,783 --> 00:45:44,752 KILLING TO OUR FRIENDS THAT DO 1334 00:45:44,752 --> 00:45:45,819 TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AS WELL 1335 00:45:45,819 --> 00:45:47,288 AS DEVELOPING SOME OF THOSE 1336 00:45:47,288 --> 00:45:48,389 THINGS WITHIN REACH. 1337 00:45:48,389 --> 00:45:52,259 WITH THAT, I'LL WRAP UP. 1338 00:45:52,259 --> 00:45:57,064 [APPLAUSE] 1339 00:45:57,064 --> 00:45:57,831 >> SORRY. 1340 00:45:57,831 --> 00:45:59,233 THESE ARE MY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 1341 00:45:59,233 --> 00:46:00,568 >> SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT VERY 1342 00:46:00,568 --> 00:46:03,637 QUICKLY THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM 1343 00:46:03,637 --> 00:46:05,005 OVERVIEW JUST TO SAY THAT WE DO 1344 00:46:05,005 --> 00:46:06,307 HAVE SOME SPECIFIC AIMS, MAINLY 1345 00:46:06,307 --> 00:46:08,042 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD 1346 00:46:08,042 --> 00:46:14,114 THE CAPACITY AND LIT ARE SEE OFO 1347 00:46:14,114 --> 00:46:19,620 ENGAGE MEAN AMINOING MEANINGFULE 1348 00:46:19,620 --> 00:46:19,954 CONVERSATION. 1349 00:46:19,954 --> 00:46:21,322 WE HAVE A REACH COMMUNITY 1350 00:46:21,322 --> 00:46:21,755 ADVISORY BOARD. 1351 00:46:21,755 --> 00:46:23,891 IT WAS ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED LAST 1352 00:46:23,891 --> 00:46:24,325 YEAR. 1353 00:46:24,325 --> 00:46:26,660 WE ORIGINALLY HAD AN ADVISORY 1354 00:46:26,660 --> 00:46:28,462 BOARD THAT WAS CONNECTED WITH 1355 00:46:28,462 --> 00:46:30,598 WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE THAT WAS 1356 00:46:30,598 --> 00:46:31,365 HIV-FOCUSED, BOTH IN THEIR 1357 00:46:31,365 --> 00:46:32,232 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT 1358 00:46:32,232 --> 00:46:33,233 PROGRAM, BUT DECIDED REACH 1359 00:46:33,233 --> 00:46:34,568 SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN. 1360 00:46:34,568 --> 00:46:36,103 SO BRANCHED OFF AND SO THESE ARE 1361 00:46:36,103 --> 00:46:39,373 SOME OF THEIR INITIAL MILEST 1362 00:46:39,373 --> 00:46:40,274 MILESTONES. 1363 00:46:40,274 --> 00:46:41,675 WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY 1364 00:46:41,675 --> 00:46:43,043 EVENTS AND WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO 1365 00:46:43,043 --> 00:46:45,679 ENGAGE A WIDE VARIETY OF 1366 00:46:45,679 --> 00:46:46,880 COMMUNITY IN THE NEW YORK CITY 1367 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:47,314 AREA. 1368 00:46:47,314 --> 00:46:48,582 I'VE FOCUSED HERE ON JUST A FEW 1369 00:46:48,582 --> 00:46:49,750 BUT IN PARTICULAR, I THINK ONE 1370 00:46:49,750 --> 00:46:51,418 OF OUR MOST UNIQUE IS THAT WE 1371 00:46:51,418 --> 00:46:54,054 SPONSORED A RAVE, A BALL, TO 1372 00:46:54,054 --> 00:46:55,656 REACH THE BALLROOM COMMUNITY IN 1373 00:46:55,656 --> 00:46:56,457 NEW YORK CITY. 1374 00:46:56,457 --> 00:47:03,897 WE'VE ALSO GONE TO DIFFERENT 1375 00:47:03,897 --> 00:47:05,532 BURROUGHS, WE PARTNERED WITH THE 1376 00:47:05,532 --> 00:47:08,102 NEW YORK CITY LGBTQ CENTER SO A 1377 00:47:08,102 --> 00:47:08,769 VARIETY OF EVENTS THERE. 1378 00:47:08,769 --> 00:47:10,971 WE DO HAVE A FOCUS ON UGANDA. 1379 00:47:10,971 --> 00:47:14,375 SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN 1380 00:47:14,375 --> 00:47:15,776 JOSEPHINE'S SERIES OF JOJO, WE 1381 00:47:15,776 --> 00:47:16,977 WERE ABLE TO SPONSOR THAT 1382 00:47:16,977 --> 00:47:18,679 THROUGH REACH, FIRST AS PART OF 1383 00:47:18,679 --> 00:47:22,816 THE ADD VO ADVOCACY COMMUNITY AN 1384 00:47:22,816 --> 00:47:25,419 CONTINUING ON THROUGH OUR 1385 00:47:25,419 --> 00:47:27,154 CUREROAR PROGRAM. 1386 00:47:27,154 --> 00:47:28,255 IN ADDITION HIGHLIGHTING ANOTHER 1387 00:47:28,255 --> 00:47:29,256 INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO 1388 00:47:29,256 --> 00:47:30,924 BE HERE BUT UNFORTUNATELY 1389 00:47:30,924 --> 00:47:32,793 COULDN'T GET THEIR VISA TO COME, 1390 00:47:32,793 --> 00:47:33,861 BUT CHARLES BROWN AS WELL. 1391 00:47:33,861 --> 00:47:34,995 JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, ONE OF THE 1392 00:47:34,995 --> 00:47:37,498 THINGS THAT WE REALLY STRIVE FOR 1393 00:47:37,498 --> 00:47:38,699 IS TO INVEST INTO THE COMMUNITY 1394 00:47:38,699 --> 00:47:40,701 SO THEY CAN AGAIN MEANINGFULLY 1395 00:47:40,701 --> 00:47:41,568 ENGAGE AND PART OF THE ONE OF 1396 00:47:41,568 --> 00:47:42,469 THE METRICS WE WORK ON IS 1397 00:47:42,469 --> 00:47:43,570 THINKING ABOUT HOW OFTEN DO 1398 00:47:43,570 --> 00:47:44,772 PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS AND WHAT 1399 00:47:44,772 --> 00:47:45,739 ARE THE QUALITY OF QUESTIONS 1400 00:47:45,739 --> 00:47:48,342 THAT THEY'RE ASKING AND SO 1401 00:47:48,342 --> 00:47:50,944 THINKING ABOUT CHARLES COMING IN 1402 00:47:50,944 --> 00:47:54,982 ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO ASKING WHAT 1403 00:47:54,982 --> 00:47:56,850 IS A VIRAL RESERVOIR TO NOW ON 1404 00:47:56,850 --> 00:47:58,419 THE ZOOM THAT WE HAD, THE RAVE 1405 00:47:58,419 --> 00:48:00,154 WE HAD OCTOBER 11TH JUST TWO 1406 00:48:00,154 --> 00:48:02,690 DAYS AGO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, 1407 00:48:02,690 --> 00:48:05,259 ASKING DR. JANET SILICANO ABOUT 1408 00:48:05,259 --> 00:48:07,695 THE DIFFERENCES IN VIRAL DANA 1409 00:48:07,695 --> 00:48:12,966 MDYNAMICS, ASKING QUESTIONS THAT 1410 00:48:12,966 --> 00:48:15,102 CAN REALLY TEASE OUT WHAT IS 1411 00:48:15,102 --> 00:48:15,769 MEANINGFUL FOR COMMUNITIES. 1412 00:48:15,769 --> 00:48:16,970 SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE 1413 00:48:16,970 --> 00:48:20,040 TRACKING AS WELL. 1414 00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:21,308 AGAIN VERY QUICKLY, I THINK A 1415 00:48:21,308 --> 00:48:22,576 LOT TO SAY AND WOULD LOVE TO 1416 00:48:22,576 --> 00:48:24,144 CHAT WITH OTHERS AFTER THE FACT 1417 00:48:24,144 --> 00:48:25,212 IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT 1418 00:48:25,212 --> 00:48:27,114 WE ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT 1419 00:48:27,114 --> 00:48:29,183 AGAIN DIVERSIFYING OUR CAB, OUR 1420 00:48:29,183 --> 00:48:30,184 COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD IS 1421 00:48:30,184 --> 00:48:33,287 BASED IN NEW YORK CITY, SO WE DO 1422 00:48:33,287 --> 00:48:34,722 AGAIN HAVE THAT EXTENSION OF THE 1423 00:48:34,722 --> 00:48:36,256 UGANDA PROGRAM WHICH WE HAVE TO 1424 00:48:36,256 --> 00:48:37,658 KEEP SEPARATE FOR TIME ZONE 1425 00:48:37,658 --> 00:48:38,625 DIFFERENCES BUT OUR COMMUNITY 1426 00:48:38,625 --> 00:48:39,727 ADVISORY BOARD TO DEEPEN THAT 1427 00:48:39,727 --> 00:48:40,160 OUT. 1428 00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:43,964 WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE 1429 00:48:43,964 --> 00:48:45,265 NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF 1430 00:48:45,265 --> 00:48:48,268 HEALTH FOR A WEBINAR SERIES LOOK 1431 00:48:48,268 --> 00:48:49,770 BEING AT INTRODUCTION, SEX AND 1432 00:48:49,770 --> 00:48:50,804 GENDER AND HOW DOES THE 1433 00:48:50,804 --> 00:49:01,415 ENVIRONMENT ACTUALLY -- JUST 1434 00:49:01,415 --> 00:49:02,649 LIKE YOU LEVERAGE THE SCIENCE, 1435 00:49:02,649 --> 00:49:03,984 WE ARE TRYING TO LEVERAGE OUR 1436 00:49:03,984 --> 00:49:04,985 COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATORY 1437 00:49:04,985 --> 00:49:06,086 PROGRAMS TO REALLY HEIGHTEN THAT 1438 00:49:06,086 --> 00:49:09,256 OUT AND THAT INCLUDES CROSS 1439 00:49:09,256 --> 00:49:10,924 COLLABORATORY LEARNING, IT 1440 00:49:10,924 --> 00:49:12,593 INCLUDES PARTNERING IN 1441 00:49:12,593 --> 00:49:13,594 AMPLIFYING EVENTS IN DIFFERENT 1442 00:49:13,594 --> 00:49:14,461 REGIONS AND PARTS OF THE WORLD 1443 00:49:14,461 --> 00:49:16,330 BUT ALSO REALLY TRYING TO AGAIN 1444 00:49:16,330 --> 00:49:18,799 STRENGTHEN THE KNOWLEDGE SHARING 1445 00:49:18,799 --> 00:49:20,067 AND BEST PRACTICE TO FIGURE OUT 1446 00:49:20,067 --> 00:49:21,301 WHAT WORKS IN NEW YORK CITY, CAN 1447 00:49:21,301 --> 00:49:23,203 IT ALSO WORK IN BOSTON, CAN IT 1448 00:49:23,203 --> 00:49:26,373 WORK IN ZIMBABWE AND E UGANDA, O 1449 00:49:26,373 --> 00:49:28,408 WEE REALLY TRIED TO TAKE THAT ON 1450 00:49:28,408 --> 00:49:29,810 AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. 1451 00:49:29,810 --> 00:49:31,478 I KNOW I'M OUT OF TIME. 1452 00:49:31,478 --> 00:49:34,047 HERE COMES SANDRA TO KICK ME 1453 00:49:34,047 --> 00:49:34,515 OFF. 1454 00:49:34,515 --> 00:49:35,015 SO THANK YOU ALL. 1455 00:49:35,015 --> 00:49:43,357 [APPLAUSE] 1456 00:49:43,357 --> 00:49:46,059 >> SINCE WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND 1457 00:49:46,059 --> 00:49:51,064 FINAL WETIME WE'LL SKIP THE QUED 1458 00:49:51,064 --> 00:49:52,132 ANSWER PERIOD AND ASK YOU TO 1459 00:49:52,132 --> 00:49:53,300 PLEASE TALK TO THE MEMBERS OF 1460 00:49:53,300 --> 00:49:54,234 THE REACH COLLABORATORY DURING 1461 00:49:54,234 --> 00:49:55,369 THE COFFEE BREAK. 1462 00:49:55,369 --> 00:49:58,438 SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 1463 00:49:58,438 --> 00:50:08,549 GROUP. 1464 00:50:43,150 --> 00:50:45,853 >> BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 1465 00:50:45,853 --> 00:50:46,620 COLLABORATORY, WE WANT TO LET 1466 00:50:46,620 --> 00:50:48,822 YOU KNOW THERE IS AN OVERFLOW 1467 00:50:48,822 --> 00:50:50,257 ROOM ACROSS THIS AUDITORIUM AND 1468 00:50:50,257 --> 00:50:52,125 ALSO FOR THE PEOPLE WATCHING 1469 00:50:52,125 --> 00:50:53,293 ONLINE, THERE IS SEND FEEDBACK 1470 00:50:53,293 --> 00:50:54,962 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THAT'S 1471 00:50:54,962 --> 00:50:55,796 ONE WAY TO SEND US THE 1472 00:50:55,796 --> 00:50:56,063 QUESTIONS. 1473 00:50:56,063 --> 00:50:58,999 THANK YOU. 1474 00:50:58,999 --> 00:50:59,633 >> THANK YOU. 1475 00:50:59,633 --> 00:51:00,868 GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 1476 00:51:00,868 --> 00:51:02,035 MY NAME IS TANIA LOMBO. 1477 00:51:02,035 --> 00:51:05,706 I'M A PROGRAM OFFICER IN THE 1478 00:51:05,706 --> 00:51:07,407 PREVENTION SCIENCE PROGRAM OF 1479 00:51:07,407 --> 00:51:10,744 THE DIVISION OF AIDS AT NIAID. 1480 00:51:10,744 --> 00:51:12,346 THIS MORNING I HAVE THE PLEASURE 1481 00:51:12,346 --> 00:51:14,114 TO INTRODUCE THE PEDIATRIC 1482 00:51:14,114 --> 00:51:16,183 ADOLESCENT VIRUS ELIMINATION 1483 00:51:16,183 --> 00:51:18,785 COLLABORATORY, OR PAVE. 1484 00:51:18,785 --> 00:51:21,488 THIS COLLABORATORY IS BASED IN 1485 00:51:21,488 --> 00:51:22,155 THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND 1486 00:51:22,155 --> 00:51:28,829 IS LTODAY YOU WILL HEAR PROGRESD 1487 00:51:28,829 --> 00:51:30,931 UPDATES FROM ALL THE RESEARCH 1488 00:51:30,931 --> 00:51:33,000 FOCI INCLUDING THE FOURTH 1489 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,736 RESEARCH FOCUS THAT IS CLOSER 1490 00:51:35,736 --> 00:51:36,637 FOR THIS COLLABORATORY. 1491 00:51:36,637 --> 00:51:38,505 WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS 1492 00:51:38,505 --> 00:51:40,807 IS THE ONLY COLLABORATORY 1493 00:51:40,807 --> 00:51:43,677 FOCUSED ON HIV CURE RESEARCH IN 1494 00:51:43,677 --> 00:51:45,012 PEDIATRIC POPULATIONS. 1495 00:51:45,012 --> 00:51:47,080 WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER 1496 00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:53,587 TO YOU, DEBBIE. 1497 00:51:53,587 --> 00:51:54,421 >> GOOD MORNING. 1498 00:51:54,421 --> 00:51:56,990 THANK YOU, TANIA. 1499 00:51:56,990 --> 00:51:58,191 I'M GOING TO GET STARTED. 1500 00:51:58,191 --> 00:52:02,229 DO WE GET 5 MINUTES BACK? 1501 00:52:02,229 --> 00:52:04,264 SO AS TANIA SAID, THIS 1502 00:52:04,264 --> 00:52:06,233 COLLABORATORY IS THE FIRST 1503 00:52:06,233 --> 00:52:08,402 PEDIATRIC CURE COLLABORATORY AND 1504 00:52:08,402 --> 00:52:09,670 WE'RE REALLY, REALLY DELIGHTED 1505 00:52:09,670 --> 00:52:11,305 TO JOIN THE GROUP HERE. 1506 00:52:11,305 --> 00:52:15,442 SO I CO-LEAD WITH THIS ANN 1507 00:52:15,442 --> 00:52:16,209 CHAHROUDI. 1508 00:52:16,209 --> 00:52:17,344 SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE 1509 00:52:17,344 --> 00:52:18,779 A HIGH LEVEL VIEW WITH SOME 1510 00:52:18,779 --> 00:52:19,980 HIGHLIGHTS IN TERMS OF THE 1511 00:52:19,980 --> 00:52:21,515 DIRECTION OF THE COLLABORATORY 1512 00:52:21,515 --> 00:52:23,483 AND SOME KEY FINDINGS TO DATE. 1513 00:52:23,483 --> 00:52:25,052 REALLY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO 1514 00:52:25,052 --> 00:52:26,153 SYNERGIZE OUR ACTIVITIES WITH 1515 00:52:26,153 --> 00:52:28,121 THE EXISTING ADULT 1516 00:52:28,121 --> 00:52:28,488 COLLABORATORIES. 1517 00:52:28,488 --> 00:52:29,990 AND SO I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW AND 1518 00:52:29,990 --> 00:52:32,893 ALSO AN UPDATE ON THE RESEARCH 1519 00:52:32,893 --> 00:52:34,094 FOCUS AREA ONE ON THE 1520 00:52:34,094 --> 00:52:35,963 PATHOGENESIS OF RESERVOIRS IN 1521 00:52:35,963 --> 00:52:37,664 CHILDREN, AND THEN ALSO THE 1522 00:52:37,664 --> 00:52:40,500 HUMAN DATA IN RF2 IN TERMS OF 1523 00:52:40,500 --> 00:52:42,135 CONTROL AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED 1524 00:52:42,135 --> 00:52:43,603 OF CONTROL IN HIV CHILDREN 1525 00:52:43,603 --> 00:52:45,339 LIVING WITH PERINATAL HIV AND 1526 00:52:45,339 --> 00:52:50,944 THEN TURN IT OVER TO MAURICIO 1527 00:52:50,944 --> 00:52:53,547 MARTINS. 1528 00:52:53,547 --> 00:52:56,316 STUDYING -- TO END UP WITH A 1529 00:52:56,316 --> 00:53:00,387 SINGLE SHOT IN THE ARM FOR VIRUS 1530 00:53:00,387 --> 00:53:01,788 REPLICATION, FOLLOWED BY ANN 1531 00:53:01,788 --> 00:53:03,523 CHAHROUDI AND HER PIONEERING 1532 00:53:03,523 --> 00:53:05,258 WORK ON SURGE AND PURGE AND 1533 00:53:05,258 --> 00:53:07,327 VIROLOGIC CONTROL WITH DIFFERENT 1534 00:53:07,327 --> 00:53:08,528 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES. 1535 00:53:08,528 --> 00:53:10,797 AND THEN COME BACK TO A NEW 1536 00:53:10,797 --> 00:53:12,132 RESEARCH FOCUS AREA THAT'S 1537 00:53:12,132 --> 00:53:13,967 SPECIFIC TO THE PEDIATRIC 1538 00:53:13,967 --> 00:53:15,736 COLLABORATORY, RF 4, WHICH IS 1539 00:53:15,736 --> 00:53:19,606 REALLY DEVELOPING LABORATORY 1540 00:53:19,606 --> 00:53:21,441 ASSAYS TO PROBE GIVEN THE SMALL 1541 00:53:21,441 --> 00:53:22,442 BLOOD VOLUMES THAT ARE 1542 00:53:22,442 --> 00:53:23,577 OBTAINABLE. 1543 00:53:23,577 --> 00:53:26,880 THIS RF 4 IS CO-LED BY MYSELF 1544 00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:30,050 AND SUMITA AND OF COURSE OUR 1545 00:53:30,050 --> 00:53:31,418 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WITH AVAC. 1546 00:53:31,418 --> 00:53:33,186 SO I WANTED TO START WITH OUR 1547 00:53:33,186 --> 00:53:36,023 MISSION TO THINK ABOUT WHAT 1548 00:53:36,023 --> 00:53:37,391 WE'RE TRYING TO DO, REALLY 1549 00:53:37,391 --> 00:53:38,358 CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE TO 1550 00:53:38,358 --> 00:53:39,793 ESTABLISH A DEEP AND BROAD 1551 00:53:39,793 --> 00:53:41,094 UNDERSTANDING OF THE 1552 00:53:41,094 --> 00:53:42,262 IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF PEDIATRIC 1553 00:53:42,262 --> 00:53:44,331 HIV RESERVOIRS. 1554 00:53:44,331 --> 00:53:45,599 AND A KEY COMPONENT ACROSS THE 1555 00:53:45,599 --> 00:53:48,135 AIDS SPECTRUM. 1556 00:53:48,135 --> 00:53:50,137 WE STUDY PERSISTENCE FROM THE 1557 00:53:50,137 --> 00:53:51,505 NEWBORN PERIOD THROUGH AGE 24 IN 1558 00:53:51,505 --> 00:53:53,040 THOSE LIVING WITH PERINATAL HIV 1559 00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:54,775 AND REALLY TO DEMONSTRATE SAFETY 1560 00:53:54,775 --> 00:53:56,376 AND EFFICACY IN THE NON-HUMAN 1561 00:53:56,376 --> 00:54:02,482 PRIMATE MODELS ON NOVEL AGENTS 1562 00:54:02,482 --> 00:54:04,985 TO PAVE THE WAY FOR 1563 00:54:04,985 --> 00:54:06,953 INTERVENTIONAL STUDIES SO WE 1564 00:54:06,953 --> 00:54:08,155 HOPE TO MOVE THESE CLINICAL 1565 00:54:08,155 --> 00:54:09,089 FINDINGS INTO CLINICAL TRIALS. 1566 00:54:09,089 --> 00:54:10,290 WITH THE VISION REALLY TO 1567 00:54:10,290 --> 00:54:11,825 ACHIEVE SUSTAINED ART-FREE 1568 00:54:11,825 --> 00:54:13,460 CONTROL OF HIV REPLICATION IN 1569 00:54:13,460 --> 00:54:16,029 PEDIATRIC POPULATIONS, THAT THIS 1570 00:54:16,029 --> 00:54:17,230 WILL BE POSSIBLE, WE BELIEVE, 1571 00:54:17,230 --> 00:54:18,899 WITH IMMUNE TARGETED APPROACHES. 1572 00:54:18,899 --> 00:54:20,700 I WANT TO START BY SAYING WE'RE 1573 00:54:20,700 --> 00:54:21,668 A LARGE COLLABORATORY AND WHAT 1574 00:54:21,668 --> 00:54:24,071 THIS FUNDING HAS DONE HAS REALLY 1575 00:54:24,071 --> 00:54:25,205 BROUGHT THE PEDIATRIC SPACE 1576 00:54:25,205 --> 00:54:25,672 TOGETHER. 1577 00:54:25,672 --> 00:54:26,573 THERE ARE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO 1578 00:54:26,573 --> 00:54:28,842 HAVE BEEN WORKING IN ISOLATION 1579 00:54:28,842 --> 00:54:32,245 AND PEDIATRIC RESERVOIR 1580 00:54:32,245 --> 00:54:33,580 IMMUNOLOGIC BASIS OF PERSISTENCE 1581 00:54:33,580 --> 00:54:35,582 IN CHILDREN, SO WE'RE 1582 00:54:35,582 --> 00:54:37,217 44 INVESTIGATORS AND 18 1583 00:54:37,217 --> 00:54:38,552 INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S., EUROPE 1584 00:54:38,552 --> 00:54:39,252 AND SOUTH AFRICA. 1585 00:54:39,252 --> 00:54:41,455 AND I WANT TO SAY AS PART OF THE 1586 00:54:41,455 --> 00:54:42,622 REQUIREMENT AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, 1587 00:54:42,622 --> 00:54:43,757 IT WAS A REQUIREMENT FOR 1588 00:54:43,757 --> 00:54:45,125 INDUSTRY PARTNERS, AND WE COULD 1589 00:54:45,125 --> 00:54:46,660 NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THE 1590 00:54:46,660 --> 00:54:48,829 INVESTMENT OF OUR INDUSTRY 1591 00:54:48,829 --> 00:54:51,364 PARTNERS AND THEIR PIONEERING 1592 00:54:51,364 --> 00:54:55,035 WORK IN IPD ASSAY AND AS GUIN 1593 00:54:55,035 --> 00:54:56,436 LEE DISCUSSED, REALLY THE 1594 00:54:56,436 --> 00:54:59,272 CHALLENGES IN NON-SUBTYPE B IN 1595 00:54:59,272 --> 00:55:01,641 DEVELOPING THIS ASSAY. 1596 00:55:01,641 --> 00:55:05,145 IMMUNITYBIO, JEFF SAFRIT, AND 1597 00:55:05,145 --> 00:55:07,814 THEN A REALLY NOVEL 1598 00:55:07,814 --> 00:55:11,017 COLLABORATION IS WITH INIMMUNE, 1599 00:55:11,017 --> 00:55:12,219 A CANCER THERAPEUTIC PROGRAM 1600 00:55:12,219 --> 00:55:15,222 THAT ACTUALLY DEVELOPS PRODUCTS 1601 00:55:15,222 --> 00:55:16,523 FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR CANCER, 1602 00:55:16,523 --> 00:55:20,460 AND SO WE BELIEVE INNATE IMMUNE 1603 00:55:20,460 --> 00:55:22,062 ENHANCERS SUCH AS THESE TLR 1604 00:55:22,062 --> 00:55:23,163 AGONISTS ARE GOING TO BE 1605 00:55:23,163 --> 00:55:26,333 CRITICAL FOR HIV SURGE AND PURGE 1606 00:55:26,333 --> 00:55:28,935 STRATEGIES AND THEN THE SMACK 1607 00:55:28,935 --> 00:55:29,903 MIMETICS THAT'S BEING STUDIED IN 1608 00:55:29,903 --> 00:55:31,638 THE ADULT SYSTEMS. 1609 00:55:31,638 --> 00:55:32,739 OUR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD 1610 00:55:32,739 --> 00:55:34,374 HAVE BEEN REALLY TREMENDOUS IN 1611 00:55:34,374 --> 00:55:35,308 GUIDING AND SHAPING WITH 1612 00:55:35,308 --> 00:55:36,510 TERRIFIC FEEDBACK IN HOW WE CAN 1613 00:55:36,510 --> 00:55:39,546 DO BETTER IN WHAT WE DO. 1614 00:55:39,546 --> 00:55:40,947 A MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR 1615 00:55:40,947 --> 00:55:42,382 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ACTUALLY 1616 00:55:42,382 --> 00:55:44,451 OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH 1617 00:55:44,451 --> 00:55:46,586 STAKEHOLDERS, WITH GLOBAL -- A 1618 00:55:46,586 --> 00:55:48,255 GLOBAL FOOTPRINT SUCH AS 1619 00:55:48,255 --> 00:55:49,589 ELIZABETH GLAI SER PEDIATRIC 1620 00:55:49,589 --> 00:55:53,026 AIDS FOUNDATION, THE IMPACT 1621 00:55:53,026 --> 00:55:57,063 NETWORK, AVAC, FHI360. 1622 00:55:57,063 --> 00:56:00,300 SO I WANT TO FOCUS YOU TO A MAIN 1623 00:56:00,300 --> 00:56:02,736 PART OF THE PAVE MARTIN DELANEY 1624 00:56:02,736 --> 00:56:06,540 COLLABORATORIES RELIES ON -- 1625 00:56:06,540 --> 00:56:09,543 ACCESS CLINICAL TRIAL COHORTS AS 1626 00:56:09,543 --> 00:56:11,545 MARINA DESCRIBED, WE BELIEVE 1627 00:56:11,545 --> 00:56:14,614 THAT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE 1628 00:56:14,614 --> 00:56:16,349 BIOBANKS AND WELL KERIK TIRRIZED 1629 00:56:16,349 --> 00:56:17,450 COHORTS SHOULD BE YOUR STARTING 1630 00:56:17,450 --> 00:56:18,718 POINT FOR UNDERSTANDING BASIC 1631 00:56:18,718 --> 00:56:19,586 MECHANISMS OF PERSISTENCE. 1632 00:56:19,586 --> 00:56:21,555 SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE AT 1633 00:56:21,555 --> 00:56:25,125 THE FAR LEFT, PARTNERSHIP WITH 1634 00:56:25,125 --> 00:56:27,794 THE IMPAACT NETWORK, THE 12 1635 00:56:27,794 --> 00:56:31,331 COUNTRIES WHERE WE'RE LOCATED, 1636 00:56:31,331 --> 00:56:37,504 HIV SUBTYPES, MOLECULAR TESTING, 1637 00:56:37,504 --> 00:56:39,606 KWAZULU-NATAL WILL PREVENT ON 1638 00:56:39,606 --> 00:56:41,341 THE COHORT AND EARLY INFANT 1639 00:56:41,341 --> 00:56:42,642 TREATMENT STUDY. 1640 00:56:42,642 --> 00:56:45,178 THE EPIICAL CONSORTIUM HAS BEEN 1641 00:56:45,178 --> 00:56:46,279 KEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUPPORTED 1642 00:56:46,279 --> 00:56:47,514 A LOT OF THE COHORT STUDIES 1643 00:56:47,514 --> 00:56:51,518 BEING DISCUSSED TODAY. 1644 00:56:51,518 --> 00:56:59,626 THTHE CHER COHORT STUDY SHOWING 1645 00:56:59,626 --> 00:57:02,095 EARLY TREATMENT IN INFANCY IS 1646 00:57:02,095 --> 00:57:02,729 LIFE-SAVING FOR CHILDREN. 1647 00:57:02,729 --> 00:57:04,698 SO I'M GOING TO NOW SWITCH TO RF 1648 00:57:04,698 --> 00:57:09,803 1 AND PEDIATRIC RESERVOIR LE, IM 1649 00:57:09,803 --> 00:57:10,870 GOING TO GIVE THE UPDATES ON 1650 00:57:10,870 --> 00:57:11,972 THIS. 1651 00:57:11,972 --> 00:57:13,406 AND REALLY THE KEY COMPONENT 1652 00:57:13,406 --> 00:57:15,775 HERE IS TO LOOK AT IN DEPTH 1653 00:57:15,775 --> 00:57:17,744 PROFILING OF HIV RESERVOIRS, 1654 00:57:17,744 --> 00:57:20,680 INCLUDING IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS 1655 00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:22,716 SYSTEM, AND MECHANISMS -- 1656 00:57:22,716 --> 00:57:24,150 UNDERSTANDING MECHANISMS OF 1657 00:57:24,150 --> 00:57:25,885 IMMUNE CONTROL AND SOURCES OF 1658 00:57:25,885 --> 00:57:26,553 REBOUND VIREMIA. 1659 00:57:26,553 --> 00:57:30,457 TO REALLY GAIN INSIGHTS INTO HIV 1660 00:57:30,457 --> 00:57:33,159 PERSISTENCE WITH LONG TERM 1661 00:57:33,159 --> 00:57:35,262 VIROLOGIC SUPPRESSION OF 1662 00:57:35,262 --> 00:57:36,529 PERINATAL INFECTION, RF 1 TEAM. 1663 00:57:36,529 --> 00:57:37,631 SO I'M GOING TO START WITH 1664 00:57:37,631 --> 00:57:40,367 REALLY VERY INTRIGUING FINDINGS 1665 00:57:40,367 --> 00:57:45,472 USING THE FLIP SEQ DEEP PROVIRAL 1666 00:57:45,472 --> 00:57:47,641 LANDSCAPE PROFILING IN LONG TERM 1667 00:57:47,641 --> 00:57:49,409 SUPPRESSED EARLY TREATED YOUNG 1668 00:57:49,409 --> 00:57:49,743 ADULTS. 1669 00:57:49,743 --> 00:57:51,077 SO THESE ARE YOUNG ADULTS WHO 1670 00:57:51,077 --> 00:57:52,946 ARE TREATED FROM INFANCY AND NOW 1671 00:57:52,946 --> 00:57:54,814 ARE ABOUT 20 YEARS OF AGE, 1672 00:57:54,814 --> 00:57:56,283 HAVEN'T BEEN SUPPRESSED FOR LONG 1673 00:57:56,283 --> 00:57:56,483 TIME. 1674 00:57:56,483 --> 00:57:59,085 SO THIS IS THE FIRST STUDY OF 1675 00:57:59,085 --> 00:58:02,789 ACTUALLY DOING LUKE PHORESIS IN 1676 00:58:02,789 --> 00:58:03,256 PERINATAL INFECTIONS. 1677 00:58:03,256 --> 00:58:06,893 THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED BY OUR 1678 00:58:06,893 --> 00:58:09,729 ITALIAN COLLABORATORS. 1679 00:58:09,729 --> 00:58:11,865 THEY ACTUALLY EMBARKED ON A 1680 00:58:11,865 --> 00:58:14,634 STUDY WHERE THEY DID 1681 00:58:14,634 --> 00:58:15,735 LEUKOPHORESIS ON NINE ADULTS 1682 00:58:15,735 --> 00:58:16,269 LIVING WITH HIV. 1683 00:58:16,269 --> 00:58:18,838 WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE 1684 00:58:18,838 --> 00:58:20,273 MEDIAN AGE IS 20 YEARS AT TIME 1685 00:58:20,273 --> 00:58:24,711 OF SAMPLING, MEDIAN AGE AT ART 1686 00:58:24,711 --> 00:58:25,679 WAS 4 MONTHS SUPPRESSED FOR 20 1687 00:58:25,679 --> 00:58:25,912 YEARS. 1688 00:58:25,912 --> 00:58:28,214 MOST OF THESE WERE ARE ACTUALLY 1689 00:58:28,214 --> 00:58:28,448 WOMEN. 1690 00:58:28,448 --> 00:58:29,082 NOT MEN. 1691 00:58:29,082 --> 00:58:30,417 AND THAT'S AN INTRIGUING 1692 00:58:30,417 --> 00:58:30,650 FINDING. 1693 00:58:30,650 --> 00:58:34,087 A LOT OF OUR STUDIES IN CHILDREN 1694 00:58:34,087 --> 00:58:35,689 IN COHORT STUDIES, THOSE 1695 00:58:35,689 --> 00:58:38,058 ENROLLED ARE MOSTLY WOMEN AND 1696 00:58:38,058 --> 00:58:38,391 GIRLS. 1697 00:58:38,391 --> 00:58:42,329 SO THE KEY FINDING HERE USING 1698 00:58:42,329 --> 00:58:44,464 MATHIAS' APPROACH, WHAT YOU SEE 1699 00:58:44,464 --> 00:58:48,168 IN RED IS THE LOCAL HIV COHORT, 1700 00:58:48,168 --> 00:58:49,602 TOTAL HIV DNA LEVELS ARE 1701 00:58:49,602 --> 00:58:53,440 SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER COMPARED 1702 00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:55,575 WITH LONG TERM TREATED ART 1703 00:58:55,575 --> 00:58:55,909 ADULTS. 1704 00:58:55,909 --> 00:58:57,077 WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS 1705 00:58:57,077 --> 00:58:59,312 ACTUALLY THE PROVIRAL -- INTACT 1706 00:58:59,312 --> 00:59:01,448 PROVIRAL DNA LEVEL IS EVEN LOWER 1707 00:59:01,448 --> 00:59:03,616 IN THESE YOUNG ADULTS. 1708 00:59:03,616 --> 00:59:05,151 CONFIRMING THAT EARLY EFFECTIVE 1709 00:59:05,151 --> 00:59:06,252 THERAPY WITH LONG TERM 1710 00:59:06,252 --> 00:59:07,854 SUPPRESSION WHICH MANY GROUPS 1711 00:59:07,854 --> 00:59:10,123 HAVE SHOWN IN DIFFERENT WAYS BY 1712 00:59:10,123 --> 00:59:13,860 MEASURING TOTAL HIV DNA REALLY 1713 00:59:13,860 --> 00:59:15,662 RENDERS HIV TO PERSIST WITH VERY 1714 00:59:15,662 --> 00:59:18,965 LITTLE RESERVOIRS WITH LONG TERM 1715 00:59:18,965 --> 00:59:20,934 SUPPRESSION. 1716 00:59:20,934 --> 00:59:24,838 WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WITH 1717 00:59:24,838 --> 00:59:26,039 LEUKOPHORESIS, THIS STUDY WAS 1718 00:59:26,039 --> 00:59:28,975 DONE BY BEN BONE IN MATHIAS' 1719 00:59:28,975 --> 00:59:30,510 GROUP, THE NUMBER OF CELLS 1720 00:59:30,510 --> 00:59:32,112 ASSAYED, IN GENERAL WHAT YOU SEE 1721 00:59:32,112 --> 00:59:34,481 IS BY THE OPEN CIRCLES REPRESENT 1722 00:59:34,481 --> 00:59:35,749 TWO INDIVIDUALS IN WHOM INTACT 1723 00:59:35,749 --> 00:59:38,418 PRO VIRUSES WERE NOT IDENTIFIED. 1724 00:59:38,418 --> 00:59:39,919 BUT EVENTUALLY WITH SAMPLING 1725 00:59:39,919 --> 00:59:42,822 ENOUGH CELLS, MATHIAS' GROUP 1726 00:59:42,822 --> 00:59:44,791 COULD DETECT INTACT PROVIRAL 1727 00:59:44,791 --> 00:59:45,825 SEQUENCE IN THESE INDIVIDUALS. 1728 00:59:45,825 --> 00:59:48,128 SO WHAT I SHOW HERE ON THE SIDE 1729 00:59:48,128 --> 00:59:49,095 TO REALLY FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION 1730 00:59:49,095 --> 00:59:50,630 ON IS THE NUMBER OF CELLS THAT 1731 00:59:50,630 --> 00:59:54,801 WERE ANALYZED TO BE ABLE TO 1732 00:59:54,801 --> 00:59:56,002 DETECT INTACT PRO VIRUSES IN 1733 00:59:56,002 --> 00:59:57,637 THIS GROUP, AGAIN CONFIRMING 1734 00:59:57,637 --> 01:00:00,440 THAT EARLY LONG TERM SUPPRESSIVE 1735 01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:04,177 ART LEAVES EXCEEDINGLY LOW 1736 01:00:04,177 --> 01:00:05,044 RESERVOIRS IN CHILDREN AND 1737 01:00:05,044 --> 01:00:05,745 ADULTS. 1738 01:00:05,745 --> 01:00:08,515 SO IT WAS IN TREATING THIS 1739 01:00:08,515 --> 01:00:11,351 HAND-PICKED GROUP, 3 OF THE 1740 01:00:11,351 --> 01:00:14,187 9 PARTICIPANTS HAD HLA ALLELES 1741 01:00:14,187 --> 01:00:15,488 THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE 1742 01:00:15,488 --> 01:00:16,689 PROTECTIVE IN ADULTS LIVING WITH 1743 01:00:16,689 --> 01:00:20,293 HIV. 1744 01:00:20,293 --> 01:00:21,895 I'M GOING TO QUICKLY SUMMARIZE 1745 01:00:21,895 --> 01:00:23,229 KEY FINDINGS FROM THE STUDY THAT 1746 01:00:23,229 --> 01:00:24,964 I HOPE I CONVINCE YOU FROM THIS 1747 01:00:24,964 --> 01:00:26,566 PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDY THAT THE 1748 01:00:26,566 --> 01:00:28,535 RESERVOIR IS SMALLER WITH LONG 1749 01:00:28,535 --> 01:00:31,604 TERM EARLY PERINATAL INFECTION 1750 01:00:31,604 --> 01:00:34,107 TO INDIVIDUALS HE WAS NOT ABLE 1751 01:00:34,107 --> 01:00:36,709 TO DETECT INTACT PRO VIRUSES, 1752 01:00:36,709 --> 01:00:39,012 THERE WERE SOME HLA PROTECTIVE 1753 01:00:39,012 --> 01:00:40,079 ALLELES THAT NEEDS TO BE 1754 01:00:40,079 --> 01:00:42,482 EXPLORED IN LARGER COHORTS. 1755 01:00:42,482 --> 01:00:44,551 THE OVERARCHING HYPOTHESIS IS 1756 01:00:44,551 --> 01:00:46,619 THERE'S IMMUNE-MEDIATED 1757 01:00:46,619 --> 01:00:48,888 MECHANISM OF CLEARANCE OF THESE 1758 01:00:48,888 --> 01:00:49,989 RESERVOIRS OVER TIME THAT'S 1759 01:00:49,989 --> 01:00:51,624 CONTRIBUTING TO RESERVOIR 1760 01:00:51,624 --> 01:00:53,927 DEPLETION WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL 1761 01:00:53,927 --> 01:00:55,628 INFORM THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS 1762 01:00:55,628 --> 01:00:57,130 FOR LONG TERM SUPPRESSED 1763 01:00:57,130 --> 01:00:58,198 PERINATAL INFECTIONS. 1764 01:00:58,198 --> 01:00:59,833 THESE STUDIES WERE CARRIED OUT 1765 01:00:59,833 --> 01:01:01,534 BY BEN BONE AS THE MAIN 1766 01:01:01,534 --> 01:01:03,403 INDIVIDUAL IN MATHIAS' LAB. 1767 01:01:03,403 --> 01:01:05,271 SO I'M GOING TO SWITCH GEARS TO 1768 01:01:05,271 --> 01:01:10,710 THE SECOND AIM IN RF 1, 1769 01:01:10,710 --> 01:01:21,721 HARNESSING IMMUNOGENIC IMMUNOGEN 1770 01:01:23,690 --> 01:01:26,192 PURSUIT OF PEDIATRIC HIV 1771 01:01:26,192 --> 01:01:26,526 ERADICATION. 1772 01:01:26,526 --> 01:01:28,828 -- WENT OFF THERAPY AND HAS NOW 1773 01:01:28,828 --> 01:01:30,163 BEEN A POST TREATMENT CONTROL 1774 01:01:30,163 --> 01:01:31,965 FOR NOW 15 YEARS, WHICH 1775 01:01:31,965 --> 01:01:33,600 IDENTIFIED IN THAT ADOLESCENT 1776 01:01:33,600 --> 01:01:35,568 NOW IS THAT THERE WAS LOW LEVELS 1777 01:01:35,568 --> 01:01:37,737 OF CCR5 EXPRESSION, LOW LEVELS 1778 01:01:37,737 --> 01:01:39,272 OF IMMUNE ACTIVATION AND SOME 1779 01:01:39,272 --> 01:01:41,674 WEAK GAG-SPECIFIC CTL RESPONSES. 1780 01:01:41,674 --> 01:01:43,610 SO THE OVERARCHING PLAN HERE 1781 01:01:43,610 --> 01:01:45,245 ACROSS OUR COHORTS LISTED ON THE 1782 01:01:45,245 --> 01:01:47,113 BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE IS TO APPLY 1783 01:01:47,113 --> 01:01:50,149 THIS MULTIMODAL APPROACH WITH I 1784 01:01:50,149 --> 01:01:51,150 IMMUNOGENETICS TO REALLY 1785 01:01:51,150 --> 01:01:52,652 IDENTIFY CORRELATES OF SMALL 1786 01:01:52,652 --> 01:01:54,821 RESERVOIR SIZE AND IMMUNE 1787 01:01:54,821 --> 01:01:55,154 CONTROL. 1788 01:01:55,154 --> 01:01:56,990 NOW THE SECOND PART IS REALLY IN 1789 01:01:56,990 --> 01:01:58,191 THESE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS 1790 01:01:58,191 --> 01:02:03,196 WITH VERY LITTLE RESERVOIRS, 1791 01:02:03,196 --> 01:02:04,330 UNDERSTANDING WHAT CONTRIBUTES 1792 01:02:04,330 --> 01:02:05,832 TO REBOUND VIREMIA IS GOING TO 1793 01:02:05,832 --> 01:02:06,266 BE CRITICAL. 1794 01:02:06,266 --> 01:02:07,133 WE KNOW SOME OF THESE 1795 01:02:07,133 --> 01:02:08,334 INDIVIDUALS DO STOP THERAPY AND 1796 01:02:08,334 --> 01:02:08,635 DO REBOUND. 1797 01:02:08,635 --> 01:02:10,169 SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW FOR 1798 01:02:10,169 --> 01:02:11,971 SURE THAT GETTING TO THIS 1799 01:02:11,971 --> 01:02:13,540 EXCEEDINGLY LOW LEVEL OF HIV 1800 01:02:13,540 --> 01:02:15,375 RESERVOIR SIZE IS ACTUALLY 1801 01:02:15,375 --> 01:02:18,244 PREDICTIVE OF REMISSION. 1802 01:02:18,244 --> 01:02:21,814 SO AS PART OF THIS, THIS GROUP 1803 01:02:21,814 --> 01:02:24,250 HAS OPTIMIZED IMMUNOCAPTURE 1804 01:02:24,250 --> 01:02:27,921 ASSAY AND ALSO ASSAYS TO 1805 01:02:27,921 --> 01:02:29,322 IDENTIFY PSEUDOVIRUS TESTING AND 1806 01:02:29,322 --> 01:02:30,857 TESTING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OR 1807 01:02:30,857 --> 01:02:32,825 INFECTION CAPACITY IN PRIMARY 1808 01:02:32,825 --> 01:02:34,761 MACROPHAGES AND IN CELL LINES. 1809 01:02:34,761 --> 01:02:36,729 AND PRELIMINARY DATA TO DATE IN 1810 01:02:36,729 --> 01:02:39,365 THE REBOUND VIREMIA IN THE FAR 1811 01:02:39,365 --> 01:02:41,634 LEFT IN THE MISSISSIPPI BABY, 1812 01:02:41,634 --> 01:02:44,771 SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY -- 1813 01:02:44,771 --> 01:02:46,439 AT THE TIME OF REBOUND VIREMIA. 1814 01:02:46,439 --> 01:02:47,540 SO THESE STUDIES WILL BE 1815 01:02:47,540 --> 01:02:49,909 EXPANDED TO OUR OTHER COHORTS 1816 01:02:49,909 --> 01:02:53,046 UNDERGOING ATI TO ASSESS FOR 1817 01:02:53,046 --> 01:02:53,313 REMISSION. 1818 01:02:53,313 --> 01:02:56,549 THE LAST PART FOR RF1 THAT I 1819 01:02:56,549 --> 01:02:58,418 WANT TO FOCUS ON AND WE RECEIVED 1820 01:02:58,418 --> 01:03:01,888 AN OAR SUPPLEMENT TO EXPAND THE 1821 01:03:01,888 --> 01:03:02,655 CNS STUDY. 1822 01:03:02,655 --> 01:03:06,359 IN A PILOT STUDY IN THE IMPACT 1823 01:03:06,359 --> 01:03:08,628 NETWORK LED BY ANN CHAHROUDI 1824 01:03:08,628 --> 01:03:11,164 AND -- WAGNER IDENTIFIED 72% OF 1825 01:03:11,164 --> 01:03:12,799 YOUNG ADULTS LIVING WITH 1826 01:03:12,799 --> 01:03:15,501 PERINATAL INFECTION WHO HAD 1827 01:03:15,501 --> 01:03:17,904 NEUROCOGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, HAD 1828 01:03:17,904 --> 01:03:19,272 CELL ASSOCIATED DNA DETECTED IN 1829 01:03:19,272 --> 01:03:20,540 THE CSF. 1830 01:03:20,540 --> 01:03:22,709 THE CSF DNA QUANTITATION WAS 1831 01:03:22,709 --> 01:03:25,211 DONE IN DOUG RICHMOND'S 1832 01:03:25,211 --> 01:03:25,645 LABORATORY. 1833 01:03:25,645 --> 01:03:26,746 SO WE BELIEVE IT'S REALLY 1834 01:03:26,746 --> 01:03:29,549 CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THE 1835 01:03:29,549 --> 01:03:32,185 PERSISTENCE OF CELLS IN THE CNS. 1836 01:03:32,185 --> 01:03:35,355 SO AS PART OF THIS ORA 1837 01:03:35,355 --> 01:03:37,624 SUPPLEMENT, THE SHARE TRIAL 1838 01:03:37,624 --> 01:03:38,725 GROUP ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE 1839 01:03:38,725 --> 01:03:41,894 SUPPLEMENT TO BEGIN TO DO CSF 1840 01:03:41,894 --> 01:03:43,296 STUDIES IN CHILDREN IN SOUTH 1841 01:03:43,296 --> 01:03:45,298 AFRICA LIVING WITH PERINATAL HIV 1842 01:03:45,298 --> 01:03:47,667 AND LONG TERM PERINATAL HIV. 1843 01:03:47,667 --> 01:03:50,103 AND THE MAIN POINT HERE IS 1844 01:03:50,103 --> 01:03:52,038 ACTUALLY TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM 1845 01:03:52,038 --> 01:03:53,106 CSF ON CHILDREN AND TRYING TO 1846 01:03:53,106 --> 01:03:55,108 BREAK DOWN THAT BARRIER AND FEAR 1847 01:03:55,108 --> 01:03:57,443 OF DOING SPINAL TAPS. 1848 01:03:57,443 --> 01:04:01,714 IT'S A NEW NEUROTROPIC VIRUS. 1849 01:04:01,714 --> 01:04:03,249 FOR ANY OTHER DISEASE, WE DO 1850 01:04:03,249 --> 01:04:05,318 SPINAL TAPS, AND WITH THIS 1851 01:04:05,318 --> 01:04:06,019 SUPPLEMENT, THEY'VE ACTUALLY 1852 01:04:06,019 --> 01:04:10,390 BEEN ABLE TO ENROLL 22 OF THE 45 1853 01:04:10,390 --> 01:04:11,858 PARTICIPANTS WITHIN MONTHS AT 1854 01:04:11,858 --> 01:04:13,526 THE ONE SITE THAT WAS 1855 01:04:13,526 --> 01:04:14,827 IRB-APPROVED. 1856 01:04:14,827 --> 01:04:15,962 THE SECOND SITE WHERE THE 23 1857 01:04:15,962 --> 01:04:16,963 PARTICIPANTS ARE COMING FROM 1858 01:04:16,963 --> 01:04:18,631 JUST RECEIVED IRB APPROVAL. 1859 01:04:18,631 --> 01:04:21,334 AND SO THIS IS REALLY TO KIND OF 1860 01:04:21,334 --> 01:04:22,969 EMPHASIZE THAT THESE STUDIES CAN 1861 01:04:22,969 --> 01:04:26,906 BE CARRIED OUT, CNS STUDIES OR 1862 01:04:26,906 --> 01:04:28,307 CSF ANALYSIS CAN BE CARRIED OUT 1863 01:04:28,307 --> 01:04:35,381 IN PEDIATRIC PARTICIPANTS. 1864 01:04:35,381 --> 01:04:36,949 A BEAUTIFUL WAY OF ENGAGING THE 1865 01:04:36,949 --> 01:04:39,085 COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPANTS ON 1866 01:04:39,085 --> 01:04:40,186 HOW BEST TO DO THESE STUDIES, SO 1867 01:04:40,186 --> 01:04:42,255 THEY HAVE A WHOLE MEDITATION 1868 01:04:42,255 --> 01:04:44,957 PACKAGE AND A LOT OF GOODIES 1869 01:04:44,957 --> 01:04:46,059 THAT THEY GIVE TO THE 1870 01:04:46,059 --> 01:04:47,694 PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE IT A VERY 1871 01:04:47,694 --> 01:04:48,728 COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT POST 1872 01:04:48,728 --> 01:04:49,629 SPINAL TAP ANALYSES. 1873 01:04:49,629 --> 01:04:50,930 SO WITH THIS STUDY, WE HOPE TO 1874 01:04:50,930 --> 01:04:53,666 BE ABLE TO COMPARE -- DO AN 1875 01:04:53,666 --> 01:04:55,268 EXTENSIVE PROFILING OF THE 1876 01:04:55,268 --> 01:04:56,602 PLASMA AND BLOOD USING 1877 01:04:56,602 --> 01:04:59,005 MULTI-OMICS APPROACHES, SINGLE 1878 01:04:59,005 --> 01:05:03,910 CELL RNA SEQ, AND DNA QUANTITY 1879 01:05:03,910 --> 01:05:04,911 TAKES -- CHARACTERIZATION, ET 1880 01:05:04,911 --> 01:05:06,412 CETERA, TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE 1881 01:05:06,412 --> 01:05:10,450 OF DETECTING CSF DNA AND ITS 1882 01:05:10,450 --> 01:05:13,853 IMPLICATION FOR HIV PERSISTENCE. 1883 01:05:13,853 --> 01:05:16,355 SO FROM THIS SUMMARY FOR RF 1, I 1884 01:05:16,355 --> 01:05:18,424 HOPE I'VE CO CONVINCED YOU THAT 1885 01:05:18,424 --> 01:05:19,959 THERE ARE EXCEEDINGLY LOW LEVELS 1886 01:05:19,959 --> 01:05:23,062 OF RESERVOIRS IN EARLY TREATED 1887 01:05:23,062 --> 01:05:25,064 ADOLESCENTS THAT WE BELIEVE MORE 1888 01:05:25,064 --> 01:05:28,234 COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES INCLUDING 1889 01:05:28,234 --> 01:05:30,236 HLA AND KIR PHENOTYPING IS GOING 1890 01:05:30,236 --> 01:05:32,171 TO BE CRITICAL FOR UNDERSTANDING 1891 01:05:32,171 --> 01:05:33,339 OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN. 1892 01:05:33,339 --> 01:05:35,875 AND TO SEE IF STUDIES OF CSF ARE 1893 01:05:35,875 --> 01:05:37,510 FEASIBLE IN OUR PEDIATRIC 1894 01:05:37,510 --> 01:05:39,779 COHORTS THAT WILL INFORM OUR 1895 01:05:39,779 --> 01:05:40,346 CURE CLINICAL TRIALS. 1896 01:05:40,346 --> 01:05:41,881 SO FOR THIS COLLABORATORY, WE 1897 01:05:41,881 --> 01:05:43,216 DID PUT THE PLAIN LANGUAGE 1898 01:05:43,216 --> 01:05:44,817 SUMMARY AT THE END OF THE SLIDE, 1899 01:05:44,817 --> 01:05:46,219 BUT WHAT OUR KEY QUESTIONS WAS 1900 01:05:46,219 --> 01:05:49,055 THE EFFECTS OF EARLY ART ON 1901 01:05:49,055 --> 01:05:50,323 RESERVOIR SIZE, WHETHER THE 1902 01:05:50,323 --> 01:05:52,024 VIRAL AND HOST IMMUNE FACTORS 1903 01:05:52,024 --> 01:05:53,426 THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO CONTROL, 1904 01:05:53,426 --> 01:05:55,495 AND CAN WE DETECT SPECIFIC 1905 01:05:55,495 --> 01:05:57,029 BIOMARKERS IN THE BLOOD AND CNS 1906 01:05:57,029 --> 01:06:01,634 TO HELP US IDENTIFY REALLY 1907 01:06:01,634 --> 01:06:03,903 PREDICTIONS OF REMISSION. 1908 01:06:03,903 --> 01:06:06,706 SO I THINK WHAT SHOULD BE 1909 01:06:06,706 --> 01:06:07,640 ENCOURAGED IS THAT DRK AND WHAT 1910 01:06:07,640 --> 01:06:09,609 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THE 1911 01:06:09,609 --> 01:06:10,610 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESERVOIR 1912 01:06:10,610 --> 01:06:11,511 IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS 1913 01:06:11,511 --> 01:06:14,213 LIVING WITH PERINATAL HIV IS 1914 01:06:14,213 --> 01:06:16,048 REALLY INDEED DISTINCT AND WE 1915 01:06:16,048 --> 01:06:17,917 BELIEVE A FAVORABLE PLATFORM FOR 1916 01:06:17,917 --> 01:06:22,922 CURE THERAPEUTICS. 1917 01:06:22,922 --> 01:06:24,023 SO I'M GOING TO SWITCH TO THE 1918 01:06:24,023 --> 01:06:25,224 NEXT TWO COMPONENTS, WHICH IS RF 1919 01:06:25,224 --> 01:06:26,993 2 AND CONTROL OF REBOUND IMOWN. 1920 01:06:26,993 --> 01:06:31,130 THIS IS LED BY FILL I.P. 1921 01:06:31,130 --> 01:06:33,199 GOULDER, AND NOW MAURICIO 1922 01:06:33,199 --> 01:06:34,367 MARTINS WHO YOU'LL HEAR FROM 1923 01:06:34,367 --> 01:06:34,567 NEXT. 1924 01:06:34,567 --> 01:06:37,136 THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON 1925 01:06:37,136 --> 01:06:39,972 ENHANCING PEDIATRIC HIV IMMUNITY 1926 01:06:39,972 --> 01:06:41,841 INCLUDING USE OF VECTORED BNAB 1927 01:06:41,841 --> 01:06:43,442 DELIVERY TO ACHIEVE POST 1928 01:06:43,442 --> 01:06:43,910 TREATMENT CONTROL. 1929 01:06:43,910 --> 01:06:45,878 WE HOPE TO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO 1930 01:06:45,878 --> 01:06:47,380 IMMUNE MEDIATED CONTROL OR 1931 01:06:47,380 --> 01:06:49,782 VIROLOGIC CONTROL OF PERINATAL 1932 01:06:49,782 --> 01:06:50,316 HIV INFECTION. 1933 01:06:50,316 --> 01:06:53,152 THIS IS THE RF 2 TEAM. 1934 01:06:53,152 --> 01:06:54,487 AND SO THE FIRST STORY THAT I'M 1935 01:06:54,487 --> 01:06:59,058 GOING TO TELL IS DATA FROM PHIL 1936 01:06:59,058 --> 01:07:00,493 GOULDER'S GROUP IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1937 01:07:00,493 --> 01:07:01,928 WHERE HE HAS A BABY CURE PROJECT 1938 01:07:01,928 --> 01:07:04,530 THAT IS FUNDED BY THE NIH, AND 1939 01:07:04,530 --> 01:07:07,667 WHERE HE'S IDENTIFIED EARLY LIFE 1940 01:07:07,667 --> 01:07:10,203 IMMUNE SEX DIFFERENCES IN 1941 01:07:10,203 --> 01:07:12,104 PERINATAL INFECTION. 1942 01:07:12,104 --> 01:07:14,574 SO THIS STUDY AS I SAID IS 1943 01:07:14,574 --> 01:07:17,877 CARRIED OUT IN NATAL, AND IN 1944 01:07:17,877 --> 01:07:19,512 THIS BABY CURE STUDY, HE 1945 01:07:19,512 --> 01:07:21,314 FOLLOWED CLOSE TO 300 1946 01:07:21,314 --> 01:07:22,448 MOTHER-INFANT PAIRS IN INFANTS 1947 01:07:22,448 --> 01:07:26,819 WHO HAD ACQUIRED INFECTION, 1948 01:07:26,819 --> 01:07:28,855 RECEIVED EARLY THERAPY IN 2015 1949 01:07:28,855 --> 01:07:32,592 BASED ON THE REPORT OF THE 1950 01:07:32,592 --> 01:07:36,329 MISSISSIPPI BABY. 1951 01:07:36,329 --> 01:07:39,832 SO TREATED WITHIN ONE TO 11 DAYS 1952 01:07:39,832 --> 01:07:42,068 OF LIFE WITH COMBINATION 1953 01:07:42,068 --> 01:07:43,069 ANTIRETROVIRAL TERRITORIMENT. 1954 01:07:43,069 --> 01:07:46,505 TREATMENT.HE FOLLOWED THESE INFR 1955 01:07:46,505 --> 01:07:46,906 TIME. 1956 01:07:46,906 --> 01:07:48,307 IN THIS STUDY WHAT THEY DID 1957 01:07:48,307 --> 01:07:49,508 IDENTIFY, AND THIS HAS BEEN 1958 01:07:49,508 --> 01:07:50,743 PUBLISHED WITH SEX DIFFERENCES 1959 01:07:50,743 --> 01:07:51,677 IN PERINATAL INFECTIONS. 1960 01:07:51,677 --> 01:07:54,213 SO INTERESTINGLY, IN THE SETTING 1961 01:07:54,213 --> 01:07:56,082 OF ACUTE INFECTION IN MOTHERS, 1962 01:07:56,082 --> 01:07:58,217 MALES ARE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO 1963 01:07:58,217 --> 01:07:59,118 VERTICAL TRANSMISSION AND HE'S 1964 01:07:59,118 --> 01:08:00,319 ACTUALLY CARRIED THESE STUDIES 1965 01:08:00,319 --> 01:08:01,721 IN TWIN STUDIES AND DEMONSTRATED 1966 01:08:01,721 --> 01:08:04,457 THAT IT ALSO EXISTS IN TWIN 1967 01:08:04,457 --> 01:08:05,658 PREGNANCIES. 1968 01:08:05,658 --> 01:08:07,026 AND HE'S ESTABLISHED THAT THIS 1969 01:08:07,026 --> 01:08:10,563 IS ACTUALLY DUE TO EARLY LIFE 1970 01:08:10,563 --> 01:08:11,864 INNATE IMMUNE SEX DIFFERENCES SO 1971 01:08:11,864 --> 01:08:14,500 GIRLS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 1972 01:08:14,500 --> 01:08:15,902 INFECTED IN UTERO, ALSO MORE 1973 01:08:15,902 --> 01:08:17,436 LIKELY TO BE INFECTED WITH 1974 01:08:17,436 --> 01:08:19,772 INTERFERON RESISTANT VARIANTS 1975 01:08:19,772 --> 01:08:27,280 WHEREAS BOYS LESS U.S. 1976 01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:28,681 SEPTEMBER -- WHAT HE IDENTIFIED 1977 01:08:28,681 --> 01:08:31,951 WAS VIRAL REBOUND IS LESS 1978 01:08:31,951 --> 01:08:35,354 FREQUENT IN ART NON-ADHERENT 1979 01:08:35,354 --> 01:08:37,089 MALES. 1980 01:08:37,089 --> 01:08:39,926 STHIS IS A VERY BUSY SLIDE, AGAN 1981 01:08:39,926 --> 01:08:41,227 THIS IS SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL 1982 01:08:41,227 --> 01:08:41,560 OVERVIEW. 1983 01:08:41,560 --> 01:08:42,862 THIS SHOWS THE FIVE MALE 1984 01:08:42,862 --> 01:08:43,195 PARTICIPANTS. 1985 01:08:43,195 --> 01:08:45,598 IF YOU COULD JUST FOCUS ON THE 1986 01:08:45,598 --> 01:08:47,433 RED TRIANGLES IN THE BOTTOM AND 1987 01:08:47,433 --> 01:08:49,702 THEN THE BLUE ARROWS GOING UP 1988 01:08:49,702 --> 01:08:51,971 AND DOWN, IT JUST SHOWS YOU THAT 1989 01:08:51,971 --> 01:08:53,906 THE VIRAL LOAD REMAINS 1990 01:08:53,906 --> 01:08:56,542 UNDETECTABLE IN ALL FIVE MALE 1991 01:08:56,542 --> 01:08:59,145 PARTICIPANTS, EVEN THOUGH THE 1992 01:08:59,145 --> 01:09:02,748 LEVELS OF LOPINAVIR WHICH IS 1993 01:09:02,748 --> 01:09:04,283 SHOWN IN THE BLUE LINE WITH THE 1994 01:09:04,283 --> 01:09:06,218 TRIANGLE FALLS BELOW THERAPEUTIC 1995 01:09:06,218 --> 01:09:06,452 LEVELS. 1996 01:09:06,452 --> 01:09:07,987 SO BASED ON THIS CONFIRMING BY 1997 01:09:07,987 --> 01:09:10,289 DRUG LEVEL MONITORING, THEY WERE 1998 01:09:10,289 --> 01:09:11,958 ABLE TO IDENTIFY FIVE MALES IN 1999 01:09:11,958 --> 01:09:14,360 THIS COHORT OF -- I THINK HE 2000 01:09:14,360 --> 01:09:17,930 REPORTED IT WAS 286 IN THE FINAL 2001 01:09:17,930 --> 01:09:22,034 ANALYSIS. 2002 01:09:22,034 --> 01:09:23,035 WHO EXPERIENCED THIS LACK OF 2003 01:09:23,035 --> 01:09:25,771 REBOUND IN THE SETTING OF 2004 01:09:25,771 --> 01:09:30,142 NON-DETECTABLE ARV 2005 01:09:30,142 --> 01:09:30,576 CONCENTRATIONS. 2006 01:09:30,576 --> 01:09:34,046 BASED ON THIS, HE'S CONCLUDING 2007 01:09:34,046 --> 01:09:37,550 THAT MALES ARE MORE LIKELY TO 2008 01:09:37,550 --> 01:09:39,618 ACHIEVE AVIREMIA WITH VERY EARLY 2009 01:09:39,618 --> 01:09:41,821 ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT. 2010 01:09:41,821 --> 01:09:43,322 HE'S SHOWN -- IN AN INTEREST OF 2011 01:09:43,322 --> 01:09:44,423 TIME I DIDN'T SHOW THE DATA -- 2012 01:09:44,423 --> 01:09:45,758 THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY ASSOCIATED 2013 01:09:45,758 --> 01:09:47,693 WITH TRANSMISSION OF LOW FITNESS 2014 01:09:47,693 --> 01:09:52,832 VIRUS IN THESE FIVE INFANTS. 2015 01:09:52,832 --> 01:09:55,568 SO ESSENTIALLY THE PRIMARY 2016 01:09:55,568 --> 01:09:57,536 CONCLUSION IS THAT EARLY LIFE 2017 01:09:57,536 --> 01:09:59,171 INNATE IMMUNE SEX DIFFERENCES DO 2018 01:09:59,171 --> 01:10:00,373 MODULATE VERTICAL TRANSMISSION 2019 01:10:00,373 --> 01:10:01,874 AND INFLUENCE OUTCOME POST 2020 01:10:01,874 --> 01:10:02,775 TRANSMISSION. 2021 01:10:02,775 --> 01:10:04,710 I DON'T THINK WE HAD CONSIDERED 2022 01:10:04,710 --> 01:10:07,780 SEX DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF CURE 2023 01:10:07,780 --> 01:10:08,981 POTENTIAL PRIOR TO THESE 2024 01:10:08,981 --> 01:10:09,448 STUDIES. 2025 01:10:09,448 --> 01:10:13,352 I WILL SAY IN OUR IMPACT EARLY 2026 01:10:13,352 --> 01:10:15,254 TREATMENT WE FOUND SIMILARLY 2027 01:10:15,254 --> 01:10:17,723 GIRLS WERE LESS LIKELY TO 2028 01:10:17,723 --> 01:10:19,191 ACHIEVE VIROLOGIC SUPPRESSION BY 2029 01:10:19,191 --> 01:10:21,327 48 WEEKS, BY 2 YEARS OF AGE 2030 01:10:21,327 --> 01:10:21,994 COMPARED TO MALES. 2031 01:10:21,994 --> 01:10:24,163 SO THERE ARE EMERGING DATA IN 2032 01:10:24,163 --> 01:10:26,799 TERMS OF SEX DIFFERENCES WITH 2033 01:10:26,799 --> 01:10:28,434 RESPECT TO INFECTION 2034 01:10:28,434 --> 01:10:30,936 SUSCEPTIBILITY AND IN LONG-TERM 2035 01:10:30,936 --> 01:10:32,171 VIROLOGIC SUPPRESSION, 2036 01:10:32,171 --> 01:10:33,105 HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED TO 2037 01:10:33,105 --> 01:10:34,774 CONSIDER SEX-SPECIFIC 2038 01:10:34,774 --> 01:10:36,609 INTERVENTIONS TO OPTIMIZE CURE 2039 01:10:36,609 --> 01:10:38,911 POTENTIAL IN CHILDREN. 2040 01:10:38,911 --> 01:10:40,112 LASTLY, I WANT TO JUST KIND OF 2041 01:10:40,112 --> 01:10:41,313 HIGHLIGHT THE TISSUE RESERVOIR 2042 01:10:41,313 --> 01:10:41,647 STUDY. 2043 01:10:41,647 --> 01:10:43,716 SO WE'VE BEGUN STUDIES ON THE 2044 01:10:43,716 --> 01:10:46,652 CNS THROUGH CSF SAMPLING 2045 01:10:46,652 --> 01:10:50,122 OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY 2046 01:10:50,122 --> 01:10:54,493 TERRIFIC GROUP WHO HAVE WORKED 2047 01:10:54,493 --> 01:10:56,829 FOR YEARS COLLECTING TONSILS. 2048 01:10:56,829 --> 01:10:58,664 WHEN YOU HAVE A BIOBANK OF 2049 01:10:58,664 --> 01:11:01,400 TONSILS, OVER 300 TONSILS FROM 2050 01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:04,336 CHILDREN AND ADULTS ONE YEAR OF 2051 01:11:04,336 --> 01:11:06,172 AGE TO 50-PLUS YEARS OF AGE 2052 01:11:06,172 --> 01:11:08,340 LIVING WITH AND WITHOUT HIV IN 2053 01:11:08,340 --> 01:11:09,775 SOUTH AFRICA. 2054 01:11:09,775 --> 01:11:12,311 SO A VERY RICH BIOBANK TO ASSESS 2055 01:11:12,311 --> 01:11:14,747 THE TONSIL TISSUE RESERVOIR IN 2056 01:11:14,747 --> 01:11:16,549 PERINATAL AND ADULT INFECTIONS, 2057 01:11:16,549 --> 01:11:18,651 SO PROVIDES A REALLY BEAUTIFUL 2058 01:11:18,651 --> 01:11:20,386 PLATFORM TO COMPARE ACROSS THE 2059 01:11:20,386 --> 01:11:24,323 AIDS SPECTRUM TISSUE RESERVOIRS. 2060 01:11:24,323 --> 01:11:25,758 AND SO PRELIMINARY DATA FROM 2061 01:11:25,758 --> 01:11:27,159 THIS GROUP, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE 2062 01:11:27,159 --> 01:11:29,962 FAR LEFT IS THAT THIS IS AGE AT 2063 01:11:29,962 --> 01:11:31,764 THE BOTTOM AND YOU CAN SEE 2064 01:11:31,764 --> 01:11:33,833 PERCENT CD4s ARE NOT DIFFERENT 2065 01:11:33,833 --> 01:11:35,167 IN TONSILS IN CHILDREN COMPARED 2066 01:11:35,167 --> 01:11:36,769 WITH ADULTS AS SHOWN IN GREEN. 2067 01:11:36,769 --> 01:11:38,637 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT T 2068 01:11:38,637 --> 01:11:40,506 FOLLICULAR HELPER CELLS IN THE 2069 01:11:40,506 --> 01:11:42,575 TONSILS, KIDS HAVE HIGHER 2070 01:11:42,575 --> 01:11:45,544 PROPORTIONS OF T FOLLICULAR 2071 01:11:45,544 --> 01:11:47,480 HELPER CELLS AND IN THE 2072 01:11:47,480 --> 01:11:48,481 CORRELATION PLOT, YOU CAN SEE 2073 01:11:48,481 --> 01:11:50,549 THIS IS DEFINITELY AN 2074 01:11:50,549 --> 01:11:51,750 AGE-DEPENDENT EFFECT, AND 2075 01:11:51,750 --> 01:11:53,185 ALSO -- BUT ADULTS HAD HIGHER 2076 01:11:53,185 --> 01:11:57,223 LEVELS OF CCR-5 EXPRESSION IN 2077 01:11:57,223 --> 01:11:58,624 THEIR TONSILS THAN IN PEDIATRIC 2078 01:11:58,624 --> 01:11:58,824 CASES. 2079 01:11:58,824 --> 01:12:00,659 THEY HAVE MULTIPLE STUDIES 2080 01:12:00,659 --> 01:12:02,128 PLANNED AND HOPEFULLY THE NEXT 2081 01:12:02,128 --> 01:12:03,696 STRATEGIES FOR CURE, WE'LL HAVE 2082 01:12:03,696 --> 01:12:05,531 SOME IN DEPTH RESULTS HERE, BUT 2083 01:12:05,531 --> 01:12:08,701 JUST TO SAY THAT THIS IS AN 2084 01:12:08,701 --> 01:12:10,803 EXTENSIVE PROJECT THAT WAS 2085 01:12:10,803 --> 01:12:15,608 ALSO -- RECEIVED A SUPPLEMENT, 2086 01:12:15,608 --> 01:12:16,809 OAR SUPPLEMENT FOR STUDIES. 2087 01:12:16,809 --> 01:12:18,077 SO OUR PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY 2088 01:12:18,077 --> 01:12:19,745 FOR THIS, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT 2089 01:12:19,745 --> 01:12:20,980 OVER TO MAURICIO, IS WHAT ARE 2090 01:12:20,980 --> 01:12:22,248 THE KEY QUESTIONS, REALLY 2091 01:12:22,248 --> 01:12:23,782 OBVIOUSLY WHAT ARE THE IMMUNE 2092 01:12:23,782 --> 01:12:24,550 FACTORS THAT DRIVE SEX 2093 01:12:24,550 --> 01:12:25,885 DIFFERENCES IN HIV CONTROL IN 2094 01:12:25,885 --> 01:12:27,753 CHILDREN. 2095 01:12:27,753 --> 01:12:29,155 IS HIV LOCATED IN DIFFERENT 2096 01:12:29,155 --> 01:12:30,322 LYMPHOID TISSUE SITES IN 2097 01:12:30,322 --> 01:12:31,757 CHILDREN COMPARED TO ADULTS 2098 01:12:31,757 --> 01:12:33,526 LIVING WITH HIV, HOW DO THOSE 2099 01:12:33,526 --> 01:12:35,394 DIFFER, AND CAN WE ENHANCE 2100 01:12:35,394 --> 01:12:37,029 ANTIVIRAL IMMUNITY IN CHILDREN 2101 01:12:37,029 --> 01:12:39,331 THROUGH STUDYING ON THIS EXPLANT 2102 01:12:39,331 --> 01:12:41,600 MODEL, TONSILLAR MODEL FOR 2103 01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:42,801 IMMUNE INTERVENTIONS. 2104 01:12:42,801 --> 01:12:45,738 WE BELIEVE THESE STUDIES ALL 2105 01:12:45,738 --> 01:12:46,739 TOGETHER HIGHLIGHTING 2106 01:12:46,739 --> 01:12:48,474 DIFFERENCES IN PEDIATRIC AND 2107 01:12:48,474 --> 01:12:53,279 ADULT INFECTIONS REQUIRING 2108 01:12:53,279 --> 01:12:54,713 CONTINUED INVESTIGATION OF THESE 2109 01:12:54,713 --> 01:12:55,915 DIFFERENT AREAS OF HIV 2110 01:12:55,915 --> 01:12:59,852 PERSISTENCE. 2111 01:12:59,852 --> 01:13:04,990 THIS IS THE TEAM OF HENRY AND 2112 01:13:04,990 --> 01:13:06,525 ZACH, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 2113 01:13:06,525 --> 01:13:08,294 MAURICIO TO TALK ABOUT AAV 2114 01:13:08,294 --> 01:13:09,795 EXPRESSION OF COMBINATION BNABS 2115 01:13:09,795 --> 01:13:10,896 AND VIROLOGIC CONTROL. 2116 01:13:10,896 --> 01:13:21,073 [APPLAUSE] 2117 01:13:21,473 --> 01:13:26,946 >> MY GROUP IS INTERESTED - -- E 2118 01:13:26,946 --> 01:13:27,713 MOLECULES WE'RE USING FOR THE 2119 01:13:27,713 --> 01:13:31,750 STUDY ARE THE B3 GLYCAN -- AND 2120 01:13:31,750 --> 01:13:38,657 THE I MEUB -- WE ALSO THINK OF 2121 01:13:38,657 --> 01:13:40,092 PASSIVE IMMY ?AITION HOLDS GREAT 2122 01:13:40,092 --> 01:13:42,695 PROMISE FOR TREATING PEDIATRIC 2123 01:13:42,695 --> 01:13:44,463 HIV INFECTION BECAUSE THESE 2124 01:13:44,463 --> 01:13:49,034 MOLECULES ARE SAFE, IN INFANTS, 2125 01:13:49,034 --> 01:13:50,035 INCLUDING -- CHILDREN INCLUDING 2126 01:13:50,035 --> 01:13:52,538 INFANTS AND ALSO THEY HAVE 2127 01:13:52,538 --> 01:13:55,608 DEMONSTRATED -- NOT ONLY IN HIV 2128 01:13:55,608 --> 01:13:56,809 STUDY BUS ALSO IN CLINICAL 2129 01:13:56,809 --> 01:13:57,042 STUDIES. 2130 01:13:57,042 --> 01:13:58,244 BUT THERE IS A CAVEAT. 2131 01:13:58,244 --> 01:13:59,545 THE MAIN ONE THAT WE THINK IS 2132 01:13:59,545 --> 01:14:01,947 BECAUSE THE CURRENT PARADIGM FOR 2133 01:14:01,947 --> 01:14:04,250 DELIVERING THESE MOLECULES 2134 01:14:04,250 --> 01:14:05,985 REQUIRE PASSIVE DELIVERY, 2135 01:14:05,985 --> 01:14:07,519 REPEATED PASSIVE DELIVERY WHICH 2136 01:14:07,519 --> 01:14:09,388 FACES BOTH LOGISTICAL AND 2137 01:14:09,388 --> 01:14:11,023 ECONOMICAL CHALLENGES FROM BROAD 2138 01:14:11,023 --> 01:14:12,324 SCALE IMPLEMENTATION. 2139 01:14:12,324 --> 01:14:15,160 WHAT IF WE COULD ENGINEER HOST 2140 01:14:15,160 --> 01:14:16,495 CELLS TO CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCE 2141 01:14:16,495 --> 01:14:18,564 THESE MOLECULES, THEREBY 2142 01:14:18,564 --> 01:14:20,199 OBVIATING THE NEED FOR THESE 2143 01:14:20,199 --> 01:14:20,833 REPEATED ADMINISTRATIONS. 2144 01:14:20,833 --> 01:14:22,067 SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE 2145 01:14:22,067 --> 01:14:24,036 TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH GENE 2146 01:14:24,036 --> 01:14:25,804 THERAPY USING AAV VECTORS. 2147 01:14:25,804 --> 01:14:31,043 WE'RE INTERESTED IN -- SKELETAL 2148 01:14:31,043 --> 01:14:32,244 CELLS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY 2149 01:14:32,244 --> 01:14:34,079 LONG LIFESPAN, AND AS LONG AS 2150 01:14:34,079 --> 01:14:36,615 THE -- SO THE AAV GENOME 2151 01:14:36,615 --> 01:14:39,985 PERSISTS IN THE CELL NUCLEUS 2152 01:14:39,985 --> 01:14:41,086 FOR -- BASICALLY FOR AS LONG AS 2153 01:14:41,086 --> 01:14:43,489 THE CELL LIVES, SO IF YOU DON'T 2154 01:14:43,489 --> 01:14:45,257 HAVE ANY IMMUNE RESPONSE, IF 2155 01:14:45,257 --> 01:14:48,761 IT'S NOT TOXIC YOU CAN 2156 01:14:48,761 --> 01:14:50,496 ESSENTIALLY GET PERSISTENT -- 2157 01:14:50,496 --> 01:14:52,464 FOR YEARS AND POSSIBLY DECADES. 2158 01:14:52,464 --> 01:14:53,999 OUR VISION IS FOLLOWING A SINGLE 2159 01:14:53,999 --> 01:14:55,634 DOSE OF AAV VECTORS, CHILDREN 2160 01:14:55,634 --> 01:14:57,736 LIVING WITH HIV WOULD DEVELOP 2161 01:14:57,736 --> 01:14:59,138 PERSISTENT ECK PRETION OF THESE 2162 01:14:59,138 --> 01:15:01,006 HIV BIOLOGICS AT SUFFICIENT 2163 01:15:01,006 --> 01:15:03,075 LEVELS TO PREVENT VIRUS REBOUND 2164 01:15:03,075 --> 01:15:04,176 AFTER ART INTERRUPTION. 2165 01:15:04,176 --> 01:15:08,280 SO TO TEST THIS, WE PARTNERED AT 2166 01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:09,648 THE OREGON NATIONAL HIGH PRAIT 2167 01:15:09,648 --> 01:15:18,991 CENTPRIMATECENTER, WE ENROLLED , 2168 01:15:18,991 --> 01:15:20,092 SEVEN DAYS LATER THESE ANIMALS 2169 01:15:20,092 --> 01:15:22,361 WERE STARTED ON ANTIRETROVIRAL 2170 01:15:22,361 --> 01:15:23,662 THERAPY AND AT THE SAME TIME, 2171 01:15:23,662 --> 01:15:26,632 THEY RECEIVED FOUR INTRAMUSCULAR 2172 01:15:26,632 --> 01:15:31,337 INJECTIONS OF AAV9 VECTORS 2173 01:15:31,337 --> 01:15:33,539 ENCODING -- OR -- SO THESE 2174 01:15:33,539 --> 01:15:35,007 INTERVENTIONS WERE GIVEN AT DAY 2175 01:15:35,007 --> 01:15:36,842 SEVEN AND THEY WERE DELIVERED IN 2176 01:15:36,842 --> 01:15:37,810 FOUR INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS. 2177 01:15:37,810 --> 01:15:38,243 THAT'S IT. 2178 01:15:38,243 --> 01:15:39,778 AT THE SAME LOCATION. 2179 01:15:39,778 --> 01:15:42,214 IN PARALLEL, WE ALSO INFECTED 2180 01:15:42,214 --> 01:15:44,483 THREE CONTROLS FOR VARIOUS 2181 01:15:44,483 --> 01:15:45,684 REASONS WE COULDN'T ADD 2182 01:15:45,684 --> 01:15:46,985 ADDITIONAL CONTROL ANIMALS IN 2183 01:15:46,985 --> 01:15:49,154 THE 2022 COHORT SO WE ADDED 2184 01:15:49,154 --> 01:15:50,389 THREE MORE THIS YEAR AND THESE 2185 01:15:50,389 --> 01:15:51,390 ANIMALS ARE BEING MONITORED. 2186 01:15:51,390 --> 01:15:54,426 SO LET'S LOOK AT THE PRE-ATI 2187 01:15:54,426 --> 01:15:57,396 PHASE. 2188 01:15:57,396 --> 01:15:58,464 I'M GOING TO BE SHOWING THESE 2189 01:15:58,464 --> 01:16:01,433 GRAPHS FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES 2190 01:16:01,433 --> 01:16:04,069 TO RED DOTS ARE PLASMA VIRAL 2191 01:16:04,069 --> 01:16:04,269 LOADS. 2192 01:16:04,269 --> 01:16:07,673 THE SHADED AREA CORRESPONDS TO 2193 01:16:07,673 --> 01:16:09,842 THE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY 2194 01:16:09,842 --> 01:16:10,609 PHASE. 2195 01:16:10,609 --> 01:16:12,411 SO ART SUPPRESSED VIRAL LOADS IN 2196 01:16:12,411 --> 01:16:14,780 BOTH THE CONTROLS AND THE 2197 01:16:14,780 --> 01:16:20,819 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS. 2198 01:16:20,819 --> 01:16:23,789 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE SERUM 2199 01:16:23,789 --> 01:16:25,758 CONCENTRATION LEVELS, YELLOW 2200 01:16:25,758 --> 01:16:29,461 DOTS WILL BE 10-1074, GREEN 2201 01:16:29,461 --> 01:16:31,130 DOTS -- SO ALL EXPERIMENTAL 2202 01:16:31,130 --> 01:16:34,967 ANIMALS DEVELOPED PERSISTENT 2203 01:16:34,967 --> 01:16:36,802 EXPRESSION -- WAS A BIT MORE 2204 01:16:36,802 --> 01:16:38,437 VARIABLE WITH A FEW INSTANCES OF 2205 01:16:38,437 --> 01:16:41,740 LOSS AND INTERESTINGLY REGAIN OF 2206 01:16:41,740 --> 01:16:44,576 EXPRESSION. 2207 01:16:44,576 --> 01:16:46,211 WHAT HAPPENED AFTER WE STOPPED 2208 01:16:46,211 --> 01:16:46,779 ART? 2209 01:16:46,779 --> 01:16:49,415 CONTROLS REBOUNDED, ALL THREE OF 2210 01:16:49,415 --> 01:16:52,117 THEM, VERY EASILY DETECTABLE. 2211 01:16:52,117 --> 01:16:54,186 VIRAL LOADS AT WEEK TWO, POST 2212 01:16:54,186 --> 01:16:57,256 INFECTION. 2213 01:16:57,256 --> 01:16:58,891 AND ALL ANIMALS MAINTAINED 2214 01:16:58,891 --> 01:17:00,159 EXPRESSION OF AT LEAST ONE OF 2215 01:17:00,159 --> 01:17:01,193 THE MOLECULES THROUGHOUT THE 2216 01:17:01,193 --> 01:17:02,060 POST ATI PHASE. 2217 01:17:02,060 --> 01:17:05,364 I'M GOING TO HE FOCUS ON SEVEN 2218 01:17:05,364 --> 01:17:06,331 ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY WERE 2219 01:17:06,331 --> 01:17:06,632 REMARKABLE. 2220 01:17:06,632 --> 01:17:08,267 THERE WAS NO REBOUND IN SEVEN OF 2221 01:17:08,267 --> 01:17:09,835 THEM FOR THE HUNDREDS OF TIME 2222 01:17:09,835 --> 01:17:12,304 POINTS THAT WE MEASURED SO FAR. 2223 01:17:12,304 --> 01:17:13,939 SO IN ALL CASES WHERE REBOUND 2224 01:17:13,939 --> 01:17:17,309 WAS PREVENTED OR DELAYED, IN THE 2225 01:17:17,309 --> 01:17:22,548 NEXT FEW CASES, BOTH ECD4IG AND 2226 01:17:22,548 --> 01:17:25,751 THE 1074 WERE STABLY EXPRESSED 2227 01:17:25,751 --> 01:17:28,253 WITH POST ATI AVERAGES IN EACH 2228 01:17:28,253 --> 01:17:32,624 ANIMAL WITH 15 TO 33 OR 19 TO 76 2229 01:17:32,624 --> 01:17:35,294 MICRO GRAMS PER ML FOR 10-1074. 2230 01:17:35,294 --> 01:17:38,197 THERE WAS THIS ONE ANIMAL THAT 2231 01:17:38,197 --> 01:17:39,531 EXPERIENCED CONSECUTIVE EPISODES 2232 01:17:39,531 --> 01:17:41,733 OF LOW LEVEL VIREMIA AT ABOUT 2233 01:17:41,733 --> 01:17:47,739 WEEK 30 POST ATI. 2234 01:17:47,739 --> 01:17:50,909 THEN VIRUS REBOUND COINCIDED 2235 01:17:50,909 --> 01:17:54,646 WITH A DROP -- ADJUVANT WAS 2236 01:17:54,646 --> 01:17:55,280 MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS 2237 01:17:55,280 --> 01:17:57,416 PERIOD AND THAT PROBABLY HELPED 2238 01:17:57,416 --> 01:17:58,884 THIS ANIMAL REGAIN CONTROL IN 2239 01:17:58,884 --> 01:18:02,521 THE NEXT FEW TIME POINTS. 2240 01:18:02,521 --> 01:18:06,658 A FEW OF THE EXPERIMENTAL 2241 01:18:06,658 --> 01:18:07,860 ANIMALS EXPERIENCED REBOUND POST 2242 01:18:07,860 --> 01:18:13,565 ATI AND IN THOSE CASES ONLY -- 2243 01:18:13,565 --> 01:18:16,268 BUT THAT MOLECULE, THE 2244 01:18:16,268 --> 01:18:17,069 PERSISTENT EXPRESSION PROBABLY 2245 01:18:17,069 --> 01:18:19,671 CONTRIBUTED TO REGAIN OF CONTROL 2246 01:18:19,671 --> 01:18:21,773 IN THOSE TWO INSTANCES. 2247 01:18:21,773 --> 01:18:24,276 TO OUR SURPRISE, 10-1074 2248 01:18:24,276 --> 01:18:25,477 EXPRESSION REBOUNDED IN THE TWO 2249 01:18:25,477 --> 01:18:28,547 ANIMALS AT WEEKS 2 TO 22 POST 2250 01:18:28,547 --> 01:18:29,882 ATI AND THIS INCREASE IN 2251 01:18:29,882 --> 01:18:31,750 CONCENTRATIONS OF 10-1074 2252 01:18:31,750 --> 01:18:33,151 COINCIDED WITH REGAIN OF 2253 01:18:33,151 --> 01:18:33,919 VIROLOGIC CONTROL. 2254 01:18:33,919 --> 01:18:39,491 SO WHEN WE PLOTTED THIS I, 2255 01:18:39,491 --> 01:18:40,726 PREVENTION OR DELAY OF VIRUS 2256 01:18:40,726 --> 01:18:42,361 REBOUND WAS STATISTICALLY 2257 01:18:42,361 --> 01:18:42,794 SIGNIFICANT. 2258 01:18:42,794 --> 01:18:45,764 SO WHEN YOU TRY AAV MEDIATED 2259 01:18:45,764 --> 01:18:47,833 GENE THERAPY WITH BROAD 2260 01:18:47,833 --> 01:18:49,368 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES IN ADULT 2261 01:18:49,368 --> 01:18:52,538 MACAQUES, YOU OFTEN SEE -- TO 2262 01:18:52,538 --> 01:18:55,707 LIMIT THE EGGS PRETIO EGGS PRETE 2263 01:18:55,707 --> 01:18:56,141 MOLECULES. 2264 01:18:56,141 --> 01:18:57,809 THE HOST WILL DEVELOP ANTIBODIES 2265 01:18:57,809 --> 01:18:59,111 AGAINST THE AAV DELIVERED 2266 01:18:59,111 --> 01:18:59,645 MOLECULES. 2267 01:18:59,645 --> 01:19:01,213 BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT VERY 2268 01:19:01,213 --> 01:19:02,848 OFTEN. 2269 01:19:02,848 --> 01:19:04,917 ACTUALLY IN MOST CASES WE DON'T 2270 01:19:04,917 --> 01:19:06,785 SEE THAT AT ALL WITH INFANT 2271 01:19:06,785 --> 01:19:07,052 MACAQUES. 2272 01:19:07,052 --> 01:19:08,387 THE YOUNGER THEY ARE, THE LESS 2273 01:19:08,387 --> 01:19:10,589 LIKELY THEY ARE TO MAKE ADA 2274 01:19:10,589 --> 01:19:11,323 RESPONSES. 2275 01:19:11,323 --> 01:19:13,458 SO HERE EACH COLUMN CORRESPONDS 2276 01:19:13,458 --> 01:19:14,092 TO ONE ANIMAL. 2277 01:19:14,092 --> 01:19:16,395 AGAIN THE GREEN DOTS PLOTTED ON 2278 01:19:16,395 --> 01:19:19,998 THE LEFT, Y AXIS NOW, GREEN OR 2279 01:19:19,998 --> 01:19:22,200 YELLOW DOTS CORRESPONDS TO SERUM 2280 01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:24,169 CONCENTRATIONS OF EACH MOLECULE, 2281 01:19:24,169 --> 01:19:26,672 AND ON THE RIGHT Y AXIS, YOU 2282 01:19:26,672 --> 01:19:28,173 HAVE ABSORBANCE LEVELS OF 2283 01:19:28,173 --> 01:19:30,075 ANTIBODIES IN SERUM TARGETING 2284 01:19:30,075 --> 01:19:32,711 EACH BIOLOGIC. 2285 01:19:32,711 --> 01:19:34,580 AND THE ADAs IN THIS CASE ARE 2286 01:19:34,580 --> 01:19:36,448 PLOTTED IN BLACK DOTS. 2287 01:19:36,448 --> 01:19:38,016 THE HIGHER THE ADAs, TYPICALLY 2288 01:19:38,016 --> 01:19:39,051 THE LOWER EXPRESSION. 2289 01:19:39,051 --> 01:19:42,120 SO THESE LINES WERE FLAT IN THE 2290 01:19:42,120 --> 01:19:43,789 NEXT -- IN THE FIRST FIVE 2291 01:19:43,789 --> 01:19:45,324 ANIMALS THAT WE ANALYZED WITH 2292 01:19:45,324 --> 01:19:48,827 BRIEF INCREASES SHORTLY AFTER 2293 01:19:48,827 --> 01:19:50,796 INOCULATION BUT THEN THE ADAs 2294 01:19:50,796 --> 01:19:51,997 WENT BACK TO BASELINE. 2295 01:19:51,997 --> 01:19:54,399 WE SAW INSTANCES OF ADAs IN A 2296 01:19:54,399 --> 01:19:56,802 FEW ANIMALS, BUT INTERESTINGLY, 2297 01:19:56,802 --> 01:19:57,569 THEY DECAYED. 2298 01:19:57,569 --> 01:20:03,475 THEY FELL BACK TO BASELINE, 2299 01:20:03,475 --> 01:20:05,277 WHICH ENABLED A RECURRENCE IN 2300 01:20:05,277 --> 01:20:07,012 EXPRESSION LEVELS OF 10-1074 IN 2301 01:20:07,012 --> 01:20:07,546 THIS CASE. 2302 01:20:07,546 --> 01:20:09,247 SO THE VIROLOGIC CONTROL THAT I 2303 01:20:09,247 --> 01:20:12,184 JUST SHOWED YOU IS PROMISING BUT 2304 01:20:12,184 --> 01:20:16,455 WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE 2305 01:20:16,455 --> 01:20:17,556 STARTED ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY 2306 01:20:17,556 --> 01:20:18,690 VERY EARLY AFTER INFECTION ON 2307 01:20:18,690 --> 01:20:20,726 DAY 7 SO THAT PROBABLY LIMITS 2308 01:20:20,726 --> 01:20:22,260 THE SEEDING OF THE VIRAL 2309 01:20:22,260 --> 01:20:22,594 RESERVOIR. 2310 01:20:22,594 --> 01:20:24,129 WITH THAT IN MIND, WE'RE ASKING 2311 01:20:24,129 --> 01:20:28,934 IF EARLY ART INITIATION PLUS AAV 2312 01:20:28,934 --> 01:20:31,336 DELIVERY WILL ALSO EVENT VIRUS 2313 01:20:31,336 --> 01:20:35,841 REBOUND IN SHIV INFECTED 2314 01:20:35,841 --> 01:20:37,376 MACAQUES IN LARGER RESERVOIRS. 2315 01:20:37,376 --> 01:20:39,978 SO WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING THIS 2316 01:20:39,978 --> 01:20:42,080 THIS YEAR WITH ANIMALS PLACED ON 2317 01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:43,715 ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY NOW AT 2318 01:20:43,715 --> 01:20:47,552 WEEK 3 POST INFECTION, AND WHEN 2319 01:20:47,552 --> 01:20:49,521 THEY WERE TREATED WITH THE SAME 2320 01:20:49,521 --> 01:20:50,956 VECTORS GIVEN TO THE 2022 2321 01:20:50,956 --> 01:20:51,423 COHORT. 2322 01:20:51,423 --> 01:20:52,824 AND WE ALSO HAVE THREE ANIMALS 2323 01:20:52,824 --> 01:20:56,795 ENROLLED SO FAR. 2324 01:20:56,795 --> 01:20:57,963 AND AS OF NOW WE HAVE VIRAL 2325 01:20:57,963 --> 01:20:58,864 LOADS, THIS IS STILL VERY 2326 01:20:58,864 --> 01:20:59,731 PRELIMINARY WITH THE CONTROL 2327 01:20:59,731 --> 01:21:01,166 GROUP, ART IS WORKING, IT'S 2328 01:21:01,166 --> 01:21:03,168 SUPPRESSING VIRAL REPLICATION IN 2329 01:21:03,168 --> 01:21:05,103 THE CONTROL, AND EXPERIMENTAL 2330 01:21:05,103 --> 01:21:06,004 ANIMALS, AND WE ALREADY HAVE 2331 01:21:06,004 --> 01:21:07,739 SOME LEVELS OF EXPRESSION THAT 2332 01:21:07,739 --> 01:21:10,809 WE ARE ACTIVELY MONITORING. 2333 01:21:10,809 --> 01:21:13,445 SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, EARLY ART 2334 01:21:13,445 --> 01:21:16,615 PLUS AAV VECTOR DELIVERY 2335 01:21:16,615 --> 01:21:18,150 PREVENTED OR SUBSTANTIALLY 2336 01:21:18,150 --> 01:21:22,654 DELAYED VIRUS REBOUND IN 2337 01:21:22,654 --> 01:21:24,389 PERINATALLY SHIV INFECTED 2338 01:21:24,389 --> 01:21:27,225 MACAQUES FOLLOWING ATI. 2339 01:21:27,225 --> 01:21:28,894 ANTI-DRUG ANTIBODIES WERE THE 2340 01:21:28,894 --> 01:21:31,430 MAIN FACTOR LIMITING TRANSGENE 2341 01:21:31,430 --> 01:21:34,132 EXPRESSION BUT THEIR IN INCIDENE 2342 01:21:34,132 --> 01:21:36,935 IN INFANTS WAS LOWER THAN THAT 2343 01:21:36,935 --> 01:21:39,237 SEEN IN OLDER MACAQUES. 2344 01:21:39,237 --> 01:21:41,907 THIS IS SHOWING DUE TO NEONATAL 2345 01:21:41,907 --> 01:21:42,607 TOLERANCE. 2346 01:21:42,607 --> 01:21:45,811 AND 10-1074 WAS PRIMARILY 2347 01:21:45,811 --> 01:21:47,546 AFFECTED, IN THE THREE INFANTS 2348 01:21:47,546 --> 01:21:49,648 THAT LOST EXPRESSION DUE TO 2349 01:21:49,648 --> 01:21:50,816 ADAs, SERUM CONCENTRATION OF 2350 01:21:50,816 --> 01:21:53,251 THIS MOLECULE EVENTUALLY 2351 01:21:53,251 --> 01:21:54,786 REBOUNDED CONCOMITANTLY WITH A 2352 01:21:54,786 --> 01:21:57,456 DECLINE IN ADAs, WHICH WE 2353 01:21:57,456 --> 01:21:59,825 RARELY SEE IN JUVENILES OR 2354 01:21:59,825 --> 01:22:00,826 ADULTS. 2355 01:22:00,826 --> 01:22:03,028 SO PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY, THE 2356 01:22:03,028 --> 01:22:04,563 QUESTION WE ASKED WAS, COULD A 2357 01:22:04,563 --> 01:22:08,066 COMBINATION OF EARLY ART PLUS 2358 01:22:08,066 --> 01:22:13,638 AAV THEIR PEE WITH BIOLOGICS 2359 01:22:13,638 --> 01:22:14,873 ENABLE CONTROL -- THIS WORK 2360 01:22:14,873 --> 01:22:16,274 ADVANCES THE FIELD TOWARD A CURE 2361 01:22:16,274 --> 01:22:17,943 BECAUSE IT RAISES THE 2362 01:22:17,943 --> 01:22:19,811 POSSIBILITY THAT DURABLE 2363 01:22:19,811 --> 01:22:21,446 ART-FREE CONTROL OF PERINATAL 2364 01:22:21,446 --> 01:22:22,481 HIV INFECTION CAN BE ACHIEVED 2365 01:22:22,481 --> 01:22:24,082 THROUGH A SINGLE ADMINISTRATION 2366 01:22:24,082 --> 01:22:26,485 OF AAV VECTORS GIVEN 2367 01:22:26,485 --> 01:22:27,018 INTRAMUSCULARLY. 2368 01:22:27,018 --> 01:22:28,887 FOUR INJECTIONS, THAT'S ALL IT 2369 01:22:28,887 --> 01:22:29,888 TOOK FOR THIS STUDY. 2370 01:22:29,888 --> 01:22:31,757 AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS 2371 01:22:31,757 --> 01:22:33,825 BECAUSE WITH ADEQUATE 2372 01:22:33,825 --> 01:22:35,827 INVESTMENT, I BELIEVE THAT AAV 2373 01:22:35,827 --> 01:22:41,700 VECTOR DELIVERY OF HIV -- CAN BE 2374 01:22:41,700 --> 01:22:43,902 A KEY TO SUSTAINED -- IN 2375 01:22:43,902 --> 01:22:45,470 CHILDREN IN A WRACT PRACT CAL 2376 01:22:45,470 --> 01:22:46,037 AND SCALABLE WAY. 2377 01:22:46,037 --> 01:22:47,439 SO I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE 2378 01:22:47,439 --> 01:22:50,175 MEMBERS OF MY LAB WHO DID THE 2379 01:22:50,175 --> 01:22:52,077 ASSAYS AND HELPED ME WITH THESE 2380 01:22:52,077 --> 01:22:53,678 EXPERIMENTS, SPECIAL THANKS ALSO 2381 01:22:53,678 --> 01:22:56,148 TO NANCY AND ANN AND MEMBERS OF 2382 01:22:56,148 --> 01:22:58,283 THE TEAM FOR OVERSEEING THE 2383 01:22:58,283 --> 01:22:59,718 PRIMATE STUDIES. 2384 01:22:59,718 --> 01:23:00,152 THANK YOU. 2385 01:23:00,152 --> 01:23:10,328 [APPLAUSE] 2386 01:23:11,196 --> 01:23:12,097 >> HI, EVERYBODY. 2387 01:23:12,097 --> 01:23:13,598 MY NAME IS ANN CHAHROUDI, AND I 2388 01:23:13,598 --> 01:23:14,599 WILL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT 2389 01:23:14,599 --> 01:23:16,368 SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN 2390 01:23:16,368 --> 01:23:18,136 RF 3 FOR PAVE. 2391 01:23:18,136 --> 01:23:19,771 SO IN RF 3, THE FOCUS IS 2392 01:23:19,771 --> 01:23:21,106 ERADICATION AS YOU ALL KNOW. 2393 01:23:21,106 --> 01:23:25,343 AND WE ARE WORKING TO DEFINE 2394 01:23:25,343 --> 01:23:27,546 PEDIATRIC-SPECIFIC FEATURES OF 2395 01:23:27,546 --> 01:23:29,948 VIRUS PERSISTENCE IN RESERVOIR 2396 01:23:29,948 --> 01:23:31,249 REACTIVATION TO INFORM 2397 01:23:31,249 --> 01:23:33,084 STRATEGIES TO SUCCESSFULLY 2398 01:23:33,084 --> 01:23:34,352 ELIMINATE VIRUS RESERVOIRS. 2399 01:23:34,352 --> 01:23:37,222 AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON HOW 2400 01:23:37,222 --> 01:23:38,790 WE CAN FACILITATE THE IMMUNE 2401 01:23:38,790 --> 01:23:40,425 SYSTEM AND ENHANCE IMMUNE SYSTEM 2402 01:23:40,425 --> 01:23:43,261 TO CLEAR THOSE RESERVOIRS. 2403 01:23:43,261 --> 01:23:50,735 I LEAD THIS RF WITH PAOLO PALMA. 2404 01:23:50,735 --> 01:23:52,237 THIS IS OUR RF 3 TEAM. 2405 01:23:52,237 --> 01:23:53,905 AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO FOR THE 2406 01:23:53,905 --> 01:23:56,641 REMAINDER OF THIS TALK IS TO 2407 01:23:56,641 --> 01:23:59,144 PREVIEW A COUPLE OF INFANT 2408 01:23:59,144 --> 01:24:00,545 NON-HUMAN PRIMATE STUDYS THAT WE 2409 01:24:00,545 --> 01:24:02,280 HAVE AND THAT ARE STILL 2410 01:24:02,280 --> 01:24:04,816 HAPPENING THIS YEAR, AND THEN 2411 01:24:04,816 --> 01:24:05,784 TAKE YOU THROUGH A COMPLETED 2412 01:24:05,784 --> 01:24:07,018 STUDY THAT WE STARTED AT THE 2413 01:24:07,018 --> 01:24:11,489 BEGINNING OF THE PAVE PROJECT. 2414 01:24:11,489 --> 01:24:14,359 SO FIRST TO BUILD OFF OF 2415 01:24:14,359 --> 01:24:15,260 MAURICIO'S FANTASTIC RESULTS, WE 2416 01:24:15,260 --> 01:24:17,762 WANTED TO UTILIZE AAV DELIVERY 2417 01:24:17,762 --> 01:24:20,599 OF ECD4IG TO SEE IF WE COULD 2418 01:24:20,599 --> 01:24:21,933 DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS AN 2419 01:24:21,933 --> 01:24:23,468 EFFECT ON CLEARANCE OF INFECTED 2420 01:24:23,468 --> 01:24:25,770 CELLS. 2421 01:24:25,770 --> 01:24:29,174 AND SO THIS IS TAKING THE SAME 2422 01:24:29,174 --> 01:24:32,911 APPROACH YET USING AN IGG 2423 01:24:32,911 --> 01:24:34,646 1 VERSION OF ECD4IG AND THE 2424 01:24:34,646 --> 01:24:36,848 REASON FOR THAT IS TO IMPROVE 2425 01:24:36,848 --> 01:24:38,183 ANTIBODY EFFECTOR FUNCTIONS AND 2426 01:24:38,183 --> 01:24:41,353 SO HOPEFULLY HAVE ADCC AND OTHER 2427 01:24:41,353 --> 01:24:42,621 MECHANISMS OF CLEARING INFECTED 2428 01:24:42,621 --> 01:24:43,889 CELLS. 2429 01:24:43,889 --> 01:24:45,891 SO IN THIS STUDY THAT'S 2430 01:24:45,891 --> 01:24:48,827 CURRENTLY ONGOING, WE HAVE 20 2431 01:24:48,827 --> 01:24:50,829 ANIMALS, 10 CONTROLS AND 10 2432 01:24:50,829 --> 01:24:51,696 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS. 2433 01:24:51,696 --> 01:24:54,432 THE ANIMALS ARE ALL INFECTED 2434 01:24:54,432 --> 01:24:58,603 WITH SIV MAK251 ORALLY AT 2435 01:24:58,603 --> 01:24:59,704 4 WEEKS OF AGE AND THEN 2436 01:24:59,704 --> 01:25:00,906 ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY WAS 2437 01:25:00,906 --> 01:25:01,806 STARTED THREE WEEKS LATER. 2438 01:25:01,806 --> 01:25:02,874 AND AT THE SAME TIME IN THE 2439 01:25:02,874 --> 01:25:05,443 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS WHEN THEY 2440 01:25:05,443 --> 01:25:06,311 RECEIVED THE ANTIRETROVIRAL 2441 01:25:06,311 --> 01:25:07,746 THERAPY, THEY ALSO GET AN 2442 01:25:07,746 --> 01:25:12,017 INJECTION OF THE AAV9 ECD 4 IGG 2443 01:25:12,017 --> 01:25:12,150 1. 2444 01:25:12,150 --> 01:25:14,119 WE'RE FOLLOWING THEM THROUGHOUT 2445 01:25:14,119 --> 01:25:17,622 THIS PERIOD OF ART AND THEN WE 2446 01:25:17,622 --> 01:25:18,957 ARE ANTICIPATING THAT IN ORDER 2447 01:25:18,957 --> 01:25:21,559 TO CLEAR THE VIRAL RESERVOIRS OR 2448 01:25:21,559 --> 01:25:22,794 CLEAR THE INFECTED CELLS DURING 2449 01:25:22,794 --> 01:25:25,497 ART, WE WILL NEED A PERIOD OF 2450 01:25:25,497 --> 01:25:26,264 LATENCY REVERSAL. 2451 01:25:26,264 --> 01:25:27,465 SO THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED YET BUT 2452 01:25:27,465 --> 01:25:29,234 THE PLAN IS TO TREAT WITH THE 2453 01:25:29,234 --> 01:25:33,538 SMACK MIMETIC ECD 5582. 2454 01:25:33,538 --> 01:25:34,673 I WILL JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION 2455 01:25:34,673 --> 01:25:41,413 TO A POSTER FROM A FELLOW IN MY 2456 01:25:41,413 --> 01:25:41,880 LAB. 2457 01:25:41,880 --> 01:25:43,615 HE GOES INTO MUCH GREATER DETAIL 2458 01:25:43,615 --> 01:25:46,017 ON HOW WE SELECTED THESE INFANT 2459 01:25:46,017 --> 01:25:48,119 MACAQUES IN TERMS OF THEIR 2460 01:25:48,119 --> 01:25:50,121 PRE-EXISTING ANTIBODIES TO AAV. 2461 01:25:50,121 --> 01:25:52,324 SO HERE ARE EARLY RESULTS. 2462 01:25:52,324 --> 01:25:55,160 SIMILAR TO WHAT MAURICIO HAS 2463 01:25:55,160 --> 01:25:57,462 SHOWN, WE ARE SEEING EXPRESSION 2464 01:25:57,462 --> 01:26:00,298 OF ECD 4, THE IGG 1 VERSION IN 2465 01:26:00,298 --> 01:26:04,035 ALL OF THESE ANIMALS. 2466 01:26:04,035 --> 01:26:05,370 THESE LAST WE HAVEN'T MEASURED 2467 01:26:05,370 --> 01:26:07,639 YET SO IT'S NOT ABSTINENCE, IT 2468 01:26:07,639 --> 01:26:08,773 JUST HASN'T BEEN MEASURED. 2469 01:26:08,773 --> 01:26:10,742 AND THEN JUST TO REMIND YOU OF 2470 01:26:10,742 --> 01:26:12,043 OUR LATENCY REVERSAL APPROACH, 2471 01:26:12,043 --> 01:26:14,346 SO THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN 2472 01:26:14,346 --> 01:26:15,013 SEVERAL TALKS ALREADY AT THIS 2473 01:26:15,013 --> 01:26:16,448 MEETING SO I WON'T GO INTO 2474 01:26:16,448 --> 01:26:19,718 DETAIL BUT WE'VE PUBLISHED ON IN 2475 01:26:19,718 --> 01:26:28,760 IT ADULTERY ADULT RECE RHESUS ML 2476 01:26:28,760 --> 01:26:29,861 AS -- AND IN PARTICULAR THEY 2477 01:26:29,861 --> 01:26:33,131 HAVE A LOT LESS VIRUS 2478 01:26:33,131 --> 01:26:35,433 REACTIVATION, ARE ON ART 2479 01:26:35,433 --> 01:26:35,767 VIREMIA. 2480 01:26:35,767 --> 01:26:37,335 WE'VE TAKEN THESE RESULTS AND 2481 01:26:37,335 --> 01:26:41,506 WORKED WITH UNC TO PERFORM PK 2482 01:26:41,506 --> 01:26:42,841 MODELING STUDIES TO HELP US 2483 01:26:42,841 --> 01:26:43,608 INFORM THE NEXT DOSE AND WE HAVE 2484 01:26:43,608 --> 01:26:46,244 SOME PILOT STUDIES AS WELL SO WE 2485 01:26:46,244 --> 01:26:47,345 FEEL PREPARED THAT WE SHOULD BE 2486 01:26:47,345 --> 01:26:49,781 ABLE TO ACHIEVE HIGHER LEVELS OF 2487 01:26:49,781 --> 01:26:51,082 LATENCY REVERSAL IN THE INFANTS 2488 01:26:51,082 --> 01:26:53,818 IN THE CURRENT STUDY. 2489 01:26:53,818 --> 01:26:57,188 SO THE NEXT PREYOU HAVE I WILL E 2490 01:26:57,188 --> 01:26:59,324 YOU IS A STUDY FROM THIS GROUP 2491 01:26:59,324 --> 01:27:00,892 LISTED ON THE SCREEN FROM WEILL 2492 01:27:00,892 --> 01:27:02,193 CORNELL MEDICINE WHERE THEY'RE 2493 01:27:02,193 --> 01:27:06,364 WORKING TO INDUCE BNABS, HIV 2494 01:27:06,364 --> 01:27:10,835 ENVELOPE TRIMER I NIGHIZATIO IM. 2495 01:27:10,835 --> 01:27:13,571 THIS IS ACTUALLY A PART OF RF 2, 2496 01:27:13,571 --> 01:27:16,007 BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD PRESENT IT 2497 01:27:16,007 --> 01:27:21,880 TODAY. 2498 01:27:21,880 --> 01:27:25,717 SO THE GOAL OF THESE IS TO 2499 01:27:25,717 --> 01:27:27,218 PRESENT MULTIPLE BNAB EPITOPES 2500 01:27:27,218 --> 01:27:28,686 IN WAYS THAT BEST MIMIC THEIR 2501 01:27:28,686 --> 01:27:30,021 PRESENTATION ON THE NATIVE 2502 01:27:30,021 --> 01:27:31,656 ENVELOPE SPIKE. 2503 01:27:31,656 --> 01:27:36,594 AND THE BG505 SOSIP IS DESCRIBED 2504 01:27:36,594 --> 01:27:39,898 HERE AN THE GT1.1 WHICH ENGAGES 2505 01:27:39,898 --> 01:27:43,968 A BROAD RANGE OF VRC01-CLASS C 2506 01:27:43,968 --> 01:27:45,804 D4 BINDING SITE PRECURSOR BNABS 2507 01:27:45,804 --> 01:27:46,805 IS SHOWN HERE AS WELL. 2508 01:27:46,805 --> 01:27:48,039 SO THIS IS ANOTHER -- THIS IS 2509 01:27:48,039 --> 01:27:49,574 ACTUALLY A STUDY THAT'S BEEN 2510 01:27:49,574 --> 01:27:51,643 COMPLETED BY ASHLEY NELSON, AND 2511 01:27:51,643 --> 01:27:58,183 THIS IS WHERE THEY USE THE BG50L 2512 01:27:58,183 --> 01:28:01,352 AND THE GT1.1 MODIFIED VERSION 2513 01:28:01,352 --> 01:28:03,088 IN INFANT RHESUS MACAQUES THAT 2514 01:28:03,088 --> 01:28:05,056 ARE NAIVE TO SIV SO THIS WAS AS 2515 01:28:05,056 --> 01:28:07,158 PART OF A PROPHYLACTIC VACCINE 2516 01:28:07,158 --> 01:28:07,592 STUDY. 2517 01:28:07,592 --> 01:28:08,893 AND THEY SHOWED THAT IT WAS ABLE 2518 01:28:08,893 --> 01:28:12,230 TO -- THEY WERE ABLE TO INDUCE 2519 01:28:12,230 --> 01:28:15,600 T TIER 1 AND TIER 2 NEUTRALIZING 2520 01:28:15,600 --> 01:28:17,335 ANTIBODIES WITHIN A YEAR OF THIS 2521 01:28:17,335 --> 01:28:19,804 INITIAL PROFILE AND THE 2522 01:28:19,804 --> 01:28:21,106 GT1.1 PRIMED INFANTS DISPLAYED 2523 01:28:21,106 --> 01:28:22,640 SUPERIOR ABILITY TO GENERATE 2524 01:28:22,640 --> 01:28:25,310 PRECURSORS TO CD4 BINDING SITE 2525 01:28:25,310 --> 01:28:26,277 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES, SO YOU 2526 01:28:26,277 --> 01:28:28,780 CAN SEE HERE THE COMPARISON THAT 2527 01:28:28,780 --> 01:28:30,815 THEY MADE WITH INFANT MACAQUES 2528 01:28:30,815 --> 01:28:33,418 AND THE ADULT MACAQUES. 2529 01:28:33,418 --> 01:28:34,886 SO THIS IS THE STUDY THAT WEAR 2530 01:28:34,886 --> 01:28:38,556 DOINGWE'REDOING TAKING THAT APPD 2531 01:28:38,556 --> 01:28:40,558 APPLYING IT IN A THERAPEUTIC 2532 01:28:40,558 --> 01:28:41,092 VACCINE SPACE. 2533 01:28:41,092 --> 01:28:43,695 SO ANIMALS WERE INFECTED WITH 2534 01:28:43,695 --> 01:28:45,830 SHIV SF162P3. 2535 01:28:45,830 --> 01:28:48,133 THIS WAS DONE AT THE OREGON 2536 01:28:48,133 --> 01:28:48,566 PRIMATE CENTER. 2537 01:28:48,566 --> 01:28:50,401 THEY STARTED ANTIRETROVIRAL 2538 01:28:50,401 --> 01:28:51,336 THERAPY ONE WEEK AFTER INFECTION 2539 01:28:51,336 --> 01:28:53,304 AND THIS IS THE SCHEDULE OF 2540 01:28:53,304 --> 01:28:54,172 IMMUNIZATIONS. 2541 01:28:54,172 --> 01:28:56,241 THE SOSIP IMMUNIZATIONS ARE 2542 01:28:56,241 --> 01:29:00,411 BEING GIVEN WITH THE 2543 01:29:00,411 --> 01:29:01,846 TLR7/8 ADJUVANT 3M052. 2544 01:29:01,846 --> 01:29:03,181 SO THE HYPOTHESIS IS THAT 2545 01:29:03,181 --> 01:29:04,482 ADMINISTRATION OF GERMLINE 2546 01:29:04,482 --> 01:29:06,251 TARGETING SOSIP SHORTLY AFTER 2547 01:29:06,251 --> 01:29:08,219 INFECTION WILL LEAD TO 2548 01:29:08,219 --> 01:29:10,855 FOCUSED -- A FOCUSED ANTIBODY 2549 01:29:10,855 --> 01:29:13,825 RESPONSE, DRIVE THE 2550 01:29:13,825 --> 01:29:14,926 EXPANSION/MATURATION OF SPECIFIC 2551 01:29:14,926 --> 01:29:18,763 B CELL CLONAL LINEAGES WITH B 2552 01:29:18,763 --> 01:29:22,066 NABS GENERATED IN VIVO CAPABLE 2553 01:29:22,066 --> 01:29:24,802 OF DELAYING TIME TO REBOUND POST 2554 01:29:24,802 --> 01:29:25,236 ART INTERRUPTION. 2555 01:29:25,236 --> 01:29:26,571 WE'RE USING TWO DIFFERENT 2556 01:29:26,571 --> 01:29:28,339 METHODS, BOTH VECTOR DELIVERY 2557 01:29:28,339 --> 01:29:30,308 AND ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION TO 2558 01:29:30,308 --> 01:29:32,043 ACHIEVE BNAB EXPRESSION IN 2559 01:29:32,043 --> 01:29:33,278 INFANT RHESUS MACAQUES. 2560 01:29:33,278 --> 01:29:37,015 AND WE HAVE SOME ONGOING WORK 2561 01:29:37,015 --> 01:29:38,783 OBVIOUSLY TO DO AS THOSE 2562 01:29:38,783 --> 01:29:39,817 NON-HUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES ARE 2563 01:29:39,817 --> 01:29:40,752 STILL WORKING. 2564 01:29:40,752 --> 01:29:42,420 BUT WHAT IF WE TAKE A STEP BACK 2565 01:29:42,420 --> 01:29:44,722 AND THINK ABOUT PASSIVE 2566 01:29:44,722 --> 01:29:46,024 ADMINISTRATION OF BNABS IN 2567 01:29:46,024 --> 01:29:46,491 INFANTS? 2568 01:29:46,491 --> 01:29:51,663 THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE STAR 2569 01:29:51,663 --> 01:29:51,896 STARTED. 2570 01:29:51,896 --> 01:29:53,431 SO THIS WORK WHICH WE'RE CALLING 2571 01:29:53,431 --> 01:29:54,532 SURGE AND PURGE AAPPROPRIATE, 2572 01:29:54,532 --> 01:29:58,770 THIS HAS BEEN DISCU --APROA. THD 2573 01:29:58,770 --> 01:30:00,905 AT THE TIME OF OUR INITIATION TO 2574 01:30:00,905 --> 01:30:03,241 ATTEMPT TO IMPEDE OR REDUCE 2575 01:30:03,241 --> 01:30:05,944 RESERVOIR ESTABLISHMENT. 2576 01:30:05,944 --> 01:30:07,912 THIS APPROACH IS PARTICULARLY 2577 01:30:07,912 --> 01:30:12,083 APPEALING FOR INFANTS AND 2578 01:30:12,083 --> 01:30:15,086 CHILDREN BECAUSE FOR MANY OF 2579 01:30:15,086 --> 01:30:16,187 THEM, WE KNOW WHEN THEY WERE 2580 01:30:16,187 --> 01:30:17,822 INFECTED AND WE CAN INTERVENE 2581 01:30:17,822 --> 01:30:18,923 EARLY WITH ANTIRETROVIRAL 2582 01:30:18,923 --> 01:30:22,560 THERAPY PLUS ADDITIONAL 2583 01:30:22,560 --> 01:30:23,861 IMMUNE-BASED INTERVENTIONS. 2584 01:30:23,861 --> 01:30:26,731 SO THE SURGE IS THE USE OF AN 2585 01:30:26,731 --> 01:30:27,398 IMMUNOSTIMULATORY AGENT DURING 2586 01:30:27,398 --> 01:30:29,133 THE PERIOD OF HIGH TURNOVER OF 2587 01:30:29,133 --> 01:30:31,869 INFECTED CELLS SO THIS IS DURING 2588 01:30:31,869 --> 01:30:33,471 ACUTE INFECTION, TO FURTHER 2589 01:30:33,471 --> 01:30:35,740 ENHANCE VIRAL ANTIGEN EXPRESSION 2590 01:30:35,740 --> 01:30:37,842 AS WELL AS PROMOTE T AND NK CELL 2591 01:30:37,842 --> 01:30:38,977 ACTIVATION TO ACCELERATE THE 2592 01:30:38,977 --> 01:30:41,579 CLEARANCE OF INFECTED 2593 01:30:41,579 --> 01:30:41,980 CD4 T-CELLS. 2594 01:30:41,980 --> 01:30:43,248 IN THE STUDY THAT I'LL BE 2595 01:30:43,248 --> 01:30:46,884 DESCRIBING WE USED N-803 AS OUR 2596 01:30:46,884 --> 01:30:49,187 SURGE AGENT. 2597 01:30:49,187 --> 01:30:51,923 THE PURGE IS TO USE PA CIVIL 2598 01:30:51,923 --> 01:30:55,693 ADMINISTERED ENVELOPE-SPECIFIC 2599 01:30:55,693 --> 01:30:56,761 ANTIBODIES THAT WILL WORK IN 2600 01:30:56,761 --> 01:30:58,096 CONCERT WITH INNATE IMMUNE CELLS 2601 01:30:58,096 --> 01:31:00,298 TO CLEAR INFECTED CD4 T-CELLS. 2602 01:31:00,298 --> 01:31:05,536 THE PURGE AGENTS WE USE ARE FOUR 2603 01:31:05,536 --> 01:31:07,438 RHESUS-SPECIFIC MONOCLONAL 2604 01:31:07,438 --> 01:31:11,175 ANTIBODIES DEVELOPED AT THE NIH. 2605 01:31:11,175 --> 01:31:12,377 SO HERE'S THE STUDY DESIGN. 2606 01:31:12,377 --> 01:31:14,879 WE HAD A GROUP THAT JUST HAD ART 2607 01:31:14,879 --> 01:31:19,150 ONLY AS CONTROLS, A GROUP THAT 2608 01:31:19,150 --> 01:31:20,685 RECEIVED MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES 2609 01:31:20,685 --> 01:31:22,787 AND A GROUP THAT RECEIVED SIV 2610 01:31:22,787 --> 01:31:24,922 ANTIBODIES IN ADDITION TO N-803. 2611 01:31:24,922 --> 01:31:27,625 THEY WERE ALL INFECTED ORALLY, 2612 01:31:27,625 --> 01:31:29,360 STARTED ON ART WITHIN ONE TO TWO 2613 01:31:29,360 --> 01:31:30,328 WEEKS OF THAT INFECTION, AND 2614 01:31:30,328 --> 01:31:33,598 THEN RECEIVED THE ADDITIONAL 2615 01:31:33,598 --> 01:31:34,232 INTERVENTIONS AT THE SAME TIME 2616 01:31:34,232 --> 01:31:36,467 AS ART WAS INITIATED. 2617 01:31:36,467 --> 01:31:37,935 IN THIS STUDY, WE WERE ONLY ABLE 2618 01:31:37,935 --> 01:31:40,972 TO GIVE ONE DOSE OF N-803 DUE TO 2619 01:31:40,972 --> 01:31:44,609 ADVERSE EFFECTS. 2620 01:31:44,609 --> 01:31:45,376 SO WHAT DID WE SEE? 2621 01:31:45,376 --> 01:31:47,378 WE FOUND THAT IN ANIMALS THAT 2622 01:31:47,378 --> 01:31:50,381 RECEIVED N-803, WE SHOWED AN 2623 01:31:50,381 --> 01:31:52,483 INCREASE IN KI67 EXPRESSION ON 2624 01:31:52,483 --> 01:31:54,552 NK CELLS AND CD8 T-CELLS AT DAY 2625 01:31:54,552 --> 01:31:59,624 FOUR, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE. 2626 01:31:59,624 --> 01:32:01,826 CD4 T-CELLS DID NOT HAVE A 2627 01:32:01,826 --> 01:32:03,661 SIMILAR EE CREASE AND THE LEVELS 2628 01:32:03,661 --> 01:32:05,129 DECLINED BY DAY 7 SUCH THAT THEY 2629 01:32:05,129 --> 01:32:05,897 WERE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER 2630 01:32:05,897 --> 01:32:06,564 GROUPS. 2631 01:32:06,564 --> 01:32:07,732 SO THIS WAS PROOF OF CONCEPT 2632 01:32:07,732 --> 01:32:10,968 THAT N-803 WAS DOING WHAT WE 2633 01:32:10,968 --> 01:32:12,603 EXPECTED TO DO IN THESE ANIMALS. 2634 01:32:12,603 --> 01:32:13,871 HOWEVER WE SAW A SIMILAR DECLINE 2635 01:32:13,871 --> 01:32:15,873 OF VIREMIA ON ANTIRETROVIRAL 2636 01:32:15,873 --> 01:32:17,375 THERAPY IN ALL THREE OF THE 2637 01:32:17,375 --> 01:32:18,443 GROUPS, DESPITE THE 2638 01:32:18,443 --> 01:32:19,410 ADMINISTRATION OF THE ANTIBODIES 2639 01:32:19,410 --> 01:32:23,715 AS WELL AS THE N-8 O803, SO 2640 01:32:23,715 --> 01:32:24,615 ALTHOUGH THEY'RE DIFFERENT 2641 01:32:24,615 --> 01:32:25,550 AGENTS AND A DIFFERENT MODEL, 2642 01:32:25,550 --> 01:32:27,051 BUT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE 2643 01:32:27,051 --> 01:32:29,821 ECLEAR STUDY THAT MARINA CASKEY 2644 01:32:29,821 --> 01:32:31,155 JUST PRESENTED WHERE THEY SAW A 2645 01:32:31,155 --> 01:32:33,891 FASTER DECLINE IN VIREMIA WITH 2646 01:32:33,891 --> 01:32:35,426 ADMINISTRATION OF ANTIBODIES TO 2647 01:32:35,426 --> 01:32:40,064 ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV. 2648 01:32:40,064 --> 01:32:41,899 WE ALSO DID NOT FIND AN IMPACT 2649 01:32:41,899 --> 01:32:43,768 OF OUR INTERVENTIONS ON THE 2650 01:32:43,768 --> 01:32:46,237 IMPACTED CELLS, SO THIS IS 2651 01:32:46,237 --> 01:32:48,740 LOOKING AT GAG DNA CELLS IN 2652 01:32:48,740 --> 01:32:50,608 PERIPHERAL BLOOD AND LYMPH NODES 2653 01:32:50,608 --> 01:32:51,909 OVER TIME IN ALL GROUPS WHICH 2654 01:32:51,909 --> 01:32:53,811 EVERYTHING LOOKED SIMILAR. 2655 01:32:53,811 --> 01:32:55,580 AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE INTACT 2656 01:32:55,580 --> 01:32:58,216 SIV PROVIRAL RESERVOIR IN LYMPH 2657 01:32:58,216 --> 01:32:59,550 NODES, BLOOD AND RECTAL 2658 01:32:59,550 --> 01:33:00,451 BIOPSIES, AND THERE WAS NO 2659 01:33:00,451 --> 01:33:07,992 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GROUPS. 2660 01:33:07,992 --> 01:33:11,562 SIMILARLY TO THESE LAST COUPLE 2661 01:33:11,562 --> 01:33:12,397 OF -- I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT 2662 01:33:12,397 --> 01:33:13,297 HAPPENED AFTER TREATMENT 2663 01:33:13,297 --> 01:33:13,731 INTERRUPTION. 2664 01:33:13,731 --> 01:33:16,467 ALL ANIMALS IN THE GROUPS 2665 01:33:16,467 --> 01:33:18,302 REBOUNDED AT A SIMILAR TIME AND 2666 01:33:18,302 --> 01:33:21,072 WE DID NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON 2667 01:33:21,072 --> 01:33:22,640 THE POST REBOUND DYNAMICS IN 2668 01:33:22,640 --> 01:33:25,376 TERMS OF SET POINT. 2669 01:33:25,376 --> 01:33:30,014 SO TO SUMMARIZE THIS STUDY, WE 2670 01:33:30,014 --> 01:33:32,316 SAW SIMILAR PLASMA VIRAL LOAD 2671 01:33:32,316 --> 01:33:33,718 DECAY ACROSS ALL GROUPS, WE DID 2672 01:33:33,718 --> 01:33:37,121 SEE AN INCREASE IN KI67 AT DAY 2673 01:33:37,121 --> 01:33:39,490 FOUR AFTER N-803 ADMINISTRATION, 2674 01:33:39,490 --> 01:33:42,794 AND OVERALL, WE SAW A DECLINE IN 2675 01:33:42,794 --> 01:33:46,964 CD4 T-CELL ASSOCIATED SIV DNA 2676 01:33:46,964 --> 01:33:48,166 INTACT VIRAL DNA OVER TIME IN 2677 01:33:48,166 --> 01:33:50,401 ALL GROUPS BUT WHEN WE LOOKED 2678 01:33:50,401 --> 01:33:51,369 CROSS-SECTIONALLY, THERE WAS NO 2679 01:33:51,369 --> 01:33:52,703 DIFFERENCE. 2680 01:33:52,703 --> 01:33:56,140 AND THEN FINALLY, I WILL JUST 2681 01:33:56,140 --> 01:33:57,542 CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A POSTER 2682 01:33:57,542 --> 01:34:01,379 THAT'S BEING PRESENTED FROM THE 2683 01:34:01,379 --> 01:34:02,814 ROME GROUP, AND THEY'RE REALLY 2684 01:34:02,814 --> 01:34:04,482 DOING SOME VERY EXCITING STUDIES 2685 01:34:04,482 --> 01:34:07,752 TO DEVELOP A PREDICTIVE PLATFORM 2686 01:34:07,752 --> 01:34:11,155 FOR RESERVOIR REACTIVATION IN 2687 01:34:11,155 --> 01:34:12,290 VIRAL REBOUND THAT WE ARE 2688 01:34:12,290 --> 01:34:16,894 FEEDING DATA FROM THE ATACO 2689 01:34:16,894 --> 01:34:17,995 COHORT DEBBIE DESCRIBED EARLIER 2690 01:34:17,995 --> 01:34:20,331 AS WELL AS THE STUDIES OF SIV IN 2691 01:34:20,331 --> 01:34:22,967 INFANT RHESUS MACAQUES. 2692 01:34:22,967 --> 01:34:24,735 JOHN MARCOUX IS DEVELOPING A 2693 01:34:24,735 --> 01:34:26,204 MATH MACKALL MODEL FOR HELPING 2694 01:34:26,204 --> 01:34:28,706 US PREDICT VIRAL REBOUND IN 2695 01:34:28,706 --> 01:34:30,341 ANIMALS AND IN -- SO THE PLAIN 2696 01:34:30,341 --> 01:34:31,776 LANGUAGE SUMMARY. 2697 01:34:31,776 --> 01:34:33,244 THE KEY QUESTION WE WERE ASKING 2698 01:34:33,244 --> 01:34:35,046 IS CAN THE COMBINATION TREATMENT 2699 01:34:35,046 --> 01:34:40,117 WITH ART, -- IMMUNOSTIMULATORY 2700 01:34:40,117 --> 01:34:42,253 AGENTS RESTRICT RES VOR 2701 01:34:42,253 --> 01:34:44,322 ESTABLISHMENT, CLEAR PERSISTENT 2702 01:34:44,322 --> 01:34:46,390 RESERVOIRS AND/OR DELAY VIRAL 2703 01:34:46,390 --> 01:34:47,158 REBOUND IN INFANTS? 2704 01:34:47,158 --> 01:34:48,893 HOW DOES THIS WORK ADVANCE THE 2705 01:34:48,893 --> 01:34:51,729 FIELD TOWARD CURE OR CONTROL. 2706 01:34:51,729 --> 01:34:54,332 OUR EARLY EXPRESSION DATA FROM 2707 01:34:54,332 --> 01:34:58,002 THE ECD IGG 1 REINFORCES RESULTS 2708 01:34:58,002 --> 01:35:04,609 THAT PLEASTHAT MAURICIO PRESENTE 2709 01:35:04,609 --> 01:35:06,711 DELIVER OUR LATENCY REVERSING 2710 01:35:06,711 --> 01:35:07,545 AGENT. 2711 01:35:07,545 --> 01:35:10,381 THE ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION STRATEGY 2712 01:35:10,381 --> 01:35:12,316 WITH THE SOSIP SHOWS PROMISE FOR 2713 01:35:12,316 --> 01:35:15,052 INDUCTION OF BNAB PRECURSORS IN 2714 01:35:15,052 --> 01:35:17,355 INFANTS FROM THE SIV NAIVE STUDY 2715 01:35:17,355 --> 01:35:18,823 OR SHIV NAIVE STUDY. 2716 01:35:18,823 --> 01:35:22,326 AND THOUGH THE OUTCOMES OF OUR 2717 01:35:22,326 --> 01:35:24,529 SURGE AND PURGE STUDY WERE NOT 2718 01:35:24,529 --> 01:35:25,963 AS HOPED WE GAINED INSIGHT INTO 2719 01:35:25,963 --> 01:35:28,065 THE IMPACT OF COMBINATION 2720 01:35:28,065 --> 01:35:29,066 INTERVENTIONS IN INFANTS. 2721 01:35:29,066 --> 01:35:30,401 SO OVERALL WE THINK THAT THE 2722 01:35:30,401 --> 01:35:31,903 INFANT MONKEY MODEL IS USEFUL TO 2723 01:35:31,903 --> 01:35:34,038 HELP ADVANCE STRATEGIES FOR A 2724 01:35:34,038 --> 01:35:38,209 CURE, AND EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, 2725 01:35:38,209 --> 01:35:39,410 IT TELLS US WHEN MORE RESEARCH 2726 01:35:39,410 --> 01:35:41,379 IS NEEDED BEFORE WE CONSIDER 2727 01:35:41,379 --> 01:35:42,547 ADVANCING A CERTAIN 2728 01:35:42,547 --> 01:35:43,114 INTERVENTIONAL APPROACH TO 2729 01:35:43,114 --> 01:35:43,714 CHILDREN. 2730 01:35:43,714 --> 01:35:45,149 THESE ARE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 2731 01:35:45,149 --> 01:35:46,851 FOR THE SOSIP STUDIES, AS WELL 2732 01:35:46,851 --> 01:35:50,121 AS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR THE 2733 01:35:50,121 --> 01:35:51,422 NON-HUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES WE DID 2734 01:35:51,422 --> 01:35:51,856 AT EMORY. 2735 01:35:51,856 --> 01:35:54,525 NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 2736 01:35:54,525 --> 01:35:55,826 SAVITA TO TALK ABOUT RF 4. 2737 01:35:55,826 --> 01:35:56,193 THANK YOU. 2738 01:35:56,193 --> 01:36:05,803 [APPLAUSE] 2739 01:36:05,803 --> 01:36:07,471 >> GOOD MORNING. 2740 01:36:07,471 --> 01:36:10,975 I'M SAVITA PAHWA FROM THE 2741 01:36:10,975 --> 01:36:11,642 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. 2742 01:36:11,642 --> 01:36:13,411 I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE RF 4, 2743 01:36:13,411 --> 01:36:16,914 WHICH IS UNIQUE TO THE PAVE 2744 01:36:16,914 --> 01:36:20,985 COLLABORATORY. 2745 01:36:20,985 --> 01:36:22,286 THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO 2746 01:36:22,286 --> 01:36:23,321 OPTIMIZE CUTTING EDGE 2747 01:36:23,321 --> 01:36:24,855 TECHNOLOGIES TO STUDY HIV 2748 01:36:24,855 --> 01:36:26,824 PERSISTENCE IN CHILDREN. 2749 01:36:26,824 --> 01:36:31,629 IT HAS FOUR AIMS, AND ON THE 2750 01:36:31,629 --> 01:36:35,833 LEFT ARE THE -- AIMS 1 AND 2751 01:36:35,833 --> 01:36:37,702 2 DEAL WITH RESERVOIR DYNAMICS 2752 01:36:37,702 --> 01:36:39,337 AND INDUCIBILITY, WHICH WILL BE 2753 01:36:39,337 --> 01:36:40,605 DISCUSSED BY DEBBIE. 2754 01:36:40,605 --> 01:36:43,674 I WILL BE DISCUSSING AIMS 3 AND 2755 01:36:43,674 --> 01:36:47,244 4, AND STARTING WITH IMMUNE 2756 01:36:47,244 --> 01:36:47,612 PROFILING. 2757 01:36:47,612 --> 01:36:50,481 WHICH IS SHARED BETWEEN MIAMI 2758 01:36:50,481 --> 01:36:53,884 AND BOSTON LABS. 2759 01:36:53,884 --> 01:36:56,988 SO THE MAIN QUESTION IN 2760 01:36:56,988 --> 01:36:57,788 IMMUNOLOGIC PROFILING ASK WHAT 2761 01:36:57,788 --> 01:36:59,991 ARE THE IMMUNE RESPONSES AGAINST 2762 01:36:59,991 --> 01:37:03,594 HIV THAT ARE PRESENT, AND/OR ARE 2763 01:37:03,594 --> 01:37:07,665 EFFECTIVE IN THE INFANT IMMUNE 2764 01:37:07,665 --> 01:37:09,433 SYSTEM, BOTH PRE AND POST ART 2765 01:37:09,433 --> 01:37:10,201 INITIATION. 2766 01:37:10,201 --> 01:37:13,738 AND MOST OF THE ASSAYS IN OUR 2767 01:37:13,738 --> 01:37:15,706 TOOLBOX DEAL WITH PHENOTYPIC 2768 01:37:15,706 --> 01:37:17,908 STUDIES UTILIZING MULTIPARAMETER 2769 01:37:17,908 --> 01:37:19,644 FLOW CYTOMETRY AS WELL AS 2770 01:37:19,644 --> 01:37:21,379 FUNCTIONAL STUDIES. 2771 01:37:21,379 --> 01:37:24,315 AND THROUGH RF 4, WE HAVE 2772 01:37:24,315 --> 01:37:26,517 DEVELOPED MULTI-OMIC SINGLE CELL 2773 01:37:26,517 --> 01:37:29,220 ANALYSIS USING SINGLE CELL RNA 2774 01:37:29,220 --> 01:37:30,521 SEQ, AS WELL AS SMALL SCALE 2775 01:37:30,521 --> 01:37:33,691 FUNCTIONAL STUDIES TO DETERMINE 2776 01:37:33,691 --> 01:37:37,094 HOW IMMUNE CELLS REACT TO VIRAL 2777 01:37:37,094 --> 01:37:39,230 INFECTION AND OTHER STIMULI. 2778 01:37:39,230 --> 01:37:41,499 AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE 2779 01:37:41,499 --> 01:37:43,801 HIGHLIGHTS. 2780 01:37:43,801 --> 01:37:47,972 FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 2781 01:37:47,972 --> 01:37:50,541 TARA COHORT WHICH IS A COHORT 2782 01:37:50,541 --> 01:37:53,177 DEVELOPED WITH COLLABORATOR 2783 01:37:53,177 --> 01:37:55,179 MARIA LANE IN MOZAMBIQUE. 2784 01:37:55,179 --> 01:37:57,181 IN INFANTS BORN TO HIV INFECTED 2785 01:37:57,181 --> 01:37:59,917 MOTHERS LEADING TO BIRTH OF HIV 2786 01:37:59,917 --> 01:38:01,686 EXPOSED INFECTED INFANTS, AND 2787 01:38:01,686 --> 01:38:03,220 HIV EXPOSED UNINFECTED 2788 01:38:03,220 --> 01:38:04,321 INASSISTANTS. 2789 01:38:04,321 --> 01:38:09,093 AND WHEN WE DID THE ECCITE-SEQ 2790 01:38:09,093 --> 01:38:11,929 ASSAY, WE FOUND THAT AT ONE 2791 01:38:11,929 --> 01:38:15,199 MONTH POST BIRTH, IN FOUR 2792 01:38:15,199 --> 01:38:16,867 INFANTS THEY EXHIBITED 2793 01:38:16,867 --> 01:38:20,337 ENRICHMENT OF NK AND CD8 T-CELL 2794 01:38:20,337 --> 01:38:23,140 CLUSTERS THAT WERE ABSENT IN 2795 01:38:23,140 --> 01:38:25,176 HEU, AND THOSE ARE SHOWN ON THE 2796 01:38:25,176 --> 01:38:28,879 LEFT ON THESE TWO DIAGRAMS. 2797 01:38:28,879 --> 01:38:30,648 THE RIGHT ONE BEING THE INFECTED 2798 01:38:30,648 --> 01:38:34,185 SHOWING THE CD8 AND THE NK 2799 01:38:34,185 --> 01:38:36,387 CELLS, AND ON THE LEFT ARE THE 2800 01:38:36,387 --> 01:38:39,824 UNINFEBUNINFECTED INFANTS WHO DT 2801 01:38:39,824 --> 01:38:40,491 HAVE THIS. 2802 01:38:40,491 --> 01:38:43,127 THEN ON THE EXTREME RIGHT BO 2803 01:38:43,127 --> 01:38:47,431 DBOTTOM, YOU SEE THE CTL CLONL 2804 01:38:47,431 --> 01:38:49,100 EXPANSION WAS NOT CORRELATED 2805 01:38:49,100 --> 01:38:50,835 WITH VIRAL LOAD. 2806 01:38:50,835 --> 01:38:53,971 SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2807 01:38:53,971 --> 01:38:56,907 OTHER PART IS THE SMALL SCALE NK 2808 01:38:56,907 --> 01:38:59,110 EFFECTOR CELL FUNCTION ASSAY, IN 2809 01:38:59,110 --> 01:39:03,748 WHICH WE ISOLATED NK CELLS FROM 2810 01:39:03,748 --> 01:39:05,850 3 MILLION PBMC AND CULTURED THEM 2811 01:39:05,850 --> 01:39:10,154 WITH HIV INFECTED CELL LINE HAD 2812 01:39:10,154 --> 01:39:13,657 THE UTT78 AS WELL AS WITH 2813 01:39:13,657 --> 01:39:14,759 UNINFECTED K562. 2814 01:39:14,759 --> 01:39:16,160 WHEN WE DID THE KILLING 2815 01:39:16,160 --> 01:39:18,929 EFFICIENCY OF NK CELLS AT ONE 2816 01:39:18,929 --> 01:39:20,431 MONTH PREART, WE FOUND THAT IT 2817 01:39:20,431 --> 01:39:22,466 WAS REALLY NEGATIVE LIQUOR LATED 2818 01:39:22,466 --> 01:39:28,472 LY CORRELATEDWITH VIRUS LOAD SHE 2819 01:39:28,472 --> 01:39:29,006 EXTREME RIGHT. 2820 01:39:29,006 --> 01:39:30,608 WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE 2821 01:39:30,608 --> 01:39:31,275 TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROGRAMS, WE 2822 01:39:31,275 --> 01:39:34,345 FOUND THAT THE NK CELLS INDUCED 2823 01:39:34,345 --> 01:39:35,146 DIFFERENT TRANSCRIPTIONAL 2824 01:39:35,146 --> 01:39:37,782 PROGRAMS IN RESPONSE TO THE HIV 2825 01:39:37,782 --> 01:39:42,119 INFECTED TARGET CELLS, AND THE 2826 01:39:42,119 --> 01:39:44,555 K562 UNINFECTED CELLS, WHICH ARE 2827 01:39:44,555 --> 01:39:46,590 SHOWN ON THE EXTREME RIGHT ON 2828 01:39:46,590 --> 01:39:47,291 THE BOTTOM. 2829 01:39:47,291 --> 01:39:49,360 SO FOR SUMMARY OF THIS PART, WE 2830 01:39:49,360 --> 01:39:51,495 CAN SAY THAT A COMPREHENSIVE 2831 01:39:51,495 --> 01:39:54,865 IMMUNE ANALYSIS IS POSSIBLE WITH 2832 01:39:54,865 --> 01:39:57,668 VERY FEW CELLS YOU CAN DO FLOW 2833 01:39:57,668 --> 01:39:58,803 CYTOMETRY, SINGLE CELL AND 2834 01:39:58,803 --> 01:39:59,804 EVERYTHING, WITH 5 MILLION 2835 01:39:59,804 --> 01:40:00,004 CELLS. 2836 01:40:00,004 --> 01:40:02,173 IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A DEEPER 2837 01:40:02,173 --> 01:40:04,408 DIVE, THEN SINGLE CELL RNA SEQ 2838 01:40:04,408 --> 01:40:06,377 WITH EVEN SMALLER SAMPLES ARE 2839 01:40:06,377 --> 01:40:11,115 GOOD FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. 2840 01:40:11,115 --> 01:40:13,517 EXAMPLE, HIGH AND LOW VIRAL 2841 01:40:13,517 --> 01:40:15,920 RESERVOIR AND CLINICAL RESPONSE 2842 01:40:15,920 --> 01:40:16,987 IN CLINICAL TRIALS. 2843 01:40:16,987 --> 01:40:18,422 EMERGING DATA ARE POINTING TO 2844 01:40:18,422 --> 01:40:22,660 EXPANSION OF SUBSETS OF NK AND 2845 01:40:22,660 --> 01:40:25,930 CD8 T-CELLS IN INFANTS WITH HIV 2846 01:40:25,930 --> 01:40:28,065 PRE-ART INFECTION AT ONE TO TWO 2847 01:40:28,065 --> 01:40:29,066 MONTHS OF AGE. 2848 01:40:29,066 --> 01:40:30,167 THE FUTURE DIRECTIONS ARE TO 2849 01:40:30,167 --> 01:40:34,638 DEVELOP THESE MULTI-OMIC RNA SEQ 2850 01:40:34,638 --> 01:40:36,273 ASSAYS AS WELL AS NK EFFECTOR 2851 01:40:36,273 --> 01:40:40,611 FUNCTIONS IN GREATER DEPTH, AND 2852 01:40:40,611 --> 01:40:42,446 TO PERFORM CROSS RF 2853 01:40:42,446 --> 01:40:43,247 COLLABORATIONS WHICH ARE REALLY 2854 01:40:43,247 --> 01:40:45,249 ONGOING WITH THE DIFFERENT 2855 01:40:45,249 --> 01:40:49,620 INVESTIGATORS LISTED HERE. 2856 01:40:49,620 --> 01:40:51,722 THE MAIN PLAYERS IN THE 2857 01:40:51,722 --> 01:40:52,590 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI TEAM ARE 2858 01:40:52,590 --> 01:40:55,292 SHOWN IN CIRCLES. 2859 01:40:55,292 --> 01:40:58,195 LESLIE WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, IN 2860 01:40:58,195 --> 01:41:02,566 THE BACK, IN THE MIDDLE, AND TWO 2861 01:41:02,566 --> 01:41:05,636 GRADUATE STUDENTS, AKSHAY AND 2862 01:41:05,636 --> 01:41:05,836 VINH. 2863 01:41:05,836 --> 01:41:07,271 OF COURSE I HAVE TO BE THANKFUL 2864 01:41:07,271 --> 01:41:09,340 TO OUR COLLABORATORS IN MOAZ AM 2865 01:41:09,340 --> 01:41:18,048 BEAK AMOZAMBIQUE. 2866 01:41:18,048 --> 01:41:19,383 SYSTEM SEROLOGY PIPELINE IS 2867 01:41:19,383 --> 01:41:21,385 FOCUSED ON FINDING CORRELATES 2868 01:41:21,385 --> 01:41:23,487 BETWEEN ANTIBODY BINDING THROUGH 2869 01:41:23,487 --> 01:41:28,492 THE FAB DOMAIN, AS WELL AS TO 2870 01:41:28,492 --> 01:41:29,894 THE ANTIBODY EFFECTOR MEDIATED 2871 01:41:29,894 --> 01:41:31,295 FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE LEVERAGED 2872 01:41:31,295 --> 01:41:33,597 THROUGH THE FC DOMAIN, WHICH ARE 2873 01:41:33,597 --> 01:41:35,733 SHOWN IN THE BOTTOM BOX WITH ALL 2874 01:41:35,733 --> 01:41:38,035 THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. 2875 01:41:38,035 --> 01:41:40,771 AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE 2876 01:41:40,771 --> 01:41:42,172 HEAT MAP SHOWING THAT YOU COULD 2877 01:41:42,172 --> 01:41:46,043 REALLY PROFILE THIS RESPONSE. 2878 01:41:46,043 --> 01:41:47,811 WE HAVE FOUR ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE 2879 01:41:47,811 --> 01:41:50,114 OF LINEAR RANGE OF DETECTION. 2880 01:41:50,114 --> 01:41:53,450 AND THESE ASSAYS ARE PERFORMED 2881 01:41:53,450 --> 01:41:59,356 IN BOSTON, IN THE LAB AT THE 2882 01:41:59,356 --> 01:41:59,890 INSTITUTE. 2883 01:41:59,890 --> 01:42:01,659 HERE THIS IS SHOWING THAT IN A 2884 01:42:01,659 --> 01:42:03,727 STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED WITH 2885 01:42:03,727 --> 01:42:08,866 VACCINE RECIPIENTS OF HIV, OVER 2886 01:42:08,866 --> 01:42:11,235 A 72-MONTH PERIOD, THAT THE IGG 2887 01:42:11,235 --> 01:42:13,737 1 AND IGG 3 WERE POSITIVELY AND 2888 01:42:13,737 --> 01:42:15,406 INVERSE LIQUOR LATED 2889 01:42:15,406 --> 01:42:17,875 RESPECTIVELY WITH THE LATENT HIV 2890 01:42:17,875 --> 01:42:18,842 RESERVOIR SIZE. 2891 01:42:18,842 --> 01:42:22,579 AND HERE IS THE MODEL, SHOWING 2892 01:42:22,579 --> 01:42:25,950 ON THE TOP THAT THE IGG 2893 01:42:25,950 --> 01:42:28,953 3 RESPONSES ARE NEGATIVELY 2894 01:42:28,953 --> 01:42:31,789 CORRELATED, WHEREAS THE IGG 2895 01:42:31,789 --> 01:42:32,890 1 RESPONSES ARE POSITIVELY 2896 01:42:32,890 --> 01:42:34,291 CORRELATED WITH THE LATENT 2897 01:42:34,291 --> 01:42:35,259 RESERVOIR. 2898 01:42:35,259 --> 01:42:42,433 AND THIS IS THE TEAM OF RHINE RN 2899 01:42:42,433 --> 01:42:42,766 MCNAMERA. 2900 01:42:42,766 --> 01:42:44,501 THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE ROLE 2901 01:42:44,501 --> 01:42:46,704 OF ANTIVIRAL IMMUNITY IN VIRUS 2902 01:42:46,704 --> 01:42:48,539 CONTROL AND RESERVOIR DECAY IN 2903 01:42:48,539 --> 01:42:50,274 PRE-ART AND ART-TREATED 2904 01:42:50,274 --> 01:42:51,475 CHILDREN. 2905 01:42:51,475 --> 01:42:54,211 AND I THINK SOME OF THESE 2906 01:42:54,211 --> 01:42:57,348 TECHNOLOGIES WHICH WILL MINIMIZE 2907 01:42:57,348 --> 01:43:00,184 INPUT WILL HELP DRIVE EFFECTOR 2908 01:43:00,184 --> 01:43:01,385 MECHANISMS AGAINST HIV AND THE 2909 01:43:01,385 --> 01:43:03,954 SYSTEM SEROLOGY IS EXPLORING NEW 2910 01:43:03,954 --> 01:43:06,256 TOOLS TO ANALYZE RESERVOIRS. 2911 01:43:06,256 --> 01:43:08,125 AND THESE ARE ENCOURAGING 2912 01:43:08,125 --> 01:43:09,760 STUDIES BECAUSE THEY COULD 2913 01:43:09,760 --> 01:43:11,128 OVERCOME LIMITED BLOOD SAMPLING 2914 01:43:11,128 --> 01:43:14,531 IN PEDIATRIC POPULATIONS, AND, 2915 01:43:14,531 --> 01:43:16,066 THEREFORE, MOVE THE CURE FIELD 2916 01:43:16,066 --> 01:43:16,300 FORWARD. 2917 01:43:16,300 --> 01:43:21,805 YOAND THE FINAL AIM WAS AIM FOU, 2918 01:43:21,805 --> 01:43:25,709 WHICH IS IMMUNOPET IMAGING IN 2919 01:43:25,709 --> 01:43:28,078 NON-HUMAN PRIMATES FOR 2920 01:43:28,078 --> 01:43:31,148 VISUALIZING VIRAL RESERVOIRS. 2921 01:43:31,148 --> 01:43:36,253 USING ZIRCONIUM LABELED ANTIBODY 2922 01:43:36,253 --> 01:43:37,454 VRC07, YOU SEE PICTURES OF THESE 2923 01:43:37,454 --> 01:43:38,922 TWO ANIMALS TWO WEEKS POST 2924 01:43:38,922 --> 01:43:40,791 INFECTION AND 10 WEEKS POST ART, 2925 01:43:40,791 --> 01:43:44,094 AND YOU CAN SEE THESE 2926 01:43:44,094 --> 01:43:45,929 RESERVOIRS, THESE SITES OF VIRAL 2927 01:43:45,929 --> 01:43:47,698 REPLICATION REALLY LIGHT UP, 2928 01:43:47,698 --> 01:43:49,500 WHICH ARE MUCH GREATER IN THE 2929 01:43:49,500 --> 01:43:54,304 EARLY PHASE, AND MUCH SMALLER 2930 01:43:54,304 --> 01:43:58,208 AFTER ARV INSTITUTION AFTER 10 2931 01:43:58,208 --> 01:43:58,575 WEEKS. 2932 01:43:58,575 --> 01:44:02,346 SO THE SUMMARY IS THAT CAN WE 2933 01:44:02,346 --> 01:44:04,214 OPTIMIZE PRE-CLINICAL PET 2934 01:44:04,214 --> 01:44:06,950 IMAGING, AND YES, AND CAN THIS 2935 01:44:06,950 --> 01:44:08,986 BECOME COMPLEMENTARY TO 2936 01:44:08,986 --> 01:44:10,421 QUANTITATIVE ASSAYS TO ASSESS 2937 01:44:10,421 --> 01:44:11,522 VIRAL INFECTION? 2938 01:44:11,522 --> 01:44:14,258 AND FINALLY, THESE COULD REALLY 2939 01:44:14,258 --> 01:44:18,128 BE POSSIBLY OVERCOME INVASIVE 2940 01:44:18,128 --> 01:44:19,430 PROCEDURES SUCH AS BIOPSIES THAT 2941 01:44:19,430 --> 01:44:24,034 ARE NEEDED TO DETECT AND LOCATE 2942 01:44:24,034 --> 01:44:26,737 HIV REPLICATION IN TISSUES. 2943 01:44:26,737 --> 01:44:28,605 NOW I HAPPENED IT OVER TO DEB. 2944 01:44:28,605 --> 01:44:31,108 >> THANKS, SAVITA. 2945 01:44:31,108 --> 01:44:32,409 IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'M 2946 01:44:32,409 --> 01:44:33,811 ACTUALLY GOING TO SKIP THE 2947 01:44:33,811 --> 01:44:34,678 RESERVOIR COMPONENT AND HAND IT 2948 01:44:34,678 --> 01:44:36,980 OVER TO JESSICA. 2949 01:44:36,980 --> 01:44:38,782 BUT JUST TO MAKE ONE POINT IN 2950 01:44:38,782 --> 01:44:40,984 TERMS OF THE THEME OF SEX 2951 01:44:40,984 --> 01:44:42,419 DIFFERENCES IN HIV RESERVOIR 2952 01:44:42,419 --> 01:44:45,289 SIZE, WE JUST COMPLETED A STUDY 2953 01:44:45,289 --> 01:44:47,724 IN A U.S. COHORT USING THE IPDA 2954 01:44:47,724 --> 01:44:50,160 ASSAY THAT WAS DESCRIBED IN THE 2955 01:44:50,160 --> 01:44:51,528 WELL MATCHED COHORT, THIS WORK 2956 01:44:51,528 --> 01:44:54,131 WAS DONE WHEN SHE WAS A MASTER'S 2957 01:44:54,131 --> 01:44:56,767 STUDENT IN MY LAB IN 2958 01:44:56,767 --> 01:45:02,406 COLLABORATION WITH A PEDIATRIC 2959 01:45:02,406 --> 01:45:03,740 FAK SCORE STUDY. 2960 01:45:03,740 --> 01:45:05,476 TIME OF VIROLOGIC SUPPRESSION IN 2961 01:45:05,476 --> 01:45:06,910 EARLY INFANCY OR CHILDHOOD 2962 01:45:06,910 --> 01:45:08,612 AROUND 14 MONTHS OF AGE, IN 2963 01:45:08,612 --> 01:45:11,148 ORANGE ARE THE GIRLS, SEX 2964 01:45:11,148 --> 01:45:12,583 ASSIGNED AT BIRTH AND IN PURPLE, 2965 01:45:12,583 --> 01:45:14,618 THE BOYS, AND IN THE LATE 2966 01:45:14,618 --> 01:45:17,020 SUPPRESSED GROUP, YOU CAN SEE 2967 01:45:17,020 --> 01:45:18,422 TOTAL HIV DNA IS ACTUALLY 2968 01:45:18,422 --> 01:45:19,189 INCREASING IN THE GIRLS. 2969 01:45:19,189 --> 01:45:22,326 IT HIGHER IN GIRLS VERSUS BOYS 2970 01:45:22,326 --> 01:45:29,766 AND EVEN DEFECTIVE HAVE A 2971 01:45:29,766 --> 01:45:30,968 DIFFERENT -- AND AGE OF 2972 01:45:30,968 --> 01:45:31,935 VIROLOGIC SUPPRESSION REALLY 2973 01:45:31,935 --> 01:45:33,036 MATTERS. 2974 01:45:33,036 --> 01:45:34,104 SUPPORTING ACTUALLY DEVELOPMENT 2975 01:45:34,104 --> 01:45:36,974 OF THE IPD ASSAY FOR APPLICATION 2976 01:45:36,974 --> 01:45:39,676 OF CROSS PEDIATRIC STUDIES. 2977 01:45:39,676 --> 01:45:41,411 THERE'S A POSTER IN TERMS OF 2978 01:45:41,411 --> 01:45:43,947 PROVIRAL LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS 2979 01:45:43,947 --> 01:45:45,649 OF -- INFECTIONS JUST SHOWING 2980 01:45:45,649 --> 01:45:47,117 HIGH BURDEN OF INTACT PRO 2981 01:45:47,117 --> 01:45:48,485 VIRUSES SO WE BELIEVE THESE ARE 2982 01:45:48,485 --> 01:45:50,220 ACTUALLY DEPLETED OVER TIME 2983 01:45:50,220 --> 01:45:51,188 PERHAPS BY SOME OF THE 2984 01:45:51,188 --> 01:45:52,723 MECHANISMS THAT SAVITA HAS 2985 01:45:52,723 --> 01:45:53,157 DESCRIBED. 2986 01:45:53,157 --> 01:45:54,258 SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER. 2987 01:45:54,258 --> 01:45:56,326 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ON THE 2988 01:45:56,326 --> 01:45:57,628 TEAMS AND TURN IT OVER TO 2989 01:45:57,628 --> 01:46:04,401 JESSICA FOR THE COMMUNITY. 2990 01:46:04,401 --> 01:46:06,236 >> SO WE SEE THERE'S A LOT OF 2991 01:46:06,236 --> 01:46:07,204 REALLY GREAT SCIENCE AND IT'S 2992 01:46:07,204 --> 01:46:08,305 HARD TO CONDENSE THAT DOWN AND 2993 01:46:08,305 --> 01:46:09,339 THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 2994 01:46:09,339 --> 01:46:12,543 THE COMMUNITY IS -- WHAT WE'RE 2995 01:46:12,543 --> 01:46:13,610 TRY TO REALLY LEAD IN THIS 2996 01:46:13,610 --> 01:46:14,178 PROGRAM. 2997 01:46:14,178 --> 01:46:15,379 SO DEBBIE ALREADY OUTLINED THAT 2998 01:46:15,379 --> 01:46:18,515 WE DO HAVE FOUR CORE PARTNERS AS 2999 01:46:18,515 --> 01:46:21,585 PART OF THE PAVE NETWORK. 3000 01:46:21,585 --> 01:46:22,886 SO JUST TO SAY WE DO HAVE A 3001 01:46:22,886 --> 01:46:23,554 COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. 3002 01:46:23,554 --> 01:46:24,955 IT IS A GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD, 3003 01:46:24,955 --> 01:46:27,257 WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES 3004 01:46:27,257 --> 01:46:27,558 REPRESENTED. 3005 01:46:27,558 --> 01:46:29,226 I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MAYBE TWO 3006 01:46:29,226 --> 01:46:32,029 SPECIFIC PROJECTS, SO WORKING ON 3007 01:46:32,029 --> 01:46:34,965 A PERCEPTIONS PROJECT, ONE IS 3008 01:46:34,965 --> 01:46:42,673 LED BY TWO CORE MEMBERS FROM 3009 01:46:42,673 --> 01:46:46,210 NIGERIA AND UGANDA, AND THIS HER 3010 01:46:46,210 --> 01:46:49,179 CAMPAIGN OR WOMEN FOR HIV CURE 3011 01:46:49,179 --> 01:46:49,880 REALLY FEATURES YOUNG WOMEN 3012 01:46:49,880 --> 01:46:51,281 LIVING WITH PERINATAL HIV 3013 01:46:51,281 --> 01:46:52,616 TALKING ABOUT THEIR STORY AND 3014 01:46:52,616 --> 01:46:54,651 WHAT HIV CURE MEANS AND I'VE 3015 01:46:54,651 --> 01:46:55,319 SHOWN TWO TILES HERE. 3016 01:46:55,319 --> 01:46:57,054 WE'RE BEGINNING TO EXPAND THAT 3017 01:46:57,054 --> 01:46:58,522 OUT AND WE'LL BE CREATING A 3018 01:46:58,522 --> 01:46:59,223 VIDEO OUT OF THAT. 3019 01:46:59,223 --> 01:47:00,791 AND I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 3020 01:47:00,791 --> 01:47:02,826 THAT WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSING ON 3021 01:47:02,826 --> 01:47:04,995 THE ENGAGEMENT AND LITERACY 3022 01:47:04,995 --> 01:47:06,296 ELEMENT BUT ALSO AROUND THE 3023 01:47:06,296 --> 01:47:07,397 ENABLING ENVIRONMENT, SO WE 3024 01:47:07,397 --> 01:47:11,702 ACTUALLY HAVE HERE OUR CAB CHAIR 3025 01:47:11,702 --> 01:47:13,737 SPEAKING WITH THE UGANDA 3026 01:47:13,737 --> 01:47:15,038 NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 3027 01:47:15,038 --> 01:47:16,340 COUNCIL ON PEDIATRIC HIV CURE 3028 01:47:16,340 --> 01:47:16,673 RESEARCH. 3029 01:47:16,673 --> 01:47:17,908 WE HAVE DONE AGAIN, THINKING 3030 01:47:17,908 --> 01:47:19,843 ABOUT THE METRICS, WE DID THE 3031 01:47:19,843 --> 01:47:21,378 SURVEY THROUGH THIS SOUTH 3032 01:47:21,378 --> 01:47:22,379 AFRICAN HIV CLINICIAN SOCIETY 3033 01:47:22,379 --> 01:47:23,647 AROUND WHAT THEIR KNOWLEDGE 3034 01:47:23,647 --> 01:47:25,182 LEVEL IS, AND WE'RE PLANNING ON 3035 01:47:25,182 --> 01:47:26,383 REPEATING THIS SURVEY TO AGAIN 3036 01:47:26,383 --> 01:47:28,151 THINK ABOUT HOW OUR PROGRAM AND 3037 01:47:28,151 --> 01:47:30,487 THE WEBINARS AND IN-PERSON 3038 01:47:30,487 --> 01:47:31,588 PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE DONE HAS 3039 01:47:31,588 --> 01:47:32,589 REALLY EXPANDED THAT KNOWLEDGE 3040 01:47:32,589 --> 01:47:34,591 OVER TIME. 3041 01:47:34,591 --> 01:47:35,892 WE'RE AGAIN THINKING ABOUT THIS 3042 01:47:35,892 --> 01:47:36,360 ENABLING ENVIRONMENT. 3043 01:47:36,360 --> 01:47:37,628 IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST THINK 3044 01:47:37,628 --> 01:47:40,530 ABOUT LITERACY, WE ALSO REALLY 3045 01:47:40,530 --> 01:47:47,804 FOCUS ON BUILDING THE ADD SEW VY 3046 01:47:47,804 --> 01:47:54,678 SO INVEST BEING IN THE COMMUNI 3047 01:47:54,678 --> 01:47:55,612 TO GROW THE SCIENCE IN THE 3048 01:47:55,612 --> 01:47:55,946 REGION. 3049 01:47:55,946 --> 01:47:58,682 WE HAVE TWO HERE FOCUSING ON THE 3050 01:47:58,682 --> 01:47:59,549 CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HERE SO 3051 01:47:59,549 --> 01:48:01,718 WE'VE DONE TWO CONGRESSIONAL 3052 01:48:01,718 --> 01:48:03,153 LUNCHES AS WELL AS OUTREACH TO 3053 01:48:03,153 --> 01:48:03,920 THE FDA. 3054 01:48:03,920 --> 01:48:05,989 WE ALSO AGAIN HAVE A COMMUNITY 3055 01:48:05,989 --> 01:48:07,224 PERCEPTIONS PARTNERSHIP AND THIS 3056 01:48:07,224 --> 01:48:08,892 IS REALLY LEVERAGING A CROSS 3057 01:48:08,892 --> 01:48:09,793 COLLABORATORY PARTNERSHIP, BUT 3058 01:48:09,793 --> 01:48:12,029 I'VE JUST FOCUSED HERE ON SOME 3059 01:48:12,029 --> 01:48:13,563 OF THE PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT 3060 01:48:13,563 --> 01:48:14,464 CONCERNS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO 3061 01:48:14,464 --> 01:48:15,799 CONTROL THE VIRUS AND NOT JUST 3062 01:48:15,799 --> 01:48:17,668 THINKING ABOUT ERADICATION, BUT 3063 01:48:17,668 --> 01:48:19,236 THINGS AS SIMPLE AS YOU KNOW, 3064 01:48:19,236 --> 01:48:21,104 WHO GETS TO DECIDE WHETHER I GO 3065 01:48:21,104 --> 01:48:22,372 BACK ON THERAPY, IS IT MYSELF OR 3066 01:48:22,372 --> 01:48:25,008 IS IT MY PARENTS. 3067 01:48:25,008 --> 01:48:27,377 AGAIN WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT 3068 01:48:27,377 --> 01:48:29,680 THE SOCIAL SCIENCE AS PEACT, SO 3069 01:48:29,680 --> 01:48:30,714 PARTNERING TO THINK ABOUT AN 3070 01:48:30,714 --> 01:48:32,049 ETHICS PAPER THAT EXPANDS ON 3071 01:48:32,049 --> 01:48:33,183 SOME OF THE WORK THAT SHE HAS 3072 01:48:33,183 --> 01:48:34,318 DONE AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY 3073 01:48:34,318 --> 01:48:35,585 ON SETTING THE RESEARCH AGENDA. 3074 01:48:35,585 --> 01:48:36,453 AND THEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 3075 01:48:36,453 --> 01:48:39,690 WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 3076 01:48:39,690 --> 01:48:40,791 IS AGAIN THIS COMMUNITY VOICES 3077 01:48:40,791 --> 01:48:41,925 CAMPAIGN PARTNERING WITH 3078 01:48:41,925 --> 01:48:43,327 DIFFERENT GROUPS AND YOU'LL SEE 3079 01:48:43,327 --> 01:48:45,796 US POPPING UP AT SOME VARIOUS 3080 01:48:45,796 --> 01:48:46,330 CONFERENCES IN THE REGION. 3081 01:48:46,330 --> 01:48:49,333 THANK YOU. 3082 01:48:49,333 --> 01:48:52,703 [APPLAUSE] 3083 01:48:52,703 --> 01:48:54,871 >> THANK YOU, TO EVERYONE. 3084 01:48:54,871 --> 01:48:55,939 SPEAKERS, WE HAVE THE TIME FOR 3085 01:48:55,939 --> 01:48:57,641 ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS, SO IF YOU 3086 01:48:57,641 --> 01:48:58,675 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE COME 3087 01:48:58,675 --> 01:49:02,212 TO THE MIC. 3088 01:49:02,212 --> 01:49:02,846 >> HI. 3089 01:49:02,846 --> 01:49:04,715 I HAD A QUESTION TO DR. MARTINS. 3090 01:49:04,715 --> 01:49:06,550 FIRST OF ALL, AMAZING DATA, VERY 3091 01:49:06,550 --> 01:49:07,617 IMPRESSIVE. 3092 01:49:07,617 --> 01:49:11,621 I GUESS MY QUESTION RELATES TO 3093 01:49:11,621 --> 01:49:11,888 101074. 3094 01:49:11,888 --> 01:49:12,856 WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT'S DOING 3095 01:49:12,856 --> 01:49:15,492 MOST OF THE HEAVY LIFTING, SINCE 3096 01:49:15,492 --> 01:49:18,762 ONCE LEVELS DROPPED, ECD 3097 01:49:18,762 --> 01:49:21,164 4 ITSELF WAS ENABLED TO CONTROL 3098 01:49:21,164 --> 01:49:21,398 VIREMIA? 3099 01:49:21,398 --> 01:49:23,967 AND I GUESS THE SECOND QUESTION 3100 01:49:23,967 --> 01:49:27,571 WOULD BE WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY 3101 01:49:27,571 --> 01:49:28,939 EXPLANATION WHY TRANSGENE 3102 01:49:28,939 --> 01:49:30,540 EXPRESSION DROPPED AND THEN CAME 3103 01:49:30,540 --> 01:49:31,174 BACK UP LATER? 3104 01:49:31,174 --> 01:49:32,309 I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY 3105 01:49:32,309 --> 01:49:33,543 INTERESTING ON THOSE TWO 3106 01:49:33,543 --> 01:49:35,479 DIFFERENT MACAQUES. 3107 01:49:35,479 --> 01:49:36,646 >> THANK YOU. 3108 01:49:36,646 --> 01:49:38,248 VERY GOOD QUESTION. 3109 01:49:38,248 --> 01:49:42,619 SO YEAH, 101074 WAS DEFINITELY 3110 01:49:42,619 --> 01:49:44,488 REQUIRED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF 3111 01:49:44,488 --> 01:49:46,223 VIROLOGIC CONTROL. 3112 01:49:46,223 --> 01:49:47,758 BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS 3113 01:49:47,758 --> 01:49:49,292 SUFFICIENT BECAUSE IN ALL CASES, 3114 01:49:49,292 --> 01:49:51,661 THE EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS HAD 3115 01:49:51,661 --> 01:49:56,800 PERSISTENT EXPRESSION OF ECD 3116 01:49:56,800 --> 01:49:57,100 4IG. 3117 01:49:57,100 --> 01:49:58,702 -- IF THEY HAD 1074 ONLY 3118 01:49:58,702 --> 01:49:59,836 BECAUSE AGAIN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY 3119 01:49:59,836 --> 01:50:02,873 EXAMPLES OF ANIMALS WITHIN 3120 01:50:02,873 --> 01:50:04,741 10-1074 ONLY BUT NO ECD 4G. 3121 01:50:04,741 --> 01:50:06,910 BUT I THINK MY IMPRESSION IS WE 3122 01:50:06,910 --> 01:50:08,645 WILL NEED COMBINATION OF HIV 3123 01:50:08,645 --> 01:50:10,180 BIOLOGICS FOR MAINTAINING 3124 01:50:10,180 --> 01:50:11,047 STRINGENT CONTROL AND THAT'S 3125 01:50:11,047 --> 01:50:12,282 WHAT WE SHOULD BE PURSUING IN 3126 01:50:12,282 --> 01:50:12,816 THE FUTURE. 3127 01:50:12,816 --> 01:50:18,588 YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHY ADAs 3128 01:50:18,588 --> 01:50:20,657 WANED IN THE INFANTS AND THEN 3129 01:50:20,657 --> 01:50:21,091 EXPRESSION RECURRED. 3130 01:50:21,091 --> 01:50:22,526 I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. 3131 01:50:22,526 --> 01:50:23,960 I'M VERY INTERESTED IN STUDYING 3132 01:50:23,960 --> 01:50:24,494 THAT PHENOMENON. 3133 01:50:24,494 --> 01:50:25,929 IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING UNIQUE 3134 01:50:25,929 --> 01:50:28,999 TO INFANTS. 3135 01:50:28,999 --> 01:50:30,934 WE HAVE A MAJOR RESEARCH PROGRAM 3136 01:50:30,934 --> 01:50:33,570 IN MY LAB TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 3137 01:50:33,570 --> 01:50:35,305 MECHANISMS FOR EARLY LIFE 3138 01:50:35,305 --> 01:50:36,039 TOLERANCE AND I THINK IT HAS TO 3139 01:50:36,039 --> 01:50:39,409 DO WITH THAT. 3140 01:50:39,409 --> 01:50:39,910 >> THANK YOU. 3141 01:50:39,910 --> 01:50:42,879 >> SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR 3142 01:50:42,879 --> 01:50:53,390 DEBBIE ABOUT STUDY ABOUT THE -- 3143 01:50:53,390 --> 01:50:59,729 HOW MANY -- YOU DID? 3144 01:50:59,729 --> 01:51:01,264 >> I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR 3145 01:51:01,264 --> 01:51:02,499 YOUR QUESTION. 3146 01:51:02,499 --> 01:51:07,804 >> SO YOU MENTIONED YOU SEE THE 3147 01:51:07,804 --> 01:51:12,042 CNS -- HOW MANY DONORS YOU DID 3148 01:51:12,042 --> 01:51:12,709 FOR THAT? 3149 01:51:12,709 --> 01:51:16,146 IS IT DOMINANT OR JUST VERY FEW 3150 01:51:16,146 --> 01:51:16,346 CASE? 3151 01:51:16,346 --> 01:51:18,582 >> SO I ACTUALLY DIDN'T SHOW THE 3152 01:51:18,582 --> 01:51:20,650 ACTUAL DATA BECAUSE THIS WORK 3153 01:51:20,650 --> 01:51:23,353 WAS DONE IN CATHERINE'S GROUP 3154 01:51:23,353 --> 01:51:24,354 AND I KNOW IT WOULD GENERATE A 3155 01:51:24,354 --> 01:51:28,391 LOT OF QUESTIONS. 3156 01:51:28,391 --> 01:51:30,026 ESSENTIALLY WHAT SHE'S FOUND, 3157 01:51:30,026 --> 01:51:32,329 AND SHE'S NOT HERE TO ADDRESS 3158 01:51:32,329 --> 01:51:33,497 THE QUESTIONS WHICH IS WHY I 3159 01:51:33,497 --> 01:51:34,798 DIDN'T GO INTO DETAILS. 3160 01:51:34,798 --> 01:51:37,200 THE REALLY -- THE MAIN AIM RIGHT 3161 01:51:37,200 --> 01:51:38,869 NOW IS TO ESTABLISH 3162 01:51:38,869 --> 01:51:42,439 METHODOLOGIES TO REPRODUCIBLY DO 3163 01:51:42,439 --> 01:51:44,641 THE CAPTURE ASSAY AND ALSO THE 3164 01:51:44,641 --> 01:51:46,276 PSEUDOVIRUS NEUTRALIZATION AND 3165 01:51:46,276 --> 01:51:46,943 INFECTION ASSAYS, AND SO THE 3166 01:51:46,943 --> 01:51:48,979 PROOF OF CONCEPT IN A CHILD WITH 3167 01:51:48,979 --> 01:51:51,281 NO DETECTABLE PERIPHERAL BLOOD 3168 01:51:51,281 --> 01:51:53,650 RESERVOIR WHO THEN REBOUNDED, 3169 01:51:53,650 --> 01:51:59,256 SHE IDENTIFIED -- TROPIC IN 3170 01:51:59,256 --> 01:51:59,589 THOSE. 3171 01:51:59,589 --> 01:52:01,992 BUT I REALLY CAN'T ANSWER MORE 3172 01:52:01,992 --> 01:52:02,759 SPECIFIC ON IT. 3173 01:52:02,759 --> 01:52:04,494 >> I'M EXTREMELY INTERESTED ON 3174 01:52:04,494 --> 01:52:08,298 THAT BECAUSE WE DID -- WE DID 3175 01:52:08,298 --> 01:52:10,600 THE ANIMALS -- DIFFERENCE AND 3176 01:52:10,600 --> 01:52:15,171 ALSO IN HUMANS A DIFFERENCE OF 3177 01:52:15,171 --> 01:52:16,506 THE -- CNS, SO THE DIFFERENCE OF 3178 01:52:16,506 --> 01:52:20,310 THE MORPHOLOGY FOR THE -- 3179 01:52:20,310 --> 01:52:21,878 >> WHAT I CAN DO IS PUT YOU IN 3180 01:52:21,878 --> 01:52:22,946 TOUCH WITH CATHERINE SO IT WOULD 3181 01:52:22,946 --> 01:52:24,381 BE GREAT FOR YOU GUYS TO DISCUSS 3182 01:52:24,381 --> 01:52:24,581 THIS. 3183 01:52:24,581 --> 01:52:24,814 >> SURE. 3184 01:52:24,814 --> 01:52:25,248 THANK YOU. 3185 01:52:25,248 --> 01:52:27,117 >> BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING 3186 01:52:27,117 --> 01:52:29,085 FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE 3187 01:52:29,085 --> 01:52:30,754 SCIENCE TO BUILD OUR PROGRAM. 3188 01:52:30,754 --> 01:52:31,588 >> EXCELLENT. 3189 01:52:31,588 --> 01:52:34,558 ONE MORE QUESTION? 3190 01:52:34,558 --> 01:52:36,960 >> VERY EXCITING WORK. 3191 01:52:36,960 --> 01:52:40,230 WHY DON'T YOU THINK N-803 DID 3192 01:52:40,230 --> 01:52:40,664 ANYTHING? 3193 01:52:40,664 --> 01:52:42,399 IS IT LATENCY, LACK OF EXPOSURE, 3194 01:52:42,399 --> 01:52:46,770 WERE THE EFFECTS PERSISTENT? 3195 01:52:46,770 --> 01:52:48,405 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? 3196 01:52:48,405 --> 01:52:51,341 >> I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT 3197 01:52:51,341 --> 01:52:52,375 QUESTION. 3198 01:52:52,375 --> 01:52:54,778 AND IT'S ALL SPECULATION AT THIS 3199 01:52:54,778 --> 01:52:57,047 POINT, BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY 3200 01:52:57,047 --> 01:52:58,315 THAT IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING 3201 01:52:58,315 --> 01:53:02,185 BECAUSE WE DID SEE IMPACTS ON NK 3202 01:53:02,185 --> 01:53:06,122 CELLS AND CD8 T-CELLS. 3203 01:53:06,122 --> 01:53:07,557 IN THAT GROUP, IN THAT STUDY 3204 01:53:07,557 --> 01:53:10,627 JUST DUE TO ANIMAL AVAILABILITY, 3205 01:53:10,627 --> 01:53:16,333 WE DIDN'T HAVE AN N-8 O803 ONLY 3206 01:53:16,333 --> 01:53:18,802 GROUP SO IT WAS GIVEN WITH THE 3207 01:53:18,802 --> 01:53:20,737 ANTIBODIES, AND IT IS POSSIBLE 3208 01:53:20,737 --> 01:53:22,272 THAT WE -- SINCE WE ONLY GAVE 3209 01:53:22,272 --> 01:53:23,673 ONE DOSE THAT YOU WOULD NEED 3210 01:53:23,673 --> 01:53:26,743 REPEATED DOSES TO REALLY GET THE 3211 01:53:26,743 --> 01:53:28,712 EFFECT THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED 3212 01:53:28,712 --> 01:53:31,348 IN ADULT MONKEY STUDIES IN TERMS 3213 01:53:31,348 --> 01:53:33,416 OF TRAFFICKING TO LYMPH NODES 3214 01:53:33,416 --> 01:53:35,719 AND HAVING A BETTER EFFECT ON 3215 01:53:35,719 --> 01:53:36,152 THE RESERVOIR. 3216 01:53:36,152 --> 01:53:37,787 IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY. 3217 01:53:37,787 --> 01:53:40,490 >> DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE 3218 01:53:40,490 --> 01:53:42,926 EFFECTS ON CELLS LASTED AFTER 3219 01:53:42,926 --> 01:53:43,660 SINGLE DOSE? 3220 01:53:43,660 --> 01:53:48,365 >> WELL, JUST LOOKING AT KI67 BY 3221 01:53:48,365 --> 01:53:51,434 DAY 7, THE LEVELS KIND OF HAD 3222 01:53:51,434 --> 01:53:53,837 NORMALIZED. 3223 01:53:53,837 --> 01:53:55,138 AND WE DIDN'T HAVE SORT OF AN 3224 01:53:55,138 --> 01:53:56,473 EARLY TIME POINT WHERE WE LOOKED 3225 01:53:56,473 --> 01:53:58,208 AT THE LYMPH NODES SO I'M NOT 3226 01:53:58,208 --> 01:54:01,144 ABLE TO KIND OF SAY, BUT IF YOU 3227 01:54:01,144 --> 01:54:07,050 LOOK AT -- BEFORE WE GIVE N-8 OH 3228 01:54:07,050 --> 01:54:08,018 N-803 AND 8 WEEKS AFTER THERE'S 3229 01:54:08,018 --> 01:54:08,885 NO DIFFERENCE IN THE CELL TYPES 3230 01:54:08,885 --> 01:54:11,655 OR ACTIVATION BUT THAT'S QUITE A 3231 01:54:11,655 --> 01:54:11,888 LONG -- 3232 01:54:11,888 --> 01:54:15,091 >> THE ATI WAS HOW LONG AFTER 3233 01:54:15,091 --> 01:54:15,425 THE DOSE? 3234 01:54:15,425 --> 01:54:16,226 >> CLOSE TO A YEAR. 3235 01:54:16,226 --> 01:54:16,860 >> OKAY. 3236 01:54:16,860 --> 01:54:19,029 SO IT COULD HAVE WANED. 3237 01:54:19,029 --> 01:54:20,363 >> YEAH, FOR SURE. 3238 01:54:20,363 --> 01:54:21,131 >> OKAY. 3239 01:54:21,131 --> 01:54:22,999 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE. 3240 01:54:22,999 --> 01:54:26,636 AND I BELIEVE WE COME BACK AT 3241 01:54:26,636 --> 01:54:28,004 10:50. 3242 01:54:28,004 --> 01:54:31,941 >> ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S BEVERAGES 3243 01:54:31,941 --> 01:54:33,877 OUTSIDE SPONSORED BY FAES, THE 3244 01:54:33,877 --> 01:54:35,211 FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCED 3245 01:54:35,211 --> 01:54:36,279 EDUCATION SCIENCES. 3246 01:54:36,279 --> 01:54:38,014 PLEASE CHECK OUT THEIR FLYERS 3247 01:54:38,014 --> 01:54:38,682 WHICH IS OUT THERE. 3248 01:54:38,682 --> 01:54:39,115 THANKS AGAIN. 3249 01:54:39,115 --> 01:54:40,750 SO WE'LL BE STICKING TO TIME, WE 3250 01:54:40,750 --> 01:54:42,185 HAVE A PACKED AGENDA. 3251 01:54:42,185 --> 01:54:44,861 PLEASE COME BACK AT 10:50. THANK YOU. 3252 01:54:44,861 --> 01:54:46,630 SO HELLO, WE ARE 3253 01:54:46,630 --> 01:54:48,899 RESTARTING. 3254 01:54:48,899 --> 01:54:52,602 MY NAME IS BRIGITTE SANDERS, 3255 01:54:52,602 --> 01:54:53,904 PROGRAM OFFICER IN THE TARGETED 3256 01:54:53,904 --> 01:54:55,405 INTERVENTIONS BRANCH OF THE 3257 01:54:55,405 --> 01:54:58,441 DIVISION OF NIAID. 3258 01:54:58,441 --> 01:55:02,779 TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUE, LEIA 3259 01:55:02,779 --> 01:55:03,113 NOVACK. 3260 01:55:03,113 --> 01:55:07,784 NEXT WE WILL HEAR A PRESENTATION 3261 01:55:07,784 --> 01:55:12,722 FROM THE I4C COLLABORATORY, 3262 01:55:12,722 --> 01:55:15,192 IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR HIV CURE. 3263 01:55:15,192 --> 01:55:17,527 THE I4C COLLABORATORY IS BASED 3264 01:55:17,527 --> 01:55:19,496 AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL 3265 01:55:19,496 --> 01:55:21,831 CENTER IN BOSTON AT THE 3266 01:55:21,831 --> 01:55:23,366 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AND AT 3267 01:55:23,366 --> 01:55:25,068 THE MILITARY HIV RESEARCH 3268 01:55:25,068 --> 01:55:26,570 PROGRAM. 3269 01:55:26,570 --> 01:55:30,240 IN ADDITION TO DR. BAROUCH, WE 3270 01:55:30,240 --> 01:55:37,380 WILL HEAR PRESENTATIONS FROM DRY 3271 01:55:37,380 --> 01:55:44,921 VASAN, MILL MITCHELL WARN FROMH 3272 01:55:44,921 --> 01:55:46,256 THAT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU, 3273 01:55:46,256 --> 01:55:46,423 DAN. 3274 01:55:46,423 --> 01:55:46,923 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3275 01:55:46,923 --> 01:55:48,091 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY 3276 01:55:48,091 --> 01:55:54,331 WITH ALL THE OTHER NINE 3277 01:55:54,331 --> 01:55:55,098 COLLABORATORIES. 3278 01:55:55,098 --> 01:55:57,500 THE GOAL OF I4C IMMUNOTHERAPY 3279 01:55:57,500 --> 01:55:58,802 FOR CURE IS TO ADVANCE OUR 3280 01:55:58,802 --> 01:56:00,870 SCIENTIFIC UNDER AND STAG OF THE 3281 01:56:00,870 --> 01:56:03,073 VIER RESERVOIR AND TO DEVELOP 3282 01:56:03,073 --> 01:56:05,108 IMMUNOLOGIC STRATEGIES FOR HIV 3283 01:56:05,108 --> 01:56:06,776 REMISSION AND ERADICATION BY A 3284 01:56:06,776 --> 01:56:07,877 HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE AND 3285 01:56:07,877 --> 01:56:09,179 MULTIFACETED RESEARCH PROGRAM 3286 01:56:09,179 --> 01:56:10,614 INVOLVING PARTNERSHIPS AMONG 3287 01:56:10,614 --> 01:56:12,482 ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT 3288 01:56:12,482 --> 01:56:14,217 AND COMMUNITY. 3289 01:56:14,217 --> 01:56:16,519 THE THREE JOINT PIs OF THIS 3290 01:56:16,519 --> 01:56:20,757 PROGRAM ARE SANDY, JOHN AND 3291 01:56:20,757 --> 01:56:22,092 MYSELF AND A LARGE LIST OF 3292 01:56:22,092 --> 01:56:22,959 HIGHLY OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATORS 3293 01:56:22,959 --> 01:56:24,728 ARE LISTED BELOW. 3294 01:56:24,728 --> 01:56:26,563 OUR HYPOTHESIS IS THAT MULTIPLE 3295 01:56:26,563 --> 01:56:27,530 IMMUNOLOGIC STRATEGIES WILL NEED 3296 01:56:27,530 --> 01:56:29,833 TO BE EXPLORED AND COMBINED TO 3297 01:56:29,833 --> 01:56:31,701 ACHIEVE LONG TERM ART-FREE 3298 01:56:31,701 --> 01:56:33,436 VIROLOGIC CONTROL, AND/OR 3299 01:56:33,436 --> 01:56:35,171 COMPLETE VIRUS ERADICATION WITH 3300 01:56:35,171 --> 01:56:36,973 A GOAL OF SELECTING COMBINATION 3301 01:56:36,973 --> 01:56:38,475 REGIMENS TO ADVANCE INTO 3302 01:56:38,475 --> 01:56:39,643 CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT. 3303 01:56:39,643 --> 01:56:43,146 OUR RESEARCH FOCI INVOLVE 3304 01:56:43,146 --> 01:56:44,581 MECHANISTIC BASIS OF RESERVOIR 3305 01:56:44,581 --> 01:56:46,549 TARGETING PERSISTENCE, NOVEL 3306 01:56:46,549 --> 01:56:47,751 STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINED VIRUS 3307 01:56:47,751 --> 01:56:50,153 CONTROL AND NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR 3308 01:56:50,153 --> 01:56:52,455 VIRUS ERADICATION, AND THESE 3309 01:56:52,455 --> 01:56:55,091 GOALS WILL BE DESCRIBED IN THE 3310 01:56:55,091 --> 01:56:59,663 COMING TALKS. 3311 01:56:59,663 --> 01:57:01,531 OUR PRINCIPAL IMMUNOLOGIC 3312 01:57:01,531 --> 01:57:03,500 STRATEGY HAS BEEN THE USE OF 3313 01:57:03,500 --> 01:57:06,670 BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES 3314 01:57:06,670 --> 01:57:09,039 WITH I -- AS WELL AS SOME NEW 3315 01:57:09,039 --> 01:57:11,708 CELL AR APPROACHES INCLUDING 3316 01:57:11,708 --> 01:57:13,109 CAR-T CELLS, ENGINEERED B CELLS 3317 01:57:13,109 --> 01:57:15,612 AND ENHANCED NK CELLS. 3318 01:57:15,612 --> 01:57:16,946 NOW AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE 3319 01:57:16,946 --> 01:57:18,448 GRANT, SOME OF THE SELECTED 3320 01:57:18,448 --> 01:57:20,083 HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'LL DISCUSS 3321 01:57:20,083 --> 01:57:21,651 TODAY INVOLVE ADVANCES IN BASIC 3322 01:57:21,651 --> 01:57:23,053 RESEARCH ON RESERVOIR 3323 01:57:23,053 --> 01:57:24,821 CHARACTERIZATION FROM A 3324 01:57:24,821 --> 01:57:26,323 VIROLOGIC, IMMUNOLOGIC AND 3325 01:57:26,323 --> 01:57:28,058 MULTI-HE MIBG PERSPECTIVE, THE 3326 01:57:28,058 --> 01:57:32,562 DEVELOPMENT OF BNABS THERAPEUTIC 3327 01:57:32,562 --> 01:57:35,498 VACCINES, CAR-T CELLS, 3328 01:57:35,498 --> 01:57:37,467 ENGINEERED B CELLS AND ENHANCED 3329 01:57:37,467 --> 01:57:39,102 NK CELLS FOR CURE STRATEGIES, 3330 01:57:39,102 --> 01:57:40,403 COMBINATION OF ACTIVE AND 3331 01:57:40,403 --> 01:57:42,138 PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION FOR BOTH 3332 01:57:42,138 --> 01:57:43,673 DELAYED VIRAL REBOUND AND 3333 01:57:43,673 --> 01:57:46,543 VIROLOGIC CONTROL IN NON-HUMAN 3334 01:57:46,543 --> 01:57:47,844 PRIMATE SWRELS ENS HANSED 3335 01:57:47,844 --> 01:57:50,046 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CAB 3336 01:57:50,046 --> 01:57:50,580 ACTIVITIES. 3337 01:57:50,580 --> 01:57:54,184 SANDY V VASAN WILL DISCUSS RF 1, 3338 01:57:54,184 --> 01:57:55,518 MECHANISTIC BASIS OF VIRAL 3339 01:57:55,518 --> 01:57:58,455 PERSISTENCE, LEARNING LEARNINGI 3340 01:57:58,455 --> 01:58:01,958 STUDIES, JOHN MELLORS WILL SPEAK 3341 01:58:01,958 --> 01:58:03,460 ON EXPLORING INNOVATIVE 3342 01:58:03,460 --> 01:58:04,694 APPROACHES TO CONTROL AND 3343 01:58:04,694 --> 01:58:07,530 ELIMINATE HIV RESERVOIRS, I WILL 3344 01:58:07,530 --> 01:58:11,534 PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON RF 3, AND 3345 01:58:11,534 --> 01:58:12,869 JESSICA SALZWEDEL WILL DISCUSS 3346 01:58:12,869 --> 01:58:15,638 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN I4C. 3347 01:58:15,638 --> 01:58:19,976 WE'RE ALSO PROUD WE HAVE 3348 01:58:19,976 --> 01:58:24,414 SCHOLARSSCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT HD 3349 01:58:24,414 --> 01:58:25,014 WHO HAVE POSTERS. 3350 01:58:25,014 --> 01:58:26,216 I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEND 3351 01:58:26,216 --> 01:58:27,450 TIME AT THOSE POSTERS AND THE 3352 01:58:27,450 --> 01:58:29,352 WORK OF THESE THREE OUTSTANDING 3353 01:58:29,352 --> 01:58:30,754 JUNIOR INVESTIGATORS, AS WELL AS 3354 01:58:30,754 --> 01:58:32,021 MANY OTHERS, ARE GOING TO BE 3355 01:58:32,021 --> 01:58:34,557 HIGHLIGHTED IN THE COMING TALKS. 3356 01:58:34,557 --> 01:58:36,292 AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER 3357 01:58:36,292 --> 01:58:42,866 TO SANDY. 3358 01:58:42,866 --> 01:58:44,167 >> THANKS, DAN. 3359 01:58:44,167 --> 01:58:48,304 SO RF 1 IS THE MECHANISTIC 3360 01:58:48,304 --> 01:58:49,739 FOCUS, I WON'T READ THE 3361 01:58:49,739 --> 01:58:51,374 HYPOTHESIS HERE VERBATIM, BUT 3362 01:58:51,374 --> 01:58:53,209 IT'S LED BY JOHN MELLORS, ALEX 3363 01:58:53,209 --> 01:58:57,747 AND MYSELF, AND WE ARE HONORED 3364 01:58:57,747 --> 01:59:08,191 TO HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM. 3365 01:59:08,491 --> 01:59:11,928 SO TO SUMMARIZE, THE NEXT 10 3366 01:59:11,928 --> 01:59:13,963 MINUTES WILL FOCUS ON TWO 3367 01:59:13,963 --> 01:59:15,565 APPROACHES OR TWO STORIES, I 3368 01:59:15,565 --> 01:59:16,199 SHOULD SAY. 3369 01:59:16,199 --> 01:59:17,934 THE FIRST IS TO STUDY THE 3370 01:59:17,934 --> 01:59:20,136 RESERVOIR, THE HIV RESERVOIR IN 3371 01:59:20,136 --> 01:59:21,704 PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH HIV 3372 01:59:21,704 --> 01:59:24,274 AND ARE WELL SUPPRESSED ON ART. 3373 01:59:24,274 --> 01:59:25,909 AND THE BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT 3374 01:59:25,909 --> 01:59:30,079 WE'RE FINDING IS THAT HOW EARLY 3375 01:59:30,079 --> 01:59:32,582 YOU START ART AFTER INITIAL 3376 01:59:32,582 --> 01:59:35,218 INFECTION DOES AFFECT THE 3377 01:59:35,218 --> 01:59:38,388 RESERVOIR, AND WITH EARLIER -- 3378 01:59:38,388 --> 01:59:39,689 STARTING ART EARLIER, REDUCING 3379 01:59:39,689 --> 01:59:41,658 THE SIZE OF THE RESERVOIR, AND 3380 01:59:41,658 --> 01:59:43,326 THIS RESERVOIR, EVEN FOR PEOPLE 3381 01:59:43,326 --> 01:59:46,329 WHO ARE ON ART, VARIES OVER TIME 3382 01:59:46,329 --> 01:59:47,897 IN DIFFERING PATTERNS, WHICH IS 3383 01:59:47,897 --> 01:59:48,898 CONSISTENT WITH THE THEME OF 3384 01:59:48,898 --> 01:59:50,300 WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING OVER THE 3385 01:59:50,300 --> 01:59:50,967 LAST DAY AND A HALF. 3386 01:59:50,967 --> 01:59:52,435 AND THE STUDIES WE'VE CONDUCTED 3387 01:59:52,435 --> 01:59:53,803 TO DATE HAVE FOCUSED ON THE 3388 01:59:53,803 --> 01:59:54,938 BLOOD BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED 3389 01:59:54,938 --> 01:59:56,206 THAT WE'RE NOW TURNING THESE 3390 01:59:56,206 --> 01:59:58,408 ANALYSES TO THE BRAIN TO SEE 3391 01:59:58,408 --> 02:00:00,577 WHETHER THOSE SAME PATTERNS 3392 02:00:00,577 --> 02:00:00,777 HOLD. 3393 02:00:00,777 --> 02:00:01,711 AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE 3394 02:00:01,711 --> 02:00:04,214 STORY IS ACTUALLY TO CO TO DO WE 3395 02:00:04,214 --> 02:00:05,615 CALL CORRELATES WORK, AND THAT'S 3396 02:00:05,615 --> 02:00:08,051 REALLY TO SEE IF WE CAN LOOK AT 3397 02:00:08,051 --> 02:00:09,886 PREDICTORS OF THE RESERVOIR OR 3398 02:00:09,886 --> 02:00:11,654 OTHER MARKERS THAT MAY 3399 02:00:11,654 --> 02:00:13,189 CORRESPOND TO THE TIME IT TAKES 3400 02:00:13,189 --> 02:00:14,757 FOR THE VIRUS TO COME BACK IN 3401 02:00:14,757 --> 02:00:17,460 THE BLOOD OR REBOUND AFTER 3402 02:00:17,460 --> 02:00:19,863 STOPPING -- A PARTICIPANT STOP 3403 02:00:19,863 --> 02:00:20,430 ART. 3404 02:00:20,430 --> 02:00:21,731 AND AGAIN WE LEVERAGE BOTH 3405 02:00:21,731 --> 02:00:23,199 ANIMAL AND HUMAN MODELS TO LOOK 3406 02:00:23,199 --> 02:00:25,668 AT THIS. 3407 02:00:25,668 --> 02:00:29,706 SO TO JUMP INTO THE FIRST STORY, 3408 02:00:29,706 --> 02:00:31,007 WHICH IS A COLLABORATION LED BY 3409 02:00:31,007 --> 02:00:34,811 BOB AND JANET SILICANO WITH DAN 3410 02:00:34,811 --> 02:00:38,014 BAROUCH AND LED BY DR. EMILY 3411 02:00:38,014 --> 02:00:39,315 FREY, 10 RHESUS MACAQUES WHO 3412 02:00:39,315 --> 02:00:43,920 WERE INFECTED WITH SIV MACK 3413 02:00:43,920 --> 02:00:45,755 231 WERE LEFT UNTREATED FOR 48 3414 02:00:45,755 --> 02:00:47,223 WEEKS BEFORE STARTING ART. 3415 02:00:47,223 --> 02:00:50,393 AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE 3416 02:00:50,393 --> 02:00:52,795 BOTH FOR SCIENTIFIC REASONS AND 3417 02:00:52,795 --> 02:00:54,664 FRANKLY RESOURCE REASONS, MANY 3418 02:00:54,664 --> 02:00:58,268 OF THESE NHP STUDIES START ART 3419 02:00:58,268 --> 02:01:00,970 SOON AFTER INFECTION, BUT THIS 3420 02:01:00,970 --> 02:01:03,273 MODEL ACTUALLY BETTER 3421 02:01:03,273 --> 02:01:04,140 RECAPITULATES THE VAST MAJORITY 3422 02:01:04,140 --> 02:01:05,341 OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. 3423 02:01:05,341 --> 02:01:06,743 SO AFTER THAT 48 WEEKS, THEN 3424 02:01:06,743 --> 02:01:09,712 THEY WERE STARTED ON ART AND 3425 02:01:09,712 --> 02:01:11,047 MAINTAINING AND FOLLOWED FOR 3426 02:01:11,047 --> 02:01:12,248 FIVE YEARS SO THAT GAVE THE 3427 02:01:12,248 --> 02:01:14,517 INVESTIGATORS THE ABILITY TO 3428 02:01:14,517 --> 02:01:15,952 LOOK AT THE RESERVOIR IN DETAIL, 3429 02:01:15,952 --> 02:01:17,487 BOTH THROUGH QUANTITATIVE 3430 02:01:17,487 --> 02:01:19,222 MEASURES LIKE DIGITAL DROPLET 3431 02:01:19,222 --> 02:01:21,858 PCR AND QUALITATIVELY WITH 3432 02:01:21,858 --> 02:01:23,192 SINGLE GENOME SEQUENCING OVER 3433 02:01:23,192 --> 02:01:27,397 THE EXTENDED ART. 3434 02:01:27,397 --> 02:01:28,765 SO THE QUICK BOTTOM LINE HERE IS 3435 02:01:28,765 --> 02:01:30,366 THAT THE DECAY OF THESE INTACT 3436 02:01:30,366 --> 02:01:35,271 PRO VIRUSES ON ART WAS 3437 02:01:35,271 --> 02:01:37,240 MULTIPHASIC, IN THIS MODEL 3438 02:01:37,240 --> 02:01:38,808 TRIPHASIC SO YOU CAN SEE ACROSS 3439 02:01:38,808 --> 02:01:42,178 DIFFERENT NHPs THERE'S INITIAL 3440 02:01:42,178 --> 02:01:43,379 RAPID DECAY FOLLOWED BY SLOWER 3441 02:01:43,379 --> 02:01:44,781 DECAY AND ULTIMATELY MORE OF A 3442 02:01:44,781 --> 02:01:47,784 PLATEAU TYPE OF DECAY. 3443 02:01:47,784 --> 02:01:50,486 AND WHAT THIS MEANS TO US IS 3444 02:01:50,486 --> 02:01:52,488 THAT THERE IS A LABEL POPULATION 3445 02:01:52,488 --> 02:01:54,457 THAT GOES AWAY QUICKLY, AND THEN 3446 02:01:54,457 --> 02:01:56,125 A POPULATION THAT IS MORE 3447 02:01:56,125 --> 02:01:57,860 RELATED TO THE ANCESTRAL 3448 02:01:57,860 --> 02:01:58,895 VARIANTS OF INITIAL INFECTIONS 3449 02:01:58,895 --> 02:02:00,363 THAT PERSIST. 3450 02:02:00,363 --> 02:02:02,398 FURTHERMORE, THAT AS YOU CAN SEE 3451 02:02:02,398 --> 02:02:04,200 IN THE THIRD BULLET, THE 3452 02:02:04,200 --> 02:02:06,402 EVIDENCE FOR PROLIFERATION OF 3453 02:02:06,402 --> 02:02:08,037 THESE INFECTED CELLS BECOMES 3454 02:02:08,037 --> 02:02:09,105 MORE APPARENT OVER TIME, AND 3455 02:02:09,105 --> 02:02:11,441 WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE'S 3456 02:02:11,441 --> 02:02:14,243 MORE LIKELY TO BE PROLIFERATION 3457 02:02:14,243 --> 02:02:15,678 OF MORE CLONAL POPULATIONS OR 3458 02:02:15,678 --> 02:02:19,215 WHAT JOHN MIGHT CALL A 3459 02:02:19,215 --> 02:02:20,516 REPLICLONE AS YOU GO FURTHER OUT 3460 02:02:20,516 --> 02:02:21,484 INTO ART. 3461 02:02:21,484 --> 02:02:23,720 THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE RESERVOIR 3462 02:02:23,720 --> 02:02:26,022 IN ART IS BEING RECEDED THROUGH 3463 02:02:26,022 --> 02:02:28,291 THIS PROLIFERATIVE MECHANISM. 3464 02:02:28,291 --> 02:02:29,993 SO MOVING TO THE SECOND PART OF 3465 02:02:29,993 --> 02:02:34,330 THE RESERVOIR STUDY IN HUMANS 3466 02:02:34,330 --> 02:02:44,507 CON JECTED --LOOKING AT THE SAF 3467 02:02:44,507 --> 02:02:49,512 DECAY IN HUMANS ON 3468 02:02:49,512 --> 02:02:51,714 ACTG5321 WHICH IS AN ACTG COHORT 3469 02:02:51,714 --> 02:02:54,550 OF PEOPLE LARGELY SUBTYPE B 3470 02:02:54,550 --> 02:02:57,387 CHRONICALLY LIVING WITH HIV, AND 3471 02:02:57,387 --> 02:02:59,255 I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THERE'S TWO 3472 02:02:59,255 --> 02:03:00,490 MORE FIGURES TO THIS PANEL THAT 3473 02:03:00,490 --> 02:03:02,558 DIDN'T COME THROUGH IN THE PDF 3474 02:03:02,558 --> 02:03:03,326 CONVERSION SO YOU'LL HAVE TO 3475 02:03:03,326 --> 02:03:05,495 TAKE MY WORD FOR IT OR FIND JOHN 3476 02:03:05,495 --> 02:03:07,296 OR JOSH AFTERWARDS, BUT 3477 02:03:07,296 --> 02:03:09,365 BASICALLY THAT THERE ARE VARYING 3478 02:03:09,365 --> 02:03:12,535 PATTERNS OF DECAY, AND AGAIN, 3479 02:03:12,535 --> 02:03:13,870 IT'S NICELY COMPLEMENTARY TO THE 3480 02:03:13,870 --> 02:03:15,071 MONKEY WORK I JUST SHOWED, 3481 02:03:15,071 --> 02:03:18,241 SHOWING THAT THERE CAN BE BOTH 3482 02:03:18,241 --> 02:03:19,442 THE SLOPE THAT YOU SEE THERE, 3483 02:03:19,442 --> 02:03:22,612 BUT THEN ALSO A SUBSET OF PEOPLE 3484 02:03:22,612 --> 02:03:23,813 WHO HAVE LATE INCREASES. 3485 02:03:23,813 --> 02:03:26,582 AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A 3486 02:03:26,582 --> 02:03:26,983 SUBSEQUENT SLIDE. 3487 02:03:26,983 --> 02:03:28,084 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST TAKE 3488 02:03:28,084 --> 02:03:30,386 MY WORD FOR IT. 3489 02:03:30,386 --> 02:03:33,022 BUT THE KEY QUESTIONS THAT WERE 3490 02:03:33,022 --> 02:03:36,559 ASKED WITH THIS PART OF THE 3491 02:03:36,559 --> 02:03:41,130 STUDY WAS THAT THE INFECTED CELL 3492 02:03:41,130 --> 02:03:49,338 CLONES, USING TWO DIFFERENT 3493 02:03:49,338 --> 02:03:50,873 MEASURES, PAINSTAKINGLY 3494 02:03:50,873 --> 02:03:51,974 CHARACTERIZING SOME OF THESE 3495 02:03:51,974 --> 02:03:54,711 CLONES BOTH BY IPDA AND THEN 3496 02:03:54,711 --> 02:03:56,479 THROUGH INTEGRATION SITE 3497 02:03:56,479 --> 02:03:57,680 ANALYSES, INCLUDING CUSTOMIZED 3498 02:03:57,680 --> 02:03:59,549 PRIMERS FOR THOSE CLONES THAT 3499 02:03:59,549 --> 02:04:00,616 WERE -- WHERE THE INTEGRATION 3500 02:04:00,616 --> 02:04:03,286 SITES WERE MAPPED CHARACTERIZE 3501 02:04:03,286 --> 02:04:04,721 THE PATTERN OF VARIABILITY OF 3502 02:04:04,721 --> 02:04:06,589 THESE CLONES OVER TIME. 3503 02:04:06,589 --> 02:04:08,124 AND THOSE WHO HAD PERSISTENT 3504 02:04:08,124 --> 02:04:08,891 CLONES. 3505 02:04:08,891 --> 02:04:10,860 AND SO FOCUSING HERE WITH JUST 3506 02:04:10,860 --> 02:04:13,830 ONE EXAMPLE OF TWO INDIVIDUALS 3507 02:04:13,830 --> 02:04:15,898 WHO WERE IN THAT LATE INCREASE 3508 02:04:15,898 --> 02:04:17,967 IN COHORT, WHICH WE ALSO HEARD 3509 02:04:17,967 --> 02:04:19,836 ABOUT A LITTLE BIT YESTERDAY, 3510 02:04:19,836 --> 02:04:22,805 THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE BOTH 3511 02:04:22,805 --> 02:04:24,774 ANALYZED BY SINGLE COPY ANALYSIS 3512 02:04:24,774 --> 02:04:26,642 AND INTEGRATION SITE ANALYSIS, 3513 02:04:26,642 --> 02:04:28,077 AND THERE ARE MANY MORE 3514 02:04:28,077 --> 02:04:29,278 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BEING 3515 02:04:29,278 --> 02:04:30,480 CHARACTERIZED THIS WAY, BUT JUST 3516 02:04:30,480 --> 02:04:31,380 TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THIS 3517 02:04:31,380 --> 02:04:33,015 WORK IN PROGRESS, YOU CAN SEE 3518 02:04:33,015 --> 02:04:35,752 THAT THE FIRST PARTICIPANT, 3519 02:04:35,752 --> 02:04:38,721 THERE ARE TWO CLONES, BUT 3520 02:04:38,721 --> 02:04:39,689 THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S REALLY 3521 02:04:39,689 --> 02:04:40,890 PULLING OUT THAT'S DOMINANT, 3522 02:04:40,890 --> 02:04:42,091 WHEREAS THE SECOND PARTICIPANT, 3523 02:04:42,091 --> 02:04:45,394 THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBABLE 3524 02:04:45,394 --> 02:04:46,496 CLONES AND IMPORTANTLY THE 3525 02:04:46,496 --> 02:04:47,463 INTEGRATION SITE ANALYSIS IS 3526 02:04:47,463 --> 02:04:48,898 PICKING UP CLONES THAT MIGHT NOT 3527 02:04:48,898 --> 02:04:51,300 HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY IPDA. 3528 02:04:51,300 --> 02:04:53,202 AND IT JUST EMPHASIZES THE FACT 3529 02:04:53,202 --> 02:04:55,371 THAT WE NEED TO TAKE MULTIPLE 3530 02:04:55,371 --> 02:04:58,207 APPROACHES TO CHARACTERIZING THE 3531 02:04:58,207 --> 02:04:59,475 RESERVOIR RATHER THAN RELYING ON 3532 02:04:59,475 --> 02:05:00,643 ONE WINNER ASSAY. 3533 02:05:00,643 --> 02:05:02,278 SO THAT WORK WILL BE ONGOING, 3534 02:05:02,278 --> 02:05:03,946 AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT AT 3535 02:05:03,946 --> 02:05:07,216 OUR NEXT UPDATE. 3536 02:05:07,216 --> 02:05:09,085 THIS THEN RELATES BACK TO THE 3537 02:05:09,085 --> 02:05:13,456 COHORTS THAT WE AT MHRP ARE ALSO 3538 02:05:13,456 --> 02:05:14,223 WORKING WITH. 3539 02:05:14,223 --> 02:05:17,393 I SERVE AS PROTOCOL CHAIR FOR 3540 02:05:17,393 --> 02:05:19,362 RV254, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE 3541 02:05:19,362 --> 02:05:20,797 COHORT OF PEOPLE IN THAILAND WHO 3542 02:05:20,797 --> 02:05:22,665 HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AND STARTED 3543 02:05:22,665 --> 02:05:24,634 ON ART VERY, VERY EARLY DURING 3544 02:05:24,634 --> 02:05:29,005 ACUTE OR EARLY HIV 3545 02:05:29,005 --> 02:05:29,872 IDENTIFICATION, AND THE 3546 02:05:29,872 --> 02:05:31,174 STATISTICS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES 3547 02:05:31,174 --> 02:05:33,843 BUT THIS IS A LARGE COHORT OF 3548 02:05:33,843 --> 02:05:38,214 PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- WITH OVER 90% 3549 02:05:38,214 --> 02:05:40,082 RETENTION NOW GETTING INTO ITS 3550 02:05:40,082 --> 02:05:42,819 15TH YEAR WHO ARE JUST KIND 3551 02:05:42,819 --> 02:05:45,988 ENOUGH TO AGREE TO MULTIPLE 3552 02:05:45,988 --> 02:05:47,657 PROCEDURES, AND WE ARE NOW, 3553 02:05:47,657 --> 02:05:48,858 BASED ON THE DATA THAT YOU'VE 3554 02:05:48,858 --> 02:05:50,293 BEEN HEARING, EXTENDING THE 3555 02:05:50,293 --> 02:05:51,794 FOLLOW-UP IN THIS COHORT FROM 15 3556 02:05:51,794 --> 02:05:52,929 TO 20 YEARS SO THAT WE CAN 3557 02:05:52,929 --> 02:05:53,796 CONTINUE TO ASK SOME OF THESE 3558 02:05:53,796 --> 02:05:57,099 QUESTIONS. 3559 02:05:57,099 --> 02:05:58,868 IN THAT COHORT, AGAIN 3560 02:05:58,868 --> 02:06:01,170 AS COLLABORATIVE AND RECIPROCAL 3561 02:06:01,170 --> 02:06:04,640 VALIDATION. 3562 02:06:04,640 --> 02:06:06,275 NOW SWITCHING FROM THE RESERVOIR 3563 02:06:06,275 --> 02:06:07,643 STUDIES TO SOME OF THE ATI 3564 02:06:07,643 --> 02:06:09,278 CORRELATE STUDIES, THIS HAS ALSO 3565 02:06:09,278 --> 02:06:11,447 SERVED AS A BASIS FOR FOUR 3566 02:06:11,447 --> 02:06:12,849 SEPARATE ATI CLINICAL TRIALS TO 3567 02:06:12,849 --> 02:06:14,016 DATE WITH VARYING INTERVENTIONS 3568 02:06:14,016 --> 02:06:15,318 OR NO INTERVENTION IN THE CASE 3569 02:06:15,318 --> 02:06:16,619 OF THE FIRST STUDY. 3570 02:06:16,619 --> 02:06:18,287 ALL OF THESE STUDIES HAVE BEEN 3571 02:06:18,287 --> 02:06:19,155 PUBLISHED AND PRESENTED SO I'M 3572 02:06:19,155 --> 02:06:20,489 NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM 3573 02:06:20,489 --> 02:06:22,892 HERE IN DETAIL, BUT RATHER USE 3574 02:06:22,892 --> 02:06:23,993 THIS SLIDE AS A BASIS TO TALK 3575 02:06:23,993 --> 02:06:26,629 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO LOOK 3576 02:06:26,629 --> 02:06:29,031 IN AGGREGATE AT THE MAJORITY OF 3577 02:06:29,031 --> 02:06:30,900 THESE PARTICIPANTS IN ANALYZING 3578 02:06:30,900 --> 02:06:33,536 CORRELATES TO VIRAL REBOUND. 3579 02:06:33,536 --> 02:06:35,037 AND SO WHAT WAS JUST PUBLISHED 3580 02:06:35,037 --> 02:06:40,977 THIS YEAR IN THE LABORATORY AT 3581 02:06:40,977 --> 02:06:44,146 MHRP IS THAT IF YOU LOOKED AT 3582 02:06:44,146 --> 02:06:46,749 EARLY CLINICAL PREDICTORS YEARS 3583 02:06:46,749 --> 02:06:49,218 BEFORE THESE PEOPLE WENT ON ATI 3584 02:06:49,218 --> 02:06:50,319 BUT BEFORE THEY STARTED ART, 3585 02:06:50,319 --> 02:06:51,821 THAT PEOPLE WHO HAD HIGHER 3586 02:06:51,821 --> 02:06:53,923 INITIAL VIREMIA AND WHO TOOK 3587 02:06:53,923 --> 02:06:55,892 LONGER TO SUPPRESS POST ART WERE 3588 02:06:55,892 --> 02:06:58,427 MORE LIKELY TO REBOUND EARLIER, 3589 02:06:58,427 --> 02:07:00,596 WHICH WE BELIEVE IS A SURROGATE 3590 02:07:00,596 --> 02:07:01,964 TO THAT LARGER INITIAL SEEDING 3591 02:07:01,964 --> 02:07:02,698 OF THE RESERVOIR. 3592 02:07:02,698 --> 02:07:04,567 AND SO I SHOW THE PICTURES OF 3593 02:07:04,567 --> 02:07:05,635 THE INVESTIGATORS HERE BECAUSE 3594 02:07:05,635 --> 02:07:07,436 NOT ONLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR 3595 02:07:07,436 --> 02:07:08,838 WORK BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY ARE 3596 02:07:08,838 --> 02:07:11,007 ALL HERE AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU 3597 02:07:11,007 --> 02:07:11,574 ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE 3598 02:07:11,574 --> 02:07:13,409 COMMUNITY WHO WANT TO LEARN 3599 02:07:13,409 --> 02:07:14,543 MORE, PLEASE I ENCOURAGE YOU TO 3600 02:07:14,543 --> 02:07:17,046 FIND THEM IN THE HALLWAYS IN THE 3601 02:07:17,046 --> 02:07:17,947 BREAKS BECAUSE THEY'LL BE 3602 02:07:17,947 --> 02:07:19,015 EXCITED TO TALK MORE ABOUT THEIR 3603 02:07:19,015 --> 02:07:19,482 WORK. 3604 02:07:19,482 --> 02:07:21,651 BUT BUILDING ON THIS, THEN, 3605 02:07:21,651 --> 02:07:26,155 WE'RE MOVING TO LOOK AT THE 3606 02:07:26,155 --> 02:07:27,590 POTENTIAL IMMUNOLOGIC, VIROLOGIC 3607 02:07:27,590 --> 02:07:28,658 AND OTHER LABORATORY CORRELATES 3608 02:07:28,658 --> 02:07:31,127 OF TIME TO VIRAL REBOUND. 3609 02:07:31,127 --> 02:07:33,629 AND SO IN COLLABORATION WITH 3610 02:07:33,629 --> 02:07:37,700 JOHN AND JOSH, WE UTILIZED THE 3611 02:07:37,700 --> 02:07:41,404 SINGLE COPY ASSAY TO LOOK AT 3612 02:07:41,404 --> 02:07:45,374 PRESENCE OF VIRUS ON PEOPLE BY 3613 02:07:45,374 --> 02:07:46,242 STANDARD CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS 3614 02:07:46,242 --> 02:07:47,576 WELL SUPPRESSED ON ART AND 3615 02:07:47,576 --> 02:07:48,778 FINDING, IF YOU FOLLOW THOSE RED 3616 02:07:48,778 --> 02:07:50,313 BARS ON THE LEFT PANEL, YOU CAN 3617 02:07:50,313 --> 02:07:53,916 SEE THAT PEOPLE WHO STARTED ART 3618 02:07:53,916 --> 02:07:58,721 IF LATER FIEBIG STAGES WERE MORE 3619 02:07:58,721 --> 02:08:00,389 LIKELY TO HAVE PROTECTIVE 3620 02:08:00,389 --> 02:08:02,058 VIREMIA ON A SINGLE COPY ASSAY 3621 02:08:02,058 --> 02:08:04,460 WHILE BEING SUPPRESSED ON ART BY 3622 02:08:04,460 --> 02:08:05,227 STANDARD MEASURES. 3623 02:08:05,227 --> 02:08:06,996 AND FURTHERMORE, THAT THAT 3624 02:08:06,996 --> 02:08:08,965 SINGLE COPY ASSAY PREATI 3625 02:08:08,965 --> 02:08:10,266 CORRELATES TO TIME TO VIRAL 3626 02:08:10,266 --> 02:08:11,233 REBOUND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE 3627 02:08:11,233 --> 02:08:14,904 LEFT PANEL. 3628 02:08:14,904 --> 02:08:16,005 SO AS I MENTIONED IN THE 3629 02:08:16,005 --> 02:08:17,540 SUMMARY, WE'RE NOW LEVERAGING 3630 02:08:17,540 --> 02:08:21,243 THE NIMH-FUNDED COLLECTION OF 3631 02:08:21,243 --> 02:08:29,251 CSF AND CELLS IN SUPERNATEN WITH 3632 02:08:29,251 --> 02:08:31,787 SERENA AND LYDIE TO HOW THIS 3633 02:08:31,787 --> 02:08:32,855 MIGHT TRANSLATE TO THE 3634 02:08:32,855 --> 02:08:33,723 NEUROLOGIC COMPARTMENT. 3635 02:08:33,723 --> 02:08:36,392 AND THEN THE FINAL SLIDE I HAVE 3636 02:08:36,392 --> 02:08:38,894 IS TO BRING IT BACK, AGAIN, THIS 3637 02:08:38,894 --> 02:08:40,663 CORRELATES WORK IS AGAIN 3638 02:08:40,663 --> 02:08:46,802 COMPLEMENTARY TO THE WORK BEING 3639 02:08:46,802 --> 02:08:55,444 DONE BY MALIKA AID BOUDRIES, 3640 02:08:55,444 --> 02:09:03,119 PERIPHERAL BIOMARKERS OF VIRAL 3641 02:09:03,119 --> 02:09:04,520 REBOUND IN RHESUS MACAQUES, A 3642 02:09:04,520 --> 02:09:06,088 STUDY OF VARIOUS INTERVENTIONS 3643 02:09:06,088 --> 02:09:07,823 IN MACAQUES WHO BOTH HAD 3644 02:09:07,823 --> 02:09:09,158 CONTROLLERS AND REBOUNDERS, AND 3645 02:09:09,158 --> 02:09:11,594 JUST IN A BINARY WAY LOOKING AT 3646 02:09:11,594 --> 02:09:12,828 THOSE TWO SUBSETS AND 3647 02:09:12,828 --> 02:09:14,263 IDENTIFYING GENETIC SIGNATURES 3648 02:09:14,263 --> 02:09:16,165 THAT ARE PREDICTIVE OF REBOUND, 3649 02:09:16,165 --> 02:09:20,736 IN ADDITION TO CELLULAR MARKERS 3650 02:09:20,736 --> 02:09:23,472 POST STOPPING ART THAT THEN 3651 02:09:23,472 --> 02:09:24,540 PREDICTED REBOUND. 3652 02:09:24,540 --> 02:09:26,242 SO ALL OF THESE MEASURES ARE 3653 02:09:26,242 --> 02:09:29,311 TRYING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE 3654 02:09:29,311 --> 02:09:31,280 RESERVOIR, AND THE PATHOGENESIS 3655 02:09:31,280 --> 02:09:33,682 THAT CAN HELP US THEN DEVELOP 3656 02:09:33,682 --> 02:09:36,085 BETTER INTERVENTIONS TO ATTACK 3657 02:09:36,085 --> 02:09:39,622 CURE, WHICH TURNS US OVER TO RF 3658 02:09:39,622 --> 02:09:39,755 2. 3659 02:09:39,755 --> 02:09:46,395 [APPLAUSE] 3660 02:09:46,395 --> 02:09:47,630 >> IT'S REALLY A PRIVILEGE TO BE 3661 02:09:47,630 --> 02:09:51,700 ABLE TO PRESENT SOME INNOVATIVE 3662 02:09:51,700 --> 02:09:54,303 WORK LISTED HERE. 3663 02:09:54,303 --> 02:09:56,205 THE OBJECTIVES HERE ARE TO 3664 02:09:56,205 --> 02:09:58,607 ASSESS NEW TECHNOLOGIES, 3665 02:09:58,607 --> 02:10:01,577 RECOGNIZING THAT THEY HAVE RISK 3666 02:10:01,577 --> 02:10:03,279 BECAUSE THEY'RE UNPROVEN, BUT 3667 02:10:03,279 --> 02:10:04,180 HAVE THE PROMISE OF CONTROLLING 3668 02:10:04,180 --> 02:10:08,684 OR HELPING TO ERADICATE HIV. 3669 02:10:08,684 --> 02:10:10,252 THE SUMMARY IS SIMPLE. 3670 02:10:10,252 --> 02:10:11,020 A MULTIPRONGED APPROACH IS 3671 02:10:11,020 --> 02:10:13,322 LIKELY NEEDED TO CONTROL OR 3672 02:10:13,322 --> 02:10:13,956 ELIMINATE HIV. 3673 02:10:13,956 --> 02:10:16,525 THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE ENGINEER 3674 02:10:16,525 --> 02:10:19,261 T-CELLS, B CELLS, OR ENHANCE NK 3675 02:10:19,261 --> 02:10:21,764 CELLS TO CONTROL OR ELIMINATE 3676 02:10:21,764 --> 02:10:22,331 HIV? 3677 02:10:22,331 --> 02:10:25,634 SOME APPROACHES ARE PROMISING, 3678 02:10:25,634 --> 02:10:27,069 BUT REFINEMENT AND FURTHER PROOF 3679 02:10:27,069 --> 02:10:30,372 OF CON ACCEP CONCEPT IS NEEDED. 3680 02:10:30,372 --> 02:10:31,674 WE'RE AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE 3681 02:10:31,674 --> 02:10:33,109 WITH THIS WORK WHERE WE'RE DOING 3682 02:10:33,109 --> 02:10:38,147 PROOF OF CONCEPT STUDIES IN NHP 3683 02:10:38,147 --> 02:10:38,814 MODELS. 3684 02:10:38,814 --> 02:10:40,549 SO FIRST JIM RILEY HAS LED A 3685 02:10:40,549 --> 02:10:44,487 GROUP TO ENGINEER T-CELLS BY 3686 02:10:44,487 --> 02:10:48,657 INTRODUCING VECTOR THROUGH 3687 02:10:48,657 --> 02:10:50,392 TRANSDUCTION WITH CD4 BEING THE 3688 02:10:50,392 --> 02:10:53,696 TARGETING MOLECULE, AND JIM 3689 02:10:53,696 --> 02:10:55,231 FOUND IN PRELIMINARY STUDIES 3690 02:10:55,231 --> 02:10:57,766 THAT TWO SIGNALING DOMAINS 3691 02:10:57,766 --> 02:11:03,439 NECESSARY FOR 1BB AND CD28, AND 3692 02:11:03,439 --> 02:11:08,043 ANIMALS UNINFECTED WERE INJECTED 3693 02:11:08,043 --> 02:11:12,014 WITH 200 MILLION ENGINEERED 3694 02:11:12,014 --> 02:11:12,748 CELLS. 3695 02:11:12,748 --> 02:11:14,517 THE RESULT WAS SOMEWHAT 3696 02:11:14,517 --> 02:11:14,850 DISAPPOINTING. 3697 02:11:14,850 --> 02:11:18,821 THERE WAS A VACCINE GIVEN TO TRY 3698 02:11:18,821 --> 02:11:22,658 TO BOOST PROLIFERATION EXPANSION 3699 02:11:22,658 --> 02:11:27,696 OF HIV-SPECIFIC CA CAR-T CELLS. 3700 02:11:27,696 --> 02:11:31,467 THE T-CELLS WERE IB FUSED AND ID 3701 02:11:31,467 --> 02:11:33,435 NOT PERSIST VERY LONG, AFTER 3702 02:11:33,435 --> 02:11:35,171 INFUSION AND WITH VACCINATION 3703 02:11:35,171 --> 02:11:37,039 DID NOT SEE AN INCREASE. 3704 02:11:37,039 --> 02:11:38,607 THE VACCINE WAS BIOACTIVE, 3705 02:11:38,607 --> 02:11:40,442 MEANING THAT IT INDUCED ANTIBODY 3706 02:11:40,442 --> 02:11:45,147 RESPONSES. 3707 02:11:45,147 --> 02:11:46,415 AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS 3708 02:11:46,415 --> 02:11:48,150 PRETTY CLEAR, THAT THE MACAQUE 3709 02:11:48,150 --> 02:11:51,086 GENERATED ANTIBODIES TO THE 3710 02:11:51,086 --> 02:11:55,891 HUMAN CD4 MOLECULE, AND AS YOU 3711 02:11:55,891 --> 02:11:57,459 CAN SEE HERE, THAT DEVELOPED IN 3712 02:11:57,459 --> 02:12:00,763 ASSOCIATION WITH CLEARANCE OF 3713 02:12:00,763 --> 02:12:03,799 THE ENGINEERED CAR-T CELLS 3714 02:12:03,799 --> 02:12:05,267 EXPRESSING HUMAN CD4. 3715 02:12:05,267 --> 02:12:07,002 SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO CLEARLY 3716 02:12:07,002 --> 02:12:10,739 SWITCH TO A RHESUS-BASED 3717 02:12:10,739 --> 02:12:12,074 CD4 CAR-T-CELL. 3718 02:12:12,074 --> 02:12:15,878 NEXT IS SOME REALLY INO INNOVATE 3719 02:12:15,878 --> 02:12:20,950 WORK DONE BY WEI LEI AND PAULA 3720 02:12:20,950 --> 02:12:23,452 CANNON TO EXPRESS BROADLY 3721 02:12:23,452 --> 02:12:25,221 NEUTRALIZING HEAVY CHAIN 3722 02:12:25,221 --> 02:12:25,788 ANTIBODIES. 3723 02:12:25,788 --> 02:12:28,524 HERE ARE THE ANTIBODIES THAT 3724 02:12:28,524 --> 02:12:34,730 WERE CREATED BY WEI LI TO MEET 3725 02:12:34,730 --> 02:12:37,533 THE CRITERIA OF HEAVY CHAIN 3726 02:12:37,533 --> 02:12:39,602 ANTIBODY OR SINGLE CHAIN FV IN 3727 02:12:39,602 --> 02:12:44,073 THE CASE OF PGT121, AND THEN 3728 02:12:44,073 --> 02:12:51,447 HUMANIZE J3 VHH AND CD4-MD1.22, 3729 02:12:51,447 --> 02:12:53,849 WHICH IS SINGLE DOMAIN CD4. 3730 02:12:53,849 --> 02:12:58,254 THEY RETAINED THEIR NEUTRALIZING 3731 02:12:58,254 --> 02:13:01,557 POTENCY, AND PAULA, THROUGH VERY 3732 02:13:01,557 --> 02:13:03,959 CLEVER DESIGN, INTRODUCED THE 3733 02:13:03,959 --> 02:13:09,965 DOMAIN INTO THE IGG 1 LOCUS, AND 3734 02:13:09,965 --> 02:13:15,037 BASICALLY SHOWS THAT YOU CAN GET 3735 02:13:15,037 --> 02:13:15,804 EFFICIENT TRANSDUCTION AND 3736 02:13:15,804 --> 02:13:18,641 EXPRESSION OF ANTIBO DEA THAT IS 3737 02:13:18,641 --> 02:13:21,810 NEUTRALIZING FROM HUMAN B CELLS 3738 02:13:21,810 --> 02:13:23,078 AND HAS NOW DONE THAT IN RHESUS 3739 02:13:23,078 --> 02:13:26,915 B CELLS, SO WE'RE RAPIDLY 3740 02:13:26,915 --> 02:13:29,618 APPROACHING THE TEST OF 3741 02:13:29,618 --> 02:13:32,388 TRANSDUCING CELLS EX VIVO, 3742 02:13:32,388 --> 02:13:34,156 RHESUS B CELLS, AND INFUSING 3743 02:13:34,156 --> 02:13:39,161 THEM INTO MACAQUES, BOOSTING 3744 02:13:39,161 --> 02:13:41,930 WITH TWO FORMS OF VACCINE TO SEE 3745 02:13:41,930 --> 02:13:44,566 IF WE CAN EXPAND B CELLS TO 3746 02:13:44,566 --> 02:13:46,635 PRODUCE THESE NEUTRALIZING HEAVY 3747 02:13:46,635 --> 02:13:50,205 CHAIN DOMAIN ANTIBODIES. 3748 02:13:50,205 --> 02:13:55,210 AND THAT STUDY IS JUST STARTING. 3749 02:13:55,210 --> 02:13:59,948 AND LASTLY, MARYANN CHECKLEY AND 3750 02:13:59,948 --> 02:14:02,284 JOHN CARNE ARE PIONEERING 3751 02:14:02,284 --> 02:14:07,623 EXPANDED NK CELLS USING A CELL 3752 02:14:07,623 --> 02:14:09,658 LINE THAT EXPRESSES 3753 02:14:09,658 --> 02:14:12,828 MEMBRANE-BOUND IL21. 3754 02:14:12,828 --> 02:14:15,564 MARY ANN IS HERE, SHE HAS A 3755 02:14:15,564 --> 02:14:16,699 POSTER, ALL THE OTHER 3756 02:14:16,699 --> 02:14:17,299 INVESTIGATORS I MENTIONED ARE 3757 02:14:17,299 --> 02:14:17,566 HERE. 3758 02:14:17,566 --> 02:14:19,201 I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT NK 3759 02:14:19,201 --> 02:14:22,438 CELLS COULD HAVE A ROLE IN 3760 02:14:22,438 --> 02:14:25,741 KILLING, RECOGNIZING KILLING 3761 02:14:25,741 --> 02:14:28,677 WITHOUT A ANTIBODY HIV INFECTED 3762 02:14:28,677 --> 02:14:32,848 CELLS BY EXPRESSION OF STRESS 3763 02:14:32,848 --> 02:14:35,150 LIGANDS ON THE INFECTED CELLS, 3764 02:14:35,150 --> 02:14:39,521 AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE 3765 02:14:39,521 --> 02:14:41,457 EFFICIENT KILLING WITH THE USE 3766 02:14:41,457 --> 02:14:45,594 OF A DIRECTED MONOCLONAL. 3767 02:14:45,594 --> 02:14:47,896 AND MARY ANN HAS REALLY DONE A 3768 02:14:47,896 --> 02:14:51,100 BEAUTIFUL JOB EXPANDING MK CELLS 3769 02:14:51,100 --> 02:14:54,169 WITH THIS CO-CULTURE, AND THE 3770 02:14:54,169 --> 02:14:56,472 FOLD INCREASE IS REALLY 3771 02:14:56,472 --> 02:14:57,473 REMARKABLE. 3772 02:14:57,473 --> 02:14:59,241 25,000 FOLD INCREASE IN CELLS, 3773 02:14:59,241 --> 02:15:01,310 AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE PIE CHART 3774 02:15:01,310 --> 02:15:03,379 ON THE FAR RIGHT, THE MAJORITY 3775 02:15:03,379 --> 02:15:09,585 ARE CD56 17 POSITIVE. 3776 02:15:09,585 --> 02:15:14,390 AND THESE CELLS IN THE 3777 02:15:14,390 --> 02:15:16,024 LABORATORY REDUCE VIRUS RELEASE 3778 02:15:16,024 --> 02:15:20,529 FROM INFECTED CELLS, AND REDUCE 3779 02:15:20,529 --> 02:15:22,931 INFECTED CELL NUMBER CARRYING 3780 02:15:22,931 --> 02:15:27,636 INTACT PRO VIRUSES. 3781 02:15:27,636 --> 02:15:32,708 AND REDUCE MRNA IN THOSE CELLS. 3782 02:15:32,708 --> 02:15:34,576 SO THEY'RE ACTIVE EX VIVO, THE 3783 02:15:34,576 --> 02:15:36,678 QUESTION IS, DO THEY HAVE ANY 3784 02:15:36,678 --> 02:15:39,615 EFFECT IN VIVO, AND WE HAVE AN 3785 02:15:39,615 --> 02:15:43,452 EXPERIMENT THAT HAS STARTED WITH 3786 02:15:43,452 --> 02:15:45,421 EXPANSION OF THESE CELLS, AND 3787 02:15:45,421 --> 02:15:48,757 THEY'LL BE INFUSED INTO ACUTELY 3788 02:15:48,757 --> 02:15:54,897 INFECTED MACAQUES VERSUS CONTROL 3789 02:15:54,897 --> 02:15:56,298 WITHOUT EXPANDED NKs AND WE'LL 3790 02:15:56,298 --> 02:15:58,066 SEE IF THEY HAVE EFFECT ON 3791 02:15:58,066 --> 02:15:59,601 INITIAL CONTROL OF VIREMIA. 3792 02:15:59,601 --> 02:16:01,136 WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT 3793 02:16:01,136 --> 02:16:05,841 OVER TO DR. BAROUCH FOR RF 3. 3794 02:16:05,841 --> 02:16:14,216 [APPLAUSE] 3795 02:16:14,216 --> 02:16:18,020 >> OH IN RF 3, THEN, THE 3796 02:16:18,020 --> 02:16:19,455 NONTECHNICAL SUMMARY, THE 3797 02:16:19,455 --> 02:16:20,456 QUESTION WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS 3798 02:16:20,456 --> 02:16:23,091 IS, CAN WE COMBINE IMMUNE-BASED 3799 02:16:23,091 --> 02:16:25,294 STRATEGIES FOR HIV CURE, AND IS 3800 02:16:25,294 --> 02:16:28,397 IT POSSIBLE TO SHOW THAT A 3801 02:16:28,397 --> 02:16:29,465 COMBINED APPROACH MIGHT BE 3802 02:16:29,465 --> 02:16:30,466 BETTER THAN INDIVIDUAL 3803 02:16:30,466 --> 02:16:31,467 STRATEGIES ALONE. 3804 02:16:31,467 --> 02:16:33,268 IT'S BOTH A CONCEPTUAL QUESTION 3805 02:16:33,268 --> 02:16:35,737 AS WELL AS A PRACTICAL QUESTION 3806 02:16:35,737 --> 02:16:36,939 FOR SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS. 3807 02:16:36,939 --> 02:16:39,842 SO WHY IS THIS WORK IMPORTANT 3808 02:16:39,842 --> 02:16:41,343 FOR CURE OR CONTROL? 3809 02:16:41,343 --> 02:16:42,778 WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE 3810 02:16:42,778 --> 02:16:45,080 IF TWO OR MORE PARTIALLY 3811 02:16:45,080 --> 02:16:47,049 EFFECTIVE CURE STRATEGIES CAN BE 3812 02:16:47,049 --> 02:16:48,083 COMBINED, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO 3813 02:16:48,083 --> 02:16:51,153 HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF 3814 02:16:51,153 --> 02:16:53,222 DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICALLY 3815 02:16:53,222 --> 02:16:54,323 MEANINGFUL HIV CURE, SO WHY 3816 02:16:54,323 --> 02:16:56,024 SHOULD COMMUNITY BE EXCITED 3817 02:16:56,024 --> 02:16:56,992 ABOUT THE RESULTS AND PROGRESS 3818 02:16:56,992 --> 02:16:57,526 PRESENTED? 3819 02:16:57,526 --> 02:17:01,063 SO WE'LL SHOW DATA THAT IN 3820 02:17:01,063 --> 02:17:02,931 MACAQUES, THE COMBINATION OF 3821 02:17:02,931 --> 02:17:04,800 THERAPEUTIC VACCINES AND BROADLY 3822 02:17:04,800 --> 02:17:05,567 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES RESULTS 3823 02:17:05,567 --> 02:17:07,135 IN MORE ANIMALS ACHIEVING 3824 02:17:07,135 --> 02:17:08,437 DURABLE VIROLOGIC CONTROL THAN 3825 02:17:08,437 --> 02:17:10,405 EITHER APPROACH ALONE FOLLOWING 3826 02:17:10,405 --> 02:17:12,040 ART DISCONTINUATION. 3827 02:17:12,040 --> 02:17:13,408 WE'RE ALSO PERFORMING PILOT 3828 02:17:13,408 --> 02:17:14,943 STUDIES WITH INNOVATIVE 3829 02:17:14,943 --> 02:17:15,911 CELL-BASED CONCEPTS THAT COULD 3830 02:17:15,911 --> 02:17:18,480 BE COMBINED WITH ONE OR OTHER OF 3831 02:17:18,480 --> 02:17:20,883 THESE IMMUNOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS 3832 02:17:20,883 --> 02:17:21,450 SHOULD THEY WORK. 3833 02:17:21,450 --> 02:17:23,051 SO IN FOCUS THREE, IN TERMS OF 3834 02:17:23,051 --> 02:17:24,753 THINKING ABOUT VIRUS 3835 02:17:24,753 --> 02:17:25,621 ERADICATION, OF COURSE IT'S A 3836 02:17:25,621 --> 02:17:30,893 VERY HIGH BAR, BUT OUR CONCEPT 3837 02:17:30,893 --> 02:17:33,328 IS TO ADOPT THE CLINICAL 3838 02:17:33,328 --> 02:17:35,831 STRATEGY FOR LEUKEMIA. 3839 02:17:35,831 --> 02:17:37,199 IN OTHER WORDS, INDUCTION 3840 02:17:37,199 --> 02:17:39,334 THERAPY FOLLOWED BY 3841 02:17:39,334 --> 02:17:40,702 CONSOLIDATION THERAPY, WITH THE 3842 02:17:40,702 --> 02:17:42,337 MODEST GOAL OR MODEST 3843 02:17:42,337 --> 02:17:43,772 RECOGNITION THAT IT IS 3844 02:17:43,772 --> 02:17:46,041 EXCEEDINGLY UNLIKELY THAT ANY 3845 02:17:46,041 --> 02:17:47,976 APPROACH THAT WE KNOW OF SHORT 3846 02:17:47,976 --> 02:17:49,077 OF BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION 3847 02:17:49,077 --> 02:17:51,880 WOULD TRULY ERADICATE THE ENTIRE 3848 02:17:51,880 --> 02:17:53,715 VIRAL RESERVOIR. 3849 02:17:53,715 --> 02:17:54,917 BUT WE THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE 3850 02:17:54,917 --> 02:17:57,519 A WAY OF INDUCTION THERAPY FOR 3851 02:17:57,519 --> 02:18:00,022 THE RAPID ELIMINATION FOR AT 3852 02:18:00,022 --> 02:18:02,624 LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THE VIRAL 3853 02:18:02,624 --> 02:18:05,127 RES VOR WITH STRATEGIES SUCH AS 3854 02:18:05,127 --> 02:18:06,895 COMBINATION OF B NABS WITH 3855 02:18:06,895 --> 02:18:08,130 IMMUNE ACTIVATORS, COMBINATION 3856 02:18:08,130 --> 02:18:10,098 OF ENHANCED NK CELLS WITH OR 3857 02:18:10,098 --> 02:18:13,802 WITHOUT B NABS AND CAR-T CELLS 3858 02:18:13,802 --> 02:18:15,837 THAT WOULD TARGET MOLECULES LIKE 3859 02:18:15,837 --> 02:18:16,138 CCR5. 3860 02:18:16,138 --> 02:18:17,506 BUT THAT WOULD CERTAINLY NEED 3861 02:18:17,506 --> 02:18:19,641 SOME FORM OF ADDITIONAL 3862 02:18:19,641 --> 02:18:20,442 CONSOLIDATION THERAPY WHICH 3863 02:18:20,442 --> 02:18:21,777 ESSENTIALLY WOULD BE 3864 02:18:21,777 --> 02:18:23,545 IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE TO ELIMINATE 3865 02:18:23,545 --> 02:18:25,113 THE RESIDUAL VIRAL RESERVOIR, 3866 02:18:25,113 --> 02:18:27,049 SUCH AS THE USE OF THERAPEUTIC 3867 02:18:27,049 --> 02:18:29,017 VACCINE, ENGINEERED B CELLS OR 3868 02:18:29,017 --> 02:18:30,886 CAR-T CELLS TARGETING ENVELOPE 3869 02:18:30,886 --> 02:18:32,287 AND WE THINK PERHAPS A 3870 02:18:32,287 --> 02:18:33,322 COMBINATION OF THESE APPROACHES 3871 02:18:33,322 --> 02:18:35,424 MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE VIRUS 3872 02:18:35,424 --> 02:18:37,092 ERADICATION OR AT LEAST MAKE 3873 02:18:37,092 --> 02:18:37,659 PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT LOFTY 3874 02:18:37,659 --> 02:18:39,394 GOAL. 3875 02:18:39,394 --> 02:18:41,930 SO WE STARTED INVESTIGATING 3876 02:18:41,930 --> 02:18:43,265 THERAPEUTIC VACCINES A NUMBER OF 3877 02:18:43,265 --> 02:18:43,532 YEARS AGO. 3878 02:18:43,532 --> 02:18:44,933 THIS WAS ACTUALLY IN THE CONTEXT 3879 02:18:44,933 --> 02:18:48,036 OF I4C 1.0, AND IN 2016, WE 3880 02:18:48,036 --> 02:18:49,237 PUBLISHED A STUDY IN WHICH WE 3881 02:18:49,237 --> 02:18:50,639 DEMONSTRATED THAT THE 3882 02:18:50,639 --> 02:18:53,075 THERAPEUTIC VACCINE WITH VECTORS 3883 02:18:53,075 --> 02:18:57,379 AT 26MVA TOGETHER WITH A 3884 02:18:57,379 --> 02:18:58,347 TLR7 AGONIST IN COLLABORATION 3885 02:18:58,347 --> 02:19:02,284 WITH GILEAD WAS ABLE TO LEAD TO 3886 02:19:02,284 --> 02:19:04,620 PARTIAL VIROLOGIC CONTROL 3887 02:19:04,620 --> 02:19:05,954 FOLLOWING ART DISCONTINUATION. 3888 02:19:05,954 --> 02:19:07,456 HERE YOU SATISFY ON THE LEFT 3889 02:19:07,456 --> 02:19:13,228 SEE ON THE LEFT ASUBSTANTIAL --E 3890 02:19:13,228 --> 02:19:17,399 MAGNITUDE AND THAT RESULTED IN 3891 02:19:17,399 --> 02:19:18,300 SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION OF VIRAL 3892 02:19:18,300 --> 02:19:20,202 LOADS IN THE COMBINATION VAC 3893 02:19:20,202 --> 02:19:23,805 SEES PLUS VESATOLIMOD GROUP. 3894 02:19:23,805 --> 02:19:24,940 NOT SHOWN HERE WE ALSO 3895 02:19:24,940 --> 02:19:26,141 DEMONSTRATED A SUBSET OF THE 3896 02:19:26,141 --> 02:19:28,577 ANIMALS, IT WAS 3 OUT OF 12, 3897 02:19:28,577 --> 02:19:32,681 ACTUALLY HAD POST REBOND 3898 02:19:32,681 --> 02:19:34,549 VIROLOGIC CONTROLS TO 3899 02:19:34,549 --> 02:19:35,317 UNDETECTABLE LEVELS. 3900 02:19:35,317 --> 02:19:36,818 THE VACCINE APPEARED TO HAVE THE 3901 02:19:36,818 --> 02:19:38,286 PHENOTYPE OF POST REBOUND 3902 02:19:38,286 --> 02:19:42,991 VIROLOGIC CONTROL. 3903 02:19:42,991 --> 02:19:44,426 THIS WAS THEN TRANSLATED INTO 3904 02:19:44,426 --> 02:19:47,262 HUMANS WITH THE SAME VACCINE IN 3905 02:19:47,262 --> 02:19:50,932 HUMANS LED BY THE MHRP GROUP IN 3906 02:19:50,932 --> 02:19:52,367 THAILAND AND THE VACCINE 3907 02:19:52,367 --> 02:19:56,405 SIMILARLY WAS HIGHLY IMMUNOGENIC 3908 02:19:56,405 --> 02:19:59,374 IN EARLY ART -- OR EARLY 3909 02:19:59,374 --> 02:20:01,209 ART-TREATED HUMANS IN THAILAND 3910 02:20:01,209 --> 02:20:03,945 SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM. 3911 02:20:03,945 --> 02:20:05,380 THEN FOLLOWING A TREATMENT 3912 02:20:05,380 --> 02:20:07,716 INTERRUPTION, THEN THE VACCINE 3913 02:20:07,716 --> 02:20:10,552 LED TO A MODEST DELAY IN VIRAL 3914 02:20:10,552 --> 02:20:12,087 REBOUND THAT WAS A TREND IN THE 3915 02:20:12,087 --> 02:20:15,057 TOTAL COHORT AND WAS SIGNIFICANT 3916 02:20:15,057 --> 02:20:16,958 IF ONE CONTROLLER IN THE 3917 02:20:16,958 --> 02:20:19,695 PLACEBO -- ONE HLA FAVORABLE 3918 02:20:19,695 --> 02:20:22,698 ALLELE INDIVIDUAL IS POST HOC 3919 02:20:22,698 --> 02:20:24,032 EXCLUDED SO AT LEAST A TREND IN 3920 02:20:24,032 --> 02:20:30,338 THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 3921 02:20:30,338 --> 02:20:35,110 WE PUBLISHED A STUDY O ANTIBODIS 3922 02:20:35,110 --> 02:20:38,580 IN THE MACAQUE MODEL. 3923 02:20:38,580 --> 02:20:41,817 PG121 AGAIN WITH THE TLR AGONIST 3924 02:20:41,817 --> 02:20:43,118 RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DELAY OF 3925 02:20:43,118 --> 02:20:44,453 VIRAL REBOUND FOLLOWING ART 3926 02:20:44,453 --> 02:20:44,820 DISCONTINUATION. 3927 02:20:44,820 --> 02:20:47,956 YOU SEE THE CURVE ON THE LEFT 3928 02:20:47,956 --> 02:20:50,625 DEMONSTRATING THAT 3929 02:20:50,625 --> 02:20:51,226 PD2121 PARTICULARLY WHEN GIVEN 3930 02:20:51,226 --> 02:20:53,562 WITH THE IMMUNE STIMULATOR 3931 02:20:53,562 --> 02:20:56,231 RESULTED IN A DELAY OF VIRAL 3932 02:20:56,231 --> 02:20:59,201 REBOUND, AND IN FACT, PREVENTION 3933 02:20:59,201 --> 02:21:02,237 OF REBOUND IN THE SUBSET OF THE 3934 02:21:02,237 --> 02:21:06,241 ANIMALS. 3935 02:21:06,241 --> 02:21:07,509 THESE BNABS HAVE ALSO BEEN 3936 02:21:07,509 --> 02:21:10,345 TRANSLATED TO THE CLINIC. 3937 02:21:10,345 --> 02:21:15,584 OUR GROUP HAVE MOVED THE 3938 02:21:15,584 --> 02:21:16,852 PGT121 TO FIRST IN HUMAN STUDIES 3939 02:21:16,852 --> 02:21:18,920 AS WELL AS OTHER ANTIBODIES, AND 3940 02:21:18,920 --> 02:21:24,059 WE SHOWED IN VIREMIC PERSONS 3941 02:21:24,059 --> 02:21:26,061 LIVING WITH HIV WITH SENSITIVE 3942 02:21:26,061 --> 02:21:28,363 VIRUS THAT WE SAW ABOUT A TWO TO 3943 02:21:28,363 --> 02:21:30,065 2 1/2 LOG DROP IN VIRAL LOADS 3944 02:21:30,065 --> 02:21:32,901 WITH A SINGLE INFUSION OF THIS 3945 02:21:32,901 --> 02:21:34,002 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY. 3946 02:21:34,002 --> 02:21:35,303 NOT SURPRISINGLY, THIS WAS NOT 3947 02:21:35,303 --> 02:21:36,505 SEEN IN INDIVIDUALS WITH 3948 02:21:36,505 --> 02:21:38,740 RESISTANT VIRUS, AND WE MADE THE 3949 02:21:38,740 --> 02:21:40,275 CURIOUS OBSERVATION THAT PEOPLE 3950 02:21:40,275 --> 02:21:41,610 THAT NATURALLY HAD A VERY LOW 3951 02:21:41,610 --> 02:21:44,146 LEVEL OF VIRUS IN THE RIGHT 3952 02:21:44,146 --> 02:21:47,415 PANEL ACTUALLY HAD IN SOME CASES 3953 02:21:47,415 --> 02:21:50,819 LONG-TERM VIROLOGIC CONTROL 3954 02:21:50,819 --> 02:21:52,854 AFTER BNAB INFUSION THAT VASTLY 3955 02:21:52,854 --> 02:21:54,156 EXCEEDED THE HALF-LIFE OF THE 3956 02:21:54,156 --> 02:21:55,123 ANTIBODY. 3957 02:21:55,123 --> 02:21:58,026 NOW, I SHOULD CLARIFY THAT WE DO 3958 02:21:58,026 --> 02:22:00,662 NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A VACCINAL 3959 02:22:00,662 --> 02:22:02,931 EFFECT BECAUSE THE T-CELL 3960 02:22:02,931 --> 02:22:04,132 RESPONSES, MAGNITUDE, BREADTH, 3961 02:22:04,132 --> 02:22:05,734 FUNCTION, ANY WAY WE LOOK AT IT, 3962 02:22:05,734 --> 02:22:07,035 WERE UNCHANGED BY THE BNAB 3963 02:22:07,035 --> 02:22:07,402 ADMINISTRATION. 3964 02:22:07,402 --> 02:22:09,337 SO THERE IS IN SOME CASES LONG 3965 02:22:09,337 --> 02:22:10,539 TERM VIROLOGIC CONTROL AS A 3966 02:22:10,539 --> 02:22:12,040 RESULT OF BNAB ADMINISTRATION, 3967 02:22:12,040 --> 02:22:14,209 HOWEVER, IN OUR HANDS AND 3968 02:22:14,209 --> 02:22:15,644 MONKEYS AND HUMANS, IT IS NOT 3969 02:22:15,644 --> 02:22:18,980 DUE TO A VACCINAL EFFECT. 3970 02:22:18,980 --> 02:22:23,218 A STUDY THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN 3971 02:22:23,218 --> 02:22:25,654 PUBLISHED THAT VICTORIA WALKER 3972 02:22:25,654 --> 02:22:27,222 SPERLING HAS A POSTER ON IT I 3973 02:22:27,222 --> 02:22:28,323 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEE THAT 3974 02:22:28,323 --> 02:22:30,292 FOR MORE DETAILS IS TO LOOK AT 3975 02:22:30,292 --> 02:22:36,264 COMBINATION THERAPY WITH 3976 02:22:36,264 --> 02:22:39,334 ADD26/MVA VACCINATION IN 3977 02:22:39,334 --> 02:22:40,735 PGT121 IN SHIV INFECTED RHESUS 3978 02:22:40,735 --> 02:22:41,536 MACAQUES. 3979 02:22:41,536 --> 02:22:43,205 IT REALLY IS A CONCEPT OF 3980 02:22:43,205 --> 02:22:44,072 COMBINATION THERAPY AND IS IT 3981 02:22:44,072 --> 02:22:47,742 POSSIBLE TO SEE AN ADDITIVE, 3982 02:22:47,742 --> 02:22:49,177 SYNERGISTIC, OR ANTAGONISTIC 3983 02:22:49,177 --> 02:22:49,477 COMBINATION. 3984 02:22:49,477 --> 02:22:51,580 SO IN THIS STUDY, 51 RHESUS 3985 02:22:51,580 --> 02:22:54,482 MACAQUES WERE CHALLENGED 3986 02:22:54,482 --> 02:22:56,218 INTRARECTALLY AND TREATED 3987 02:22:56,218 --> 02:22:58,086 STARTING ON DAY 9, SO EARLY WITH 3988 02:22:58,086 --> 02:22:59,487 PREFORMULATED ART COMBINATION IN 3989 02:22:59,487 --> 02:23:02,023 COLLABORATION WITH GILEAD, AT 3990 02:23:02,023 --> 02:23:09,164 THE NOV --GROUP ONE INVOLVED THY 3991 02:23:09,164 --> 02:23:10,098 WITH VESATOLIMOD. 3992 02:23:10,098 --> 02:23:11,967 GROUP TWO WAS ONLY THE VACCINE, 3993 02:23:11,967 --> 02:23:12,968 GROUP THREE WAS ONLY THE 3994 02:23:12,968 --> 02:23:14,970 ANTIBODY AND GROUP FOUR WAS A 3995 02:23:14,970 --> 02:23:15,303 SHAM GROUP. 3996 02:23:15,303 --> 02:23:17,806 WE DO BELIEVE A GROUP OF AT 3997 02:23:17,806 --> 02:23:19,474 LEAST 12 MACAQUES ARE NEEDED FOR 3998 02:23:19,474 --> 02:23:20,008 ADD QA POWER. 3999 02:23:20,008 --> 02:23:21,910 YOU CAN SEE THE SCHEME OF THE 4000 02:23:21,910 --> 02:23:23,345 STUDY, BASICALLY IT'S FOUR SHOTS 4001 02:23:23,345 --> 02:23:26,481 OF VACCINATION AND/OR FIVE 4002 02:23:26,481 --> 02:23:28,984 INFUSIONS OF THE ANTIBODY WITH 4003 02:23:28,984 --> 02:23:29,951 VESATOLIMOD INTERSPERSED EVERY 4004 02:23:29,951 --> 02:23:31,152 TWO WEEKS IN THE LATTER PART OF 4005 02:23:31,152 --> 02:23:34,322 THE INTERVENTION SIGH KE. SO 4006 02:23:34,322 --> 02:23:35,891 CLEARLY NOT A CLINICALLY 4007 02:23:35,891 --> 02:23:36,925 FRIENDLY REGIMEN. 4008 02:23:36,925 --> 02:23:38,860 WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A ONE-SHOT 4009 02:23:38,860 --> 02:23:39,961 CURE BUT THIS WAS A PROOF OF 4010 02:23:39,961 --> 02:23:44,633 CONCEPT STUDY. 4011 02:23:44,633 --> 02:23:47,903 AFTER SHIV INFECTION, ALL THE 4012 02:23:47,903 --> 02:23:55,377 ANIMALS BECAME HIGH L HIGHLY VIE 4013 02:23:55,377 --> 02:23:56,811 REMEMO, NO EVIDENCE OF BLIPPING 4014 02:23:56,811 --> 02:23:59,014 FOR THE ENTIRE ART SUPPRESSION 4015 02:23:59,014 --> 02:24:02,350 AND INTERVENTION PERIOD. 4016 02:24:02,350 --> 02:24:04,653 WE ALSO SHOW VESATOLIMOD LED TO 4017 02:24:04,653 --> 02:24:07,289 A SIGNIFICANT ACTIVATION OF 4018 02:24:07,289 --> 02:24:09,824 CD4 POSITIVE T-CELLS AFTER EACH 4019 02:24:09,824 --> 02:24:13,028 ADMINISTRATION. 4020 02:24:13,028 --> 02:24:14,796 FOR THE MON CLONL ANTIBODY WE 4021 02:24:14,796 --> 02:24:15,764 SHOWED VERY GOOD PK IN THE 4022 02:24:15,764 --> 02:24:17,332 ANIMALS AFTER EACH OF THE FIVE 4023 02:24:17,332 --> 02:24:20,635 INFUSIONS WITH THE EXPECTED 4024 02:24:20,635 --> 02:24:21,836 JAGGED SAWTOOTH PATTERN AND 4025 02:24:21,836 --> 02:24:22,604 THAT'S NOT SHOWN HERE. 4026 02:24:22,604 --> 02:24:23,972 FOR THE GROUPS THAT DID RECEIVE 4027 02:24:23,972 --> 02:24:26,007 THE VACCINE, WE OBSERVED A 4028 02:24:26,007 --> 02:24:26,908 MASSIVE INCREASE IN THE 4029 02:24:26,908 --> 02:24:30,879 MAGNITUDE AND BREADTH OF C8 AND 4030 02:24:30,879 --> 02:24:33,949 CD4 T-CELL RESPONSES WITH 4031 02:24:33,949 --> 02:24:35,483 PARALLEL ICS DATA IN THE MANUAL 4032 02:24:35,483 --> 02:24:37,218 SCRIPT ESSENTIALLY SHOWING A 4033 02:24:37,218 --> 02:24:39,521 MASSIVE INCREASE IN CELLULAR 4034 02:24:39,521 --> 02:24:47,729 RESPONSES FOLLOWING BOTH THE AD 4035 02:24:47,729 --> 02:24:49,230 PRIMING AS WELL AS BOOSTING 4036 02:24:49,230 --> 02:24:49,698 COMPONENT. 4037 02:24:49,698 --> 02:24:50,832 THIS IS SHOWN IN THE MAGNITUDE 4038 02:24:50,832 --> 02:24:52,167 OF RESPONSES AS WELL AS A MAJOR 4039 02:24:52,167 --> 02:24:53,368 INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF 4040 02:24:53,368 --> 02:24:54,602 RESPONDING SUBPOOLS WHICH IS OUR 4041 02:24:54,602 --> 02:24:57,572 SURROGATE MEASURE FOR BREADTH. 4042 02:24:57,572 --> 02:25:01,509 FOLLOWING -- SO WE FOLLOWED THE 4043 02:25:01,509 --> 02:25:02,911 ANIMALS FOR FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS 4044 02:25:02,911 --> 02:25:06,381 TO LET THE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 4045 02:25:06,381 --> 02:25:08,883 LEVELS DROP BELOW TO 4046 02:25:08,883 --> 02:25:09,651 UNDETECTABLE LEVEL SO IS WE 4047 02:25:09,651 --> 02:25:10,852 DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS ANY 4048 02:25:10,852 --> 02:25:12,220 RESIDUAL ANTIBODY AT THE TIME OF 4049 02:25:12,220 --> 02:25:12,887 TREATMENT INTERRUPTION. 4050 02:25:12,887 --> 02:25:14,122 AFTER ART DISCONTINUATION THEN 4051 02:25:14,122 --> 02:25:15,523 WE LOOKED AT VIRAL REBOUND. 4052 02:25:15,523 --> 02:25:16,992 ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE SHAM 4053 02:25:16,992 --> 02:25:18,960 CONTROL GROUP REBOUNDED AND HAD 4054 02:25:18,960 --> 02:25:21,029 SET POINT VIREMIA. 4055 02:25:21,029 --> 02:25:22,697 OF IN THE ANIMALS THAT RECEIVED 4056 02:25:22,697 --> 02:25:25,233 THE VACCINE, IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, 4057 02:25:25,233 --> 02:25:26,701 ALL THE ANIMALS REBOUNDED IN A 4058 02:25:26,701 --> 02:25:27,969 VERY SIMILAR TIME COURSE, BUT 4059 02:25:27,969 --> 02:25:30,338 ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM APPEAR TO 4060 02:25:30,338 --> 02:25:32,407 HAVE POST REBOUND VIROLOGIC 4061 02:25:32,407 --> 02:25:35,543 CONTROL VERY SA SIMILAR TO OUR 6 4062 02:25:35,543 --> 02:25:37,612 PAPER AND, OVERALL AS A GROUP, 4063 02:25:37,612 --> 02:25:40,015 HAD LOWER SET POINT VIRAL LOADS. 4064 02:25:40,015 --> 02:25:41,750 IN THE ANIMALS THAT RECEIVED THE 4065 02:25:41,750 --> 02:25:42,617 ANTIBODY SHOWN IN THE UPPER 4066 02:25:42,617 --> 02:25:45,553 RIGHT, THEN THERE IS A DELAY IN 4067 02:25:45,553 --> 02:25:46,955 VIRAL REBOUND AND THERE WAS 4068 02:25:46,955 --> 02:25:47,856 SEVERAL ANIMALS THAT APPEARED 4069 02:25:47,856 --> 02:25:49,991 NOT TO REBOUND AT ALL. 4070 02:25:49,991 --> 02:25:51,192 AND IN THE COMBINATION GROUP 4071 02:25:51,192 --> 02:25:53,128 THAT RECEIVED BOTH THE ACTIVE 4072 02:25:53,128 --> 02:25:54,529 AND PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION IN THE 4073 02:25:54,529 --> 02:25:57,732 BOTTOM RIGHT, THEN WE OBSERVED 4074 02:25:57,732 --> 02:26:00,268 WHAT WE INTERPRETED AS AN 4075 02:26:00,268 --> 02:26:01,069 ADDITIVE EFFECT. 4076 02:26:01,069 --> 02:26:04,339 A LARGER NUMBER OF ANIMALS 4077 02:26:04,339 --> 02:26:06,107 REMAINED AVIE REMEMO AT THE END 4078 02:26:06,107 --> 02:26:06,541 OF THE STUDY PERIOD. 4079 02:26:06,541 --> 02:26:07,609 THIS WAS REALLY A MIXTURE OF 4080 02:26:07,609 --> 02:26:09,878 SOME ANIMALS THAT REBOUNDED AND 4081 02:26:09,878 --> 02:26:11,780 EXHIBITED POST ART VIROLOGIC 4082 02:26:11,780 --> 02:26:13,014 CONTROL, AND OTHER ANIMALS THAT 4083 02:26:13,014 --> 02:26:14,649 EXHIBITED A DELAYED REBOUND OR 4084 02:26:14,649 --> 02:26:16,117 NO REBOUND AT ALL. 4085 02:26:16,117 --> 02:26:17,986 SO IT REALLY APPEARS THAT NOW 4086 02:26:17,986 --> 02:26:20,055 WITH MULTIPLE LARGE SCALE 4087 02:26:20,055 --> 02:26:21,556 NON-HUMAN PRIMATE STUDIES, THE 4088 02:26:21,556 --> 02:26:23,625 VACCINE EFFECT IS REALLY NOT AN 4089 02:26:23,625 --> 02:26:25,293 EFFECT IN DELAYING OR PREVENTING 4090 02:26:25,293 --> 02:26:27,962 REBOUND, BUT IT REALLY APPEARS 4091 02:26:27,962 --> 02:26:30,265 TO RESULT IN POST REBOUND 4092 02:26:30,265 --> 02:26:31,699 VIROLOGIC CONTROL WHEREAS THE 4093 02:26:31,699 --> 02:26:33,368 BROADLY NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY 4094 02:26:33,368 --> 02:26:34,903 APPEARS TO BE ABLE TO DELAY 4095 02:26:34,903 --> 02:26:38,073 REBOUND AND IN OCCASIONAL CASES, 4096 02:26:38,073 --> 02:26:39,174 PREVENT REBOUND IN CERTAIN 4097 02:26:39,174 --> 02:26:40,308 SETTINGS. 4098 02:26:40,308 --> 02:26:41,543 AND THE COMBINATION OF ACTIVE 4099 02:26:41,543 --> 02:26:42,744 AND PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION 4100 02:26:42,744 --> 02:26:44,479 RESULTED IN A MIXTURE OF THESE 4101 02:26:44,479 --> 02:26:47,282 PHENOTYPES AND THE TOTAL RESULT 4102 02:26:47,282 --> 02:26:57,826 IS THAT SEVEN OUT OF 10 ANIMALS 4103 02:26:58,827 --> 02:26:59,861 WERE AVIREMIC BY THE END OF THE 4104 02:26:59,861 --> 02:27:01,596 STUDY COMPARED WITH 5 OUT OF 12 4105 02:27:01,596 --> 02:27:03,264 AND 4 OUT OF 12 AND ZERO OUT OF 4106 02:27:03,264 --> 02:27:05,934 15 IN THE SHAM CONTROL GROUP. 4107 02:27:05,934 --> 02:27:12,006 SO THE OVERALL VIRUS IS SHOWN IN 4108 02:27:12,006 --> 02:27:16,411 THE LEFT, SHOWING THAT THE AT LT 4109 02:27:16,411 --> 02:27:17,712 ON A POINT ESTIMATE THE 4110 02:27:17,712 --> 02:27:19,614 COMBINATION GROUP HAD LOWER 4111 02:27:19,614 --> 02:27:21,716 MEDIAN VIRAL LOADS COMPARED WITH 4112 02:27:21,716 --> 02:27:23,885 THE INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTIONS AND 4113 02:27:23,885 --> 02:27:25,186 SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THE 4114 02:27:25,186 --> 02:27:26,020 SHAM CONTROL GROUP. 4115 02:27:26,020 --> 02:27:27,555 IF WE LOOK AT THE KAPLAN-MEIER 4116 02:27:27,555 --> 02:27:29,090 CURVES ON THE RIGHT FOR REBOUND, 4117 02:27:29,090 --> 02:27:30,625 THEN THE TWO GROUPS THAT RECEIVE 4118 02:27:30,625 --> 02:27:32,227 THE BROADLY NEUTRALIZING 4119 02:27:32,227 --> 02:27:33,495 ANTIBODY WERE CLEARLY THE TWO 4120 02:27:33,495 --> 02:27:36,698 GROUPS THAT SHOWED AN EFFECT ON 4121 02:27:36,698 --> 02:27:38,399 THE FRACTION OF ANIMALS THAT 4122 02:27:38,399 --> 02:27:39,601 REBOUNDED AND THE TIME FOR 4123 02:27:39,601 --> 02:27:41,035 REBOUND. 4124 02:27:41,035 --> 02:27:42,770 HOWEVER, IN TERMS OF VIROLOGIC 4125 02:27:42,770 --> 02:27:44,472 CONTROL, THERE WAS A CLEAR 4126 02:27:44,472 --> 02:27:45,240 CORRELATION WITH THE GROUPS THAT 4127 02:27:45,240 --> 02:27:49,277 RECEIVED THE VACCINE, AND THE 4128 02:27:49,277 --> 02:27:55,250 CELL MAGNITUDE AND BREADTH WAS A 4129 02:27:55,250 --> 02:28:00,088 IINVERSE LIQUOR LATED WITH VIRAL 4130 02:28:00,088 --> 02:28:02,157 LOADS AFTER ART DISCONTINUATION. 4131 02:28:02,157 --> 02:28:04,092 WE ARE EVALUATING WHETHER ART 4132 02:28:04,092 --> 02:28:05,727 PLUS BROADLY NEUTRALIZING 4133 02:28:05,727 --> 02:28:08,663 ANTIBODY THERAPY CAN BE USED IN 4134 02:28:08,663 --> 02:28:10,098 EARLY -- FOR EARLY TREATMENT OF 4135 02:28:10,098 --> 02:28:11,833 SHIV INFECTED RHESUS MACAQUES 4136 02:28:11,833 --> 02:28:16,070 AND GIVEN THE PREVIOUS RESULTS 4137 02:28:16,070 --> 02:28:19,107 WITH VESATOLIMOD SHOWING DELAY 4138 02:28:19,107 --> 02:28:20,208 OF -- WE WERE ASKING THE 4139 02:28:20,208 --> 02:28:21,176 QUESTION CAN COMBINATION THERAPY 4140 02:28:21,176 --> 02:28:23,211 AT THE TIME OF ART INITIATION 4141 02:28:23,211 --> 02:28:25,914 REDUCE RESERVOIR SEEDING, SO 36 4142 02:28:25,914 --> 02:28:30,318 MACAQUES WERE INFECTED 4143 02:28:30,318 --> 02:28:34,522 INTRARECTALLY WITH SHIV SF16 4144 02:28:34,522 --> 02:28:35,723 SF162P3 AND AT EARLY SET POINT 4145 02:28:35,723 --> 02:28:40,028 WITH EITHER ART ALONE, ART PLUS 4146 02:28:40,028 --> 02:28:45,233 PGT121, OR ART PLUS PGT121 PLUS 4147 02:28:45,233 --> 02:28:46,434 VESATOLIMOD AND THE STUDY IS 4148 02:28:46,434 --> 02:28:47,302 STILL IN PROGRESS. 4149 02:28:47,302 --> 02:28:51,306 FUTURE PLANS FOR THE I4C 4150 02:28:51,306 --> 02:28:53,408 2.0 OVERALL IS TO IMPROPER OUR 4151 02:28:53,408 --> 02:28:54,709 BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE VIRAL 4152 02:28:54,709 --> 02:28:56,811 RESERVOIR AND CORRELATES OF 4153 02:28:56,811 --> 02:28:58,846 REBOUND IN PRIMATES AND HUMANS, 4154 02:28:58,846 --> 02:29:02,784 TOO EVALUATE THERAPEUTICS AND 4155 02:29:02,784 --> 02:29:07,021 VACCINES -- AND WE'RE ALSO DOING 4156 02:29:07,021 --> 02:29:08,656 AS YOU HEARD A SERIES OF PILOT 4157 02:29:08,656 --> 02:29:10,925 STUDIES ON CELL-BASED APPROACHES 4158 02:29:10,925 --> 02:29:11,759 INCLUDING CAR-T CELLS ENGINEERED 4159 02:29:11,759 --> 02:29:13,528 B CELLS AND ENHANCED NK CELLS 4160 02:29:13,528 --> 02:29:15,396 AND BASED ON THE RESULTS OF ALL 4161 02:29:15,396 --> 02:29:16,998 OF THESE ONGOING STUDIES WE PLAN 4162 02:29:16,998 --> 02:29:18,366 TO DESIGN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 4163 02:29:18,366 --> 02:29:20,201 THE GRANT NEXT GENERATION 4164 02:29:20,201 --> 02:29:22,337 COMBINED IMMUNOTHERAPY STUDIES. 4165 02:29:22,337 --> 02:29:23,972 AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER 4166 02:29:23,972 --> 02:29:25,840 TO JESSICA FOR COMMUNITY 4167 02:29:25,840 --> 02:29:26,140 ENGAGEMENT. 4168 02:29:26,140 --> 02:29:32,847 [APPLAUSE] 4169 02:29:32,847 --> 02:29:34,082 >> HELLO AGAIN. 4170 02:29:34,082 --> 02:29:36,384 SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR 4171 02:29:36,384 --> 02:29:37,485 PROGRAM IN I4C. 4172 02:29:37,485 --> 02:29:39,621 SO WE DO HAVE THREE MAIN GOALS 4173 02:29:39,621 --> 02:29:41,723 HERE, AGAIN IT'S TO REALLY BUILD 4174 02:29:41,723 --> 02:29:43,057 THAT NETWORK OF CIVIL SOCIETY 4175 02:29:43,057 --> 02:29:45,560 AND COMMUNITY THAT CAN SPEAK IN 4176 02:29:45,560 --> 02:29:46,127 MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN THIS 4177 02:29:46,127 --> 02:29:46,327 WORK. 4178 02:29:46,327 --> 02:29:47,729 WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE DIRECT 4179 02:29:47,729 --> 02:29:49,464 FEEDBACK INTO THE PROGRAM AND AS 4180 02:29:49,464 --> 02:29:50,932 DAN WAS JUST MENTIONING, WE'VE 4181 02:29:50,932 --> 02:29:52,066 BEEN REALLY GEARING UP FOR THAT 4182 02:29:52,066 --> 02:29:53,301 AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT IN THE 4183 02:29:53,301 --> 02:29:53,935 NEXT FEW SLIDES. 4184 02:29:53,935 --> 02:29:56,337 AND THEN WE WERE REALLY FOCUSING 4185 02:29:56,337 --> 02:29:57,705 AGAIN ON THE DIVERSITY OF OUR 4186 02:29:57,705 --> 02:29:58,573 ADVISORY BOARD. 4187 02:29:58,573 --> 02:30:01,276 AND WHAT'S UNIQUE IS I4C IS 4188 02:30:01,276 --> 02:30:01,943 INITY SECOND ITERATION SO WE 4189 02:30:01,943 --> 02:30:03,811 WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN 4190 02:30:03,811 --> 02:30:05,013 OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD BUT 4191 02:30:05,013 --> 02:30:06,381 SINCE THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE 4192 02:30:06,381 --> 02:30:07,615 TO GROW IT. 4193 02:30:07,615 --> 02:30:09,617 SO WE DO HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS, 4194 02:30:09,617 --> 02:30:11,352 ONE OF WHICH IS IN THE ROOM, KIM 4195 02:30:11,352 --> 02:30:13,354 WILSON, AND THEN OUR OTHER 4196 02:30:13,354 --> 02:30:16,224 LONG-TERM MEMBER MARC WAGNER ARE 4197 02:30:16,224 --> 02:30:17,258 HERE REPRESENTING US. 4198 02:30:17,258 --> 02:30:18,026 ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO 4199 02:30:18,026 --> 02:30:19,427 HIGHLIGHT IS, SOMETHING THAT WE 4200 02:30:19,427 --> 02:30:20,528 REALLY VALUE AS FAR AS A METRIC 4201 02:30:20,528 --> 02:30:23,031 OF SUCCESS IS NOT JUST WHEN WE 4202 02:30:23,031 --> 02:30:24,332 ELEVATE AND CHAMPION OUR 4203 02:30:24,332 --> 02:30:26,100 PARTNERS, BUT WHEN THE FIELD 4204 02:30:26,100 --> 02:30:27,568 ELEVATES AND CHAMPIONS OUR 4205 02:30:27,568 --> 02:30:29,304 PARTNERS. 4206 02:30:29,304 --> 02:30:31,005 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE 4207 02:30:31,005 --> 02:30:32,040 MARC WAGNER ON THE PANEL 4208 02:30:32,040 --> 02:30:34,642 YESTERDAY SPEAKING IN HIS OWN 4209 02:30:34,642 --> 02:30:35,510 EXPERTISE ON THE PRECISION 4210 02:30:35,510 --> 02:30:36,611 MEDICINE AND NEW GRANTS THAT ARE 4211 02:30:36,611 --> 02:30:37,145 COMING OUT. 4212 02:30:37,145 --> 02:30:38,613 SO THAT RECOGNITION BY THE FIELD 4213 02:30:38,613 --> 02:30:39,947 OF OUR PARTNERS AND THEIR 4214 02:30:39,947 --> 02:30:41,149 SUCCESS IS SOMETHING THAT WE 4215 02:30:41,149 --> 02:30:42,917 REALLY VALUE AS A METRIC THAT 4216 02:30:42,917 --> 02:30:44,519 WE'RE TRACKING OVER TIME. 4217 02:30:44,519 --> 02:30:45,920 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD THE 4218 02:30:45,920 --> 02:30:47,855 NUMBER OF LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS. 4219 02:30:47,855 --> 02:30:49,390 ONE IN PARTICULAR I WANTED TO 4220 02:30:49,390 --> 02:30:50,825 HIGHLIGHT WAS FENWAY HEALTH. 4221 02:30:50,825 --> 02:30:52,794 SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING 4222 02:30:52,794 --> 02:30:54,395 VERY STRATEGICALLY BUILDING THAT 4223 02:30:54,395 --> 02:30:55,496 BASE IN BOSTON, NOT JUST TO 4224 02:30:55,496 --> 02:30:57,465 THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE CONNECT 4225 02:30:57,465 --> 02:30:58,666 CURE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT 4226 02:30:58,666 --> 02:31:00,468 HOW DO WE BRIDGE IT IN THE 4227 02:31:00,468 --> 02:31:02,103 CONTEXT OF BOTH PREVENTION AND 4228 02:31:02,103 --> 02:31:04,806 TREATMENT, AND SO FENWAY HAS 4229 02:31:04,806 --> 02:31:07,008 BECOME A MAJOR PARTNER FOR US IN 4230 02:31:07,008 --> 02:31:08,009 THINKING ABOUT OUR EVENTS BUT 4231 02:31:08,009 --> 02:31:09,410 ALSO MOVING FORWARD HOW DO WE 4232 02:31:09,410 --> 02:31:10,712 BEGIN TO TRANSLATE THE MESSAGES 4233 02:31:10,712 --> 02:31:12,680 AND THE INFORMATION OF I4C OUT 4234 02:31:12,680 --> 02:31:13,781 INTO THE LARGER COMMUNITY. 4235 02:31:13,781 --> 02:31:18,686 AND THEN WE'VE ALSO -- WE DO 4236 02:31:18,686 --> 02:31:23,791 HAVE -- TANIA HENDERSON, OUR 4237 02:31:23,791 --> 02:31:25,426 CURE BOARD MEMBER WITH I4C IS 4238 02:31:25,426 --> 02:31:27,495 HERE AND SHE ACTUALLY DID SOME 4239 02:31:27,495 --> 02:31:29,664 LOCAL WORK IN BUILDING THIS OUT 4240 02:31:29,664 --> 02:31:32,734 IN A ANACOSTIA. 4241 02:31:32,734 --> 02:31:36,170 WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD A LOCAL 4242 02:31:36,170 --> 02:31:37,071 EVENT IN THE SOUTHEAST OF D.C. , 4243 02:31:37,071 --> 02:31:38,606 IT'S REALLY AN UNDERSERVED 4244 02:31:38,606 --> 02:31:41,008 COMMUNITY, NOT JUST IN ITS 4245 02:31:41,008 --> 02:31:44,245 RESOURCES BUT -- JUST BUILT 4246 02:31:44,245 --> 02:31:45,046 THEIR FIRST CLINIC THERE IN 4247 02:31:45,046 --> 02:31:46,881 DECEMBER IT OPENED BUT THINKING 4248 02:31:46,881 --> 02:31:47,749 ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGMENT WHEN IT 4249 02:31:47,749 --> 02:31:49,684 COMES TO THIS INFORMATION. 4250 02:31:49,684 --> 02:31:51,352 SO WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO BUILD 4251 02:31:51,352 --> 02:31:52,019 LITERACY. 4252 02:31:52,019 --> 02:31:54,589 THERE'S A NUMBER OF REALLY 4253 02:31:54,589 --> 02:31:55,790 EXCITING TOOLS, JUST TO 4254 02:31:55,790 --> 02:31:57,225 HIGHLIGHT TWO IN PARTICULAR, 4255 02:31:57,225 --> 02:31:58,860 VICTORIA SPERLING WALKER IN 4256 02:31:58,860 --> 02:32:00,094 MARCH GAVE A FANTASTIC 4257 02:32:00,094 --> 02:32:01,562 PRESENTATION ON HOW TO 4258 02:32:01,562 --> 02:32:02,663 UNDERSTAND A SCIENTIFIC 4259 02:32:02,663 --> 02:32:03,765 PRESENTATION. 4260 02:32:03,765 --> 02:32:06,934 WHICH REALLY HAS OPENED UP A NEW 4261 02:32:06,934 --> 02:32:08,870 GATEWAY OF HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT 4262 02:32:08,870 --> 02:32:11,472 INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ENGAGE LAY 4263 02:32:11,472 --> 02:32:13,408 AUDIENCES IN THE SCIENCE. 4264 02:32:13,408 --> 02:32:14,709 AND AS SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT A 4265 02:32:14,709 --> 02:32:16,477 PH.D. OR AN M.D. MYSELF WHO 4266 02:32:16,477 --> 02:32:17,245 DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE 4267 02:32:17,245 --> 02:32:19,947 THINGS OF A HEAT MAP OR A 4268 02:32:19,947 --> 02:32:21,249 GENETIC DIVERSITY TREE, HAVING 4269 02:32:21,249 --> 02:32:22,583 SOMEBODY WALK THROUGH WHAT ARE 4270 02:32:22,583 --> 02:32:24,452 THE KEY AREAS ON THAT SLIDE THAT 4271 02:32:24,452 --> 02:32:27,355 I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IN ORDER TO 4272 02:32:27,355 --> 02:32:28,556 MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN THE 4273 02:32:28,556 --> 02:32:29,757 CONVERSATION HAS BEEN CRITICAL, 4274 02:32:29,757 --> 02:32:31,025 AND VICTORIA REALLY CREATED A 4275 02:32:31,025 --> 02:32:32,994 ROAD MAP THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO 4276 02:32:32,994 --> 02:32:34,429 HELP US TAKE THOSE TOOLS AND 4277 02:32:34,429 --> 02:32:35,530 MOVE FORWARD. 4278 02:32:35,530 --> 02:32:38,666 WE ALSO HAVE A POCKET GUIDE. 4279 02:32:38,666 --> 02:32:40,635 AGAIN, YOU CAN FIND THESE, WE DO 4280 02:32:40,635 --> 02:32:43,938 HAVE AN INTERACTIVE PORTAL 4281 02:32:43,938 --> 02:32:45,606 CALLED ENGAGE.AVAC.ORG. 4282 02:32:45,606 --> 02:32:47,508 WE HAVE A SITE, IT'S COMPLETELY 4283 02:32:47,508 --> 02:32:48,709 FREE, A LEARNING MANAGEMENT 4284 02:32:48,709 --> 02:32:50,111 SYSTEM THAT HAS A NUMBER OF 4285 02:32:50,111 --> 02:32:50,978 TOOLS, PRESENTATIONS AND 4286 02:32:50,978 --> 02:32:52,647 RECORDED VIDEOS THAT CAN YOU 4287 02:32:52,647 --> 02:32:54,715 ACTUALLY TRACK AND DOWNLOAD AND 4288 02:32:54,715 --> 02:32:55,450 CREATE SOME OF THESE MATERIALS. 4289 02:32:55,450 --> 02:32:56,417 BUT THIS POCKET GUIDE IS MEANT 4290 02:32:56,417 --> 02:32:57,718 TO BE A PICTURE THAT CAN BE 4291 02:32:57,718 --> 02:33:00,321 PULLED UP ON A SMARTPHONE SO 4292 02:33:00,321 --> 02:33:01,556 THAT IF YOU'RE IN A PRESENTATION 4293 02:33:01,556 --> 02:33:02,990 OR A SESSION LIKE TODAY, YOU CAN 4294 02:33:02,990 --> 02:33:04,358 ACTUALLY JUST GO AHEAD AND 4295 02:33:04,358 --> 02:33:05,560 REFRESH YOURSELF ON WHAT THAT 4296 02:33:05,560 --> 02:33:06,761 SCIENCE MEANS. 4297 02:33:06,761 --> 02:33:08,729 SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE 4298 02:33:08,729 --> 02:33:09,630 BOTH INNOVATIVE TOOLS THAT CAN 4299 02:33:09,630 --> 02:33:13,367 BE USED IN A VARIETY OF SETTI 4300 02:33:13,367 --> 02:33:13,868 SETTINGS. 4301 02:33:13,868 --> 02:33:14,902 I WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, WHEN WE 4302 02:33:14,902 --> 02:33:16,904 THINK ABOUT THE INFLUENCE, IT'S 4303 02:33:16,904 --> 02:33:17,772 REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NOT 4304 02:33:17,772 --> 02:33:19,273 JUST THINKING ABOUT LITERACY. 4305 02:33:19,273 --> 02:33:21,042 LITERACY IS ONE COMPONENT OF 4306 02:33:21,042 --> 02:33:22,677 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT THE 4307 02:33:22,677 --> 02:33:26,247 TREUP METRUE METRIC OF SUCCESS W 4308 02:33:26,247 --> 02:33:27,215 ARE WE PUSHING THAT ENVIRONMENT 4309 02:33:27,215 --> 02:33:28,416 TO GO EVEN FURTHER? 4310 02:33:28,416 --> 02:33:30,585 AND SO FOR US, CREATING THAT 4311 02:33:30,585 --> 02:33:31,786 ENABLING ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN 4312 02:33:31,786 --> 02:33:32,220 KEY. 4313 02:33:32,220 --> 02:33:34,188 AND SO SOME OF THE WAYS IS WE'RE 4314 02:33:34,188 --> 02:33:35,923 THINKING AGAIN ABOUT THE 4315 02:33:35,923 --> 02:33:38,526 INTEGRATION WITH POLICY MAKERS, 4316 02:33:38,526 --> 02:33:40,728 AND SANDY JOINED US ON A PANEL 4317 02:33:40,728 --> 02:33:43,097 NEAR HIV VACCINE AWARENESS DAY 4318 02:33:43,097 --> 02:33:45,399 TO BRIDGE CURE INTO THE 4319 02:33:45,399 --> 02:33:46,667 CONVERSATIONS AROUND PREVENTION 4320 02:33:46,667 --> 02:33:48,336 AND TREATMENT WITH OUR 4321 02:33:48,336 --> 02:33:49,504 LAWMAKERS, AND SO THAT'S REALLY 4322 02:33:49,504 --> 02:33:50,271 IMPORTANT TO AGAIN THINKING 4323 02:33:50,271 --> 02:33:51,606 ABOUT HOW DO WE SUSTAIN FUNDING 4324 02:33:51,606 --> 02:33:53,140 AND HOW DO WE PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON 4325 02:33:53,140 --> 02:33:55,409 THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 4326 02:33:55,409 --> 02:33:57,144 WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF WORK 4327 02:33:57,144 --> 02:33:59,080 INTERVENING WITH CLINICIANS, 4328 02:33:59,080 --> 02:34:01,516 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV POST 4329 02:34:01,516 --> 02:34:02,917 INTERVENTION CONTROLLERS, 4330 02:34:02,917 --> 02:34:03,918 SPONSORS AND OTHERS TO NOT JUST 4331 02:34:03,918 --> 02:34:05,887 THINK ABOUT ERADICATION, BUT 4332 02:34:05,887 --> 02:34:07,622 WHAT DOES CONTROL MEAN AND WHAT 4333 02:34:07,622 --> 02:34:09,090 ARE THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. 4334 02:34:09,090 --> 02:34:10,191 AND THIS WORK WAS ACTUALLY LED 4335 02:34:10,191 --> 02:34:16,163 BY, AGAIN, ONE OF OUR CURE 4336 02:34:16,163 --> 02:34:17,031 MEMBERS, WHOSE PICTURE IS UP 4337 02:34:17,031 --> 02:34:17,698 THERE. 4338 02:34:17,698 --> 02:34:19,200 AND WE'VE JUST FOUND THAT THIS 4339 02:34:19,200 --> 02:34:20,868 HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC PROJECT, 4340 02:34:20,868 --> 02:34:23,271 AGAIN TO THINK ABOUT INFLUENCING 4341 02:34:23,271 --> 02:34:24,805 THE CONVERSATION AND THE 4342 02:34:24,805 --> 02:34:27,308 NARRATIVE MOVING FORWARD. 4343 02:34:27,308 --> 02:34:29,076 LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, 4344 02:34:29,076 --> 02:34:31,979 YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE 4345 02:34:31,979 --> 02:34:34,382 SCIENCE, AND I FORESEE HAS 4346 02:34:34,382 --> 02:34:36,017 REALLY THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THE 4347 02:34:36,017 --> 02:34:36,651 BENCH BUT WE'RE ALSO THINKING 4348 02:34:36,651 --> 02:34:40,154 WIABOUT HOW DO WE TRANSLATE THA, 4349 02:34:40,154 --> 02:34:41,556 HOW DO WE BRING THAT OUT NOW. 4350 02:34:41,556 --> 02:34:44,091 YOU HEARD A LOT O ABOUT THE 4351 02:34:44,091 --> 02:34:45,760 VARIOUS COHORTS AND THE WORK 4352 02:34:45,760 --> 02:34:46,460 BEING DONE IN MHRP AND THINKING 4353 02:34:46,460 --> 02:34:49,063 ABOUT THOSE BIO SAMPLES. 4354 02:34:49,063 --> 02:34:50,431 WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE 4355 02:34:50,431 --> 02:34:51,465 PLAN FROM THE TRANSITION FROM 4356 02:34:51,465 --> 02:34:52,800 THE BENCH REALLY INTO THOSE 4357 02:34:52,800 --> 02:34:54,201 LARGER SCALE CLINICAL TRIALS AS 4358 02:34:54,201 --> 02:34:54,969 THEY MOVE FORWARD. 4359 02:34:54,969 --> 02:34:56,037 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT 4360 02:34:56,037 --> 02:34:58,873 WE'VE NOT ONLY HAD OUR CAB 4361 02:34:58,873 --> 02:35:03,110 MEMBERS BE AT THE ADVOCACY FOR A 4362 02:35:03,110 --> 02:35:04,312 CURE ACADEMY, BUT WE'VE ALSO 4363 02:35:04,312 --> 02:35:06,547 BEEN ABLE TO CREATE AN ENABLING 4364 02:35:06,547 --> 02:35:07,882 ENVIRONMENT IN OTHER WAYS. 4365 02:35:07,882 --> 02:35:09,317 WE'VE ACTUALLY CREATED A 4366 02:35:09,317 --> 02:35:10,985 JOURNALIST TRAINING THAT FOCUSES 4367 02:35:10,985 --> 02:35:12,987 ON COMMUNICATION THAT WAS A 4368 02:35:12,987 --> 02:35:13,788 YEAR-LONG ENDEAVOR WHERE 4369 02:35:13,788 --> 02:35:16,724 JOURNALISTS MET MONTHLY IN 4370 02:35:16,724 --> 02:35:18,392 ZIMBABWE, WHICH WAS 4371 02:35:18,392 --> 02:35:21,395 STRATEGICALLY CHOSEN FORTY 4372 02:35:21,395 --> 02:35:23,030 CONNECTION TO TWO UPCOMING FIRST 4373 02:35:23,030 --> 02:35:24,899 IN COUNTRY ATI TRIALS THAT ARE 4374 02:35:24,899 --> 02:35:25,333 HAPPENING THERE. 4375 02:35:25,333 --> 02:35:26,734 AND THROUGH THAT YEAR, WE MET 4376 02:35:26,734 --> 02:35:29,270 WITH JOURNALISTS, TRAINED THEM 4377 02:35:29,270 --> 02:35:30,404 ABOUT THE SCIENCE, HOW TO 4378 02:35:30,404 --> 02:35:31,572 COMMUNICATE IT, AND WHAT WERE 4379 02:35:31,572 --> 02:35:33,741 THE KEY MESSAGES, AND YOU CAN 4380 02:35:33,741 --> 02:35:34,809 SEE HERE A SMATTERING OF THE 4381 02:35:34,809 --> 02:35:36,644 PAPERS THAT THEY ALL WROTE, 4382 02:35:36,644 --> 02:35:38,412 STORIES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT 4383 02:35:38,412 --> 02:35:38,946 12-MONTH PROGRAM. 4384 02:35:38,946 --> 02:35:40,381 THAT PROGRAM IS NOW GOING TO BE 4385 02:35:40,381 --> 02:35:43,084 PILOTED OUT INTO OTHER COUNTRIES 4386 02:35:43,084 --> 02:35:43,951 CONDUCTING ATI CLINICAL TRIALS 4387 02:35:43,951 --> 02:35:47,221 AS WELL, SO THINK THINK ABOUT U, 4388 02:35:47,221 --> 02:35:51,359 SOUTH AFRICA AND KENYA, AND 4389 02:35:51,359 --> 02:35:53,227 AGAIN THE MATERIALS THAT WERE 4390 02:35:53,227 --> 02:35:56,397 CREATED BY THIS FELLOW, ANNA 4391 02:35:56,397 --> 02:35:58,232 MITI, REALLY HELPS TO BRING IN 4392 02:35:58,232 --> 02:35:59,667 AND DIVERSIFY, SHE ACTUALLY 4393 02:35:59,667 --> 02:36:01,736 TRANSLATED INTO TWO LOCAL 4394 02:36:01,736 --> 02:36:02,770 DIALECTS THAT ARE BEING USED NOW 4395 02:36:02,770 --> 02:36:06,874 IN THE ACTG5417 TRIAL SITE IN 4396 02:36:06,874 --> 02:36:07,575 SIB BAB WAY. 4397 02:36:07,575 --> 02:36:14,749 ZIMBABWE. 4398 02:36:14,749 --> 02:36:20,755 MANDISA DUKASHE -- AND BROUGHT 4399 02:36:20,755 --> 02:36:22,056 PARTNERS TO REALLY HELP MOVE 4400 02:36:22,056 --> 02:36:23,357 THAT WORK FORWARD. 4401 02:36:23,357 --> 02:36:25,092 THEN UDOM, OUR CAB MEMBER BASED 4402 02:36:25,092 --> 02:36:26,527 IN THAILAND HAS BEEN WORKING 4403 02:36:26,527 --> 02:36:29,463 WITH MHRP TO REALLY CREATE SOME 4404 02:36:29,463 --> 02:36:30,698 CURE-FOCUSED CABs, THINKING 4405 02:36:30,698 --> 02:36:31,532 ABOUT SOME OF THESE NEW 4406 02:36:31,532 --> 02:36:32,400 PROTOCOLS AND STUDIES THAT ARE 4407 02:36:32,400 --> 02:36:33,167 GOING OUT THERE. 4408 02:36:33,167 --> 02:36:36,337 SO REALLY EXCITE FOD ED TO SEE S 4409 02:36:36,337 --> 02:36:37,605 WORK MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT 4410 02:36:37,605 --> 02:36:37,805 PHASE. 4411 02:36:37,805 --> 02:36:39,040 SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE 4412 02:36:39,040 --> 02:36:41,242 ANY QUESTIONS, AND REALLY LOOK 4413 02:36:41,242 --> 02:36:42,043 FORWARD TO THE WORK. 4414 02:36:42,043 --> 02:36:49,650 [APPLAUSE] 4415 02:36:49,650 --> 02:36:50,518 >> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4416 02:36:50,518 --> 02:36:51,719 WE ARE PERFECTLY ON TIME. 4417 02:36:51,719 --> 02:36:52,687 WE HAVE TIME FOR A FEW 4418 02:36:52,687 --> 02:36:53,988 QUESTIONS. 4419 02:36:53,988 --> 02:36:59,026 PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE. 4420 02:36:59,026 --> 02:36:59,660 >> HI. 4421 02:36:59,660 --> 02:37:01,629 MY QUESTION IS FOR DR. VASAN. 4422 02:37:01,629 --> 02:37:02,897 EVERYBODY, THIS IS A GREAT TALK, 4423 02:37:02,897 --> 02:37:03,798 THANK YOU. 4424 02:37:03,798 --> 02:37:09,470 SO I THINK -- YOUR 50% OF THE 4425 02:37:09,470 --> 02:37:11,205 PARTICIPANTS WHO FAILED IPDA, 4426 02:37:11,205 --> 02:37:13,441 THEY WERE DEFECTS IN -- SHOULD I 4427 02:37:13,441 --> 02:37:15,042 KNOW THIS, JOHN? 4428 02:37:15,042 --> 02:37:18,446 >> SO MOST CLONES THAT WE KNOW 4429 02:37:18,446 --> 02:37:21,215 ARE DEFECTIVE -- 4430 02:37:21,215 --> 02:37:23,651 >> IN -- OR PSI OR DO YOU KNOW? 4431 02:37:23,651 --> 02:37:26,387 >> IT LOOKS LIKE PSI. 4432 02:37:26,387 --> 02:37:28,122 >> OKAY. 4433 02:37:28,122 --> 02:37:30,758 SO DO YOU HAVE ANY -- ARE YOU 4434 02:37:30,758 --> 02:37:32,093 PLANNING TO DO PROVIRAL 4435 02:37:32,093 --> 02:37:33,794 SEQUENCING OR PSI SEQUENCING 4436 02:37:33,794 --> 02:37:35,896 BECAUSE YOU COULD -- IN TITAN 4437 02:37:35,896 --> 02:37:37,965 AND ECLEAR WE DESIGNED PRIMERS 4438 02:37:37,965 --> 02:37:39,500 AND PROBES SPECIFIC TO 4439 02:37:39,500 --> 02:37:41,001 PARTICIPANTS, EACH PARTICIPANT, 4440 02:37:41,001 --> 02:37:42,236 IT'S A HEADACHE BUT IT CAN BE 4441 02:37:42,236 --> 02:37:43,537 DONE IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW 4442 02:37:43,537 --> 02:37:44,071 THEM LONG TERM. 4443 02:37:44,071 --> 02:37:46,907 >> GOOD QUESTION. 4444 02:37:46,907 --> 02:37:48,776 SO LEIA BRANT IS IN THE 4445 02:37:48,776 --> 02:37:49,076 AUDIENCE. 4446 02:37:49,076 --> 02:37:51,445 WE ARE TAKING INDIVIDUAL PRO 4447 02:37:51,445 --> 02:37:54,415 VIRUSES, SEQUENCING THEM, AND 4448 02:37:54,415 --> 02:37:57,818 SEEING WHETHER THE SEQUENCE HAS 4449 02:37:57,818 --> 02:38:00,788 A RRE OR PSI BINDING REGION. 4450 02:38:00,788 --> 02:38:02,723 AND IF IT DOES, WHETHER IT'S 4451 02:38:02,723 --> 02:38:04,258 LIKELY TO READ OUT POSITIVE IN 4452 02:38:04,258 --> 02:38:07,528 THE IPDA BASED ON THE MATCH. 4453 02:38:07,528 --> 02:38:10,364 WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THE VAST 4454 02:38:10,364 --> 02:38:13,768 MAJORITY OF CLONES, OF PRO 4455 02:38:13,768 --> 02:38:16,704 VIRUSES ARE DEFECTIVE. 4456 02:38:16,704 --> 02:38:18,239 THE ONES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED 4457 02:38:18,239 --> 02:38:23,410 SO FAR THAT ARE CLONAL AND NEAR 4458 02:38:23,410 --> 02:38:28,549 FULL LENGTH, A FEW ARE INTACT, 4459 02:38:28,549 --> 02:38:29,917 ABOUT 50% THAT WOULD BE DETECTED 4460 02:38:29,917 --> 02:38:35,589 BY THE IPDA, AND THE OTHER HALF 4461 02:38:35,589 --> 02:38:37,124 HAVE EITHER DELETION IN PSI 4462 02:38:37,124 --> 02:38:38,826 MOSTLY OR RRE. 4463 02:38:38,826 --> 02:38:40,494 >> OKAY, THANKS. 4464 02:38:40,494 --> 02:38:41,595 >> CHRIS PETERSON. 4465 02:38:41,595 --> 02:38:43,864 >> ALSO FOR JOHN. 4466 02:38:43,864 --> 02:38:46,133 WE'VE ALSO SEEN APT-CAR 4467 02:38:46,133 --> 02:38:48,435 ANTIBODIES OUTSIDE OF THAT HUMAN 4468 02:38:48,435 --> 02:38:50,437 CD4 DOMAIN, AND WE CAN SHOW IN 4469 02:38:50,437 --> 02:38:51,505 VITRO THAT THEY DO RESTRICT 4470 02:38:51,505 --> 02:38:54,341 FUNCTION, BUT IT'S NEVER LINED 4471 02:38:54,341 --> 02:38:56,177 UP IN VIVO, THAT WE'RE LOSING 4472 02:38:56,177 --> 02:38:57,711 CARS WAY BEFORE WE SEE THOSE 4473 02:38:57,711 --> 02:38:58,145 ANTIBODIES. 4474 02:38:58,145 --> 02:39:01,182 SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY 4475 02:39:01,182 --> 02:39:01,949 CAUSATIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE 4476 02:39:01,949 --> 02:39:02,817 ANTIBODIES OR WHAT IS 4477 02:39:02,817 --> 02:39:05,786 RESTRICTING THE CAR FUNCTION IN 4478 02:39:05,786 --> 02:39:09,690 VIVO. 4479 02:39:09,690 --> 02:39:12,059 >> SO THE ANALYSES WERE JUST 4480 02:39:12,059 --> 02:39:13,794 INITIAL LOOK, AND DAN DID THOSE 4481 02:39:13,794 --> 02:39:15,563 ANALYSES. 4482 02:39:15,563 --> 02:39:17,598 SO CARs DISAPPEAR, ANTIBODY 4483 02:39:17,598 --> 02:39:17,832 APPEAR. 4484 02:39:17,832 --> 02:39:19,033 IS THAT CAUSAL? 4485 02:39:19,033 --> 02:39:21,669 WE DON'T -- WE DON'T KNOW THAT 4486 02:39:21,669 --> 02:39:22,636 FOR SURE. 4487 02:39:22,636 --> 02:39:23,938 IT'S CORRELATIVE. 4488 02:39:23,938 --> 02:39:26,774 THERE MAY BE OTHER MECHANISMS 4489 02:39:26,774 --> 02:39:29,210 WHEREBY CARs DON'T PERSIST. 4490 02:39:29,210 --> 02:39:33,247 AND JIM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GET 4491 02:39:33,247 --> 02:39:34,415 UP AND -- HE'S HAPPY WITH WHAT I 4492 02:39:34,415 --> 02:39:36,083 SAID. 4493 02:39:36,083 --> 02:39:36,350 [LAUGHTER] 4494 02:39:36,350 --> 02:39:40,955 >> I CAN ANSWER A FOLLOW-UP TO 4495 02:39:40,955 --> 02:39:41,856 THAT QUESTION ALSO. 4496 02:39:41,856 --> 02:39:45,359 WHEN WE INFUSE THE CAR-T CELLS 4497 02:39:45,359 --> 02:39:46,660 INITIALLY, THEN THE TWO 4498 02:39:46,660 --> 02:39:49,864 OBSERVATIONS ARE THAT THE CAR-T 4499 02:39:49,864 --> 02:39:51,899 CELLS DISAPPEARED CONCURRENTLY 4500 02:39:51,899 --> 02:39:54,401 WITH THE ANTICD4 ANTIBODIES 4501 02:39:54,401 --> 02:39:57,972 APPEARING, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY 4502 02:39:57,972 --> 02:39:58,973 DID ANOTHER PHASE OF THE STUDY 4503 02:39:58,973 --> 02:40:01,542 WHERE WE DID A SECOND INFUSION 4504 02:40:01,542 --> 02:40:03,711 OF CAR-T CELLS IN THE SAME 4505 02:40:03,711 --> 02:40:05,145 ANIMALS, AND IN THE SETTING OF 4506 02:40:05,145 --> 02:40:06,347 THE PRESENCE OF THOSE 4507 02:40:06,347 --> 02:40:09,817 ANTIBODIES, THERE WAS NO -- 4508 02:40:09,817 --> 02:40:12,519 THERE WAS NOT EVEN AN EARLY 4509 02:40:12,519 --> 02:40:13,687 ACUTE TAKE, SO IT WAS A COMPLETE 4510 02:40:13,687 --> 02:40:15,089 BLOCKADE OF ANY CAR-T CELLS IN 4511 02:40:15,089 --> 02:40:16,457 THE PRESENCE OF THE ANTIBODIES. 4512 02:40:16,457 --> 02:40:19,226 >> PREINFUSION I TOTALLY AGREE, 4513 02:40:19,226 --> 02:40:20,728 BUT THE FIRST ONE, THAT'S WHAT 4514 02:40:20,728 --> 02:40:21,629 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT. 4515 02:40:21,629 --> 02:40:23,230 >> SO I THINK IT'S QUITE 4516 02:40:23,230 --> 02:40:25,633 CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE 4517 02:40:25,633 --> 02:40:27,835 ANTIHUMAN CD4 ANTIBODIES WERE 4518 02:40:27,835 --> 02:40:30,771 INDUCED BY THE CAR-T CELLS AND 4519 02:40:30,771 --> 02:40:32,673 PREVENTED THE SECOND 4520 02:40:32,673 --> 02:40:38,879 ADMINISTRATION OF THEM. 4521 02:40:38,879 --> 02:40:40,314 >> THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT 4522 02:40:40,314 --> 02:40:41,949 THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT PORTFOLIO 4523 02:40:41,949 --> 02:40:42,683 AND THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT 4524 02:40:42,683 --> 02:40:47,621 YOU'RE DOING IN AFRICA. 4525 02:40:47,621 --> 02:40:48,789 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE 4526 02:40:48,789 --> 02:40:49,924 PROCESS FOR INCORPORATING 4527 02:40:49,924 --> 02:40:50,791 COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS INTO 4528 02:40:50,791 --> 02:40:52,860 CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGNS, 4529 02:40:52,860 --> 02:40:55,129 PARTICULARLY THOSE INVOLVING 4530 02:40:55,129 --> 02:40:56,897 ATIs, AND WHAT HAS THAT UPTAKE 4531 02:40:56,897 --> 02:40:59,767 BEEN LIKE? 4532 02:40:59,767 --> 02:41:01,168 >> THANKS, KARINE, FOR THE 4533 02:41:01,168 --> 02:41:01,435 QUESTION. 4534 02:41:01,435 --> 02:41:03,103 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 4535 02:41:03,103 --> 02:41:03,904 THE GLOBAL PRESENCE, THIS 4536 02:41:03,904 --> 02:41:04,638 MEETING WAS IN JUNE. 4537 02:41:04,638 --> 02:41:06,206 SINCE THEN, THE STAKEHOLDERS 4538 02:41:06,206 --> 02:41:09,576 HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET, THIS 4539 02:41:09,576 --> 02:41:10,778 SMALL GROUP OF ADVOCATES HAVE 4540 02:41:10,778 --> 02:41:12,079 CONTINUED TO MEET MONTHLY TO 4541 02:41:12,079 --> 02:41:13,480 KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT AND ARE 4542 02:41:13,480 --> 02:41:15,015 WORKING WITH THE CLINICAL TRIAL 4543 02:41:15,015 --> 02:41:17,217 PIs TO SEE HOW WE CAN 4544 02:41:17,217 --> 02:41:18,218 INCORPORATE THEIR THOUGHTS AND 4545 02:41:18,218 --> 02:41:20,254 FEEDBACK. 4546 02:41:20,254 --> 02:41:21,689 BECAUSE IT WAS DONE AFTER THE 4547 02:41:21,689 --> 02:41:23,424 PROTOCOL WAS SEALED, WE ARE 4548 02:41:23,424 --> 02:41:25,926 REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE 4549 02:41:25,926 --> 02:41:28,262 PUSH FOR EITHER A STATEMENT 4550 02:41:28,262 --> 02:41:29,763 POSITION OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT, 4551 02:41:29,763 --> 02:41:31,098 AGAIN, IS LED BY THE ADVOCATES 4552 02:41:31,098 --> 02:41:33,167 THAT WERE IN THE ROOM ON WHAT 4553 02:41:33,167 --> 02:41:34,268 THEY WANT TO DO, BUT WHAT WE'VE 4554 02:41:34,268 --> 02:41:38,973 BEEN ABLE TO DO TO PUSH THEIR 4555 02:41:38,973 --> 02:41:41,208 FEELINGS IS THEY'VE HELD A LOT 4556 02:41:41,208 --> 02:41:43,444 OF SESSIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH 4557 02:41:43,444 --> 02:41:45,279 U EQUAL U FORUMS TO TALK ABOUT 4558 02:41:45,279 --> 02:41:47,681 ATIs TO DELIVER THAT FEEDBACK, 4559 02:41:47,681 --> 02:41:49,016 AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO AGAIN 4560 02:41:49,016 --> 02:41:50,584 FEED THAT BACK INTO THE CLINICAL 4561 02:41:50,584 --> 02:41:52,619 TRIALS PROCESS WITH THE ACTG. 4562 02:41:52,619 --> 02:41:54,355 >> I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT 4563 02:41:54,355 --> 02:41:56,223 BRIEFLY BY JUST STATING THAT WE 4564 02:41:56,223 --> 02:41:58,492 AT LEAST FOR SOME OF OUR TRIALS 4565 02:41:58,492 --> 02:42:00,894 IN THAILAND, WE'VE BEEN WORKING 4566 02:42:00,894 --> 02:42:04,531 WITH GAIL HENDERSON AND HOLLY 4567 02:42:04,531 --> 02:42:08,569 PIA THROUGH AN R01 THAT WAS 4568 02:42:08,569 --> 02:42:09,970 FUNDED, ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT 4569 02:42:09,970 --> 02:42:11,972 QUANTITATIVE, ABOUT ANALYZING 4570 02:42:11,972 --> 02:42:13,807 PARTICIPANTS' ATTITUDES, FEAR, 4571 02:42:13,807 --> 02:42:16,343 CONCERNS AND WILLINGNESS TO 4572 02:42:16,343 --> 02:42:18,512 PARTICIPATE IN ATI STUDIES, 4573 02:42:18,512 --> 02:42:19,713 PARTNER PROTECTION AND ALSO 4574 02:42:19,713 --> 02:42:22,049 SHORT VERSUS LONG DURATION 4575 02:42:22,049 --> 02:42:22,249 ATIs. 4576 02:42:22,249 --> 02:42:24,318 A LOT OF THAT WORK IS NOW 4577 02:42:24,318 --> 02:42:26,186 PUBLISHED, AND HAS REALLY BEEN 4578 02:42:26,186 --> 02:42:27,788 INSTRUMENTAL IN GUIDING US IN 4579 02:42:27,788 --> 02:42:30,224 ADVANCE FOR THE DESIGN OF OUR 4580 02:42:30,224 --> 02:42:31,859 NEXT UPCOMING TRIAL THAT'S 4581 02:42:31,859 --> 02:42:34,528 OUTSIDE OF THE I4C BUT WE ARE 4582 02:42:34,528 --> 02:42:37,431 LEVERAGING THE I4C MECHANISM TO 4583 02:42:37,431 --> 02:42:39,500 ENGAGE THE CABs AND 4584 02:42:39,500 --> 02:42:43,771 SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE OUR -- 4585 02:42:43,771 --> 02:42:44,738 CAB MEMBER. 4586 02:42:44,738 --> 02:42:45,773 AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR 4587 02:42:45,773 --> 02:42:46,507 COMMUNITY MEETING YESTERDAY, 4588 02:42:46,507 --> 02:42:47,608 THERE ARE ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY 4589 02:42:47,608 --> 02:42:49,076 FEEDBACK THAT I THINK ARE 4590 02:42:49,076 --> 02:42:50,778 UNIVERSAL, AND THEN OTHERS THAT 4591 02:42:50,778 --> 02:42:52,079 ARE CULTURE-SPECIFIC AND WE NEED 4592 02:42:52,079 --> 02:42:54,748 TO BE SENSITIVE TO BOTH. 4593 02:42:54,748 --> 02:42:57,351 >> CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND 4594 02:42:57,351 --> 02:42:57,785 AFFILIATION, PLEASE? 4595 02:42:57,785 --> 02:42:58,085 THANK YOU. 4596 02:42:58,085 --> 02:43:01,488 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4597 02:43:01,488 --> 02:43:03,390 JOSEPHINE FROM UGANDA, REPRESENT 4598 02:43:03,390 --> 02:43:04,758 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. 4599 02:43:04,758 --> 02:43:07,628 AND MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE -- 4600 02:43:07,628 --> 02:43:08,829 MOST TIMES WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 4601 02:43:08,829 --> 02:43:10,264 THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE STILL 4602 02:43:10,264 --> 02:43:12,433 MAKE A STATEMENT OF ATTITUDEMENT 4603 02:43:12,433 --> 02:43:15,035 HAS AN EFFECT ON THE SIZE OF THE 4604 02:43:15,035 --> 02:43:17,137 RESERVOIR, BUT MOST TIMES PEOPLE 4605 02:43:17,137 --> 02:43:21,008 ASK WHAT IS A ILI, IS THERE A 4606 02:43:21,008 --> 02:43:22,042 DEFINITION OF WHAT -- MEANS. 4607 02:43:22,042 --> 02:43:24,244 IS IT LIKE HOURS AFTER YOU'VE 4608 02:43:24,244 --> 02:43:26,413 BEEN INFECTED WITH HIV, IS IT 4609 02:43:26,413 --> 02:43:27,848 LIKE JUST YEARS AFTER YOU'VE 4610 02:43:27,848 --> 02:43:31,251 BEEN INFECTED WITH HIV? 4611 02:43:31,251 --> 02:43:35,389 THANK YOU. 4612 02:43:35,389 --> 02:43:36,190 >> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. 4613 02:43:36,190 --> 02:43:39,026 THERE'S A SYSTEM CALLED FEIBIG 4614 02:43:39,026 --> 02:43:40,227 STAGES THAT'S BASED ON THE 4615 02:43:40,227 --> 02:43:42,296 TIMING OF APPEARANCE OF 4616 02:43:42,296 --> 02:43:44,298 DIFFERENT LABORATORIES 4617 02:43:44,298 --> 02:43:45,499 ANTIBODIES, WESTERN BLOT, VIRAL 4618 02:43:45,499 --> 02:43:47,267 LOAD, AND SO REALLY WE'RE 4619 02:43:47,267 --> 02:43:48,869 TALKING ABOUT A PERIOD OF WEEKS 4620 02:43:48,869 --> 02:43:51,939 TO MONTHS IN TERMS OF ACUTE TO 4621 02:43:51,939 --> 02:43:52,806 EARLY. 4622 02:43:52,806 --> 02:43:55,309 AND THAT'S WHY WE ALSO KNOW THAT 4623 02:43:55,309 --> 02:43:57,611 THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE 4624 02:43:57,611 --> 02:44:00,047 FOR MOST OF THE WORLD. 4625 02:44:00,047 --> 02:44:01,315 IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT COUNTRY YOU 4626 02:44:01,315 --> 02:44:01,548 LIVE IN. 4627 02:44:01,548 --> 02:44:03,951 SO THAT'S WHY STUDIES LIKE THE 4628 02:44:03,951 --> 02:44:07,554 ONE CONDUCTED BY DR. BAROUCH 4629 02:44:07,554 --> 02:44:09,990 HERE MODELING THE IMPACT OF THE 4630 02:44:09,990 --> 02:44:13,160 RESERVOIR ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT 4631 02:44:13,160 --> 02:44:14,261 STARTED ART FOR YEARS AFTER 4632 02:44:14,261 --> 02:44:15,762 BEING EXPOSED TO HIV ARE EQUALLY 4633 02:44:15,762 --> 02:44:19,366 IMPORTANT. 4634 02:44:19,366 --> 02:44:27,474 >> DEBBIE 4635 02:44:27,474 --> 02:44:30,177 >> INTUITIVELY YOU WOULD THINK 4636 02:44:30,177 --> 02:44:33,247 IT'S BASED ON INFECTED CELL 4637 02:44:33,247 --> 02:44:37,618 FREQUENCY, THINK VIREMIA. 4638 02:44:37,618 --> 02:44:42,756 I WONDER GIVEN DATE DATA PRESED 4639 02:44:42,756 --> 02:44:43,857 YESTERDAY, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO 4640 02:44:43,857 --> 02:44:46,760 LOOK AT AUTOLOGOUS 4641 02:44:46,760 --> 02:44:47,461 NEUTRALIZATION ANTIBODY AND TIME 4642 02:44:47,461 --> 02:44:50,297 IN RESET TO VIRAL ROAD TO KIND 4643 02:44:50,297 --> 02:44:52,633 OF TEASE OUT ARE THERE ANY 4644 02:44:52,633 --> 02:44:53,700 IMMUNE POTENTIAL MECHANISMS THAT 4645 02:44:53,700 --> 02:44:56,303 WE NEED TO CONSIDER WITH HIGH 4646 02:44:56,303 --> 02:44:58,605 LOAD VIREMIA, OR EVEN 4647 02:44:58,605 --> 02:45:00,474 SPECIFICALLY THE TIMING OF WHEN 4648 02:45:00,474 --> 02:45:03,443 TO STOP ATI IN TERMS OF A CELL 4649 02:45:03,443 --> 02:45:05,846 INFECTED -- INFECTED CELL 4650 02:45:05,846 --> 02:45:06,146 FREQUENCY? 4651 02:45:06,146 --> 02:45:07,347 >> THAT'S SPOT-ON. 4652 02:45:07,347 --> 02:45:08,382 WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NOW. 4653 02:45:08,382 --> 02:45:09,917 WE DON'T HAVE THOSE DATA. 4654 02:45:09,917 --> 02:45:11,418 WE'RE ALSO COGNIZANT THAT WE'RE 4655 02:45:11,418 --> 02:45:12,753 LOOKING IN A SUBTYPE AE 4656 02:45:12,753 --> 02:45:14,388 POPULATION WHERE THE VIRUS IS 4657 02:45:14,388 --> 02:45:15,489 RELATIVELY MORE HO KNOWLEDGE 4658 02:45:15,489 --> 02:45:18,559 NUSS, SO I THINK THAT WARRANTS 4659 02:45:18,559 --> 02:45:19,893 REPLICATION ACROSS COHORTS. 4660 02:45:19,893 --> 02:45:23,897 >> JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THERE'S 4661 02:45:23,897 --> 02:45:28,302 OLD DATA THAT THE SINGLE BEST 4662 02:45:28,302 --> 02:45:29,269 PREDICTOR OF THE LEVEL -- THE 4663 02:45:29,269 --> 02:45:30,704 FREQUENCY AND LEVEL OF 4664 02:45:30,704 --> 02:45:34,274 PERSISTENT VIREMIA ON ART IS THE 4665 02:45:34,274 --> 02:45:35,509 PRE-ART VIRAL LOAD. 4666 02:45:35,509 --> 02:45:38,579 SO IT'S CONSISTENT THAT THE 4667 02:45:38,579 --> 02:45:40,547 NUMBER OF INFECTED CELLS AT THE 4668 02:45:40,547 --> 02:45:42,916 TIME OF STARTING ART AND THE 4669 02:45:42,916 --> 02:45:48,188 NUMBER OF EXPRESSING CELLS 4670 02:45:48,188 --> 02:45:49,623 PREDICTS HOW MANY INFECTED CELLS 4671 02:45:49,623 --> 02:45:53,560 WILL BE PRODUCING SOME VIRIONS 4672 02:45:53,560 --> 02:45:57,064 AFTER LONG-TERM ART. 4673 02:45:57,064 --> 02:46:01,768 AND THIS INITIAL EVIDENCE, AND 4674 02:46:01,768 --> 02:46:05,806 JOHN LOW PRESSUR LEE HAS SIMILA, 4675 02:46:05,806 --> 02:46:07,975 THAT THE LEVEL OF VIREMIA OR ITS 4676 02:46:07,975 --> 02:46:09,109 PRESENCE PREDICTS THE TIME TO 4677 02:46:09,109 --> 02:46:09,643 REBOUND. 4678 02:46:09,643 --> 02:46:11,712 THERE ARE MANY IMMUNOLOGIC 4679 02:46:11,712 --> 02:46:14,881 FACTORS THAT ADD NOISE TO THAT. 4680 02:46:14,881 --> 02:46:17,517 THE CORRELATION IS BEST IN 4681 02:46:17,517 --> 02:46:20,120 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TREATED 4682 02:46:20,120 --> 02:46:22,422 EARLY, BEFORE A BROAD 4683 02:46:22,422 --> 02:46:23,724 IMMUNOLOGIC RESPONSE IS 4684 02:46:23,724 --> 02:46:23,991 GENERATED. 4685 02:46:23,991 --> 02:46:26,593 >> SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, 4686 02:46:26,593 --> 02:46:27,694 JOHN, SOMETHING I NEVER COULD 4687 02:46:27,694 --> 02:46:30,530 QUITE UNDERSTAND IS WHY DOES 4688 02:46:30,530 --> 02:46:31,798 TREATMENT FOR 10 YEARS OR 20 4689 02:46:31,798 --> 02:46:34,468 YEARS NOT CHANGE THE VIRAL LOAD 4690 02:46:34,468 --> 02:46:34,901 SET POINT? 4691 02:46:34,901 --> 02:46:36,970 YOU KNOW, PEAK VIREMIA IS 4692 02:46:36,970 --> 02:46:39,406 USUALLY WHERE YOU STARTED OUT. 4693 02:46:39,406 --> 02:46:42,042 SO IT WOULD SUGGEST -- YOU'RE 4694 02:46:42,042 --> 02:46:44,845 SAYING THERE MIGHT BE SOME FIXED 4695 02:46:44,845 --> 02:46:45,979 BURSAES THAT'S DRIVING THAT 4696 02:46:45,979 --> 02:46:46,513 REBOUND. 4697 02:46:46,513 --> 02:46:48,582 SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE 4698 02:46:48,582 --> 02:46:50,884 MISSISSIPPI BABY AT REBOUND, 4699 02:46:50,884 --> 02:46:52,219 RECEIPT BOUND PEAK VIREMIA WAS 4700 02:46:52,219 --> 02:46:53,720 VERY SIMILAR TO THE TIME OF 4701 02:46:53,720 --> 02:46:54,621 DIAGNOSIS. 4702 02:46:54,621 --> 02:46:56,290 AND THAT'S BEEN SHOWN RELIABLY 4703 02:46:56,290 --> 02:46:57,658 IN THE FIELD, THAT WE DON'T 4704 02:46:57,658 --> 02:47:02,062 REALLY ALTER THAT PATTERN OF 4705 02:47:02,062 --> 02:47:03,363 REBOUND WITHOUT 4706 02:47:03,363 --> 02:47:04,097 IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS OBVIOUSLY. 4707 02:47:04,097 --> 02:47:08,735 >> YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS IF -- 4708 02:47:08,735 --> 02:47:11,038 ART DOESN'T ALTER THE ABILITY TO 4709 02:47:11,038 --> 02:47:11,805 CONTROL, RIGHT? 4710 02:47:11,805 --> 02:47:16,843 IT CONTROLS VIREMIA AND VIRUS 4711 02:47:16,843 --> 02:47:17,144 PRODUCTION. 4712 02:47:17,144 --> 02:47:19,680 SO WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL -- IN 4713 02:47:19,680 --> 02:47:22,182 SOME -- IT'S HETEROGENEOUS BUT 4714 02:47:22,182 --> 02:47:23,717 THE AVERAGE IS THAT IT DOESN'T 4715 02:47:23,717 --> 02:47:27,220 AFFECT IMMUNE CONTROL. 4716 02:47:27,220 --> 02:47:29,189 SO THUS THE NEED FOR 4717 02:47:29,189 --> 02:47:30,357 INTERVENTIONS AS YOU SUGGESTED. 4718 02:47:30,357 --> 02:47:32,359 >> AND TO CLARIFY THE STUDIES 4719 02:47:32,359 --> 02:47:33,560 THAT I PRESENTED REALLY JUST 4720 02:47:33,560 --> 02:47:35,195 LOOKED AT CORRELATES OF TIME TO 4721 02:47:35,195 --> 02:47:36,063 VIRAL REBOUND. 4722 02:47:36,063 --> 02:47:37,698 ALL OF THOSE EARLY ATI STUDIES, 4723 02:47:37,698 --> 02:47:39,633 WE STARTED PEOPLE BACK ON ART AS 4724 02:47:39,633 --> 02:47:42,436 SOON AS THEY HIT THEIR FIRST 4725 02:47:42,436 --> 02:47:46,840 INSTANCE OF 1,000 COPIES PER ML 4726 02:47:46,840 --> 02:47:47,574 IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD. 4727 02:47:47,574 --> 02:47:48,842 SO THAT'S WHERE TYING IN THE 4728 02:47:48,842 --> 02:47:50,010 EARLIER QUESTION, ALL OF THE 4729 02:47:50,010 --> 02:47:51,845 WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES TO 4730 02:47:51,845 --> 02:47:53,046 UNDERSTAND THE ACCEPTABILITY OF 4731 02:47:53,046 --> 02:47:54,915 BEING WILLING TO GO LONGER, 4732 02:47:54,915 --> 02:47:57,684 WHICH THEY GENERALLY ARE, WOULD 4733 02:47:57,684 --> 02:47:59,820 HELP US ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS 4734 02:47:59,820 --> 02:48:00,754 IN FUTURE STUDIES. 4735 02:48:00,754 --> 02:48:01,588 >> OKAY. 4736 02:48:01,588 --> 02:48:02,823 ONE FINAL QUICK QUESTION, CAN 4737 02:48:02,823 --> 02:48:03,790 YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? 4738 02:48:03,790 --> 02:48:04,324 >> HI. 4739 02:48:04,324 --> 02:48:05,425 MY NAME IS MADISON. 4740 02:48:05,425 --> 02:48:07,294 I'M A POSTBAC HERE AT THE VRC. 4741 02:48:07,294 --> 02:48:10,464 I HAD A QUESTION FOR DR. BAROUCH 4742 02:48:10,464 --> 02:48:11,665 REGARDING THE MULTIPRONG 4743 02:48:11,665 --> 02:48:14,735 STRATEGY FOR HIV SUPPRESSION IN 4744 02:48:14,735 --> 02:48:15,168 B INFECTED CELLS. 4745 02:48:15,168 --> 02:48:18,338 WOULD THIS BY CHANCE ENHANCE 4746 02:48:18,338 --> 02:48:20,640 POTENTIAL MUTATIONS WITH THE 4747 02:48:20,640 --> 02:48:22,943 INCREASED PRESSURE THE VIRUS IS 4748 02:48:22,943 --> 02:48:24,478 OBSERVING FROM THAT MULTIPRONG 4749 02:48:24,478 --> 02:48:25,145 STRATEGY? 4750 02:48:25,145 --> 02:48:27,447 AND THEN ALSO AS A FOLLOW-UP TO 4751 02:48:27,447 --> 02:48:30,250 THAT, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO 4752 02:48:30,250 --> 02:48:32,452 UTILIZE YOUR BIOMARKER IN BLOOD 4753 02:48:32,452 --> 02:48:34,421 TO BETTER PROTECT WHEN VIRAL 4754 02:48:34,421 --> 02:48:35,756 REBOUND MIGHT OCCUR WITH THAT AS 4755 02:48:35,756 --> 02:48:36,857 WELL? 4756 02:48:36,857 --> 02:48:40,127 >> THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. 4757 02:48:40,127 --> 02:48:41,995 I THINK THAT THERE'S 4758 02:48:41,995 --> 02:48:43,196 CONCEPTUALLY TWO WAYS THAT WE 4759 02:48:43,196 --> 02:48:45,499 AND OTHERS ARE TRYING TO APPLY 4760 02:48:45,499 --> 02:48:46,600 INTERVENTIONS. 4761 02:48:46,600 --> 02:48:49,970 ONE IS DURING A PERIOD OF NO 4762 02:48:49,970 --> 02:48:51,505 VIRUS REPLICATION ON FULL ART 4763 02:48:51,505 --> 02:48:52,506 SUPPRESSION OR AS CLOSE TO THAT 4764 02:48:52,506 --> 02:48:55,008 AS WE CAN GET. 4765 02:48:55,008 --> 02:48:57,077 SUCH AS LONG TERM ART 4766 02:48:57,077 --> 02:48:59,279 SUPPRESSION IN MACAQUES OR 4767 02:48:59,279 --> 02:49:01,448 HUMANS, AND THEN PROVIDING 4768 02:49:01,448 --> 02:49:03,950 ANTIBODIES, VACCINES OR OTHER 4769 02:49:03,950 --> 02:49:04,751 INTERVENTIONS. 4770 02:49:04,751 --> 02:49:05,719 IN THAT SETTING, I THINK THAT 4771 02:49:05,719 --> 02:49:07,487 THE CHANCE OF MUTATIONS IS 4772 02:49:07,487 --> 02:49:08,789 RELATIVELY LOW. 4773 02:49:08,789 --> 02:49:10,323 BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONGOING 4774 02:49:10,323 --> 02:49:13,593 VIRUS REPLICATION. 4775 02:49:13,593 --> 02:49:14,494 THE SECOND WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE 4776 02:49:14,494 --> 02:49:17,998 LOOKING AT INTERVENTIONS IS TO 4777 02:49:17,998 --> 02:49:21,168 APPLY THEM EITHER AT THE TIME OF 4778 02:49:21,168 --> 02:49:22,035 ART INTERRUPTION OR SHORTLY 4779 02:49:22,035 --> 02:49:23,570 BEFORE OR SHORTLY AFTER. 4780 02:49:23,570 --> 02:49:28,308 IF THERE IS VIRAL REBOUND IN THE 4781 02:49:28,308 --> 02:49:30,277 CONTEXT OF LEVELS OF BROADLY 4782 02:49:30,277 --> 02:49:31,578 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES OR OTHER 4783 02:49:31,578 --> 02:49:33,647 IMMUNE INTERVENTIONS, THEN I DO 4784 02:49:33,647 --> 02:49:40,987 THINK THAT THERE IS A CHANCE, IN 4785 02:49:40,987 --> 02:49:43,190 SOME CASES LIKELIHOOD TO DEVELOP 4786 02:49:43,190 --> 02:49:44,191 RESISTANCE. 4787 02:49:44,191 --> 02:49:44,958 SO I THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR 4788 02:49:44,958 --> 02:49:46,259 QUESTION IS PROBABLY DEPENDENT 4789 02:49:46,259 --> 02:49:47,260 ON WHEN INTERVENTIONS ARE 4790 02:49:47,260 --> 02:49:47,928 APPLIED. 4791 02:49:47,928 --> 02:49:49,262 IF THEY'RE APPLIED IN THE 4792 02:49:49,262 --> 02:49:51,097 SETTING OF ONGOING VIRUS 4793 02:49:51,097 --> 02:49:52,199 REPLICATION, THEN SURE, THERE 4794 02:49:52,199 --> 02:49:53,934 COULD BE DEVELOPMENT OF 4795 02:49:53,934 --> 02:49:54,234 RESISTANCE. 4796 02:49:54,234 --> 02:49:55,368 IF THEY'RE APPLIED DURING A 4797 02:49:55,368 --> 02:49:57,671 PERIOD OF NO VIRUS REPLICATION, 4798 02:49:57,671 --> 02:50:00,173 THEN AT LEAST THEORETICALLY WE 4799 02:50:00,173 --> 02:50:01,508 WOULD NOT EXPECT A LOT OF 4800 02:50:01,508 --> 02:50:02,075 RESISTANCE. 4801 02:50:02,075 --> 02:50:05,645 AND SORRY, I FORGOT YOUR SECOND 4802 02:50:05,645 --> 02:50:05,912 QUESTION. 4803 02:50:05,912 --> 02:50:07,214 >> FOLLOWING UP ON WHEN YOU 4804 02:50:07,214 --> 02:50:10,150 COULD BETTER PREDICT REBOUND 4805 02:50:10,150 --> 02:50:14,554 USING THAT MULTIPRONGED APPROACH 4806 02:50:14,554 --> 02:50:16,723 UTILIZING YOUR BLOOD BIOMARKER 4807 02:50:16,723 --> 02:50:18,558 FOR THAT. 4808 02:50:18,558 --> 02:50:20,694 >> SO THOSE THAT WE RECENTLY 4809 02:50:20,694 --> 02:50:21,928 PUBLISHED ARE FOR A VERY NARROW 4810 02:50:21,928 --> 02:50:26,933 INDICATION, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY 4811 02:50:26,933 --> 02:50:29,936 EARLY ART INITIATION IN MACAQUES 4812 02:50:29,936 --> 02:50:31,671 PREVIREMIA, SO ESSENTIALLY DAY 4813 02:50:31,671 --> 02:50:32,873 ONE, DAY TWO, DAY THREE. 4814 02:50:32,873 --> 02:50:35,141 SO IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION, 4815 02:50:35,141 --> 02:50:37,043 AND I THINK, THEREFORE, THE 4816 02:50:37,043 --> 02:50:39,779 GENERALIZABILITY OF THOSE 4817 02:50:39,779 --> 02:50:41,515 BIOMARKERS, WHICH ARE 4818 02:50:41,515 --> 02:50:42,315 ESSENTIALLY BIOMARKERS OF 4819 02:50:42,315 --> 02:50:44,284 INFECTION, BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY 4820 02:50:44,284 --> 02:50:46,453 CERTAIN THAT HALF THE ANIMALS 4821 02:50:46,453 --> 02:50:47,854 THAT DIDN'T REBOUND, THEY 4822 02:50:47,854 --> 02:50:48,455 WEREN'T CURED, THEY WERE 4823 02:50:48,455 --> 02:50:50,090 ACTUALLY NEVER INFECTED. 4824 02:50:50,090 --> 02:50:52,526 SO THERE'S SORT OF BIOMARKERS OF 4825 02:50:52,526 --> 02:50:53,493 OCCULT INFECTION, WHEN HALF THE 4826 02:50:53,493 --> 02:50:54,728 ANIMALS ARE INFECTED AND HALF 4827 02:50:54,728 --> 02:50:57,330 ARE NOT, AND YOU DON'T KNOW 4828 02:50:57,330 --> 02:50:58,532 WHICH IS WHICH. 4829 02:50:58,532 --> 02:50:59,599 SO WHETHER THEY'RE APPLICABLE TO 4830 02:50:59,599 --> 02:51:01,835 A SETTING OF EVERYONE BEING 4831 02:51:01,835 --> 02:51:04,571 INFECTED AND LOOKING FOR A 4832 02:51:04,571 --> 02:51:05,071 THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF AN 4833 02:51:05,071 --> 02:51:06,740 INTERVENTION, I WOULDN'T MAKE 4834 02:51:06,740 --> 02:51:08,608 THAT JUMP. 4835 02:51:08,608 --> 02:51:10,377 WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING THROUGH 4836 02:51:10,377 --> 02:51:12,045 THIS PROGRAM AND OTHERS AT 4837 02:51:12,045 --> 02:51:13,013 BIOMARKERS IN A MORE GENERAL 4838 02:51:13,013 --> 02:51:13,446 SENSE. 4839 02:51:13,446 --> 02:51:17,050 SO I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT THE 4840 02:51:17,050 --> 02:51:20,987 PUBLISHED DATA IS FOR A VERY, 4841 02:51:20,987 --> 02:51:23,690 VERY SPECIFIC INDICATION, AND WE 4842 02:51:23,690 --> 02:51:25,492 HAVE NOT PROVEN AND WOULD HE 4843 02:51:25,492 --> 02:51:27,327 PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN 4844 02:51:27,327 --> 02:51:28,028 ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE 4845 02:51:28,028 --> 02:51:29,129 GENERALIZABLE FOR INTERVENTIONAL 4846 02:51:29,129 --> 02:51:29,729 TYPE APPROACHES. 4847 02:51:29,729 --> 02:51:30,063 >> THANK YOU. 4848 02:51:30,063 --> 02:51:33,066 >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4849 02:51:33,066 --> 02:51:38,872 , I4C. 4850 02:51:38,872 --> 02:51:40,073 I'M HANDING IT OVER TO MY 4851 02:51:40,073 --> 02:51:41,141 COLLEAGUE TO MAKE SOME 4852 02:51:41,141 --> 02:51:41,641 ANNOUNCEMENTS. 4853 02:51:41,641 --> 02:51:42,943 >> THANKS A LOT. 4854 02:51:42,943 --> 02:51:45,045 I THINK WE JUST GO FOR THE 4855 02:51:45,045 --> 02:51:45,445 POSTER SESSION. 4856 02:51:45,445 --> 02:51:47,113 I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THERE 4857 02:51:47,113 --> 02:51:49,182 ARE SOME POSTERS IN THE BALCONY, 4858 02:51:49,182 --> 02:51:53,520 IF PEOPLE -- ADDITIONAL POSTERS, 4859 02:51:53,520 --> 02:51:54,354 AND THEN WE COME BACK AFTER 4860 02:51:54,354 --> 02:51:56,089 LUNCH AT 1:40 P.M., SO I WOULD 4861 02:51:56,089 --> 02:51:58,725 REQUEST YOU TO PLEASE COME A FEW 4862 02:51:58,725 --> 02:51:59,726 MINUTES EARLIER SO WE CAN GET 4863 02:51:59,726 --> 02:52:00,393 STARTED ON TIME. 4864 02:52:00,393 --> 02:52:09,169 THANK YOU. 4865 02:52:43,145 --> 02:52:43,912 A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING 4866 02:52:43,912 --> 02:52:46,315 CURVE, BUT I THINK WE'VE REALLY 4867 02:52:46,315 --> 02:52:47,416 HIT OUR STRIDE AND YOU'LL SEE 4868 02:52:47,416 --> 02:52:49,384 SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR 4869 02:52:49,384 --> 02:52:52,788 TEAM MEMBERS ARE DOING. 4870 02:52:52,788 --> 02:52:54,957 SO I'M RUNNING THIS 4871 02:52:54,957 --> 02:52:59,761 COLLABORATORY IN COLLABORATION 4872 02:52:59,761 --> 02:53:03,632 WI,JUST A SHOUT OUT TO JEFF TAIR 4873 02:53:03,632 --> 02:53:06,101 TWO COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE OF 4874 02:53:06,101 --> 02:53:07,202 COVID, APPARENTLY HE GOT IT 4875 02:53:07,202 --> 02:53:08,971 STANDING IN LINE FOR HIS BOOSTER 4876 02:53:08,971 --> 02:53:15,844 SHOT, SO THERE YOU GO. 4877 02:53:15,844 --> 02:53:17,379 SO WE'RE GOING TO -- REALLY, 4878 02:53:17,379 --> 02:53:19,014 JEFF HAS BEEN DOING AN AMAZING 4879 02:53:19,014 --> 02:53:20,215 JOB AND WE'VE BEEN LEARNING A 4880 02:53:20,215 --> 02:53:22,184 LOT FROM HUM IN THE COMMUNITY 4881 02:53:22,184 --> 02:53:23,285 ENGAGEMENT SIDE. 4882 02:53:23,285 --> 02:53:24,953 OUR SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD 4883 02:53:24,953 --> 02:53:27,122 JUST HATS OFF TO THEM FOR GIVING 4884 02:53:27,122 --> 02:53:29,458 US AMAZING FEEDBACK, AND I 4885 02:53:29,458 --> 02:53:30,726 COULDN'T HOPE FOR A BETTER TEAM 4886 02:53:30,726 --> 02:53:33,695 OF SCIENTISTS TO WORK WITH TO 4887 02:53:33,695 --> 02:53:38,066 LEAD THIS EFFORT. 4888 02:53:38,066 --> 02:53:42,871 SO AS MENTIONED, OUR NAME IS RID 4889 02:53:42,871 --> 02:53:45,273 HIV, WHICH STANDS FOR REVERSING 4890 02:53:45,273 --> 02:53:49,578 IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION TO ACHIEVE A 4891 02:53:49,578 --> 02:53:49,778 CURE. 4892 02:53:49,778 --> 02:53:52,080 SO THE UNDERLYING PREMISE REALLY 4893 02:53:52,080 --> 02:53:54,149 IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ACUTE 4894 02:53:54,149 --> 02:53:57,986 INFECTION, THE INSULT ONTO THE 4895 02:53:57,986 --> 02:53:58,954 IMMUNE SYSTEM PRECLUDES THE 4896 02:53:58,954 --> 02:54:03,659 ABILITY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO 4897 02:54:03,659 --> 02:54:07,062 CONTROL VIREMIA DURING A CHRONIC 4898 02:54:07,062 --> 02:54:08,463 PHASE SO WE'RE TRYING TO 4899 02:54:08,463 --> 02:54:12,200 UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ARE AND 4900 02:54:12,200 --> 02:54:13,402 DEVELOP APPROACHES TO REVERSE 4901 02:54:13,402 --> 02:54:13,935 THEM. 4902 02:54:13,935 --> 02:54:17,873 AND WE'RE SPLITTING INTO 3RFs 4903 02:54:17,873 --> 02:54:18,774 AS MOST ARE. 4904 02:54:18,774 --> 02:54:21,076 THE FIRST RF IS REALLY OUR 4905 02:54:21,076 --> 02:54:25,213 EXPLORATORY RF. 4906 02:54:25,213 --> 02:54:27,182 A LITTLE ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE 4907 02:54:27,182 --> 02:54:29,918 HOST MICROBIOME ON INNATE 4908 02:54:29,918 --> 02:54:31,286 IMMUNITY AND THE ADAPTIVE 4909 02:54:31,286 --> 02:54:33,288 INTERFACE AND REALLY A NICE 4910 02:54:33,288 --> 02:54:36,925 STORY ON BILE ACIDS AND THEIR 4911 02:54:36,925 --> 02:54:39,428 IMPACT ON INNATE DYSFUNCTION AND 4912 02:54:39,428 --> 02:54:40,529 HIV PERSISTENCE. 4913 02:54:40,529 --> 02:54:41,830 THEY'RE ALSO USING A NUMBER OF 4914 02:54:41,830 --> 02:54:45,767 REALLY LEADING EDGE OMICS 4915 02:54:45,767 --> 02:54:48,370 EFFORTS, MULTI-SCALE OMICS TO 4916 02:54:48,370 --> 02:54:51,573 CHARACTERIZE THE COHORT THAT 4917 02:54:51,573 --> 02:54:53,842 JAVIER AND OTHERS HAVE 4918 02:54:53,842 --> 02:54:54,943 ESTABLISHED IN PEOPLE LIVING 4919 02:54:54,943 --> 02:54:56,712 WITH HIV WITH VERY HIGH AND VERY 4920 02:54:56,712 --> 02:54:59,981 LOW VIRAL RESERVOIRS TO SEE IF 4921 02:54:59,981 --> 02:55:03,285 THERE ARE REALLY IMMUNE LOGICAL 4922 02:55:03,285 --> 02:55:05,487 CORRELATES IN THE LOW RESERVOIR 4923 02:55:05,487 --> 02:55:06,988 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN EXPLOIT 4924 02:55:06,988 --> 02:55:09,391 TO UNDERSTAND BOTH RESERVOIR 4925 02:55:09,391 --> 02:55:13,562 SEEDING AND CONTROL OF VIREMIA. 4926 02:55:13,562 --> 02:55:17,599 RF2 IS REALLY FOCUSING ON THE 4927 02:55:17,599 --> 02:55:22,003 RESTORATION TO HELP PRIME 4928 02:55:22,003 --> 02:55:26,374 CD8 CELLS TO CLEAR HIV INFECTED 4929 02:55:26,374 --> 02:55:28,944 CELLS DURING OR AFTER ATI, AND 4930 02:55:28,944 --> 02:55:30,378 SO A LOT OF THESE OMICS 4931 02:55:30,378 --> 02:55:33,882 APPROACHES THAT YOU'LL HEAR 4932 02:55:33,882 --> 02:55:36,718 ABOUT IS ALSO BEING USED TO DO 4933 02:55:36,718 --> 02:55:39,855 MULTI-SCALE ANALYSIS LOOKING AT 4934 02:55:39,855 --> 02:55:41,022 DIFFERENT KINETICS OF VIRAL 4935 02:55:41,022 --> 02:55:42,324 REBOUND AFTER ATI, AND THEN 4936 02:55:42,324 --> 02:55:43,859 YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT A COUPLE 4937 02:55:43,859 --> 02:55:44,626 PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACHES 4938 02:55:44,626 --> 02:55:47,262 INCLUDING AN OFF THE SHELF TSCM 4939 02:55:47,262 --> 02:55:49,131 PRODUCT THAT'S BEEN KNOCKED OUT 4940 02:55:49,131 --> 02:55:54,269 FOR CCR5 TO PROVIDE CD4 HELP AND 4941 02:55:54,269 --> 02:55:55,570 TGF BETA INHIBITOR WHICH WE'VE 4942 02:55:55,570 --> 02:56:00,075 BEEN WORKING ON WITH MERCK TO 4943 02:56:00,075 --> 02:56:04,212 MOVE INTO NHP STUDIES EITHER 4944 02:56:04,212 --> 02:56:06,615 ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH 4945 02:56:06,615 --> 02:56:08,717 PD-1 ANTIBODIES, WHICH EXTENDS 4946 02:56:08,717 --> 02:56:10,452 THE WORK THAT RAFIQ AND HIS 4947 02:56:10,452 --> 02:56:11,419 GROUP HAVE BEEN DOING IN THAT 4948 02:56:11,419 --> 02:56:15,056 AREA. 4949 02:56:15,056 --> 02:56:17,659 RF3 FOCUSES MORE ON THE 4950 02:56:17,659 --> 02:56:19,761 CLASSICAL LATENCY REACTIVATION 4951 02:56:19,761 --> 02:56:23,131 AND KILL STRATEGIES, SO MY GROUP 4952 02:56:23,131 --> 02:56:25,767 ALONG WITH LARS IS WORKING ON 4953 02:56:25,767 --> 02:56:26,735 IMPROVING BUILDING NEXT 4954 02:56:26,735 --> 02:56:28,370 GENERATION SMACK MIMETICS, SO 4955 02:56:28,370 --> 02:56:30,772 INSTEAD OF TRYING TO TAKE CANCER 4956 02:56:30,772 --> 02:56:33,408 DRUGS AND SHOVE THEM INTO AN HIV 4957 02:56:33,408 --> 02:56:35,043 CURE REGIMEN, WE'RE DOING THE 4958 02:56:35,043 --> 02:56:36,678 CHEMISTRY FROM THE BEGINNING TO 4959 02:56:36,678 --> 02:56:40,415 DEVELOP A BESPOKE LATENCY 4960 02:56:40,415 --> 02:56:42,384 REVERSAL AGENT FOR HIV AS WELL 4961 02:56:42,384 --> 02:56:44,686 AS TRYING TO DEVELOP NOVEL 4962 02:56:44,686 --> 02:56:47,422 CLASSES OF LATENCY REVERSALS 4963 02:56:47,422 --> 02:56:49,491 USING HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING 4964 02:56:49,491 --> 02:56:50,926 AND PRIMARY PATIENT DERIVED 4965 02:56:50,926 --> 02:56:51,993 CELLS. 4966 02:56:51,993 --> 02:56:55,330 KILL STRATEGIES, YOU'LL HEAR, 4967 02:56:55,330 --> 02:56:57,699 CRISPR NK RECRUITMENT AND 4968 02:56:57,699 --> 02:56:59,868 SELL-BASED BNABs, AND THINK 4969 02:56:59,868 --> 02:57:01,002 ONE OF THE MORE ECK SIGHT THINGS 4970 02:57:01,002 --> 02:57:06,141 WE'RE DOING IS WORKING TO USE 4971 02:57:06,141 --> 02:57:07,008 MATH MODELING TO INTEGRATE ALL 4972 02:57:07,008 --> 02:57:09,110 OF THIS DATA AND TRY TO HAVE 4973 02:57:09,110 --> 02:57:14,583 SOME PREDICTIVE CAPACITY TO TELF 4974 02:57:14,583 --> 02:57:17,219 IMMUNE MODULATORS, LRAs AND 4975 02:57:17,219 --> 02:57:21,823 KILL STRATEGIES MIGHT BE MOST 4976 02:57:21,823 --> 02:57:24,860 EFFICIENT IN REDUCING THE 4977 02:57:24,860 --> 02:57:26,428 RESERVOIR AND ESTABLISHING 4978 02:57:26,428 --> 02:57:32,834 CONTROL OF VIREMIA. 4979 02:57:32,834 --> 02:57:34,369 SEW THE WAY WE DESIGNED OUR 4980 02:57:34,369 --> 02:57:36,438 GRANT, WE HAVE TWO TRANCHES OF 4981 02:57:36,438 --> 02:57:37,672 NHP STUDIES. 4982 02:57:37,672 --> 02:57:38,707 THE FIRST ONE WE'RE KIND OF 4983 02:57:38,707 --> 02:57:40,175 COMING UP TO AT THE END OF YEAR 4984 02:57:40,175 --> 02:57:44,112 TWO, AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING 4985 02:57:44,112 --> 02:57:46,181 RIGHT NOW THREE DIFFERENT 4986 02:57:46,181 --> 02:57:52,187 INTERVENTIONS SO ONE IS THE CCR. 4987 02:57:52,187 --> 02:57:53,855 YOU'LL HEAR FROM RAFIQ. 4988 02:57:53,855 --> 02:57:55,790 THE SECOND IS WITH TGF 4989 02:57:55,790 --> 02:57:57,592 INHIBITORS PLUS OR MINUS PD-1 4990 02:57:57,592 --> 02:58:01,830 AND THE THIRD IS USING NOVEL 4991 02:58:01,830 --> 02:58:03,265 SMACK MIMETICS THAT WE'VE 4992 02:58:03,265 --> 02:58:05,467 DEVELOPED IN THE GROUP TO LOOK 4993 02:58:05,467 --> 02:58:12,540 FOR LATENCY REVERSAL. 4994 02:58:12,540 --> 02:58:14,509 THIS IS MEANT TO BE A VERY IT 4995 02:58:14,509 --> 02:58:16,144 RIFF PROCESS WHERE ALL OF OUR 4996 02:58:16,144 --> 02:58:18,546 DATA WE'RE GENERATING GETS FED 4997 02:58:18,546 --> 02:58:21,683 INTO THESE INSILICO MODELS AND 4998 02:58:21,683 --> 02:58:24,152 THEN WILL BE USED TO REALLY 4999 02:58:24,152 --> 02:58:25,887 DRIVE WHAT THE EXPERIMENTS AND 5000 02:58:25,887 --> 02:58:28,523 THE INTERVENTIONS WE'RE GOING TO 5001 02:58:28,523 --> 02:58:31,526 FOCUS ON IN THE THREE PRIME END 5002 02:58:31,526 --> 02:58:32,027 OF THE GRANT. 5003 02:58:32,027 --> 02:58:33,528 SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND 5004 02:58:33,528 --> 02:58:37,265 THINGS OVER TO HEAR ABOUT THE 5005 02:58:37,265 --> 02:58:46,241 WORK GOING ON IN RF 1. 5006 02:58:46,241 --> 02:58:49,611 >> I WILL FOCUS ON THE RF 5007 02:58:49,611 --> 02:58:54,316 1 UPDATES FOR OUR MDC. 5008 02:58:54,316 --> 02:58:59,587 THIS IS LED BY RAFICK AND THE 5009 02:58:59,587 --> 02:59:03,091 BACKBONE IS REALLY THE STATEMENT 5010 02:59:03,091 --> 02:59:04,159 THAT YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, AND 5011 02:59:04,159 --> 02:59:07,595 WHAT YOU EAT DRIVES YOUR IMMUNE 5012 02:59:07,595 --> 02:59:08,863 DYSFUNCTION IN HIV PERSISTENCE. 5013 02:59:08,863 --> 02:59:09,965 TO ADDRESS THAT POINT, WE HAVE 5014 02:59:09,965 --> 02:59:13,601 BEEN WORKING WITH GROUPS ACROSS 5015 02:59:13,601 --> 02:59:16,071 EUROPE AND THE U.S. 5016 02:59:16,071 --> 02:59:20,475 WE HAVE JAVIER AND MARIA IN 5017 02:59:20,475 --> 02:59:30,986 BARCELONA, ALL OF US AT EMORY. 5018 02:59:31,586 --> 02:59:35,023 THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH MERCK 5019 02:59:35,023 --> 02:59:44,199 AND AS SUMIT MENTIONED, IN 5020 02:59:44,199 --> 02:59:45,934 LOS ALAMOS. 5021 02:59:45,934 --> 02:59:49,471 NOW, THE SUMMARY SLIDE WHICH IS 5022 02:59:49,471 --> 02:59:50,872 THE NEXT SLIDE IS SORT OF 5023 02:59:50,872 --> 02:59:51,639 CHARACTERIZED WITHIN THIS 5024 02:59:51,639 --> 02:59:52,273 CARTOON HERE. 5025 02:59:52,273 --> 02:59:53,808 THE KEY QUESTION THAT WE WANT TO 5026 02:59:53,808 --> 02:59:56,878 ANSWER IS HOW DO THE METABOLITES 5027 02:59:56,878 --> 03:00:03,118 IMPACT THE HOST IMMUNE SYSTEM. 5028 03:00:03,118 --> 03:00:05,186 THEY CAN BE DIET RELATED, THEY 5029 03:00:05,186 --> 03:00:10,425 CAN BE METABOLIZED BY THE 5030 03:00:10,425 --> 03:00:13,828 MICROBIOME -- IN THE INNATE AND 5031 03:00:13,828 --> 03:00:15,163 ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT GET 5032 03:00:15,163 --> 03:00:18,033 ALTERED BY THIS MICROBIAL 5033 03:00:18,033 --> 03:00:20,935 METABALOME AXE AND LOOK AT HOW 5034 03:00:20,935 --> 03:00:26,508 THE CYTOKINE RESPONSES THAT 5035 03:00:26,508 --> 03:00:27,942 RESULT, PERSISTENCE OF THE HIV 5036 03:00:27,942 --> 03:00:28,710 REST VOYEUR. 5037 03:00:28,710 --> 03:00:30,578 THAT'S SUMMARIZED IN THIS SLIDE 5038 03:00:30,578 --> 03:00:31,212 HERE. 5039 03:00:31,212 --> 03:00:33,748 THE MAIN QUESTION -- ON THE 5040 03:00:33,748 --> 03:00:35,283 IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THE RESERVOIR, 5041 03:00:35,283 --> 03:00:39,087 AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR IS 5042 03:00:39,087 --> 03:00:44,559 ACCRUED SAMPLES WITHIN THE 5043 03:00:44,559 --> 03:00:45,860 TREATMENT INTERRUPTION AND WE 5044 03:00:45,860 --> 03:00:48,129 HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT SORT OF 5045 03:00:48,129 --> 03:00:49,531 IMMUNE RESPONSES DISTINGUISH 5046 03:00:49,531 --> 03:00:51,933 THOSE PEOPLE AT HIGH RESERVOIR 5047 03:00:51,933 --> 03:00:53,101 VERSUS LOW RESERVOIR, AND WE 5048 03:00:53,101 --> 03:00:54,769 HAVE REALLY IDENTIFIED TWO 5049 03:00:54,769 --> 03:00:56,738 FAMILIES OF METABOLITE, THE 5050 03:00:56,738 --> 03:00:59,240 SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS AND THE 5051 03:00:59,240 --> 03:01:01,109 BILE ACIDS AS DRIVERS OF IMMUNE 5052 03:01:01,109 --> 03:01:02,243 DYSFUNCTION AND PERSISTENCE OF 5053 03:01:02,243 --> 03:01:04,846 THE RESERVOIR, AND THIS IS 5054 03:01:04,846 --> 03:01:07,115 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE 5055 03:01:07,115 --> 03:01:08,883 ABLE TO MAKE THERAPEUTICS THAT 5056 03:01:08,883 --> 03:01:12,187 WOULD NOT ONLY CURB THE HIV 5057 03:01:12,187 --> 03:01:15,223 RESERVOIR BUT ALSO REJUVENATE 5058 03:01:15,223 --> 03:01:17,959 THE METABOLIC RESPONSE AND LEAD 5059 03:01:17,959 --> 03:01:20,795 TO OVERALL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT. 5060 03:01:20,795 --> 03:01:22,864 NOW AS I WAS SAYING, THE COHORTS 5061 03:01:22,864 --> 03:01:25,733 THAT WE HAVE RECRUITED, THEY 5062 03:01:25,733 --> 03:01:30,638 COME FROM EMORY IN ATLANTA AND 5063 03:01:30,638 --> 03:01:32,173 IN BOSTON, BUT WE ALSO HAVE 5064 03:01:32,173 --> 03:01:36,111 COHORT IN BARCELONA AND GENT 5065 03:01:36,111 --> 03:01:39,948 WITH JAVIER'S GROUP. 5066 03:01:39,948 --> 03:01:43,218 THESE COHORTS ARE EITHER 5067 03:01:43,218 --> 03:01:45,086 RETROSPECTIVE -- OR TREATED 5068 03:01:45,086 --> 03:01:48,590 COHORTS THAT THE DRAWI DURATIONT 5069 03:01:48,590 --> 03:01:50,558 CAN BE AS LONG AS 20 YEARS OR AS 5070 03:01:50,558 --> 03:01:54,496 SHORT AS ACUTE -- WE HAVE A 5071 03:01:54,496 --> 03:01:56,998 COUPLE OF COHORTS WHERE WE HAVE 5072 03:01:56,998 --> 03:01:58,399 ANALYTICAL TREATMENT 5073 03:01:58,399 --> 03:01:59,400 INTERRUPTION WHERE THE 5074 03:01:59,400 --> 03:02:00,268 PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN PULLED 5075 03:02:00,268 --> 03:02:04,205 OFF OF ART AND WE GET A CHANCE 5076 03:02:04,205 --> 03:02:06,441 TO LOOK AT THE DURATION TO BILE 5077 03:02:06,441 --> 03:02:09,144 REBOUND AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE 5078 03:02:09,144 --> 03:02:13,181 VIREMIA UPON ANTIRETROVIRAL 5079 03:02:13,181 --> 03:02:13,748 TREATMENT INTERRUPTION. 5080 03:02:13,748 --> 03:02:15,350 ONE OF THESE COHORT WE WANTED TO 5081 03:02:15,350 --> 03:02:19,954 QUICKLY GO OVER IS CALLED THE 5082 03:02:19,954 --> 03:02:23,358 VOVIRET COHORT IN BARCELONA, 5083 03:02:23,358 --> 03:02:26,928 THIS IS A COHORT OF INDIVIDUALS 5084 03:02:26,928 --> 03:02:28,530 THAT HAVE BEEN ART-SUPPRESSED 5085 03:02:28,530 --> 03:02:30,899 FOR THREE OR MORE YEARS AND THE 5086 03:02:30,899 --> 03:02:32,100 RESERVOIR HAS BEEN QUANTIFIED IN 5087 03:02:32,100 --> 03:02:34,836 THESE PARTICIPANTS. 5088 03:02:34,836 --> 03:02:37,138 YOU CAN SEE ON THE Y AXIS, THE 5089 03:02:37,138 --> 03:02:38,773 RANGE OF THE RESERVOIR ON THE 5090 03:02:38,773 --> 03:02:43,044 LOG SCALE IS ABOUT 3 1/2 LOG 5091 03:02:43,044 --> 03:02:44,045 SCALE. 5092 03:02:44,045 --> 03:02:45,914 SO WITHIN THIS COHORT, THERE ARE 5093 03:02:45,914 --> 03:02:47,782 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE VERY HIGH 5094 03:02:47,782 --> 03:02:49,517 VIRAL RESERVOIR, AND THOSE THAT 5095 03:02:49,517 --> 03:02:52,453 HAVE VERY LOW VIRAL RESERVOIR, 5096 03:02:52,453 --> 03:02:53,221 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 5097 03:02:53,221 --> 03:02:56,191 ARE DOING IS ATTEMPTING TO 5098 03:02:56,191 --> 03:02:59,561 CHARACTERIZE THE CLINICAL, 5099 03:02:59,561 --> 03:03:01,329 METABOLIC, IMMUNOLOGICAL AND 5100 03:03:01,329 --> 03:03:02,297 METABOLIC OUTCOMES THAT 5101 03:03:02,297 --> 03:03:03,498 DISTINGUISH THIS LOW RESERVOIR 5102 03:03:03,498 --> 03:03:05,266 GROUP FROM THE OTHER 5103 03:03:05,266 --> 03:03:05,567 INDIVIDUALS. 5104 03:03:05,567 --> 03:03:07,335 AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO DO THAT, WE 5105 03:03:07,335 --> 03:03:09,204 HAVE IDENTIFIED A SET OF 5106 03:03:09,204 --> 03:03:11,940 CLINICAL VARIABLES, 18 CLINICAL 5107 03:03:11,940 --> 03:03:13,808 SET FEATURE THAT DISTINGUISHES 5108 03:03:13,808 --> 03:03:16,644 THIS GROUP FROM THE OTHER 5109 03:03:16,644 --> 03:03:17,078 GROUPS. 5110 03:03:17,078 --> 03:03:19,914 NOW THAT'S JUST THE CLINICAL 5111 03:03:19,914 --> 03:03:21,349 OVERVIEW. 5112 03:03:21,349 --> 03:03:23,851 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE 5113 03:03:23,851 --> 03:03:25,320 DOING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT 5114 03:03:25,320 --> 03:03:26,788 ASSAYS, BOTH ON THE IMMUNOLOGY 5115 03:03:26,788 --> 03:03:27,889 SIDE AND THE VIROLOGY SIDE. 5116 03:03:27,889 --> 03:03:29,657 IF YOU LOOK AT THE IMMUNOLOGY 5117 03:03:29,657 --> 03:03:31,960 SIDE, WE HAVE ASSAYS THAT ARE 5118 03:03:31,960 --> 03:03:33,461 FAIRLY HIGH THROUGHPUT. 5119 03:03:33,461 --> 03:03:35,563 YOU CAN -- WE RAN ABOUT A COUPLE 5120 03:03:35,563 --> 03:03:37,465 WEEKS AGO A THOUSAND SAMPLES FOR 5121 03:03:37,465 --> 03:03:38,600 PLASMA CYTOKINES. 5122 03:03:38,600 --> 03:03:40,702 THESE ASSAYS DOWN HERE, THEY 5123 03:03:40,702 --> 03:03:42,770 CHARACTERIZE THE SYSTEMIC MILIEU 5124 03:03:42,770 --> 03:03:45,173 AND THEN AS YOU GO UPWARDS AND 5125 03:03:45,173 --> 03:03:47,041 DO FLOW CYTOMETRY AND RNA 5126 03:03:47,041 --> 03:03:48,343 SEQUENCING AND SINGLE CELL 5127 03:03:48,343 --> 03:03:52,046 ASSAYS, YOU GET MORE GRANULARITY 5128 03:03:52,046 --> 03:03:56,217 WITHIN THE CELL LEVEL PATHWAYS. 5129 03:03:56,217 --> 03:03:58,019 ON THE BIOLOGICAL SIDE, THE SAME 5130 03:03:58,019 --> 03:04:00,488 AS IMENT EU NOLG, YOU START OFF 5131 03:04:00,488 --> 03:04:03,992 WITH BROAD VIRAL -- AS TOTAL -- 5132 03:04:03,992 --> 03:04:05,393 LEVELS OR VIREMIA LEVELS AND 5133 03:04:05,393 --> 03:04:07,495 THEN YOU MOVE DOWN TO SINGLE 5134 03:04:07,495 --> 03:04:11,266 CELL ASSAYS THAT GIVE YOU 5135 03:04:11,266 --> 03:04:14,836 GRANULARITY INTO THE VIROLOGICAL 5136 03:04:14,836 --> 03:04:15,403 OUTCOMES. 5137 03:04:15,403 --> 03:04:17,205 OUR GOAL IS TO CAPTURE THE 5138 03:04:17,205 --> 03:04:17,905 INTEGRATION, TRANSCRIPTION, 5139 03:04:17,905 --> 03:04:18,906 TRANSLATION AND REPLICATION OF 5140 03:04:18,906 --> 03:04:22,043 THE VIRUS ALONG WITH THE HOST 5141 03:04:22,043 --> 03:04:23,878 METABALOME, THE IMMUNE RESPONSE 5142 03:04:23,878 --> 03:04:26,514 AND THE EPIGENETIC AND 5143 03:04:26,514 --> 03:04:27,982 TRANSCRIPTOME OUTPUT. 5144 03:04:27,982 --> 03:04:32,186 AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUSH 5145 03:04:32,186 --> 03:04:33,621 THIS AGENDA FORWARD AT LEAST FOR 5146 03:04:33,621 --> 03:04:38,459 A COUPLE OF OUR COHORTS AND THIS 5147 03:04:38,459 --> 03:04:40,862 SLIDE CHARACTERIZES THE DRIVERS 5148 03:04:40,862 --> 03:04:43,231 OF THE HIGHEST RESERVOIR AT EACH 5149 03:04:43,231 --> 03:04:46,334 ONE OF OUR OMIC LEVELS, SO 5150 03:04:46,334 --> 03:04:48,603 MICROBIOME WISE WE SEE THAT 5151 03:04:48,603 --> 03:04:50,805 LACTOBACILLI DRIVE THE HIGHEST 5152 03:04:50,805 --> 03:04:56,711 REST VOYEUR, DOWNRESERVOIR, THED 5153 03:04:56,711 --> 03:04:59,147 ASSOCIATED SIGNALING IN 5154 03:04:59,147 --> 03:05:00,648 DYSFUNCTIONAL CD4 T-CELLS AS THE 5155 03:05:00,648 --> 03:05:03,151 DRIVER OF OUR HIGHEST RESERVOIR. 5156 03:05:03,151 --> 03:05:05,753 WE HAVE THE EX VIVO CORRELATE TO 5157 03:05:05,753 --> 03:05:08,189 FINISH OFF THE STORIES, WE HAVE 5158 03:05:08,189 --> 03:05:10,258 GONE INTO IN VITRO VALIDATION 5159 03:05:10,258 --> 03:05:10,591 ASSAYS. 5160 03:05:10,591 --> 03:05:12,026 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORK 5161 03:05:12,026 --> 03:05:14,529 THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ON THE 5162 03:05:14,529 --> 03:05:16,497 MICROBIOME, GIVEN THAT 5163 03:05:16,497 --> 03:05:18,132 LACTOBACILLI SPECIES CAME UP AS 5164 03:05:18,132 --> 03:05:21,202 A DRIVER OF HIGH RESERVOIR 5165 03:05:21,202 --> 03:05:22,537 HARBORING CELLS IN OUR ASSAYS, 5166 03:05:22,537 --> 03:05:24,839 WE DID DO IN VITRO ASSAYS IN 5167 03:05:24,839 --> 03:05:27,008 COLLABORATION WITH MERCK TO 5168 03:05:27,008 --> 03:05:28,543 UNDERSTAND WHAT LACTOBACILLI 5169 03:05:28,543 --> 03:05:30,178 PROMOTE THE SHORT CHAIN FATTY 5170 03:05:30,178 --> 03:05:33,781 ACIDS THAT DRIVE T-CELL 5171 03:05:33,781 --> 03:05:34,949 DYSFUNCTION AND RESERVOIR 5172 03:05:34,949 --> 03:05:36,084 PERSISTENCE AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED 5173 03:05:36,084 --> 03:05:38,286 THIS GROUP OF LACTOBACILLI, 5174 03:05:38,286 --> 03:05:41,022 THESE ARE RELATIVELY LOW 5175 03:05:41,022 --> 03:05:42,957 ABUNDANCE SPECIES THAT SEEM TO 5176 03:05:42,957 --> 03:05:48,930 PROMOTE THE ACCUMULATION OF 5177 03:05:48,930 --> 03:05:52,500 ALPHA KETOBUTYRATE. 5178 03:05:52,500 --> 03:05:53,901 IN ADDITION TO THE MICROBIOME, 5179 03:05:53,901 --> 03:05:57,438 THE BILE ACID WORK IS 5180 03:05:57,438 --> 03:05:57,872 DEMONSTRATED HERE. 5181 03:05:57,872 --> 03:06:00,842 WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE 5182 03:06:00,842 --> 03:06:08,916 METABOLITES IN AN UNBIASED WAY, 5183 03:06:08,916 --> 03:06:10,885 TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY OF 5184 03:06:10,885 --> 03:06:13,087 BILE ACIDS IN RESERVOIR 5185 03:06:13,087 --> 03:06:14,622 PERSISTENCE, WE CONDUCTED AN IN 5186 03:06:14,622 --> 03:06:15,923 VITRO ASSAY WHERE WE DID A 5187 03:06:15,923 --> 03:06:19,560 SCREEN OF 29 DIFFERENT BILE 5188 03:06:19,560 --> 03:06:21,496 ACIDS THAT SPAN PRIMARY AND 5189 03:06:21,496 --> 03:06:22,930 SECONDARY TYPES OF BILE ACIDS 5190 03:06:22,930 --> 03:06:27,402 THAT HAD EITHER NO CONJUGATION, 5191 03:06:27,402 --> 03:06:28,302 GLYCINE TAURINE CONJUGATION AND 5192 03:06:28,302 --> 03:06:31,139 ANY KIND OF SECONDARY 5193 03:06:31,139 --> 03:06:32,006 MODIFICATIONS, AND IN A GIST 5194 03:06:32,006 --> 03:06:33,875 WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT WHENEVER 5195 03:06:33,875 --> 03:06:35,710 YOU INCUBATE YOUR T-CELL WITH A 5196 03:06:35,710 --> 03:06:37,812 PRIMARY BILE ACID, YOU 5197 03:06:37,812 --> 03:06:40,648 UPREGULATE TGF BETA, BUT IF A 5198 03:06:40,648 --> 03:06:41,749 MICROBIOTA AND ASSOCIATED 5199 03:06:41,749 --> 03:06:43,718 CONVERSION TO SECONDARY BILE 5200 03:06:43,718 --> 03:06:45,453 ACID WAS AN OPTION, YOU GET AN 5201 03:06:45,453 --> 03:06:47,655 INCREASE IN INTERFERON BETA. 5202 03:06:47,655 --> 03:06:51,359 AND OVERALL THAT SUGGESTS TO US 5203 03:06:51,359 --> 03:06:53,227 THAT THE CD4 T-CELLS THAT ARE 5204 03:06:53,227 --> 03:06:55,196 GOING TO GET INFECTED AND ALLOW 5205 03:06:55,196 --> 03:06:58,699 THE HIV TO PERSIST WILL RESPOND 5206 03:06:58,699 --> 03:07:01,736 DIFFERENTLY IF YOU HAVE 5207 03:07:01,736 --> 03:07:02,970 MICROBIOME ASSOCIATED MILIEU 5208 03:07:02,970 --> 03:07:04,806 THAT IS IN THE PRESENCE OF 5209 03:07:04,806 --> 03:07:07,008 PRIMARY BILE ACIDS VERSUS 5210 03:07:07,008 --> 03:07:07,775 SECONDARY BILE ACIDS. 5211 03:07:07,775 --> 03:07:09,544 ON THE ONE HAND, THE PRIMARY 5212 03:07:09,544 --> 03:07:11,078 BILE ACIDS WILL PROMOTE HIGH 5213 03:07:11,078 --> 03:07:14,115 LEVELS OF TGF BETA AND ALLOW FOR 5214 03:07:14,115 --> 03:07:16,083 RESERVOIR PERSISTENCE, WHEREAS 5215 03:07:16,083 --> 03:07:18,386 THE SECONDARY PROMOTE TYPE I 5216 03:07:18,386 --> 03:07:20,655 INTERFERONS WHICH PREVENT 5217 03:07:20,655 --> 03:07:21,989 RESERVOIR SEEDING AND PREVENT 5218 03:07:21,989 --> 03:07:22,323 INFECTION. 5219 03:07:22,323 --> 03:07:24,859 SO THOSE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, 5220 03:07:24,859 --> 03:07:28,863 BUT GLOBALLY, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE 5221 03:07:28,863 --> 03:07:32,266 TO ESTABLISH THAT ALL OF THESE 5222 03:07:32,266 --> 03:07:34,669 FEATURES HERE, PRIMARY BILE 5223 03:07:34,669 --> 03:07:37,638 ACID, SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID, 5224 03:07:37,638 --> 03:07:39,474 INCREASE IN T REGS AND 5225 03:07:39,474 --> 03:07:41,342 DYSFUNCTIONAL TCMs, SO TCMs 5226 03:07:41,342 --> 03:07:45,279 ARE DRIVERS OF HIGH RESERVOIR IN 5227 03:07:45,279 --> 03:07:47,248 OUR ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY 5228 03:07:47,248 --> 03:07:49,750 TREATED COHORTS, BUT IF YOU HAVE 5229 03:07:49,750 --> 03:07:52,820 INDIVIDUAL THS THAT ARE ABLE TO 5230 03:07:52,820 --> 03:07:55,890 MAINTAIN A MILIEU WITH INCREASED 5231 03:07:55,890 --> 03:07:57,758 INTERFERON -- TYPE 1 INTERFERON 5232 03:07:57,758 --> 03:08:01,796 OR IL-4, YOU SEE A REDUCTION IN 5233 03:08:01,796 --> 03:08:03,531 THE RESERVOIR, YOU OBSERVE THOSE 5234 03:08:03,531 --> 03:08:04,298 INDIVIDUALS HAVE LOWER 5235 03:08:04,298 --> 03:08:05,199 RESERVOIR. 5236 03:08:05,199 --> 03:08:06,934 AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN 5237 03:08:06,934 --> 03:08:09,871 IT OVER TO RAFICK BUT BEFORE I 5238 03:08:09,871 --> 03:08:11,072 TO THAT, I JUST WANT TO 5239 03:08:11,072 --> 03:08:12,740 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WORK IS 5240 03:08:12,740 --> 03:08:14,809 BEING DONE ACROSS MULTIPLE 5241 03:08:14,809 --> 03:08:16,777 CONTINENTS. 5242 03:08:16,777 --> 03:08:21,482 WE HAVE THE TEAM IN GENDT AND 5243 03:08:21,482 --> 03:08:22,783 JAVIER'S TEAM IN BARCELONA AND 5244 03:08:22,783 --> 03:08:25,219 HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR GROUP 5245 03:08:25,219 --> 03:08:28,856 AT EMORY LED BY RAFICK AND THE 5246 03:08:28,856 --> 03:08:31,859 PRIMATE CENTER AND VINCE 5247 03:08:31,859 --> 03:08:33,194 MARCONI'S GROUP AT UNIVERSITY 5248 03:08:33,194 --> 03:08:34,462 HOSPITALS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS 5249 03:08:34,462 --> 03:08:37,231 HOSPITAL AT EMORY, AND THEN 5250 03:08:37,231 --> 03:08:40,735 MERCK AND LAZAN ARE ALSO 5251 03:08:40,735 --> 03:08:41,002 INVOLVED. 5252 03:08:41,002 --> 03:08:41,402 THANK YOU. 5253 03:08:41,402 --> 03:08:46,340 [APPLAUSE] 5254 03:08:46,340 --> 03:08:49,911 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 5255 03:08:49,911 --> 03:08:51,546 BILE ACIDS ARE KNOWN TO PUT 5256 03:08:51,546 --> 03:08:52,847 PEOPLE TO SLEEP SO I WON'T TALK 5257 03:08:52,847 --> 03:08:54,715 TOO MUCH ABOUT BILE ACIDS, BUT 5258 03:08:54,715 --> 03:08:59,120 SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO 5259 03:08:59,120 --> 03:09:01,489 BE HERE AND PRESENT TO YOU WHAT 5260 03:09:01,489 --> 03:09:04,892 WE'VE BEEN DOING IN RF 2, LED BY 5261 03:09:04,892 --> 03:09:06,861 JAVIER AND VINCE MARCONI. 5262 03:09:06,861 --> 03:09:08,896 I'M TALKING ON BEHALF OF THEM 5263 03:09:08,896 --> 03:09:10,164 AND ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE 5264 03:09:10,164 --> 03:09:13,668 GROUP. 5265 03:09:13,668 --> 03:09:14,969 SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN 5266 03:09:14,969 --> 03:09:15,736 BRAINSTORMING A LOT ABOUT FOR 5267 03:09:15,736 --> 03:09:17,038 MANY, MANY YEARS AND REALLY WE 5268 03:09:17,038 --> 03:09:18,139 WANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT 5269 03:09:18,139 --> 03:09:19,340 DIFFERENT OR MORE DIFFERENT THAN 5270 03:09:19,340 --> 03:09:21,075 WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING, 5271 03:09:21,075 --> 03:09:23,711 AND REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON WHAT 5272 03:09:23,711 --> 03:09:25,813 ARE THE MECHANISMS, THE MOST -- 5273 03:09:25,813 --> 03:09:27,982 THAT CAN REGULATE COMMUNITY 5274 03:09:27,982 --> 03:09:31,218 CONSTITUTION AND ALSO -- SO IF 5275 03:09:31,218 --> 03:09:32,987 YOU LOOK AT THE WIDE SCOPE OF 5276 03:09:32,987 --> 03:09:35,189 BIOLOGY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY YOU 5277 03:09:35,189 --> 03:09:38,926 UNDERSTAND IN CANCER, THE 5278 03:09:38,926 --> 03:09:40,127 MICROBES AND METABOLITES ARE THE 5279 03:09:40,127 --> 03:09:42,296 ONES THAT REALLY REGULATE THE 5280 03:09:42,296 --> 03:09:48,869 RESPONSE IN ANTIPD-1, WHETHER 5281 03:09:48,869 --> 03:09:50,171 IBD OR CANCER, AGAIN THE FOCUS 5282 03:09:50,171 --> 03:09:52,173 ON HOW YOU CAN MODULATE THE 5283 03:09:52,173 --> 03:09:55,443 MICROBIOME, THE METABALOME, 5284 03:09:55,443 --> 03:09:56,744 OTHER IMMUNOTHERAPIES, THIS IS 5285 03:09:56,744 --> 03:09:57,511 WHERE THE CRUX IS. 5286 03:09:57,511 --> 03:10:01,015 AND IN FACT, YOU GO BACK -- 5287 03:10:01,015 --> 03:10:02,650 PUBLISHED FOR MANY YEARS AGAIN 5288 03:10:02,650 --> 03:10:05,152 YOU UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN 5289 03:10:05,152 --> 03:10:07,355 PREVACCINATION, OR PREANY IMMUNE 5290 03:10:07,355 --> 03:10:08,889 INTERVENTION, THE STATE OF THE 5291 03:10:08,889 --> 03:10:10,958 HOST PREINTERVENTION, IS 5292 03:10:10,958 --> 03:10:12,059 CRITICAL TO WHETHER YOU'RE GOING 5293 03:10:12,059 --> 03:10:14,028 TO RESPOND TO IMMUNOTHERAPY. 5294 03:10:14,028 --> 03:10:15,429 THAT STATE IS REALLY DICTATED 5295 03:10:15,429 --> 03:10:18,399 AGAIN BY THE MICROBES AND THE 5296 03:10:18,399 --> 03:10:18,699 METABOLITES. 5297 03:10:18,699 --> 03:10:22,336 SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I THINK WE 5298 03:10:22,336 --> 03:10:26,040 WENT WITH -- WE HAD VERY MUCH 5299 03:10:26,040 --> 03:10:30,411 FORTUNE OF -- THAT ASHISH LISTED 5300 03:10:30,411 --> 03:10:34,281 BUT ON TOP WE ALSO HAD COHORTS 5301 03:10:34,281 --> 03:10:36,550 OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD 5302 03:10:36,550 --> 03:10:37,151 UNDERGONE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 5303 03:10:37,151 --> 03:10:38,853 TYPES OF IMMUNOTHERAPIES AND OUR 5304 03:10:38,853 --> 03:10:40,254 GOAL WAS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT 5305 03:10:40,254 --> 03:10:41,422 WHETHER THERE WAS A COMMON 5306 03:10:41,422 --> 03:10:43,424 MECHANISM THAT ARE GOING TO 5307 03:10:43,424 --> 03:10:46,293 PREDICT WHO WAS GOING TO RESP 5308 03:10:46,293 --> 03:10:47,495 RESPOND, AND RESPONSES THEY'RE 5309 03:10:47,495 --> 03:10:52,400 LOOKING FOR IS WHETHER IT WAS 5310 03:10:52,400 --> 03:10:57,004 GOING TO LEAD TO DECAY OR ABLE 5311 03:10:57,004 --> 03:10:58,205 TO CONTROL -- THAT'S ESSENTIALLY 5312 03:10:58,205 --> 03:10:59,407 WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU 5313 03:10:59,407 --> 03:11:04,912 ABOUT IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 5314 03:11:04,912 --> 03:11:12,019 THE KEY QUESTIONS -- PERSISTENT 5315 03:11:12,019 --> 03:11:15,022 OR IN FACT THE REVERSE, IMPACT 5316 03:11:15,022 --> 03:11:18,693 ON ROOT HE SPONS TO 5317 03:11:18,693 --> 03:11:20,961 INTERVENTION, HOLISTIC APPROACH 5318 03:11:20,961 --> 03:11:24,265 IN ORDER TO DEFINE UNBIASED 5319 03:11:24,265 --> 03:11:25,232 WAYS -- NOVEL TARGETS THAT GIVES 5320 03:11:25,232 --> 03:11:26,901 US CLUES ON WHAT NOVEL TARGETS 5321 03:11:26,901 --> 03:11:34,975 CAN PURSUE -- I THINK IN TERMS 5322 03:11:34,975 --> 03:11:37,845 OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, I 5323 03:11:37,845 --> 03:11:39,914 THINK REALLY WHAT WE ARE REALLY 5324 03:11:39,914 --> 03:11:42,516 FOCUSED ON IS REALLY DEFINED 5325 03:11:42,516 --> 03:11:43,517 PATHWAY, THAT EXAMPLE I'M GOING 5326 03:11:43,517 --> 03:11:45,619 TO GIVE YOU IS THAT WE HAVE 5327 03:11:45,619 --> 03:11:47,054 GENERIC SIGNATURES THAT CAN 5328 03:11:47,054 --> 03:11:48,656 PREDICT A RESPONSE TO AT LEAST 5329 03:11:48,656 --> 03:11:50,391 THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF 5330 03:11:50,391 --> 03:11:51,158 IMMUNOTHERAPIES. 5331 03:11:51,158 --> 03:11:52,493 THAT'S WHAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE 5332 03:11:52,493 --> 03:11:56,530 TO BUILD UPON TOGETHER, IN ORDER 5333 03:11:56,530 --> 03:12:01,569 TO BE ABLE TO EVEN ENHANCE -- I 5334 03:12:01,569 --> 03:12:03,537 WANT TO GO INTO HUMAN AS MUCH AS 5335 03:12:03,537 --> 03:12:04,405 POSSIBLE, I KNOW IT'S NOT PART 5336 03:12:04,405 --> 03:12:07,041 OF THIS, BUT MY GOAL IS REALLY 5337 03:12:07,041 --> 03:12:13,147 TO GO IN HUMAN. 5338 03:12:13,147 --> 03:12:16,751 THE TITLE OF OUR CONSORTIUM IS 5339 03:12:16,751 --> 03:12:18,285 IMMUNE CONSTITUTION, 5340 03:12:18,285 --> 03:12:20,488 IMMUNOTHERAPIES AND THAT'S 5341 03:12:20,488 --> 03:12:22,556 WHAT -- ABOUT AND IT'S IMPORTANT 5342 03:12:22,556 --> 03:12:24,625 BECAUSE YES THERE ARE LRAs, 5343 03:12:24,625 --> 03:12:26,594 THEY HAVE NOT SHOWN MUCH 5344 03:12:26,594 --> 03:12:26,827 SUCCESS. 5345 03:12:26,827 --> 03:12:29,230 I THINK I'LL SHOW YOU DATA THAT 5346 03:12:29,230 --> 03:12:30,564 AT LEAST SOME IMMUNOTHERAPIES 5347 03:12:30,564 --> 03:12:36,103 HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN CURBING 5348 03:12:36,103 --> 03:12:37,338 THE RESERVOIR AND CONTROLLING 5349 03:12:37,338 --> 03:12:39,840 VIRAL LOAD. 5350 03:12:39,840 --> 03:12:43,344 SO TODAY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU 5351 03:12:43,344 --> 03:12:48,482 THE STUDY THAT SUSAN AND MIRKO 5352 03:12:48,482 --> 03:12:50,017 HAVE SHOWN, GO BACK TO BILE 5353 03:12:50,017 --> 03:12:53,387 ACIDS AND SHOW HOW BILE ACIDS 5354 03:12:53,387 --> 03:12:55,489 MECHANISM IS ONE THAT TRIGGERS 5355 03:12:55,489 --> 03:12:57,958 THE RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT -- SO 5356 03:12:57,958 --> 03:13:01,162 YOU'VE SEEN THAT SLIDE EARLIER. 5357 03:13:01,162 --> 03:13:04,799 THIS IS I THINK A GROUNDBREAKING 5358 03:13:04,799 --> 03:13:06,967 STUDY THAT SUSAN LED TOGETHER 5359 03:13:06,967 --> 03:13:10,237 WITH THE GROUP WHERE WE TREATED 5360 03:13:10,237 --> 03:13:13,407 MONKEYS WITH ANTIPD-1 AND IL-10, 5361 03:13:13,407 --> 03:13:17,678 IT COMES FROM VERY HARD -- SO A 5362 03:13:17,678 --> 03:13:20,080 CONCEPT INITIALLY DONE BY 5363 03:13:20,080 --> 03:13:24,618 MICHAEL -- WHERE THE -- REGULATE 5364 03:13:24,618 --> 03:13:26,086 MANY DIFFERENT INNATE TYPE 5365 03:13:26,086 --> 03:13:28,622 MECHANISM THAT ARE ABLE TO 5366 03:13:28,622 --> 03:13:30,157 INTERACT, HELP PRIME THE IMMUNE 5367 03:13:30,157 --> 03:13:33,427 RESPONSE AND GET TO CONTROL 5368 03:13:33,427 --> 03:13:40,334 OF -- UP TO -- WEEKS AFTER 5369 03:13:40,334 --> 03:13:41,535 STOPPING ART THEY WERE ABLE TO 5370 03:13:41,535 --> 03:13:44,138 CONTROL VIRAL LOAD. 5371 03:13:44,138 --> 03:13:48,409 -- LEVELS AS COMPARED TO THE 5372 03:13:48,409 --> 03:13:49,276 ANTIIL-10 -- SO AGAIN IN THE 5373 03:13:49,276 --> 03:13:51,145 TRUE SPEESHT OF WHAT WE DO IN MY 5374 03:13:51,145 --> 03:13:55,950 GROUP, WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE 5375 03:13:55,950 --> 03:13:58,686 PATHWAYS THAT -- PREDICT THE 5376 03:13:58,686 --> 03:14:00,654 CONTROL OF -- EVERYTHING WE DO 5377 03:14:00,654 --> 03:14:04,592 NOW IS PRE-ATI. 5378 03:14:04,592 --> 03:14:07,094 AMONG THE FIRST ONE, TOP ONE WAS 5379 03:14:07,094 --> 03:14:10,831 BILE ACIDS AND INTERFERON. 5380 03:14:10,831 --> 03:14:14,435 SO INTERFERON, THAT SHOWED THAT 5381 03:14:14,435 --> 03:14:17,705 WHEN YOU INFUSE INTERFERON, YOU 5382 03:14:17,705 --> 03:14:23,978 CAN CURB THE INFECTION BUT 5383 03:14:23,978 --> 03:14:25,713 ALSO -- REBOUND BUT WHY BILE 5384 03:14:25,713 --> 03:14:28,115 ACIDS? 5385 03:14:28,115 --> 03:14:29,316 BECAUSE BRIEFLY MENTIONED TO 5386 03:14:29,316 --> 03:14:31,385 YOU, BILE ACIDS ARE MODULATED BY 5387 03:14:31,385 --> 03:14:35,422 THE MICROBIOME SO AGAIN 5388 03:14:35,422 --> 03:14:37,057 INTERPLAY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT 5389 03:14:37,057 --> 03:14:41,996 ARE ABLE TO TRIGGER -- 5390 03:14:41,996 --> 03:14:42,963 INTERFERON. 5391 03:14:42,963 --> 03:14:45,699 IF IT'S IN A STATE OF -- BEFORE 5392 03:14:45,699 --> 03:14:47,034 VIRAL LOAD COMES BACK, WHEN YOU 5393 03:14:47,034 --> 03:14:49,436 STOP TREATMENT OF COURSE YOU 5394 03:14:49,436 --> 03:14:52,273 HAVE AN IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT'S 5395 03:14:52,273 --> 03:14:55,009 POISED AND ENHANCE IMMUNE 5396 03:14:55,009 --> 03:14:56,977 RESPONSE BECAUSE INTERFERON IS A 5397 03:14:56,977 --> 03:14:58,612 MAJOR ADJUVANT BUT ALSO IT 5398 03:14:58,612 --> 03:14:59,713 PROTECTS OLDER CELLS FROM 5399 03:14:59,713 --> 03:15:03,217 GETTING REINFECTED, SO I THINK 5400 03:15:03,217 --> 03:15:06,120 TO MAKE THE LAW OF LOGIC, THE 5401 03:15:06,120 --> 03:15:07,821 TWO ARE VERY MUCH INTERRELATED, 5402 03:15:07,821 --> 03:15:10,658 TO LEAD TO -- VIRAL REBOUND POST 5403 03:15:10,658 --> 03:15:10,858 ATI. 5404 03:15:10,858 --> 03:15:15,229 IN FACT WE IDENTIFY SEVERAL 5405 03:15:15,229 --> 03:15:17,431 INDIVIDUAL BILE ACIDS THAT ARE 5406 03:15:17,431 --> 03:15:19,300 NEGATIVELY CORRELATED TO 5407 03:15:19,300 --> 03:15:21,168 VIREMIA, PREATI AGAIN, SO THE 5408 03:15:21,168 --> 03:15:24,004 MORE THOSE BILE ACIDS, THELESS 5409 03:15:24,004 --> 03:15:26,073 IMMUNE, THE LESS VIRAL REBOUND 5410 03:15:26,073 --> 03:15:28,475 YOU'RE GOING TO GET. 5411 03:15:28,475 --> 03:15:30,778 SO THAT CAN BE A WHOLE TALK BUT 5412 03:15:30,778 --> 03:15:32,179 I JUST WANT TO GIVE THE GIST OF 5413 03:15:32,179 --> 03:15:34,481 IT WHICH AGAIN RELATES TO WORK 5414 03:15:34,481 --> 03:15:36,250 THAT WAS PUBLISHED ABOUT A YEAR 5415 03:15:36,250 --> 03:15:38,319 AGO WHERE IN FACT THAT THOSE 5416 03:15:38,319 --> 03:15:41,622 BILE ACIDS DO REALLY TO PRIME, 5417 03:15:41,622 --> 03:15:44,458 TO PUT THE INTERFERON LOCUS IN 5418 03:15:44,458 --> 03:15:44,992 A -- STATE. 5419 03:15:44,992 --> 03:15:49,363 SO WE DID SINGLE CELL SEQ AND 5420 03:15:49,363 --> 03:15:51,665 I'M SHOWING YOU HERE THE POISE 5421 03:15:51,665 --> 03:15:53,100 STATE OF FOUR GENES WHICH ARE IN 5422 03:15:53,100 --> 03:15:54,835 FACT THE GENES THAT REGULATE 5423 03:15:54,835 --> 03:15:58,539 INTERFERON RESPONSE, THE IRFs, 5424 03:15:58,539 --> 03:16:00,207 IRF7, MASTER REGULATOR OF IMMUNE 5425 03:16:00,207 --> 03:16:04,144 RESPONSES AND YOU SEE THAT THOSE 5426 03:16:04,144 --> 03:16:05,546 ARE ALL IN A POISE STATE AND 5427 03:16:05,546 --> 03:16:07,948 WHAT YOU SEE IN CIRCLES ARE THE 5428 03:16:07,948 --> 03:16:11,485 CD4 T-CELLS, SO YO THEY'RE ALREY 5429 03:16:11,485 --> 03:16:13,387 PROTECTED FROM GETTING INFECTED 5430 03:16:13,387 --> 03:16:15,556 BECAUSE ALL THE INTERFERON -- 5431 03:16:15,556 --> 03:16:17,291 ALREADY AND THE ANTIVIRAL 5432 03:16:17,291 --> 03:16:18,826 INTERFERONS ARE BEING 5433 03:16:18,826 --> 03:16:19,159 UPREGULATED. 5434 03:16:19,159 --> 03:16:22,196 WHAT I DON'T SHOW YOU ALSO -- 5435 03:16:22,196 --> 03:16:28,569 INNATE HUMAN CELLS -- TO FOLLOW 5436 03:16:28,569 --> 03:16:33,807 UP ON, WE SHOWED IN MACAQUES 5437 03:16:33,807 --> 03:16:37,077 WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CONTROL 5438 03:16:37,077 --> 03:16:41,448 VIREMIA, SHOWED YOU THE MAJOR 5439 03:16:41,448 --> 03:16:43,117 REGULATOR -- HUMAN DYSFUNCTION, 5440 03:16:43,117 --> 03:16:45,185 THAT IN MONKEYS WERE NOT ABLE TO 5441 03:16:45,185 --> 03:16:48,122 PROTECT THAT LOCUS IS OPEN. 5442 03:16:48,122 --> 03:16:50,958 SO IN MONKEYS WHICH ARE 5443 03:16:50,958 --> 03:16:52,292 PROTECTED IT'S OPEN, IN MONKEYS 5444 03:16:52,292 --> 03:16:54,695 THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED -- SO IT 5445 03:16:54,695 --> 03:16:55,796 GIVES YOU A VERY STRONG 5446 03:16:55,796 --> 03:16:58,198 MOLECULAR BASIS FOR THE EFFECT 5447 03:16:58,198 --> 03:16:59,266 THAT YOU ARE SEEING. 5448 03:16:59,266 --> 03:17:01,702 SO AT LEAST IN SUMMARY, WHAT THE 5449 03:17:01,702 --> 03:17:04,304 STUDY ALREADY SHOWS US IS THAT 5450 03:17:04,304 --> 03:17:06,073 IN FACT YOU HAVE A VERY STRONG 5451 03:17:06,073 --> 03:17:09,109 ROBUST INNATE RESPONSE EARLY ON 5452 03:17:09,109 --> 03:17:11,211 WHICH IS DOWNSTREAM OF BILE 5453 03:17:11,211 --> 03:17:13,480 ACIDS AND THOSE INTEGRATE 5454 03:17:13,480 --> 03:17:15,049 TOGETHER, ABLE TO PRIME THE 5455 03:17:15,049 --> 03:17:18,185 IMMUNE RESPONSE BUT ALSO TO 5456 03:17:18,185 --> 03:17:22,156 PROTECT -- SO THE NEXT STEP, 5457 03:17:22,156 --> 03:17:26,427 WHAT WE DID IS TO EXTEND OUR 5458 03:17:26,427 --> 03:17:27,561 PLANNINGS TO THREE ADVANCE 5459 03:17:27,561 --> 03:17:27,795 STUDIES. 5460 03:17:27,795 --> 03:17:33,067 ONE WHERE WE INFUSED INTO YOUR 5461 03:17:33,067 --> 03:17:34,601 HOST, IN ONE SUBJECT THAT WE 5462 03:17:34,601 --> 03:17:41,075 WERE ABLE TO SHOW OVER THREE 5463 03:17:41,075 --> 03:17:42,609 YEARS BUT ALSO IN SUBJECTS WE 5464 03:17:42,609 --> 03:17:45,446 WERE ABLE TO STOP ATI UPON 5465 03:17:45,446 --> 03:17:48,048 INFUSION, THE SUBJECTS WERE ABLE 5466 03:17:48,048 --> 03:17:49,383 TO CONTROL VIRAL LOAD FOR UP TO 5467 03:17:49,383 --> 03:17:50,584 SEVEN YEARS, ONE OF THEM AT 5468 03:17:50,584 --> 03:17:51,118 LEAST. 5469 03:17:51,118 --> 03:17:55,856 TWO OTHER STUDIES, ANTIPD-1 IN 5470 03:17:55,856 --> 03:17:57,224 PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV, ALSO 5471 03:17:57,224 --> 03:17:58,358 CANCER WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW 5472 03:17:58,358 --> 03:18:02,062 AGAIN THE STUDIES WITH SHARON 5473 03:18:02,062 --> 03:18:03,831 LEWIN AND STEVE ALSO HAVE -- 5474 03:18:03,831 --> 03:18:12,473 WERE PART OF, THAT UPON THE 5475 03:18:12,473 --> 03:18:13,340 INFUSION, WE HAD CLEAR 5476 03:18:13,340 --> 03:18:14,741 SIGNATURE. 5477 03:18:14,741 --> 03:18:16,844 ONE DAY -- THAT PREDICT THE 5478 03:18:16,844 --> 03:18:18,045 OUTCOME TWO YEARS LATER, AND 5479 03:18:18,045 --> 03:18:20,314 AGAIN THE STUDY -- WHICH I JUST 5480 03:18:20,314 --> 03:18:21,548 SHOWED YOU, NOW WHEN YOU MERGE 5481 03:18:21,548 --> 03:18:23,217 ALL THESE DATA AND YOU TRY TO 5482 03:18:23,217 --> 03:18:25,419 FIGURE OUT WHETHER SIGNATURE 5483 03:18:25,419 --> 03:18:28,322 THAT IS COMING TO ALL THOSE 5484 03:18:28,322 --> 03:18:29,723 PRE-ATI OR IMMEDIATELY POST 5485 03:18:29,723 --> 03:18:31,158 INFUSION, AGAIN WHAT REALLY PANS 5486 03:18:31,158 --> 03:18:33,994 OUT IS INTERFERON -- THAT ARE 5487 03:18:33,994 --> 03:18:36,630 BEING CIRCLED OR SQUARED, ALL 5488 03:18:36,630 --> 03:18:39,566 THESE ARE -- SO THE MOTHER THAT 5489 03:18:39,566 --> 03:18:43,837 YOU HAVE IS WHATEVER IMMUNE 5490 03:18:43,837 --> 03:18:46,573 INTERVENTION, IS IT -- WHERE THE 5491 03:18:46,573 --> 03:18:47,541 INTERFERON LOCUS IS OPEN, YOU'RE 5492 03:18:47,541 --> 03:18:50,844 GOING TO HAVE PRIME CD4 T-CELLS 5493 03:18:50,844 --> 03:18:53,046 TO IN FACT PROVIDE HELP TO 5494 03:18:53,046 --> 03:18:54,114 CD8 T-CELLS, SO IF THERE'S NO 5495 03:18:54,114 --> 03:18:56,950 HELP, YOU WON'T GET PERSISTENT 5496 03:18:56,950 --> 03:18:58,285 CD8s AND YOU WILL GET 5497 03:18:58,285 --> 03:18:59,820 EXHAUSTION, BUT AT THE SAME 5498 03:18:59,820 --> 03:19:01,221 TIME, YOU'RE PROTECTING T-CELLS 5499 03:19:01,221 --> 03:19:02,656 OR OTHER CELLS FROM GETTING 5500 03:19:02,656 --> 03:19:02,923 INFECTED. 5501 03:19:02,923 --> 03:19:04,625 SO THIS IS REALLY A CONCEPT THAT 5502 03:19:04,625 --> 03:19:10,731 NOW WE WANT TO GO INTO NO NON-HN 5503 03:19:10,731 --> 03:19:12,866 PRIMATE, BUT ALSO IN HUMAN, 5504 03:19:12,866 --> 03:19:13,901 CLINICAL TRIALS, I'LL BE ABLE TO 5505 03:19:13,901 --> 03:19:15,435 PRESENT TO YOU IN THE NEXT 5506 03:19:15,435 --> 03:19:19,473 ITERATION OF THIS PROGRAM. 5507 03:19:19,473 --> 03:19:21,241 SO OF COURSE I JUST COLLECT THE 5508 03:19:21,241 --> 03:19:24,745 DATA AND THINK ABOUT THEM, AND I 5509 03:19:24,745 --> 03:19:25,879 HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE 5510 03:19:25,879 --> 03:19:28,582 THAT WORK WITH ME. 5511 03:19:28,582 --> 03:19:30,083 REALLY LEADERS IN THE FIELD. 5512 03:19:30,083 --> 03:19:31,852 AND WILL TAKE MY LEGACY FORWARD 5513 03:19:31,852 --> 03:19:34,354 AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALL THE 5514 03:19:34,354 --> 03:19:37,758 COHORT, MY COLLEAGUES, JAVIER, 5515 03:19:37,758 --> 03:19:41,695 NINOS AND THEIR COLLEAGUES, AND 5516 03:19:41,695 --> 03:19:41,929 SUMITA. 5517 03:19:41,929 --> 03:19:42,229 THANK YOU. 5518 03:19:42,229 --> 03:19:47,167 [APPLAUSE] 5519 03:19:47,167 --> 03:19:48,702 >> OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE 5520 03:19:48,702 --> 03:19:52,072 YOU A HIGH LEVEL TOUR THROUGH RF 5521 03:19:52,072 --> 03:19:53,707 3, COMBINING VARIOUS STRATEGIES 5522 03:19:53,707 --> 03:19:56,109 THROUGH RESERVOIR ELIMINATION. 5523 03:19:56,109 --> 03:19:57,878 WE HAVE REACTIVATION OF LATENT 5524 03:19:57,878 --> 03:20:00,514 GENOMES, WE HAVE A CRISPR-BASED 5525 03:20:00,514 --> 03:20:01,481 TECHNOLOGY TO DISRUPT YEE NOMES 5526 03:20:01,481 --> 03:20:07,821 AND WE -- BASEDON ADCC AND NSM . 5527 03:20:07,821 --> 03:20:09,456 AND HERE IS SHOWN THE DIVERSE 5528 03:20:09,456 --> 03:20:11,992 TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED 5529 03:20:11,992 --> 03:20:13,093 IN THIS. 5530 03:20:13,093 --> 03:20:15,495 THIS IS LED BY MYSELF AND SUMIT. 5531 03:20:15,495 --> 03:20:16,930 SO A SUMMARY, CAN WE COMBINE 5532 03:20:16,930 --> 03:20:18,098 THESE VARIOUS TREATMENTS TO 5533 03:20:18,098 --> 03:20:19,533 REDUCE THE RESERVOIR? 5534 03:20:19,533 --> 03:20:22,936 WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR, 5535 03:20:22,936 --> 03:20:24,238 WE'VE GOT NEW VERSIONS OF 5536 03:20:24,238 --> 03:20:26,873 LATENCY REVERSING DRUGS TO 5537 03:20:26,873 --> 03:20:29,076 ELIMINATE LATENT HIV, WE'VE GOT 5538 03:20:29,076 --> 03:20:31,044 PROGRESS, USING NATURAL KILLER 5539 03:20:31,044 --> 03:20:32,879 CELLS, B CELLS AND ANTIBODIES. 5540 03:20:32,879 --> 03:20:34,848 AND WE DEVELOPED GENE EDITING 5541 03:20:34,848 --> 03:20:36,717 TOOLS TO DIRECTLY ATTACK LATENT 5542 03:20:36,717 --> 03:20:37,284 HIV GENOMES. 5543 03:20:37,284 --> 03:20:38,585 OF COURSE THIS IS IMPORTANT AND 5544 03:20:38,585 --> 03:20:40,754 RELATES TO OUR AGENDA BECAUSE WE 5545 03:20:40,754 --> 03:20:41,855 BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO 5546 03:20:41,855 --> 03:20:43,624 REDUCE THE RESERVOIR TO ALLOW 5547 03:20:43,624 --> 03:20:46,026 THE IMMUNE THERAPIES THAT YOU'VE 5548 03:20:46,026 --> 03:20:48,428 HEARD ABOUT FOR THEM TO HAVE A 5549 03:20:48,428 --> 03:20:50,397 CHANCE TO WORK. 5550 03:20:50,397 --> 03:20:52,599 SO FIRST OF ALL THE WORK THAT'S 5551 03:20:52,599 --> 03:20:54,334 BEING DONE ON RESERVOIR 5552 03:20:54,334 --> 03:20:56,737 REACTIVATION MOSTLY DRIVEN BY 5553 03:20:56,737 --> 03:20:57,938 LARS AND SUMIT. 5554 03:20:57,938 --> 03:21:01,875 SO THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE 5555 03:21:01,875 --> 03:21:03,510 RECOGNIZE LRAs ARE LIKELY TO 5556 03:21:03,510 --> 03:21:06,346 NEED REPEAT DOSING SO 5557 03:21:06,346 --> 03:21:08,215 OPTIMIZATION OF THEIR CHEMISTRY, 5558 03:21:08,215 --> 03:21:09,750 REDUCED TOXICITY AND DOSING 5559 03:21:09,750 --> 03:21:10,517 REGIMENS IS GOING TO BE 5560 03:21:10,517 --> 03:21:11,952 IMPORTANT. 5561 03:21:11,952 --> 03:21:13,353 SO THE TEAM HAVE DEVELOPED A 5562 03:21:13,353 --> 03:21:16,757 WHOLE SERIES OF NEW NOVEL SMACK 5563 03:21:16,757 --> 03:21:18,292 MIMETICS WHICH THE 5564 03:21:18,292 --> 03:21:19,293 CHARACTERISTICS ARE SHOWN IN THE 5565 03:21:19,293 --> 03:21:20,060 GRAPH ON THE LEFT. 5566 03:21:20,060 --> 03:21:22,796 THEY'RE ALL ABLE TO REACTIVATE 5567 03:21:22,796 --> 03:21:26,099 LATENT HIV IN JLAT CELLS. 5568 03:21:26,099 --> 03:21:27,401 IN ADDITION THEY HAVE A RANGE OF 5569 03:21:27,401 --> 03:21:31,438 DIFFERENT PK AND PD PROPERTIES, 5570 03:21:31,438 --> 03:21:33,206 SO ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE YOU'LL 5571 03:21:33,206 --> 03:21:37,577 SEE TWO DIFFERENT DRUGS, 5572 03:21:37,577 --> 03:21:41,715 CIAPAVIR AND SBP-6513 AND THEY 5573 03:21:41,715 --> 03:21:42,683 SHOW DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS 5574 03:21:42,683 --> 03:21:43,450 IN TIME OF ACTION. 5575 03:21:43,450 --> 03:21:44,217 AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE 5576 03:21:44,217 --> 03:21:45,319 INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYING 5577 03:21:45,319 --> 03:21:45,986 COMBINATIONINGS OF OTHER DRUGS 5578 03:21:45,986 --> 03:21:47,954 WE CAN COMBINE WITH THESE SMACK 5579 03:21:47,954 --> 03:21:48,555 MIMETICS. 5580 03:21:48,555 --> 03:21:54,261 SO HERE I'M SHOWING YOU A STUDY 5581 03:21:54,261 --> 03:22:01,368 WHERE CIAPAVIR IS BEING COMBINED 5582 03:22:01,368 --> 03:22:03,236 WITH TWO DIFFERENT SPEC 5583 03:22:03,236 --> 03:22:03,670 INHIBITORS. 5584 03:22:03,670 --> 03:22:05,439 THIS GIVES YOU DRUGS THAT ARE 5585 03:22:05,439 --> 03:22:06,640 FAR LESS TOXIC. 5586 03:22:06,640 --> 03:22:08,809 YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THEM SYNERGIZE 5587 03:22:08,809 --> 03:22:10,110 NICELY WITH CIAPAVIR. 5588 03:22:10,110 --> 03:22:13,280 AND THEN IN ADDITION, WE'RE ALSO 5589 03:22:13,280 --> 03:22:15,148 LOOKING FOR COMPLETELY NEW 5590 03:22:15,148 --> 03:22:16,016 LATENCY REACTIVATION DRUGS AND 5591 03:22:16,016 --> 03:22:18,118 WE'RE DOING THAT BY SCREENING 5592 03:22:18,118 --> 03:22:20,754 THE REFRAME LIBRARY WHICH IS 5593 03:22:20,754 --> 03:22:22,255 12,000 COMPOUNDS THAT ARE 5594 03:22:22,255 --> 03:22:24,991 FDA-APPROVED OR SORT OF NEAR 5595 03:22:24,991 --> 03:22:27,627 FDA-APPROVED, SOME FROM SORT OF 5596 03:22:27,627 --> 03:22:28,195 PRE-INDs. 5597 03:22:28,195 --> 03:22:28,829 IMPORTANTLY THEY'RE BEING 5598 03:22:28,829 --> 03:22:31,798 SCREENED NOT IN A CELL LINE 5599 03:22:31,798 --> 03:22:33,433 MODEL, BUT IN CD4 CELLS FROM 5600 03:22:33,433 --> 03:22:35,502 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ON ART. 5601 03:22:35,502 --> 03:22:38,472 AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE GRAPH AT 5602 03:22:38,472 --> 03:22:40,107 THE BOTTOM THAT SHOWS SOME 5603 03:22:40,107 --> 03:22:41,108 INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION AND 5604 03:22:41,108 --> 03:22:41,942 SOME OF THE HITS THAT HAVE COME 5605 03:22:41,942 --> 03:22:42,642 OUT OF THIS. 5606 03:22:42,642 --> 03:22:46,012 SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL 5607 03:22:46,012 --> 03:22:48,982 IDENTIFY BETTER, SAFER, POSSIBLY 5608 03:22:48,982 --> 03:22:50,717 COMBINATIONS OF LRAs THAT HAVE 5609 03:22:50,717 --> 03:22:51,918 BETTER PROPERTIES THAT FIT WITH 5610 03:22:51,918 --> 03:22:55,989 THE PROFILE FOR PEOPLE LIVING 5611 03:22:55,989 --> 03:22:59,025 WITH HIV. 5612 03:22:59,025 --> 03:23:00,327 MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE 5613 03:23:00,327 --> 03:23:02,095 APPROACHES WE'RE TAKING TO 5614 03:23:02,095 --> 03:23:03,163 ENHANCE IMMUNE CLEARANCE, I'M 5615 03:23:03,163 --> 03:23:05,165 GOING TO TELL YOU TWO STORIES, 5616 03:23:05,165 --> 03:23:06,767 HOW WE'RE RECRUITING MAs THIS, 5617 03:23:06,767 --> 03:23:10,971 IS WORK FROM JEFF MILLARD'S TEAM 5618 03:23:10,971 --> 03:23:14,574 AND MY WORK ON ENGINEERING B 5619 03:23:14,574 --> 03:23:15,776 CELLS. 5620 03:23:15,776 --> 03:23:21,448 SORE TRIKES RECOGNIZE BOTH -- 5621 03:23:21,448 --> 03:23:23,984 THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE THE CD16 5622 03:23:23,984 --> 03:23:26,253 RECEPTOR ON NK CELLS. 5623 03:23:26,253 --> 03:23:28,121 THEREBY THEY DIRECT NK CELLS TO 5624 03:23:28,121 --> 03:23:30,857 AN INFECTED OR REACTIVATED CELL. 5625 03:23:30,857 --> 03:23:34,494 IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO HAVE 5626 03:23:34,494 --> 03:23:37,631 IL5-15 THAT SERVES TWO PURPOSES. 5627 03:23:37,631 --> 03:23:40,300 IT ACTIVATES THE NK CELLS AND 5628 03:23:40,300 --> 03:23:42,702 ALSO POTENTIALLY REACTIVATES 5629 03:23:42,702 --> 03:23:45,205 LATENT GENOMES. 5630 03:23:45,205 --> 03:23:46,173 JUST ONE PIECE OF DATA SHOWING 5631 03:23:46,173 --> 03:23:48,575 YOU THAT WE HAVE MADE TRIKES 5632 03:23:48,575 --> 03:23:53,079 THAT RECOGNIZE BOTH HIV AND SIV 5633 03:23:53,079 --> 03:23:54,948 AND CAN RECOGNIZE BOTH THE HUMAN 5634 03:23:54,948 --> 03:23:56,917 AND MACAQUE FORMS OF CD-16. 5635 03:23:56,917 --> 03:23:58,552 IN THE DATA I'M SHOWING YOU 5636 03:23:58,552 --> 03:24:00,187 HERE, THE LITTLE ARROWS POINT TO 5637 03:24:00,187 --> 03:24:01,621 THE ENHANCED KILLING THAT WE 5638 03:24:01,621 --> 03:24:03,356 ACHIEVE WHEN WE COMBINE NK CELLS 5639 03:24:03,356 --> 03:24:08,829 WITH TRIKES IN EITHER 5640 03:24:08,829 --> 03:24:11,798 REACTIVATED HIV OR SIV INFECTED 5641 03:24:11,798 --> 03:24:14,301 CELLS. 5642 03:24:14,301 --> 03:24:15,602 MY GROUP IS WORKING ON AND YOU 5643 03:24:15,602 --> 03:24:18,138 ALSO HAD A LITTLE BIT OF THIS 5644 03:24:18,138 --> 03:24:19,439 EARLIER FROM JOHN MILLARD SO WE 5645 03:24:19,439 --> 03:24:20,841 ARE TAKING B CELLS AND ENG 5646 03:24:20,841 --> 03:24:23,043 FEARING THEM TO MAKE COMPLETELY 5647 03:24:23,043 --> 03:24:23,910 CUSTOMIZED MOLECULES. 5648 03:24:23,910 --> 03:24:27,614 AND THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE 5649 03:24:27,614 --> 03:24:29,716 COULD THEN PUT THEM INTO AN 5650 03:24:29,716 --> 03:24:31,251 ANIMAL OR A HUMAN AND THEN 5651 03:24:31,251 --> 03:24:34,421 VACCINATE WITH GP120 BECAUSE 5652 03:24:34,421 --> 03:24:36,590 UNLIKE EXPRESSING AN ANTIBODY 5653 03:24:36,590 --> 03:24:38,024 FROM, SAY, MUSCLE, AND IF YOU 5654 03:24:38,024 --> 03:24:40,760 EXPRESS THE ANTIBODY FROM THE 5655 03:24:40,760 --> 03:24:44,297 AUTHENTIC ANTIBODY LOCUS, 5656 03:24:44,297 --> 03:24:45,465 IMMUNOGLOBULIN LOCUS IN B CELLS, 5657 03:24:45,465 --> 03:24:46,800 YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT 5658 03:24:46,800 --> 03:24:47,968 ANTIBODY TO RESPOND TOITY 5659 03:24:47,968 --> 03:24:52,038 VACCINTO ITSVACCINE AND PROVIDEM 5660 03:24:52,038 --> 03:24:53,673 SECRETION OF THE ANTIBODY. 5661 03:24:53,673 --> 03:24:57,410 BECAUSE WE'RE USING AN SIVMAC 5662 03:24:57,410 --> 03:25:00,213 239 MODEL, WE HAD TO DEVELOP 5663 03:25:00,213 --> 03:25:01,381 CANDIDATE ANTIBODIES THAT WOULD 5664 03:25:01,381 --> 03:25:02,215 WORK IN THIS SYSTEM. 5665 03:25:02,215 --> 03:25:06,453 SO USING THE SERIES OF BNABs 5666 03:25:06,453 --> 03:25:08,555 RECENTLY IDENTIFIED BY MARIO, WE 5667 03:25:08,555 --> 03:25:11,391 DERIVED OUR OWN VERSION OF 5668 03:25:11,391 --> 03:25:12,459 ITS103 THAT'S SHOWN ON THE LEFT, 5669 03:25:12,459 --> 03:25:16,096 AND WE ALSO PLAYED AROUND WITH 5670 03:25:16,096 --> 03:25:17,731 ECD4IG AND DID A SORT OF MIX AND 5671 03:25:17,731 --> 03:25:19,065 MATCH AND FOUND THE BEST VERSION 5672 03:25:19,065 --> 03:25:22,102 OF THE MOLECULE THAT WORKED 5673 03:25:22,102 --> 03:25:23,537 AGAINST SIVMAC 239. 5674 03:25:23,537 --> 03:25:24,738 BUT THEN IMPORTANTLY WE WERE 5675 03:25:24,738 --> 03:25:25,605 ALSO ABLE TO COMBINE THIS 5676 03:25:25,605 --> 03:25:27,307 THROUGH OUR EDITING TECHNOLOGY 5677 03:25:27,307 --> 03:25:30,544 WITH CHANGES IN THE FC PORTION 5678 03:25:30,544 --> 03:25:31,378 OF THE ANTIBODY. 5679 03:25:31,378 --> 03:25:32,846 SO WE'VE INCORPORATED SOME 5680 03:25:32,846 --> 03:25:35,682 MUTATIONS THAT ARE KNOWN TO 5681 03:25:35,682 --> 03:25:38,618 ENHANCE ADC SEQ KILLING BY NK 5682 03:25:38,618 --> 03:25:39,719 CELLS AND THE GRAPH SHOWS YOU 5683 03:25:39,719 --> 03:25:41,454 DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IN RED, THIS 5684 03:25:41,454 --> 03:25:43,323 IS OUR SORT OF OPTIMIZED 5685 03:25:43,323 --> 03:25:44,424 ANTIBODY THAT ALSO CONTAINS 5686 03:25:44,424 --> 03:25:48,461 THESE MUTATIONS. 5687 03:25:48,461 --> 03:25:50,397 THE FINAL COMPONENT OF RF 3 IS 5688 03:25:50,397 --> 03:25:52,065 USING BASE EDITORS WHICH ARE A 5689 03:25:52,065 --> 03:25:53,934 POTENTIALLY SAFER FORM OF 5690 03:25:53,934 --> 03:25:55,902 CRISPR/CAS 9 TO TARGET THE HIV 5691 03:25:55,902 --> 03:25:59,272 GENOME, AND THIS IS WORK DONE 5692 03:25:59,272 --> 03:26:00,173 WITH ROSS WILSON. 5693 03:26:00,173 --> 03:26:02,042 SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF 5694 03:26:02,042 --> 03:26:04,978 SEQUENCES, WE REALLY LIKE THE 5695 03:26:04,978 --> 03:26:06,613 TATTER BOX AND THE LTRs IN 5696 03:26:06,613 --> 03:26:12,185 BOTH HIV AND SIEVE A SIV AS A SO 5697 03:26:12,185 --> 03:26:16,923 TARGET. 5698 03:26:16,923 --> 03:26:18,525 OUR APPROACH, TRYING TWO 5699 03:26:18,525 --> 03:26:19,859 DIFFERENT WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT 5700 03:26:19,859 --> 03:26:23,229 DELIVERING THESE BASE EDITORS IN 5701 03:26:23,229 --> 03:26:23,563 VIVO. 5702 03:26:23,563 --> 03:26:24,864 ONE APPROACH IS TO PACKAGE THEM 5703 03:26:24,864 --> 03:26:27,334 INTO A RETROVIRAL PARTICLE OR A 5704 03:26:27,334 --> 03:26:27,767 VLP. 5705 03:26:27,767 --> 03:26:29,836 AND THE SECOND APPROACH IS TO 5706 03:26:29,836 --> 03:26:32,806 MAKE THEM AS A KIND OF 5707 03:26:32,806 --> 03:26:33,573 RECOMBINANT COMBINATION PROTEIN 5708 03:26:33,573 --> 03:26:34,874 AND YOU'LL SEE HERE I'M SHOWING 5709 03:26:34,874 --> 03:26:36,409 YOU THE LEVEL OF EDITING WE CAN 5710 03:26:36,409 --> 03:26:38,912 GET WHEN WE ADD EITHER THE 5711 03:26:38,912 --> 03:26:42,649 VLPs TO DELIVER THE BASE 5712 03:26:42,649 --> 03:26:44,150 EDITORS OR THE RECOMBINANT 5713 03:26:44,150 --> 03:26:44,384 PROTEIN. 5714 03:26:44,384 --> 03:26:46,620 WITH THE RECOMBINANT PROTEIN, WE 5715 03:26:46,620 --> 03:26:48,455 ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE ED 5716 03:26:48,455 --> 03:26:49,756 ILTING WHEN WE ADD A CELL 5717 03:26:49,756 --> 03:26:51,524 PENETRATING PEPTIDE. 5718 03:26:51,524 --> 03:26:52,192 THEN OF COURSE MOST IMPORTANT 5719 03:26:52,192 --> 03:26:53,493 THE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING 5720 03:26:53,493 --> 03:26:55,128 THING IS HOW THE HECK DO WE 5721 03:26:55,128 --> 03:26:57,197 TARGET A CD4 T-CELL IN VIVO. 5722 03:26:57,197 --> 03:26:58,632 SO TO THAT END, WE'RE TRYING TWO 5723 03:26:58,632 --> 03:27:00,166 DIFFERENT APPROACHES WITH THESE 5724 03:27:00,166 --> 03:27:01,334 TWO DIFFERENT DELIVERY SYSTEMS, 5725 03:27:01,334 --> 03:27:02,769 AND FOR EXAMPLE, I'M SHOWING 5726 03:27:02,769 --> 03:27:05,305 HERE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 5727 03:27:05,305 --> 03:27:07,140 EXQUISITELY TARGET RESTING 5728 03:27:07,140 --> 03:27:09,776 CD4 T-CELLS WITH OUR RETROVIRAL 5729 03:27:09,776 --> 03:27:10,810 PARTICLES, AND WE HAVE WORK IN 5730 03:27:10,810 --> 03:27:14,280 PROGRESS MAKING THE COMBINATION 5731 03:27:14,280 --> 03:27:15,815 TO TARGET T-CELLS BY ADDING A 5732 03:27:15,815 --> 03:27:18,318 LIGAND TO THOSE. 5733 03:27:18,318 --> 03:27:19,519 WITH THAT, I WILL FINISH. 5734 03:27:19,519 --> 03:27:20,520 THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE 5735 03:27:20,520 --> 03:27:22,555 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE FOUR 5736 03:27:22,555 --> 03:27:23,657 DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND I'M HAPPY 5737 03:27:23,657 --> 03:27:25,992 TO PASS ON TO OUR COMMUNITY 5738 03:27:25,992 --> 03:27:26,526 ENGAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE. 5739 03:27:26,526 --> 03:27:29,996 [APPLAUSE] 5740 03:27:29,996 --> 03:27:32,332 PRAWSH 5741 03:27:32,332 --> 03:27:34,267 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 5742 03:27:34,267 --> 03:27:36,236 I'M JEFF TAYLOR. 5743 03:27:36,236 --> 03:27:37,570 YOU MAY NOT RECOGNIZE ME BECAUSE 5744 03:27:37,570 --> 03:27:40,774 I SHAVED MY BEARD. 5745 03:27:40,774 --> 03:27:41,875 AS YOU'VE HEARD, JEFF IS NOT 5746 03:27:41,875 --> 03:27:44,310 WITH US UNFORTUNATELY TODAY, BUT 5747 03:27:44,310 --> 03:27:47,313 I AM ANDY CATES, ONE OF THE 5748 03:27:47,313 --> 03:27:49,749 CO-CHAIRS OF THE RID HIV 5749 03:27:49,749 --> 03:27:50,250 COLLABORATORY, COMMUNITY 5750 03:27:50,250 --> 03:27:53,887 ADVISORY BOARD, AND HELLO. 5751 03:27:53,887 --> 03:27:58,491 THERE'S A WIND UP HERE. 5752 03:27:58,491 --> 03:28:00,994 SO RID HIV, WE'RE KIND OF A FUN 5753 03:28:00,994 --> 03:28:01,561 CAB. 5754 03:28:01,561 --> 03:28:04,364 WE HAVE DONE SOME PRETTY NEAT 5755 03:28:04,364 --> 03:28:04,731 THINGS TOO. 5756 03:28:04,731 --> 03:28:10,070 SO THE MDC CAB LANGUAGE 5757 03:28:10,070 --> 03:28:12,706 GUIDELINES, WE HAD PRESENTED AT 5758 03:28:12,706 --> 03:28:14,240 IAS LANGUAGE AS YOU'LL HEAR IS 5759 03:28:14,240 --> 03:28:17,310 SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CONTINUALLY 5760 03:28:17,310 --> 03:28:18,378 BEEN HARPING ABOUT FOR MANY, 5761 03:28:18,378 --> 03:28:26,486 MANY YEARS, AND ALSO BRIDGETTE 5762 03:28:26,486 --> 03:28:30,090 PICOU PRESENTED AT USCHA ON A 5763 03:28:30,090 --> 03:28:33,693 HALF DAY CURE SESSION WITH DARE, 5764 03:28:33,693 --> 03:28:35,128 CRISPR FOR CURE AND THE REUNION 5765 03:28:35,128 --> 03:28:35,428 PROJECT. 5766 03:28:35,428 --> 03:28:37,330 THEN WE DID A LONG TERM SURVIVOR 5767 03:28:37,330 --> 03:28:38,298 WEBINAR SERIES, WHICH I THINK 5768 03:28:38,298 --> 03:28:39,833 YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT. 5769 03:28:39,833 --> 03:28:42,335 THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL 5770 03:28:42,335 --> 03:28:43,103 COLLABORATORIES THAT HAVE 5771 03:28:43,103 --> 03:28:47,173 PRESENTED THAT. 5772 03:28:47,173 --> 03:28:48,475 BACK TO LANGUAGE, BEFORE I 5773 03:28:48,475 --> 03:28:52,645 REALLY DIG INTO THIS, I WONDER 5774 03:28:52,645 --> 03:28:54,380 IF YOU'D KIND OF INDULGE ME FOR 5775 03:28:54,380 --> 03:28:55,915 A SECOND, MAYBE LOOK AROUND THE 5776 03:28:55,915 --> 03:28:57,884 ROOM AT WHO'S IN HERE, JUST KIND 5777 03:28:57,884 --> 03:28:59,185 OF LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND 5778 03:28:59,185 --> 03:29:00,086 IMAGINE YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON 5779 03:29:00,086 --> 03:29:02,589 IN HERE THAT IS NOT AN INFECTED 5780 03:29:02,589 --> 03:29:08,161 SUBJECT. 5781 03:29:08,161 --> 03:29:09,462 THEN FLIP THAT AND THINK ABOUT 5782 03:29:09,462 --> 03:29:10,463 EVERYBODY ELSE IN THIS ROOM 5783 03:29:10,463 --> 03:29:12,098 BEING AN INFECTED SUBJECT, AND 5784 03:29:12,098 --> 03:29:13,967 YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT 5785 03:29:13,967 --> 03:29:16,035 INFECTED. 5786 03:29:16,035 --> 03:29:17,804 DID THAT, LIKE, REGISTER? 5787 03:29:17,804 --> 03:29:20,740 I MEAN, I'M HOPING IT KIND OF 5788 03:29:20,740 --> 03:29:22,709 GAVE PEOPLE A VISCERAL REACTION. 5789 03:29:22,709 --> 03:29:24,377 I DIDN'T INTEND TO, LIKE, BRING 5790 03:29:24,377 --> 03:29:27,447 THINGS THIS DIRECTION, BUT ONE 5791 03:29:27,447 --> 03:29:31,050 OF THE CAB MEMBERS SHOWED ME 5792 03:29:31,050 --> 03:29:34,220 THIS FLYER THAT'S OUTSIDE. 5793 03:29:34,220 --> 03:29:35,622 AND THE INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR 5794 03:29:35,622 --> 03:29:37,590 THIS RESEARCH STUDY IS THE VERY 5795 03:29:37,590 --> 03:29:40,994 FIRST BULLET, HIV-1 INFECTED 5796 03:29:40,994 --> 03:29:43,029 THIS IS FROM THE NIH, AND THE 5797 03:29:43,029 --> 03:29:44,497 NIH IS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN 5798 03:29:44,497 --> 03:29:46,699 TELLING US NOT TO USE THIS 5799 03:29:46,699 --> 03:29:47,467 LANGUAGE. 5800 03:29:47,467 --> 03:29:49,669 SO ANYWAY, FOOD FOR THOUGHT. 5801 03:29:49,669 --> 03:29:52,071 MOVING ON. 5802 03:29:52,071 --> 03:29:53,940 SO WE DID UPDATE THE COMMUNITY 5803 03:29:53,940 --> 03:29:57,343 PREFERRED LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S, 5804 03:29:57,343 --> 03:29:58,978 AS YOU KNOW, A GOAL OF MAKING 5805 03:29:58,978 --> 03:30:01,848 PEOPLE FEEL, WELL, HUMAN. 5806 03:30:01,848 --> 03:30:06,986 AND NOT INFECTED OR SUBJECTED. 5807 03:30:06,986 --> 03:30:08,288 I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT BECAUSE 5808 03:30:08,288 --> 03:30:11,157 I THINK MY POINT IS MADE. 5809 03:30:11,157 --> 03:30:13,660 SORRY TO BE A DRAG AFTER LUNCH. 5810 03:30:13,660 --> 03:30:17,597 THIS IS THE WEBINAR SERIES THAT 5811 03:30:17,597 --> 03:30:18,731 I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS SEEN 5812 03:30:18,731 --> 03:30:20,233 ENOUGH TIMES THAT YOU'VE 5813 03:30:20,233 --> 03:30:21,568 MEMORIZED THE DATES AND YOU'RE 5814 03:30:21,568 --> 03:30:22,969 GOING TO JOIN US IN THE NEXT 5815 03:30:22,969 --> 03:30:23,536 ONES. 5816 03:30:23,536 --> 03:30:25,071 THE NEXT ONE IS OCTOBER 24TH, 5817 03:30:25,071 --> 03:30:26,272 AND THAT'S THE PARTICIPANT 5818 03:30:26,272 --> 03:30:27,273 EXPERIENCES IN RESEARCH, WHERE 5819 03:30:27,273 --> 03:30:29,776 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PAUL 5820 03:30:29,776 --> 03:30:32,412 EDMONDS, MATT SHARPE AND TOM 5821 03:30:32,412 --> 03:30:33,847 VILLA ALONG WITH GAIL GRAHAM 5822 03:30:33,847 --> 03:30:34,948 TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES 5823 03:30:34,948 --> 03:30:37,350 IN RESEARCH. 5824 03:30:37,350 --> 03:30:40,420 I KNOW TIME IS KIND OF SHORT FOR 5825 03:30:40,420 --> 03:30:43,022 US, SO IN MY LAST SLIDE, I WILL 5826 03:30:43,022 --> 03:30:47,427 GO OVER OUR FUTURE COMMUNITY 5827 03:30:47,427 --> 03:30:48,294 ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE 5828 03:30:48,294 --> 03:30:48,828 GOT PLANNED. 5829 03:30:48,828 --> 03:30:50,029 SO MANY OF YOU HOPEFULLY ALL OF 5830 03:30:50,029 --> 03:30:53,233 YOU HAVE HEARD OF THE LAST GIFT 5831 03:30:53,233 --> 03:30:56,069 STUDY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT 5832 03:30:56,069 --> 03:30:57,604 HAS GENERATED AN AWFUL LOT OF 5833 03:30:57,604 --> 03:30:58,271 GREAT DATA. 5834 03:30:58,271 --> 03:31:02,208 ALL COMING FROM AMAZINGLY AL 5835 03:31:02,208 --> 03:31:06,679 TRUE IS ALTRUISTIC PARTICIPANTST 5836 03:31:06,679 --> 03:31:07,180 JOINED THIS STUDY. 5837 03:31:07,180 --> 03:31:09,549 IT'S CONTINUING TO GO ON AND ON 5838 03:31:09,549 --> 03:31:10,149 NOVEMBER 6TH, WE'RE GOING TO 5839 03:31:10,149 --> 03:31:11,317 HAVE A COMMUNITY CONSULTATION 5840 03:31:11,317 --> 03:31:12,151 EVENT WHERE THE COMMUNITY, WHO 5841 03:31:12,151 --> 03:31:13,519 IS A LARGE, LARGE PART OF THIS 5842 03:31:13,519 --> 03:31:16,356 STUDY, WE HELPED FORM THE STUDY, 5843 03:31:16,356 --> 03:31:17,991 WE WERE CONSULTED EVERY SINGLE 5844 03:31:17,991 --> 03:31:19,425 STEP OF THE WAY AND NOW WE'RE 5845 03:31:19,425 --> 03:31:24,230 BEING CONSULTED AGAIN. 5846 03:31:24,230 --> 03:31:26,099 SO IT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE 5847 03:31:26,099 --> 03:31:29,602 THINGS THAT IS FOR US, WITH US. 5848 03:31:29,602 --> 03:31:31,471 THEN ON WORLD AIDS DAY, WE'VE 5849 03:31:31,471 --> 03:31:34,207 GOT THE TIMOTHY RAY BROWN 5850 03:31:34,207 --> 03:31:35,108 COMMUNITY CURE SYMPOSIUM. 5851 03:31:35,108 --> 03:31:36,442 THIS WILL BE THE SECOND ONE THAT 5852 03:31:36,442 --> 03:31:38,745 WE'VE DONE. 5853 03:31:38,745 --> 03:31:41,581 DR. CANNON AND CHANDA WILL BE 5854 03:31:41,581 --> 03:31:43,650 HERE, OR THERE IN PALM SPRINGS. 5855 03:31:43,650 --> 03:31:46,386 WE'LL ALSO HAVE JOHN ZAIA FROM 5856 03:31:46,386 --> 03:31:47,954 THE CITY OF HOPE AND OUR OWN 5857 03:31:47,954 --> 03:31:49,923 PAUL EDMONDS, THE CITY OF HOPE 5858 03:31:49,923 --> 03:31:50,356 PATIENT. 5859 03:31:50,356 --> 03:31:55,495 THEN WE HAVE A CONTINUING VIRAL 5860 03:31:55,495 --> 03:31:58,131 RESERVOIR WEBINAR SERIES ALSO 5861 03:31:58,131 --> 03:31:59,432 DONE WITH DARE AND CRISPR AND 5862 03:31:59,432 --> 03:32:02,635 CURE TREATMENT -- CURE AND THE 5863 03:32:02,635 --> 03:32:04,604 TREATMENT ACTION GROUP. 5864 03:32:04,604 --> 03:32:07,240 THESE ARE REALLY WELL, WELL 5865 03:32:07,240 --> 03:32:10,843 ATTENDED WEBINARS. 5866 03:32:10,843 --> 03:32:12,478 YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE NUMBERS 5867 03:32:12,478 --> 03:32:13,379 BEFORE BUT THERE'S PEOPLE 5868 03:32:13,379 --> 03:32:14,580 LOOKING AT THESE WEBINARS FROM 5869 03:32:14,580 --> 03:32:15,114 ALL OVER THE WORLD. 5870 03:32:15,114 --> 03:32:16,316 IT'S REALLY HEARTENING. 5871 03:32:16,316 --> 03:32:21,454 THEN WE DO A PRECROI COMMUNITY 5872 03:32:21,454 --> 03:32:22,221 CURE WORKSHOP. 5873 03:32:22,221 --> 03:32:22,989 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 5874 03:32:22,989 --> 03:32:23,656 HAPPENING FOR YEARS. 5875 03:32:23,656 --> 03:32:25,425 WE GET SOME OF THE MOST 5876 03:32:25,425 --> 03:32:29,562 IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATIONS 5877 03:32:29,562 --> 03:32:31,197 DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY PRIOR 5878 03:32:31,197 --> 03:32:34,600 TO THE DAY BEFORE CROI. 5879 03:32:34,600 --> 03:32:35,501 WE'VE ALSO COME UP WITH THE IDEA 5880 03:32:35,501 --> 03:32:38,638 OF DOING A SPANISH LANGUAGE 5881 03:32:38,638 --> 03:32:39,973 RESERVOIR, AND IT'S GOING TO 5882 03:32:39,973 --> 03:32:45,011 FEATURE THE LONDON PATIENT, ADAM 5883 03:32:45,011 --> 03:32:46,012 CASTILLEJO, SO THAT'S KIND OF 5884 03:32:46,012 --> 03:32:46,279 COOL. 5885 03:32:46,279 --> 03:32:47,480 WE DO HAVE SPANISH IN THIS WORLD 5886 03:32:47,480 --> 03:32:48,781 AND IT'S ABOUT TIME THAT WE'VE 5887 03:32:48,781 --> 03:32:50,316 STARTED REALLY REACHING OUT TO 5888 03:32:50,316 --> 03:32:53,286 FOLKS THAT SPEAK SPANISH 5889 03:32:53,286 --> 03:32:59,292 LANGUAGES AND WE'RE GOING TO BE 5890 03:32:59,292 --> 03:33:00,626 DOING THAT -- I'M NOT EXACTLY 5891 03:33:00,626 --> 03:33:01,894 SURE ON THE DATE BUT IT COMING 5892 03:33:01,894 --> 03:33:02,595 UP FAIRLY SOON. 5893 03:33:02,595 --> 03:33:05,431 AND THEN THE LONG TERM SURVIVOR 5894 03:33:05,431 --> 03:33:07,333 WEBINAR SERIES CONTINUES. 5895 03:33:07,333 --> 03:33:11,237 WITH MORE COLLABORATIONS FROM 5896 03:33:11,237 --> 03:33:17,176 DARE, CHRIS TER FO CHRIS TE CRID 5897 03:33:17,176 --> 03:33:19,045 THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON IN 5898 03:33:19,045 --> 03:33:20,346 THE WILL END OF THE YEAR. 5899 03:33:20,346 --> 03:33:21,681 SO ANYWAY I'VE GOT ABOUT 5900 03:33:21,681 --> 03:33:22,882 26 SECONDS TO LEAVE YOU WITH, 5901 03:33:22,882 --> 03:33:23,983 AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR 5902 03:33:23,983 --> 03:33:24,250 ATTENTION. 5903 03:33:24,250 --> 03:33:29,555 [APPLAUSE] 5904 03:33:29,555 --> 03:33:32,959 >> THANK YOU, TEAM RID, EXACT 5905 03:33:32,959 --> 03:33:33,393 TIME, 40 MINUTES. 5906 03:33:33,393 --> 03:33:36,229 SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 5907 03:33:36,229 --> 03:33:37,530 THE SESSION IS NOW OPEN FOR 5908 03:33:37,530 --> 03:33:46,305 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 5909 03:33:46,305 --> 03:33:46,839 GO YOU A HEAD. 5910 03:33:46,839 --> 03:33:51,244 >> HI, KIRA FROM UMASS. 5911 03:33:51,244 --> 03:33:53,112 I CAN'T SEE YOUR NAME TAG FROM 5912 03:33:53,112 --> 03:33:53,646 HERE. 5913 03:33:53,646 --> 03:33:56,816 I THINK IT'S ASHISH. 5914 03:33:56,816 --> 03:33:58,251 CLARIFICATION ON ONE OF YOUR 5915 03:33:58,251 --> 03:33:58,484 SLIDES. 5916 03:33:58,484 --> 03:34:00,319 WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LACTO, 5917 03:34:00,319 --> 03:34:01,854 I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY 5918 03:34:01,854 --> 03:34:02,188 INTERESTING. 5919 03:34:02,188 --> 03:34:04,690 IS THE LACTO IN THE PLASMA OR IS 5920 03:34:04,690 --> 03:34:06,659 IT THE LACTO IN THE GUT THAT 5921 03:34:06,659 --> 03:34:07,226 CORRELATED WITH -- 5922 03:34:07,226 --> 03:34:12,799 >> NO, SO WE DID PAT SEQ, IT'S A 5923 03:34:12,799 --> 03:34:18,604 PLASMA QUANTIFICATION -- WHICH 5924 03:34:18,604 --> 03:34:21,107 WAS A PLASMA QUANTIFICATION OF 5925 03:34:21,107 --> 03:34:22,842 MICROBIAL READS, AND WE MAP THAT 5926 03:34:22,842 --> 03:34:25,611 TO THE LACTOBACILLUS GENUS, AND 5927 03:34:25,611 --> 03:34:27,880 THEN TO BREAK DOWN THE SPECIES 5928 03:34:27,880 --> 03:34:30,616 CLUSTER, WE DID AN UNBIASED 5929 03:34:30,616 --> 03:34:35,655 SCREEN OF ALL KNOWN GUT 5930 03:34:35,655 --> 03:34:36,322 LACTOBACILLI. 5931 03:34:36,322 --> 03:34:40,827 THE TOP 14. 5932 03:34:40,827 --> 03:34:43,863 WE SAW THE ONES KNOWN TO BE LESS 5933 03:34:43,863 --> 03:34:45,198 ABUNDANT IN HUMANS WERE THE ONES 5934 03:34:45,198 --> 03:34:48,267 THAT PROMOTED TGF BETA 5935 03:34:48,267 --> 03:34:49,569 PRODUCTION AND IMMUNE 5936 03:34:49,569 --> 03:34:49,869 DYSFUNCTION. 5937 03:34:49,869 --> 03:34:51,337 >> SO YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT COMES 5938 03:34:51,337 --> 03:34:52,772 FROM THE BACTERIUM THAT'S IN THE 5939 03:34:52,772 --> 03:34:53,840 PERIPHERY, IN THE BLOOD, AM I 5940 03:34:53,840 --> 03:34:54,073 CORRECT? 5941 03:34:54,073 --> 03:34:56,909 >> NO, THEY'RE JUST MICROBIAL 5942 03:34:56,909 --> 03:34:59,412 READS, SO THEY'RE AN ARTIFACT OF 5943 03:34:59,412 --> 03:35:02,615 THE CROSSTALK BETWEEN THE IMMUNE 5944 03:35:02,615 --> 03:35:04,584 SYSTEM AND THE BACTERIA AT THE 5945 03:35:04,584 --> 03:35:04,817 MUCOSA. 5946 03:35:04,817 --> 03:35:06,986 >> OKAY, PERFECT. 5947 03:35:06,986 --> 03:35:09,388 >> SO QUESTION FOR RAFICK. 5948 03:35:09,388 --> 03:35:12,225 IN THE INTERFERONS, DID YOU SEE 5949 03:35:12,225 --> 03:35:15,294 ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ALPHA 5950 03:35:15,294 --> 03:35:16,395 ISOTYPES AND BETA WHEN IT CAME 5951 03:35:16,395 --> 03:35:18,197 TO THE INTERFERON SIGNATURE, AND 5952 03:35:18,197 --> 03:35:19,932 THEN THE SECOND PART IS, IS IT 5953 03:35:19,932 --> 03:35:22,101 ALL COMING FROM THE MYELOID CELL 5954 03:35:22,101 --> 03:35:23,536 OR ARE THERE OTHER CELLS 5955 03:35:23,536 --> 03:35:26,272 CONTRIBUTING TO THE TYPE I 5956 03:35:26,272 --> 03:35:31,010 INTERFERON PRODUCTION? 5957 03:35:31,010 --> 03:35:33,479 >> SO THE FIRST PART OF YOUR 5958 03:35:33,479 --> 03:35:36,449 QUESTION, IT'S MOST LEEWAY TA, 5959 03:35:36,449 --> 03:35:37,116 ALPHA. 5960 03:35:37,116 --> 03:35:45,758 IN VITRO, THE -- BUT TO MEASURE 5961 03:35:45,758 --> 03:35:50,029 IN VITRO WE SEE CLEAR ALPHA 5962 03:35:50,029 --> 03:35:51,130 VERSUS BETA SIGNATURE. 5963 03:35:51,130 --> 03:35:52,465 THERE'S HUGE OVERLAP BETWEEN 5964 03:35:52,465 --> 03:35:54,634 ALPHA AND BETA SIGNATURE, BUT 5965 03:35:54,634 --> 03:35:56,936 WHAT WE KNOW IS IT'S REALLY A 5966 03:35:56,936 --> 03:35:59,906 BETA WHICH -- REALLY DRIVING 5967 03:35:59,906 --> 03:36:02,842 BETA INTERFERON AND -- SO THAT'S 5968 03:36:02,842 --> 03:36:03,943 THE FIRST QUESTION. 5969 03:36:03,943 --> 03:36:10,950 THE SECOND ONE WAS? 5970 03:36:10,950 --> 03:36:15,888 ANY CELL CAN MAKE IT. 5971 03:36:15,888 --> 03:36:18,291 -- HAVE SHOWN THAT -- CAN 5972 03:36:18,291 --> 03:36:20,493 TRIGGER -- KEYSTONE MEETING 5973 03:36:20,493 --> 03:36:23,095 WHERE AGAIN THERE WAS A HUGE 5974 03:36:23,095 --> 03:36:26,832 EMPHASIS -- CAN BE SENSORS OF -- 5975 03:36:26,832 --> 03:36:32,405 OR BACTERIA, SO IT CAN BE -- 5976 03:36:32,405 --> 03:36:35,708 CELLS, BUT WE HAVE TO 5977 03:36:35,708 --> 03:36:37,009 DEMONSTRATE THAT POINT BUT WE 5978 03:36:37,009 --> 03:36:38,878 ALSO SHOW THAT IN VITRO, AT 5979 03:36:38,878 --> 03:36:41,847 LEAST, BILE ACID CAN TRIGGER -- 5980 03:36:41,847 --> 03:36:44,517 INTERFERON BETA BOTH IN 5981 03:36:44,517 --> 03:36:46,919 DIFFERENT -- AND EVEN IN NAIVE 5982 03:36:46,919 --> 03:36:49,322 CELLS, NAIVE T-CELLS. 5983 03:36:49,322 --> 03:36:53,059 SO IN VIVO, I THINK WE NEED T 5984 03:36:53,059 --> 03:36:57,330 TO -- TO DEMONSTRATE THAT. 5985 03:36:57,330 --> 03:36:59,198 >> WE CAN TAKE A FEW MORE 5986 03:36:59,198 --> 03:37:02,368 QUESTIONS. 5987 03:37:02,368 --> 03:37:04,003 >> QUICK QUESTION FOR 5988 03:37:04,003 --> 03:37:04,337 DR. CANNON. 5989 03:37:04,337 --> 03:37:06,272 I WAS REALLY CURIOUS ON YOUR B 5990 03:37:06,272 --> 03:37:09,041 CELL EDITING APPROACH. 5991 03:37:09,041 --> 03:37:10,910 I KNOW YOU'RE DELIVERING THE 5992 03:37:10,910 --> 03:37:13,646 REPAIR TEMPLATE WITH AN AAV AND 5993 03:37:13,646 --> 03:37:14,413 ELECTROPLATING CRISPR, BUT CAN 5994 03:37:14,413 --> 03:37:18,484 YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE CELLS? 5995 03:37:18,484 --> 03:37:20,319 DO THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH 5996 03:37:20,319 --> 03:37:21,887 SOME TYPE OF -- I'M CURIOUS 5997 03:37:21,887 --> 03:37:24,557 EXACTLY ABOUT THE STRATEGY THE 5998 03:37:24,557 --> 03:37:25,491 THERE. 5999 03:37:25,491 --> 03:37:26,926 >> SORRY, I DIDN'T QUITE GET 6000 03:37:26,926 --> 03:37:27,994 WHAT YOU SAID TOWARDS THE END. 6001 03:37:27,994 --> 03:37:30,429 >> I WAS JUST WONDERING ONCE YOU 6002 03:37:30,429 --> 03:37:33,266 BASE KR HAVE YOUR TEMPLATE, GOT 6003 03:37:33,266 --> 03:37:34,700 YOUR CRISPR, YOU TARGET THE B 6004 03:37:34,700 --> 03:37:37,003 CELL LOCUS AND INTRODUCE YOUR 6005 03:37:37,003 --> 03:37:38,404 ANTIBODY, ONCE THAT B CELL IS 6006 03:37:38,404 --> 03:37:42,041 THEN PUT BACK INTO AN ANIMAL, IS 6007 03:37:42,041 --> 03:37:44,343 THAT ANTIBODY -- DOES THAT GO 6008 03:37:44,343 --> 03:37:45,978 THROUGH -- DOES IT GO THROUGH -- 6009 03:37:45,978 --> 03:37:47,079 BASICALLY, ONCE YOU'VE MODIFIED 6010 03:37:47,079 --> 03:37:48,414 THE B CELL LOCUS IN THAT 6011 03:37:48,414 --> 03:37:48,814 PARTICULAR WAY? 6012 03:37:48,814 --> 03:37:51,017 >> OKAY. 6013 03:37:51,017 --> 03:37:53,619 SO THAT'S OUR THINKING, IS THAT 6014 03:37:53,619 --> 03:37:56,722 BY INSERTING A B CELL INTO THE 6015 03:37:56,722 --> 03:37:57,723 AUTHENTIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN LOCUS, 6016 03:37:57,723 --> 03:37:59,191 WE CAN HOPEFULLY RESERVE ALL THE 6017 03:37:59,191 --> 03:38:00,893 SORT OF NATURAL FEATURES OF B 6018 03:38:00,893 --> 03:38:05,364 CELLS AND ANTIBODY PRODUCTION. 6019 03:38:05,364 --> 03:38:07,800 SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS WE TAKE 6020 03:38:07,800 --> 03:38:10,002 THE B CELLS AND DIFFERENTIATE 6021 03:38:10,002 --> 03:38:11,537 THEM TOWARDS PLASMA CELLS, TYPE 6022 03:38:11,537 --> 03:38:13,406 OF B CELL THAT CHURNS OUT 6023 03:38:13,406 --> 03:38:15,041 ANTIBODIES, THEY CHURN OUT THE 6024 03:38:15,041 --> 03:38:15,474 ANTIBODIES. 6025 03:38:15,474 --> 03:38:18,010 WE CAN ALSO PUT THEM INTO -- 6026 03:38:18,010 --> 03:38:20,546 THERE'S A NICE MODEL OF 6027 03:38:20,546 --> 03:38:22,048 IMMUNIZATION IN VITRO WHICH IS 6028 03:38:22,048 --> 03:38:26,018 BASED ON TONSIL ORGANOIDS FROM 6029 03:38:26,018 --> 03:38:30,690 MARK DAVIS' GROUP, WITH ARE A 6030 03:38:30,690 --> 03:38:33,693 VACCINE BASICALLY GP120, THE 6031 03:38:33,693 --> 03:38:36,962 ENGINEERED CELLS RESPOND AND 6032 03:38:36,962 --> 03:38:44,437 EXPAND AND DIFFERENTIATE WHAT 6033 03:38:44,437 --> 03:38:47,406 ANTIBODIES DO, AND INDEED WE SEE 6034 03:38:47,406 --> 03:38:57,783 SIGNATURES OF SOMATIC 6035 03:44:47,633 --> 03:44:48,901 THAT EXPERIMENT WAS ALSO 6036 03:44:48,901 --> 03:44:50,769 PUBLISHED VERY RECENTLY, IT TOOK 6037 03:44:50,769 --> 03:44:52,571 US A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THREE 6038 03:44:52,571 --> 03:44:56,141 YEARS, I SHOULD SAY, TO COMPLETE 6039 03:44:56,141 --> 03:44:57,609 THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REPEAT 6040 03:44:57,609 --> 03:44:59,912 MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEN THE RATE 6041 03:44:59,912 --> 03:45:02,081 OF THE SUCCESS OR NO REBOUND 6042 03:45:02,081 --> 03:45:05,084 INCREASED UP FOR CLOSE TO 50% OR 6043 03:45:05,084 --> 03:45:07,453 MORE. 6044 03:45:07,453 --> 03:45:11,623 SO THIS ALL TOGETHER IN 6045 03:45:11,623 --> 03:45:13,092 COLLABORATION WITH ANOTHER 6046 03:45:13,092 --> 03:45:17,229 GROUP, WE STARTED USING 6047 03:45:17,229 --> 03:45:18,931 NON-HUMAN PRIMATE. 6048 03:45:18,931 --> 03:45:20,799 AND THEN THE RESULT OF THAT 6049 03:45:20,799 --> 03:45:27,206 EXPERIMENT SHOWS THAT IN THE 6050 03:45:27,206 --> 03:45:28,574 LARGER GROUP OF ANIMAL SHOW THAT 6051 03:45:28,574 --> 03:45:31,410 AGAIN WHAT WE'VE GOT EARLIER WAS 6052 03:45:31,410 --> 03:45:35,481 REPRODUCIBLE AND THEN THE RESULT 6053 03:45:35,481 --> 03:45:37,850 IN THE DISSOLUTION OF THE VIRUS 6054 03:45:37,850 --> 03:45:47,693 CRISPR IN ALMOST EVERY TISSUE 6055 03:45:47,693 --> 03:45:49,328 AND ORGANISM BROAD RANGE 6056 03:45:49,328 --> 03:45:50,662 DISTRIBUTION AND FUNCTIONAL 6057 03:45:50,662 --> 03:45:52,865 INACTIVATION OF THE VIRUS. 6058 03:45:52,865 --> 03:45:55,901 SO WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE 6059 03:45:55,901 --> 03:46:00,072 DEVELOPED THE PROGRAM, MARTIN 6060 03:46:00,072 --> 03:46:03,542 DELANEY, WHICH COMPRISE THREE 6061 03:46:03,542 --> 03:46:07,513 RESEARCH FOCUS THAT THEY'RE -- 6062 03:46:07,513 --> 03:46:11,550 MY COLLEAGUE DESCRIBED THAT, DO 6063 03:46:11,550 --> 03:46:13,585 YOU WANT TO PRESENT THIS ONE 6064 03:46:13,585 --> 03:46:14,386 BECAUSE IT'S A CONTINUATION OF 6065 03:46:14,386 --> 03:46:19,758 THE NEXT ONE. 6066 03:46:19,758 --> 03:46:21,160 >> WE ARE A NEW COLLABORATORY. 6067 03:46:21,160 --> 03:46:23,262 WE HAVE AS EVERYONE ELSE THREE 6068 03:46:23,262 --> 03:46:28,167 RESEARCH FOCI, AND YOU CAN SEE 6069 03:46:28,167 --> 03:46:29,201 THE INTERACTIONS OF RESEARCH 6070 03:46:29,201 --> 03:46:29,501 FOCUS. 6071 03:46:29,501 --> 03:46:30,669 I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE BIT 6072 03:46:30,669 --> 03:46:31,470 SMALLER. 6073 03:46:31,470 --> 03:46:32,571 DELANEY AS FAR AS PI NUMBERS 6074 03:46:32,571 --> 03:46:38,510 THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS. 6075 03:46:38,510 --> 03:46:39,545 BUT VERY INTERACTIVE. 6076 03:46:39,545 --> 03:46:41,213 BASICALLY I WANTED TO GIVE A 6077 03:46:41,213 --> 03:46:42,815 LITTLE BIT OF OVERVIEW ON SOME 6078 03:46:42,815 --> 03:46:45,684 OF THE MODEL SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE 6079 03:46:45,684 --> 03:46:45,951 USING. 6080 03:46:45,951 --> 03:46:49,087 WE START FROM INSILICO, SO THIS 6081 03:46:49,087 --> 03:46:49,955 INCLUDES BIOINFORMATICS AND 6082 03:46:49,955 --> 03:46:50,956 COMPUTER BASED MODELING. 6083 03:46:50,956 --> 03:46:53,125 WE USE A LOT OF IN VITRO CELL 6084 03:46:53,125 --> 03:46:57,729 LINES, EX VIVO CLINICAL SAMPLES, 6085 03:46:57,729 --> 03:46:59,998 AND TWO DIFFERENT MICE MODEL, AN 6086 03:46:59,998 --> 03:47:08,674 IN VIVO HUMANIZED AN MO MODEL 6087 03:47:08,674 --> 03:47:10,976 AND ALSO A NOVEL MOUSE MODEL 6088 03:47:10,976 --> 03:47:11,944 WHICH I'LL TALK A LITTLE ABOUT 6089 03:47:11,944 --> 03:47:13,579 WHEN I TALK IN RETROVIRAL 2. 6090 03:47:13,579 --> 03:47:15,447 I'M IN OF COURSE NON-HUMAN 6091 03:47:15,447 --> 03:47:18,851 PRIMATES. 6092 03:47:18,851 --> 03:47:20,185 SO AS YOU WOULD GUESS FROM THE 6093 03:47:20,185 --> 03:47:22,821 NAME OF OUR COLLABORATORY, A LOT 6094 03:47:22,821 --> 03:47:24,957 OF OUR TECHNOLOGIES ARE BASED ON 6095 03:47:24,957 --> 03:47:25,424 CRISPR. 6096 03:47:25,424 --> 03:47:26,825 WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS 6097 03:47:26,825 --> 03:47:27,326 WITH CRISPR. 6098 03:47:27,326 --> 03:47:29,361 ONE IS FOR CRISPR MODIFICATION 6099 03:47:29,361 --> 03:47:32,064 OF IMMUNE CELLS AND THAT'S IN 6100 03:47:32,064 --> 03:47:33,732 RETROVIRAL 2, AND THEN 6101 03:47:33,732 --> 03:47:36,001 RETROVIRAL 3 IS REALLY LOOKING 6102 03:47:36,001 --> 03:47:37,269 AT THE ELIMINATION OF THE VIRAL 6103 03:47:37,269 --> 03:47:37,569 RESERVOIR. 6104 03:47:37,569 --> 03:47:39,838 SO WE TAKE KIND OF A MULTIPLEX 6105 03:47:39,838 --> 03:47:40,873 APPROACH IN ALL OF THESE WHERE 6106 03:47:40,873 --> 03:47:45,644 WE LOOK AT CRISPR MODIFICATION, 6107 03:47:45,644 --> 03:47:46,645 SELECTION OF THE GUIDE RNAs 6108 03:47:46,645 --> 03:47:48,247 AND THAT'S WHAT GIVES US THE 6109 03:47:48,247 --> 03:47:48,747 SPECIFICITY. 6110 03:47:48,747 --> 03:47:50,449 WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF OFF 6111 03:47:50,449 --> 03:47:53,719 TARGET ASSESSMENTS AND THEN DO 6112 03:47:53,719 --> 03:47:55,153 EX VIVO EVALUATIONS OF 6113 03:47:55,153 --> 03:47:59,791 EFFICIENCY AND SPECIFICITY. 6114 03:47:59,791 --> 03:48:02,060 THIS INCLUDES BARCODED VIRAL 6115 03:48:02,060 --> 03:48:03,462 ANALYSIS WHICH WE USED IN 6116 03:48:03,462 --> 03:48:05,197 RETROVIRAL 1. 6117 03:48:05,197 --> 03:48:07,799 AGAIN WE USE AN AAV DELIVERY 6118 03:48:07,799 --> 03:48:14,539 SYSTEM AND IN RF3, AND WE HAVE 6119 03:48:14,539 --> 03:48:18,377 OUR IN VIVO ANALYSES. 6120 03:48:18,377 --> 03:48:19,711 SO I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE 6121 03:48:19,711 --> 03:48:20,879 ABOUT WE'RE A NEW COLLABORATORY 6122 03:48:20,879 --> 03:48:22,180 BUT THESE PAPERS WERE DIRECTLY 6123 03:48:22,180 --> 03:48:23,582 FUNDED OR PARTIALLY FUNDED BY 6124 03:48:23,582 --> 03:48:25,350 THE CRISPR FOR CURE 6125 03:48:25,350 --> 03:48:27,986 COLLABORATORY, SO AS CLEARLY 6126 03:48:27,986 --> 03:48:30,489 ALLUDED TO, THE PAPER LOOKING AT 6127 03:48:30,489 --> 03:48:33,458 CRISPR EDITING BETWEEN CCR5 AND 6128 03:48:33,458 --> 03:48:34,793 HIV, AS WELL AS WE DID ANOTHER 6129 03:48:34,793 --> 03:48:41,800 STUDY LOOKING AT THE CRISPR 6130 03:48:41,800 --> 03:48:44,970 EDITING OF PROTEIN COSMOGS AND 6131 03:48:44,970 --> 03:48:45,971 THEN SOME OTHER STUDIES YOU CAN 6132 03:48:45,971 --> 03:48:46,471 SEE AS WELL. 6133 03:48:46,471 --> 03:48:48,573 I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP OUR 6134 03:48:48,573 --> 03:48:50,409 CORPORATE PARTNER WHICH IS 6135 03:48:50,409 --> 03:48:51,109 EXCISION BIOTHERAPEUTICS. 6136 03:48:51,109 --> 03:48:56,715 WE DID A PAPER WITH THEM ABOUT 6137 03:48:56,715 --> 03:49:00,218 THE RECLINICAL SAFETY FOR SAB 6138 03:49:00,218 --> 03:49:01,353 NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AND THAT WAS 6139 03:49:01,353 --> 03:49:03,288 NOT FUNDED BY THE DELANEY. 6140 03:49:03,288 --> 03:49:04,957 AS ALLUDED TO, THEY HAVE 6141 03:49:04,957 --> 03:49:08,860 RECEIVED FDA APPROVAL FOR USING 6142 03:49:08,860 --> 03:49:14,466 CRISPR IN PEOPLE WITH HIV. 6143 03:49:14,466 --> 03:49:17,169 NOW I'M GOING TO INVITE BEN, ONE 6144 03:49:17,169 --> 03:49:21,139 OF OUR EARLY STAGE 6145 03:49:21,139 --> 03:49:22,240 INVESTIGATORS FROM THE LAB. 6146 03:49:22,240 --> 03:49:32,417 [APPLAUSE] 6147 03:49:45,397 --> 03:49:46,298 >> THANK YOU. 6148 03:49:46,298 --> 03:49:48,900 I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF 6149 03:49:48,900 --> 03:49:50,202 OVERVIEW, KEY QUESTION BEING 6150 03:49:50,202 --> 03:49:51,837 WHETHER OR NOT RNA AND DNA 6151 03:49:51,837 --> 03:49:55,140 METHODS FOR MEASURING HIV 6152 03:49:55,140 --> 03:49:58,310 RESERVOIRS CAN BE ADAPTED TO 6153 03:49:58,310 --> 03:50:00,979 SIV -- CAN BE EVALUATED IN AN 6154 03:50:00,979 --> 03:50:02,714 SIV INFECTED RHESUS MACAQUE 6155 03:50:02,714 --> 03:50:03,181 MODEL. 6156 03:50:03,181 --> 03:50:04,349 SOME KEY FINDINGS, WE AND OTHERS 6157 03:50:04,349 --> 03:50:06,718 HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR 6158 03:50:06,718 --> 03:50:09,721 ADAPTING THESE MEASUREMENT 6159 03:50:09,721 --> 03:50:13,125 TECHNIQUES FOR HIV RESERVOIRS 6160 03:50:13,125 --> 03:50:13,892 ADAPTIVE FOR SIV. 6161 03:50:13,892 --> 03:50:15,627 THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE DOING 6162 03:50:15,627 --> 03:50:16,962 RESERVOIR MEASUREMENTS OF SIV 6163 03:50:16,962 --> 03:50:18,897 WILL HELP EVALUATE POTENTIAL 6164 03:50:18,897 --> 03:50:19,865 ERADICATION STRATEGIES THAT WE 6165 03:50:19,865 --> 03:50:21,767 HOPE CAN EFFICIENTLY BE APPLIED 6166 03:50:21,767 --> 03:50:25,270 TO HIV. 6167 03:50:25,270 --> 03:50:26,471 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE 6168 03:50:26,471 --> 03:50:27,672 WE NOW BASE BACEICALLY HAVE MANY 6169 03:50:27,672 --> 03:50:29,307 OF THE TOOLS WE WOULD NEED TO 6170 03:50:29,307 --> 03:50:30,242 SHOW SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN 6171 03:50:30,242 --> 03:50:32,677 HIV RESERVOIRS ON A PATH TOWARDS 6172 03:50:32,677 --> 03:50:33,745 EVENTUALLY GETTING SOMEONE OFF 6173 03:50:33,745 --> 03:50:35,814 OF THERAPY OR AT LEAST HAVING 6174 03:50:35,814 --> 03:50:39,217 THERAPY INTERRUPTION, BUT AN TAI 6175 03:50:39,217 --> 03:50:40,452 WOULD NOT BE NEEDED BECAUSE 6176 03:50:40,452 --> 03:50:41,520 THESE TECHNIQUES ARE SO 6177 03:50:41,520 --> 03:50:43,522 SENSITIVE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT 6178 03:50:43,522 --> 03:50:44,923 WE HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE 6179 03:50:44,923 --> 03:50:45,891 RESERVOIR AND IF IT'S SAFE TO 6180 03:50:45,891 --> 03:50:48,293 CONTINUE. 6181 03:50:48,293 --> 03:50:49,661 SO TODAY I'LL BE DESCRIBING OUR 6182 03:50:49,661 --> 03:50:51,763 METHOD FOR DETECTING HIV 6183 03:50:51,763 --> 03:50:53,698 PROVIRUSES USING A DIGITAL PCR, 6184 03:50:53,698 --> 03:50:55,000 AND THIS IS A METHOD WE 6185 03:50:55,000 --> 03:50:56,334 DEVELOPED PRIOR TO THE 6186 03:50:56,334 --> 03:50:57,903 PUBLICATION OF THE MORE WIDELY 6187 03:50:57,903 --> 03:51:00,005 ADOPTED IPDA. 6188 03:51:00,005 --> 03:51:02,407 IT'S USING A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 6189 03:51:02,407 --> 03:51:03,542 APPROACH BUT YIELDS VERY SIMILAR 6190 03:51:03,542 --> 03:51:05,811 RESULTS. 6191 03:51:05,811 --> 03:51:08,880 HERE ARE THE BINDING SITES FOR 6192 03:51:08,880 --> 03:51:13,985 OUR PRIMER PROBE SETS IN AFN 6193 03:51:13,985 --> 03:51:15,420 ASSAY WE CALL THE POTENTIALLY 6194 03:51:15,420 --> 03:51:19,357 INTACT PROVIRAL LOAD ASSAY OR 6195 03:51:19,357 --> 03:51:20,058 PIPL FOR SHORT. 6196 03:51:20,058 --> 03:51:21,593 YOU CAN SEE IN COMPARISON WITH 6197 03:51:21,593 --> 03:51:22,461 THE IPDA. 6198 03:51:22,461 --> 03:51:23,829 SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE THIS 6199 03:51:23,829 --> 03:51:27,265 ASSAY TO SHOW IN VITRO SOME 6200 03:51:27,265 --> 03:51:29,201 REDUCTIONS OF HIV RESERVOIRS 6201 03:51:29,201 --> 03:51:31,169 AFTER TREATMENT WITH CYTOTOXIC 6202 03:51:31,169 --> 03:51:32,671 NK CELLS THAT WERE EXPANDED IN 6203 03:51:32,671 --> 03:51:35,640 OUR LABORATORY AND WORKED WITH 6204 03:51:35,640 --> 03:51:38,310 MARY ANN AND THAT'S GOING TO BE 6205 03:51:38,310 --> 03:51:42,747 PUBLISHED LATER THIS YEAR. 6206 03:51:42,747 --> 03:51:45,517 SO ALL HIV CELLS AS YOU KNOW 6207 03:51:45,517 --> 03:51:48,386 CONTAIN A COPY OF THE HIV GENOME 6208 03:51:48,386 --> 03:51:49,754 SHOWN HERE INTEGRATED INTO THEIR 6209 03:51:49,754 --> 03:51:51,256 DNA BUT MOST PROVIRUSES IN 6210 03:51:51,256 --> 03:51:53,125 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ARE 6211 03:51:53,125 --> 03:51:54,459 DEFECTIVE DUE TO LARGE 6212 03:51:54,459 --> 03:51:55,560 DELUSIONS, SO AN IMPORTANT PART 6213 03:51:55,560 --> 03:51:57,896 OF FINDING AN HIV CURE IS TO 6214 03:51:57,896 --> 03:51:59,297 DETERMINE HOW MANY OF THESE 6215 03:51:59,297 --> 03:52:01,600 PROVIRUSES ARE ACTUALLY INTACT 6216 03:52:01,600 --> 03:52:02,934 SINCE THIS IS AT LEAST ONE 6217 03:52:02,934 --> 03:52:05,070 REQUIREMENT TO MAKING A 6218 03:52:05,070 --> 03:52:06,071 REPLICATION COMPETENT VIRUS THAT 6219 03:52:06,071 --> 03:52:08,073 CAN SPREAD TO OTHER CELLS AND 6220 03:52:08,073 --> 03:52:10,609 INCREASE THE VIRAL RESERVOIR. 6221 03:52:10,609 --> 03:52:14,379 SO IN OUR ASSAY, THE DNA IS 6222 03:52:14,379 --> 03:52:17,382 EXTRACTED FROM CD4 T-CELLS AND 6223 03:52:17,382 --> 03:52:19,751 THEN MIXED WITH PCR REAGENTS AND 6224 03:52:19,751 --> 03:52:21,286 PRIMERS AND PROBE FOR GAG AND 6225 03:52:21,286 --> 03:52:22,687 ENVELOPE AND THESE ARE SPREAD ON 6226 03:52:22,687 --> 03:52:27,959 TO A MICRO CHIP IN SOLUTION WITH 6227 03:52:27,959 --> 03:52:29,094 ABOUT 20,000 WELLS PER CHIP AND 6228 03:52:29,094 --> 03:52:30,896 THIS IS DONE WITHOUT MAKING ANY 6229 03:52:30,896 --> 03:52:33,532 OIL-BASED DROP LETS. 6230 03:52:33,532 --> 03:52:35,167 AFTER THERMAL CYCLING AND 6231 03:52:35,167 --> 03:52:36,368 SCANNING FOR FLUORESCENCE, ONE 6232 03:52:36,368 --> 03:52:38,136 CAN SEE PROVIRUS IS DETECTED 6233 03:52:38,136 --> 03:52:39,905 ONLY WITH GAG OR ENVELOPE 6234 03:52:39,905 --> 03:52:41,206 PRIMERS, AND SO THESE SINGLE 6235 03:52:41,206 --> 03:52:43,575 POSITIVES ARE CONSIDERED 6236 03:52:43,575 --> 03:52:45,844 DEFECTIVE, COMPARED TO THE MORE 6237 03:52:45,844 --> 03:52:47,546 RARE DOUBLE POSITIVES RECOGNIZED 6238 03:52:47,546 --> 03:52:49,247 BY BOTH SETS OF PRIMERS, WHICH 6239 03:52:49,247 --> 03:52:50,415 WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE 6240 03:52:50,415 --> 03:52:52,784 POTENTIALLY INTACT. 6241 03:52:52,784 --> 03:52:54,286 AGAIN THIS IS PROBABLY BASED ON 6242 03:52:54,286 --> 03:52:56,288 RESULTS PUBLISHED USING THE IPDA 6243 03:52:56,288 --> 03:52:59,791 METHOD. 6244 03:52:59,791 --> 03:53:01,326 SO SHOWN HERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT 6245 03:53:01,326 --> 03:53:04,329 CONTROLS FOR THIS ASSAY, WHICH 6246 03:53:04,329 --> 03:53:06,798 WOULD BE TRUE OF ANY IPDA. 6247 03:53:06,798 --> 03:53:08,767 SO THE DNA FROM HIV NEGATIVE 6248 03:53:08,767 --> 03:53:10,068 CELLS HELP ESTABLISH THE 6249 03:53:10,068 --> 03:53:10,969 BACKGROUND LEVELS OF 6250 03:53:10,969 --> 03:53:12,470 FLUORESCENCE THAT WE CAN EXCLUDE 6251 03:53:12,470 --> 03:53:14,439 AND WHEN THIS DNA IS MIXED WITH 6252 03:53:14,439 --> 03:53:18,143 A MOLECULAR CLONE OF HIV, THIS 6253 03:53:18,143 --> 03:53:20,111 REPRESENTS A 100% INTACT 6254 03:53:20,111 --> 03:53:22,214 PROVIRUS AND IN THIS CON TECH, 6255 03:53:22,214 --> 03:53:25,750 WITHIN ACCESS OF HIV NEGATIVE 6256 03:53:25,750 --> 03:53:26,918 DNA THERE'S NO FALSE DETECTION 6257 03:53:26,918 --> 03:53:28,453 OF DEFECTIVE SINGLE POSITIVE 6258 03:53:28,453 --> 03:53:30,422 PROVIRUSES DUE TO ANY PCR 6259 03:53:30,422 --> 03:53:32,691 INHIBITION OR ERRORS, AND SO ALL 6260 03:53:32,691 --> 03:53:35,327 THAT WE SEE ARE DETECTED AS 6261 03:53:35,327 --> 03:53:36,261 INTACT WITH THIS APPROACH. 6262 03:53:36,261 --> 03:53:38,763 ON THE RIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF 6263 03:53:38,763 --> 03:53:41,600 MEMORY CD4 T-CELLS DNA FROM A 6264 03:53:41,600 --> 03:53:43,501 PERSON WITH HIV ON ART. 6265 03:53:43,501 --> 03:53:44,970 THIS ILLUSTRATES THE ABUNDANCE 6266 03:53:44,970 --> 03:53:47,572 OF DEFECTIVE PROVIRUSES DETECTED 6267 03:53:47,572 --> 03:53:49,207 WITH OUR ASSAY VERY SIMILAR TO 6268 03:53:49,207 --> 03:53:51,276 THE IPDA IN THESE SINGLE 6269 03:53:51,276 --> 03:53:53,712 POSITIVES AND ONLY A RARE 6270 03:53:53,712 --> 03:53:56,648 PROPORTION IS ACTUALLY A DOUBLE 6271 03:53:56,648 --> 03:53:57,849 POSITIVE THAT WOULD BE 6272 03:53:57,849 --> 03:53:58,750 CONSIDERED POTENTIALLY INTACT, 6273 03:53:58,750 --> 03:54:02,921 IN THIS CASE ONLY 4%. 6274 03:54:02,921 --> 03:54:04,990 SO BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH 6275 03:54:04,990 --> 03:54:06,725 DOING THESE KINDS OF ASSAYS, I 6276 03:54:06,725 --> 03:54:10,328 WAS RECRUITED BY THE CRISPR FOR 6277 03:54:10,328 --> 03:54:13,598 CURE TO GET SOME OF THE 6278 03:54:13,598 --> 03:54:16,668 PUBLISHED SIV IPDAs UP AND 6279 03:54:16,668 --> 03:54:19,304 RUNNING WITH OUR EQUIPMENT SO WE 6280 03:54:19,304 --> 03:54:22,107 COULD EVALUATE IN RHESUS 6281 03:54:22,107 --> 03:54:22,474 MACAQUES. 6282 03:54:22,474 --> 03:54:25,577 SO THE LOCATIONS AND PRIMERS OF 6283 03:54:25,577 --> 03:54:29,581 THE PROBES USED IN THE SIV ARE 6284 03:54:29,581 --> 03:54:31,349 SHOWN HERE IN COMPARISON WITH 6285 03:54:31,349 --> 03:54:33,818 THE HIV, AND AGAIN THIS WAS 6286 03:54:33,818 --> 03:54:37,889 DEVELOPED FROM BOB SILICANO'S 6287 03:54:37,889 --> 03:54:38,957 LAB, TO SEE WHERE THE DELETIONS 6288 03:54:38,957 --> 03:54:41,793 TEND TO OCCUR, AND SO THEY 6289 03:54:41,793 --> 03:54:42,794 DETERMINED THAT POLE, AN 6290 03:54:42,794 --> 03:54:45,230 ENVELOPE WHERE THE BEST TARGETS 6291 03:54:45,230 --> 03:54:47,932 TO PROBE FOR. 6292 03:54:47,932 --> 03:54:49,701 AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO ADAPT THIS 6293 03:54:49,701 --> 03:54:52,637 APPROACH USING OUR MICRO 6294 03:54:52,637 --> 03:54:57,909 CHIP-BASED DIGITAL PCR. 6295 03:54:57,909 --> 03:55:00,078 I HIT A BUTTON. 6296 03:55:00,078 --> 03:55:05,216 HOW DO I GET BACK TO -- THIS IS 6297 03:55:05,216 --> 03:55:15,694 NOT -- SO HERE'S HOW THE SIV 6298 03:56:22,460 --> 03:56:23,294 IPDA IS LOOKING. 6299 03:56:23,294 --> 03:56:24,195 WITH OUR EQUIPMENT, AGAIN, THIS 6300 03:56:24,195 --> 03:56:26,264 IS NOT BASED ON A DIGITAL 6301 03:56:26,264 --> 03:56:27,465 DROPLET BUT IT'S A SIMILAR IDEA. 6302 03:56:27,465 --> 03:56:29,434 ATION YOU CAN SEE, THE CONTROL 6303 03:56:29,434 --> 03:56:31,136 WITH SIV NEGATIVE CELLS HAS VERY 6304 03:56:31,136 --> 03:56:32,670 LITTLE BACKGROUND, COMES OUT 6305 03:56:32,670 --> 03:56:34,239 VERY CLEAN, AND SO ON THE RIGHT, 6306 03:56:34,239 --> 03:56:39,077 I TESTED CD4 T-CELL DNA FROM 6307 03:56:39,077 --> 03:56:40,645 SHIF INFECTED RHESUS MACAQUE AND 6308 03:56:40,645 --> 03:56:43,548 THIS IS CLEARLY DETECTING 6309 03:56:43,548 --> 03:56:45,083 DEFECTIVE PROVIRUSES IN BLUE AND 6310 03:56:45,083 --> 03:56:46,584 RED DOTS COMPARED TO THE 6311 03:56:46,584 --> 03:56:48,386 POTENTIALLY INTACT PROVIRUSES 6312 03:56:48,386 --> 03:56:51,756 SHOWN IN GREEN. 6313 03:56:51,756 --> 03:56:54,692 SO SWITCHING GEARS NOW, WE CAN 6314 03:56:54,692 --> 03:56:58,196 ALSO DETECT SPLICED HIV MRNA AS 6315 03:56:58,196 --> 03:56:59,731 A WAY TO QUANTIFY POTENTIAL 6316 03:56:59,731 --> 03:57:01,966 RESERVOIR, SO IN RESPONSE TO HIV 6317 03:57:01,966 --> 03:57:03,635 AT THAT TIME, IT'S TRANSCRIBED 6318 03:57:03,635 --> 03:57:10,775 AND SPLICED, REHE MOV REMOVING E 6319 03:57:10,775 --> 03:57:13,178 SECTION ON THE LEFT OR DOUBLY 6320 03:57:13,178 --> 03:57:14,145 SPLICED REMOVING THIS REGION ON 6321 03:57:14,145 --> 03:57:16,514 THE RIGHT, OR UNSPLICED, AND ALL 6322 03:57:16,514 --> 03:57:18,783 THE SPLICED RNAs USE A MAJOR 6323 03:57:18,783 --> 03:57:20,885 SUPPLIES DONOR SITE D1 AND THOSE 6324 03:57:20,885 --> 03:57:24,489 THAT DO NOT REMAIN UNSPLICED. 6325 03:57:24,489 --> 03:57:27,425 SO THE CELLS THAT CAN PRODUCE 6326 03:57:27,425 --> 03:57:29,494 SPLICED HV RNAs ARE NOT 6327 03:57:29,494 --> 03:57:30,562 ENTIRELY DEFECTIVE BECAUSE HIV 6328 03:57:30,562 --> 03:57:32,163 AT THAT TIME IS PRESENT, 6329 03:57:32,163 --> 03:57:33,231 SUPPLIES ACCEPTOR SITES ARE 6330 03:57:33,231 --> 03:57:34,098 PRESENT, SO WE CONSIDER THAT 6331 03:57:34,098 --> 03:57:35,733 THESE CELLS ARE MORE LIKELY TO 6332 03:57:35,733 --> 03:57:38,236 EXPRESS HIV PROTEINS, POSSIBLY 6333 03:57:38,236 --> 03:57:40,104 RELEASE HIV, AND CONTRIBUTE TO 6334 03:57:40,104 --> 03:57:43,274 CHRONIC IMMUNE CELL EXHAUSTION. 6335 03:57:43,274 --> 03:57:45,376 HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF THESE CELLS 6336 03:57:45,376 --> 03:57:46,778 NECESSARILY HAVE INTACT 6337 03:57:46,778 --> 03:57:47,579 PROVIRUSES THAT COULD INCREASE 6338 03:57:47,579 --> 03:57:50,949 THE SIZE OF THE RESERVOIR, AND 6339 03:57:50,949 --> 03:57:53,485 LATENTLY INFECTED CELLS ALSO 6340 03:57:53,485 --> 03:57:54,686 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EXPRESS 6341 03:57:54,686 --> 03:57:56,321 THESE RNAs EVEN IF THE 6342 03:57:56,321 --> 03:57:57,989 PROVIRUSES WE DETECT ARE INTACT. 6343 03:57:57,989 --> 03:58:01,659 SO IT'S BEEN SHOWN -- THIS GOT A 6344 03:58:01,659 --> 03:58:03,127 LITTLE MESSED UP BUT IT'S FINE. 6345 03:58:03,127 --> 03:58:04,395 IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT VAST 6346 03:58:04,395 --> 03:58:06,364 MAJORITY OF SINGLY AND DOUBLY 6347 03:58:06,364 --> 03:58:08,500 SPLICED RNAs SPLICED FROM THIS 6348 03:58:08,500 --> 03:58:10,735 DONOR 1 SITE TO EITHER ACCEPTOR 6349 03:58:10,735 --> 03:58:13,071 4 OR 5, ESPECIALLY WITH A VERY 6350 03:58:13,071 --> 03:58:14,939 HIGH PREFERENCE FOR ACCEPTOR 5, 6351 03:58:14,939 --> 03:58:15,907 1 THING THAT I NOTICED IS THAT 6352 03:58:15,907 --> 03:58:18,943 ALL OF THESE RNAs WHICH ENCODE 6353 03:58:18,943 --> 03:58:22,247 FOR ENVELOPE, REV AND NEF, THEY 6354 03:58:22,247 --> 03:58:26,417 ALL SHARE THIS COMMON SEQUENCE R 6355 03:58:26,417 --> 03:58:26,818 4 SITE. 6356 03:58:26,818 --> 03:58:28,119 SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT BY 6357 03:58:28,119 --> 03:58:30,355 PRIMING ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS 6358 03:58:30,355 --> 03:58:32,190 JUNCTION, BETWEEN DONOR 1 AND 6359 03:58:32,190 --> 03:58:33,525 ACCEPTOR 5, IT POSSIBLE TO 6360 03:58:33,525 --> 03:58:35,360 DETECT ALL OF THESE RNAs, AT 6361 03:58:35,360 --> 03:58:40,265 LEAST THEORETICALLY BY RTPCR, SO 6362 03:58:40,265 --> 03:58:42,033 PREVIOUSLY QPCR METHODS THAT 6363 03:58:42,033 --> 03:58:43,902 RELIED ON A MORE TWO-STEP 6364 03:58:43,902 --> 03:58:44,969 APPROACH, ONE ROUND FOLLOWED BY 6365 03:58:44,969 --> 03:58:47,272 A NESTED QPCR, BUT WITH MY 6366 03:58:47,272 --> 03:58:48,406 PROTOCOL AND THE PRIMERS THAT 6367 03:58:48,406 --> 03:58:50,575 I'VE MADE, IT'S ACTUALLY 6368 03:58:50,575 --> 03:58:51,476 POSSIBLE -- IT'S ACTUALLY 6369 03:58:51,476 --> 03:58:53,278 SENSITIVE ENOUGH TO DETECT THESE 6370 03:58:53,278 --> 03:58:57,015 RNAs BY A SI SINGLE ONE STEP 6371 03:58:57,015 --> 03:59:00,285 DIGITAL PCR SO THIS GIVES A 6372 03:59:00,285 --> 03:59:01,052 SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE BECAUSE 6373 03:59:01,052 --> 03:59:02,487 WITH DIGITAL PCR, YOU CAN 6374 03:59:02,487 --> 03:59:04,756 DIRECTLY COUNT THE RNA MOLECULES 6375 03:59:04,756 --> 03:59:07,392 THAT ARE SPREAD ON TO THE PCR 6376 03:59:07,392 --> 03:59:08,726 MICRO CHIP WITHOUT THE NEED FOR 6377 03:59:08,726 --> 03:59:10,562 STANDARD CURVE OR ANY REFERENCE. 6378 03:59:10,562 --> 03:59:12,764 SO THIS IS A POWERFUL TOOL. 6379 03:59:12,764 --> 03:59:17,502 IT'SIT'S VERY HIGHLY SPECIFIC TO 6380 03:59:17,502 --> 03:59:18,636 DETECTION OF RNA WITH VERY 6381 03:59:18,636 --> 03:59:20,038 LITTLE BACKGROUND IN UNAFFECTED 6382 03:59:20,038 --> 03:59:21,506 CELLS AND IT'S HIGHLY 6383 03:59:21,506 --> 03:59:22,307 QUANTITATIVE, WHICH I'M ABLE TO 6384 03:59:22,307 --> 03:59:24,375 SHOW WITH A SERIAL DELUSION OF A 6385 03:59:24,375 --> 03:59:26,210 KNOWN NUMBER OF HIV-POSITIVE 6386 03:59:26,210 --> 03:59:27,645 CELLS DELIVERED WITH HIV 6387 03:59:27,645 --> 03:59:29,581 NEGATIVE CELLS IN THIS RANGE OF 6388 03:59:29,581 --> 03:59:31,683 ABOUT 128 TO 512 CELLS PER 6389 03:59:31,683 --> 03:59:33,084 MILLION. 6390 03:59:33,084 --> 03:59:35,987 AND AGAIN THIS IS QUANTITATIVE, 6391 03:59:35,987 --> 03:59:37,288 VERY LINEAR RELATIONSHIP, AND 6392 03:59:37,288 --> 03:59:38,990 THE ASSAY IS SENSITIVE ENOUGH TO 6393 03:59:38,990 --> 03:59:41,726 DETECT INDUCIBLE HV RNA IN 6394 03:59:41,726 --> 03:59:43,828 PRIMARY CELLS, SO CD4 T-CELLS 6395 03:59:43,828 --> 03:59:45,430 FROM A PERSON LIVING WITH HIV, 6396 03:59:45,430 --> 03:59:47,865 AND THAT WE HAVE IN VITRO 6397 03:59:47,865 --> 03:59:49,200 STIMULATED OVERNIGHT AND SHOW 6398 03:59:49,200 --> 03:59:52,270 THE UPREGULATION OF HIV RNA. 6399 03:59:52,270 --> 03:59:54,405 WE CAN LITERALLY COUNT THESE 6400 03:59:54,405 --> 03:59:57,041 RNAs IN THE UNIT BEING THE 6401 03:59:57,041 --> 03:59:58,543 NUMBER OF RNA MOLECULES PER 6402 03:59:58,543 --> 03:59:59,777 MICROGRAM OF RNA. 6403 03:59:59,777 --> 04:00:05,483 TOTAL RNA. 6404 04:00:05,483 --> 04:00:08,653 SO I ALSO MODIFY THIS ASSAY TO 6405 04:00:08,653 --> 04:00:10,054 DETECT SIV RESERVOIRS IN RNA 6406 04:00:10,054 --> 04:00:14,158 FROM CD4 T-CELLS, INFECTED 6407 04:00:14,158 --> 04:00:16,094 RHESUS MACAQUES HERE SHOWING A 6408 04:00:16,094 --> 04:00:17,795 SIMILAR PRIMING STRATEGY, AND SO 6409 04:00:17,795 --> 04:00:20,765 HERE IS THE DATA THAT I GET FROM 6410 04:00:20,765 --> 04:00:24,268 THIS ASSAY, AGAIN THERE'S 6411 04:00:24,268 --> 04:00:27,038 NEGATIVE CELL RNA PUT INTO THE 6412 04:00:27,038 --> 04:00:28,439 ASSAY SO WE CAN DEFINE THE 6413 04:00:28,439 --> 04:00:30,842 BACKGROUND LEVEL OF FLUORESCENCE 6414 04:00:30,842 --> 04:00:32,610 TO FIND A THRESHOLD AND WITH 6415 04:00:32,610 --> 04:00:34,612 ACUTELY AFFECTED CELLS WE CAN 6416 04:00:34,612 --> 04:00:36,180 SHOW A HE HAVE HIGH LEVEL OF RNA 6417 04:00:36,180 --> 04:00:37,782 DETECTED AND ALSO ILLUSTRATING 6418 04:00:37,782 --> 04:00:38,716 THE DYNAMIC RANGE OF THIS ASSAY, 6419 04:00:38,716 --> 04:00:40,451 SO OVER 200,000 RNA MOLECULES 6420 04:00:40,451 --> 04:00:42,253 CAN BE DETECTED PER MICROGRAM 6421 04:00:42,253 --> 04:00:43,821 WITHOUT SATURATION. 6422 04:00:43,821 --> 04:00:46,824 AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, USING 6423 04:00:46,824 --> 04:00:48,826 CD4 T-CELLS FROM AN SIV INFECTED 6424 04:00:48,826 --> 04:00:50,995 RHESUS MACAQUE WE'RE ABLE TO 6425 04:00:50,995 --> 04:00:52,964 DETECT EVEN IN AN UNSTIMULATED 6426 04:00:52,964 --> 04:00:54,565 STATE SIV MRNAs THAT ARE 6427 04:00:54,565 --> 04:00:55,867 SPLICED, AND THEN WHEN WE TREAT 6428 04:00:55,867 --> 04:00:58,603 THESE CELLS OVERNIGHT WITH A -- 6429 04:00:58,603 --> 04:00:59,737 STIMULUS, WE CAN ALSO SAMPLE 6430 04:00:59,737 --> 04:01:02,006 THOSE AND SEE INDUCTION OF SIV 6431 04:01:02,006 --> 04:01:03,675 RNA AND SHOW THAT THERE WAS 6432 04:01:03,675 --> 04:01:07,478 LATENCY IN THIS SYSTEM. 6433 04:01:07,478 --> 04:01:10,314 SO IN CONCLUSION, I THINK I'M 6434 04:01:10,314 --> 04:01:12,316 ABLE TO CONVINCE YOU THAT WE'RE 6435 04:01:12,316 --> 04:01:16,120 ABLE TO DETECT -- RNAs 6436 04:01:16,120 --> 04:01:18,256 DIRECTLY BY ONE STEP 6437 04:01:18,256 --> 04:01:19,757 ADDITIONAL -- PCR. 6438 04:01:19,757 --> 04:01:22,326 THIS ASSAY IS HIGHLY SPECIFIC, 6439 04:01:22,326 --> 04:01:22,960 QUANTITATIVE, SENSITIVE ENOUGH 6440 04:01:22,960 --> 04:01:24,429 THAT YOU CAN DETECT RESERVOIRS 6441 04:01:24,429 --> 04:01:25,763 IN PRIMARY SAMPLES AND ALSO I 6442 04:01:25,763 --> 04:01:27,932 CAN SHOW SIV LATENCY IN RHESUS 6443 04:01:27,932 --> 04:01:28,266 MACAQUES. 6444 04:01:28,266 --> 04:01:29,333 SO OUR PLAN IS TO APPLY THIS 6445 04:01:29,333 --> 04:01:32,236 KIND OF APPROACH TO SAMPLES FROM 6446 04:01:32,236 --> 04:01:34,338 SIV INFECTED RHESUS MACAQUES ON 6447 04:01:34,338 --> 04:01:36,641 ART WITH OR WITHOUT A CRISPR 6448 04:01:36,641 --> 04:01:38,543 MEDIATED ERADICATION STRATEGY. 6449 04:01:38,543 --> 04:01:41,145 AND JUST LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO 6450 04:01:41,145 --> 04:01:43,347 BRANDON KEEL WHO'S MADE A 6451 04:01:43,347 --> 04:01:44,716 BARCODED VERSION OF SIV THAT 6452 04:01:44,716 --> 04:01:45,917 YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT LATER, 6453 04:01:45,917 --> 04:01:47,618 AND THE SAMPLES WE GET FROM 6454 04:01:47,618 --> 04:01:49,887 RHESUS MACAQUES PROVIDED BY 6455 04:01:49,887 --> 04:01:54,192 TRISHA BURDOW. 6456 04:01:54,192 --> 04:01:57,028 THANKS TO JONATHAN KARN FOR 6457 04:01:57,028 --> 04:01:58,262 MENTORSHIP AND THANKS FOR THE 6458 04:01:58,262 --> 04:02:01,933 FUNDING FROM THE CRIP CRISPR FE 6459 04:02:01,933 --> 04:02:03,034 AND OUR LOCAL CFAR. 6460 04:02:03,034 --> 04:02:03,501 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 6461 04:02:03,501 --> 04:02:09,841 [APPLAUSE] 6462 04:02:09,841 --> 04:02:11,109 >> NEXT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT 6463 04:02:11,109 --> 04:02:12,543 SOME OF OUR WORK WITH RF2. 6464 04:02:12,543 --> 04:02:15,980 SO I WANT TO SAY THAT RCHT 6465 04:02:15,980 --> 04:02:17,115 F2 HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 6466 04:02:17,115 --> 04:02:18,182 PROJECTS AND I'M ONLY GOING TO 6467 04:02:18,182 --> 04:02:19,217 BE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE 6468 04:02:19,217 --> 04:02:22,019 OBJECTIVES IN THIS PROJECT. 6469 04:02:22,019 --> 04:02:23,254 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 6470 04:02:23,254 --> 04:02:25,690 INVOLVED IN THESE STUDIES. 6471 04:02:25,690 --> 04:02:27,291 SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE PIs 6472 04:02:27,291 --> 04:02:30,128 AT TEMPLE OR MYSELF, 6473 04:02:30,128 --> 04:02:31,896 DR. KAMINSKI, DR. SHANE IS 6474 04:02:31,896 --> 04:02:34,499 INVOLVED IN THE MR. G STUDIES, 6475 04:02:34,499 --> 04:02:36,901 DR. KARN AND HIS GROUP AND THEN 6476 04:02:36,901 --> 04:02:41,072 WE WORK WITH EXCISION 6477 04:02:41,072 --> 04:02:43,174 BIOTHERAPEUTICS AND DR. JERRY 6478 04:02:43,174 --> 04:02:43,741 ZACK. 6479 04:02:43,741 --> 04:02:45,209 I WON'T BE SHARING ANY OF THE 6480 04:02:45,209 --> 04:02:49,413 MONKEY STUDIES BUT THOSE ARE 6481 04:02:49,413 --> 04:02:50,815 DONE WITH MARK -- SO HERE'S MY 6482 04:02:50,815 --> 04:02:51,949 PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY. 6483 04:02:51,949 --> 04:02:53,551 WHAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING 6484 04:02:53,551 --> 04:02:56,287 ABOUT IS CAN WE USE GENE EDITING 6485 04:02:56,287 --> 04:02:58,723 TO REMOVE THE HIV RECEPTOR 6486 04:02:58,723 --> 04:03:01,726 CCR5 TO STOP HIV FROM ENTERING 6487 04:03:01,726 --> 04:03:02,426 CELLS. 6488 04:03:02,426 --> 04:03:04,762 SO KEY FINDINGS WERE CRIP PER 6489 04:03:04,762 --> 04:03:06,164 TECHNOLOGIES HAVE SHOWN 6490 04:03:06,164 --> 04:03:07,632 PROMISING RESULTS IN CELL 6491 04:03:07,632 --> 04:03:10,268 CULTURE, BLOOD AND MOUSE MODEL. 6492 04:03:10,268 --> 04:03:11,536 AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? 6493 04:03:11,536 --> 04:03:13,237 SO PAST STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT 6494 04:03:13,237 --> 04:03:14,972 WHEN WE TRANSFER BONE MARROW 6495 04:03:14,972 --> 04:03:16,674 CELLS MISSING A PART OF THE CC 6496 04:03:16,674 --> 04:03:21,245 RMPLECCR5, WHICH WE CALL DELTA , 6497 04:03:21,245 --> 04:03:22,547 IT CAN LEAD TO A CURE. 6498 04:03:22,547 --> 04:03:23,981 WHY SHOULD WE BE EXCITED ABOUT 6499 04:03:23,981 --> 04:03:24,315 THIS? 6500 04:03:24,315 --> 04:03:25,716 THIS IS NOVEL RESEARCH WITH THE 6501 04:03:25,716 --> 04:03:28,119 GOAL OF REMOVING CCR5 TO BLOCK 6502 04:03:28,119 --> 04:03:28,820 HIV INFECTION. 6503 04:03:28,820 --> 04:03:30,555 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED 6504 04:03:30,555 --> 04:03:35,126 ABOUT DOING THIS HIV BLOCKING 6505 04:03:35,126 --> 04:03:36,661 CCR5 IN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS, 6506 04:03:36,661 --> 04:03:39,664 BUT OUR STRATEGY IS REALLY TO DO 6507 04:03:39,664 --> 04:03:43,801 AN IN VIVO GENE EDITING PROCESS. 6508 04:03:43,801 --> 04:03:44,869 SO AGAIN THE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS 6509 04:03:44,869 --> 04:03:49,140 IS TO KNOCK OUT CCR5 BY USING 6510 04:03:49,140 --> 04:03:50,842 CRISPR/CAS 9 GENE EDITING AND 6511 04:03:50,842 --> 04:03:54,912 THIS WILL LIMIT BORROW SPREAD 6512 04:03:54,912 --> 04:03:56,447 AND INFECTION AND POTENTIALLY 6513 04:03:56,447 --> 04:03:57,481 PROVIDE HELPER CELL FUNCTION. 6514 04:03:57,481 --> 04:04:00,718 SO REALLY OUR STRATEGY IS TO 6515 04:04:00,718 --> 04:04:05,656 PRODUCE TWO GUIDE RNAs, WE USE 6516 04:04:05,656 --> 04:04:07,792 TWO GUIDE RNAs TO COMPLETELY 6517 04:04:07,792 --> 04:04:10,328 REMOVE A SECTION OF THE CCR5 AND 6518 04:04:10,328 --> 04:04:15,566 RENDER IT INCAPABLE OF HAVING 6519 04:04:15,566 --> 04:04:18,102 HIV INFECT CELLS. 6520 04:04:18,102 --> 04:04:19,503 SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK A LOT 6521 04:04:19,503 --> 04:04:20,838 ABOUT OUR PAST STUDY, BUT I DO 6522 04:04:20,838 --> 04:04:25,877 WANT TO MAKE A NOTE OF OUR PAPER 6523 04:04:25,877 --> 04:04:29,947 DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH 6524 04:04:29,947 --> 04:04:32,516 DR. GENDELMAN AND DR. CALILI. 6525 04:04:32,516 --> 04:04:33,851 I WAS AN AUTHOR ON THERE AS 6526 04:04:33,851 --> 04:04:35,286 WELL, BUT IT'S A BIG GROUP OF 6527 04:04:35,286 --> 04:04:37,989 PEOPLE LOOKING TO LOOK AT CRISPR 6528 04:04:37,989 --> 04:04:40,424 GENE EDITING OF CCR5, AND WE DID 6529 04:04:40,424 --> 04:04:42,360 THIS IN COMBINATION WITH A -- 6530 04:04:42,360 --> 04:04:46,097 USING HIV CRISPR. 6531 04:04:46,097 --> 04:04:48,165 SO AGAIN WE SHOWED AT THE BOTTOM 6532 04:04:48,165 --> 04:04:50,067 A KIND OF OVERALL VIEW OF THE 6533 04:04:50,067 --> 04:04:50,268 STUDY. 6534 04:04:50,268 --> 04:04:55,273 SO THE MICE WERE ON ART, AND SO 6535 04:04:55,273 --> 04:04:58,009 RED OR -- THIS KIND OF GREY OR 6536 04:04:58,009 --> 04:04:59,911 ORANGE COLOR IS WHEN WE HAD 6537 04:04:59,911 --> 04:05:01,112 REBOUND AND WHITE IS WHEN WE DID 6538 04:05:01,112 --> 04:05:02,046 NOT HAVE REBOUND. 6539 04:05:02,046 --> 04:05:05,383 SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AS WE USED A 6540 04:05:05,383 --> 04:05:09,053 SINGLE CRISPR CCR5 OR IF WE USED 6541 04:05:09,053 --> 04:05:11,155 HIV CRISPR, WE HAD SOME ANIMALS 6542 04:05:11,155 --> 04:05:13,591 THAT DID NOT REBOUND AFTER AN 6543 04:05:13,591 --> 04:05:16,394 ATI, BUT WHEN WE USED BOTH THE 6544 04:05:16,394 --> 04:05:21,198 ART AND THE TWO CRISPRS, THE 6545 04:05:21,198 --> 04:05:23,334 CCR5 AND HIV, WE FOUND ONE 6546 04:05:23,334 --> 04:05:25,136 STUDY, 50% AND THE OTHER 67% OF 6547 04:05:25,136 --> 04:05:27,104 ANIMALS DID NOT REBOUND AFTER AN 6548 04:05:27,104 --> 04:05:30,207 ATI. 6549 04:05:30,207 --> 04:05:32,009 SO KIND OF THIS RENDITION HERE, 6550 04:05:32,009 --> 04:05:34,111 THIS WAS CALLED OUR GENERATION 6551 04:05:34,111 --> 04:05:35,313 1.0, SO THE TWO GUIDE RNAs 6552 04:05:35,313 --> 04:05:37,949 THAT WERE USED FOR CCR5 IN THOSE 6553 04:05:37,949 --> 04:05:39,450 STUDIES WERE A AND B, BUT REALLY 6554 04:05:39,450 --> 04:05:42,687 OUR STUDIES, WE WANTED TO LOOK 6555 04:05:42,687 --> 04:05:43,955 AT POSSIBLE GUIDE RNAs THAT 6556 04:05:43,955 --> 04:05:48,159 WOULD WORK IN BOTH RHESUS AND 6557 04:05:48,159 --> 04:05:49,093 HUMAN BECAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE FROM 6558 04:05:49,093 --> 04:05:51,262 THE DATA, THE A AND B GUIDES DID 6559 04:05:51,262 --> 04:05:52,930 NOT WORK VERY WELL IN RHESUS. 6560 04:05:52,930 --> 04:05:55,199 SO WE DECIDED TO LOOK AT A 6561 04:05:55,199 --> 04:05:56,901 SECOND GENERATION OF GUIDES THAT 6562 04:05:56,901 --> 04:05:58,402 NOW WITH THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY, 6563 04:05:58,402 --> 04:06:01,605 WE THOUGHT WE COULD DESIGN MORE 6564 04:06:01,605 --> 04:06:06,210 EFFECTIVE GUIDES. 6565 04:06:06,210 --> 04:06:08,913 SO WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS 6566 04:06:08,913 --> 04:06:11,115 EXCISION BIOTHERAPEUTICS, WE DID 6567 04:06:11,115 --> 04:06:12,383 INSILICO TO LOOK THE A NOMINATED 6568 04:06:12,383 --> 04:06:13,918 OFF TARGET SITES AND THIS IS 6569 04:06:13,918 --> 04:06:17,321 BASICALLY TO SEE IS THERE ANY 6570 04:06:17,321 --> 04:06:18,789 POTENTIAL SITES IN EITHER THE 6571 04:06:18,789 --> 04:06:20,057 HUMAN GENOME OR THE MACAQUE 6572 04:06:20,057 --> 04:06:22,793 GENOME THAT WERE CLOSE TO OUR 6573 04:06:22,793 --> 04:06:23,094 CCR5 GUIDES. 6574 04:06:23,094 --> 04:06:25,196 AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS 6575 04:06:25,196 --> 04:06:27,264 CHART, WE NEEDED AT LEAST TWO TO 6576 04:06:27,264 --> 04:06:29,400 THREE MISMATCHES BEFORE WE HAD 6577 04:06:29,400 --> 04:06:30,434 ANY GENES THAT WERE SIMILAR. 6578 04:06:30,434 --> 04:06:31,702 SO THIS REALLY IS THE FIRST 6579 04:06:31,702 --> 04:06:34,372 LEVEL OF OUR OFF-TARGET 6580 04:06:34,372 --> 04:06:34,638 ANALYSIS. 6581 04:06:34,638 --> 04:06:39,844 WE'RE ALSO LOCKING AT GUIDE SEQ, 6582 04:06:39,844 --> 04:06:41,579 CAS SEQ, AND ALL OF THESE 6583 04:06:41,579 --> 04:06:43,147 STUDIES BUT THIS IS THE FIRST 6584 04:06:43,147 --> 04:06:43,681 INSILICO METHODS. 6585 04:06:43,681 --> 04:06:45,516 SO NEXT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT IF 6586 04:06:45,516 --> 04:06:48,486 A SINGLE GUIDE RNA COULD CUT, SO 6587 04:06:48,486 --> 04:06:52,456 WHAT WE DID IS A SINGLE GUIDE 6588 04:06:52,456 --> 04:06:54,058 RNA INDEL ANALYSIS. 6589 04:06:54,058 --> 04:06:56,460 WE TOOK OUR GUIDE RNA AND WE 6590 04:06:56,460 --> 04:07:03,267 TOOK CAS9 AND WE SENT THAT OFF 6591 04:07:03,267 --> 04:07:07,304 TO SINTENGO AND THEY'D GIVE US A 6592 04:07:07,304 --> 04:07:10,141 PERCENT I NDEL, EITHER INSERTION 6593 04:07:10,141 --> 04:07:10,908 OR DELETION. 6594 04:07:10,908 --> 04:07:15,913 WE FOUND FROM HERE THAT THREE 6595 04:07:15,913 --> 04:07:17,481 AB8 AND 653 WERE BOTH HIGHLY 6596 04:07:17,481 --> 04:07:19,884 EFFICIENT WITH GIVING UP TO 93% 6597 04:07:19,884 --> 04:07:20,184 INDELLS. 6598 04:07:20,184 --> 04:07:21,385 BUT SINCE WE WANTED TO DO THIS 6599 04:07:21,385 --> 04:07:25,022 NOT JUST LOOKING AT SINGLE 6600 04:07:25,022 --> 04:07:26,357 INDELS, WE WANTED TO HAVE TWO 6601 04:07:26,357 --> 04:07:30,261 GUIDE RNA PAIR, WE THEN DID DUAL 6602 04:07:30,261 --> 04:07:31,262 CCR5 GUIDED RNA EXCISION. 6603 04:07:31,262 --> 04:07:35,166 SO IN ALL OF THESE, YOU WILL SEE 6604 04:07:35,166 --> 04:07:36,000 THE FULL LENGTH PORTION. 6605 04:07:36,000 --> 04:07:37,535 THIS IS A PCR FULL LENGTH 6606 04:07:37,535 --> 04:07:37,868 PORTION. 6607 04:07:37,868 --> 04:07:40,638 YOU'LL SEE THE PORTION OF THE 6608 04:07:40,638 --> 04:07:43,674 GEL AFTER THE CRISPR WAS THERE, 6609 04:07:43,674 --> 04:07:44,875 SO THIS WAS THE CUT SECTION 6610 04:07:44,875 --> 04:07:46,410 AFTER IT WAS REMOVED AND THEN WE 6611 04:07:46,410 --> 04:07:47,545 DID SEQUENCING SO YOU CAN SEE 6612 04:07:47,545 --> 04:07:49,146 THE PART THAT'S ROW MOVED, AND 6613 04:07:49,146 --> 04:07:50,548 HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BREAK 6614 04:07:50,548 --> 04:07:50,781 POINT. 6615 04:07:50,781 --> 04:07:52,983 SO AS IT COMES BACK TOGETHER. 6616 04:07:52,983 --> 04:07:54,885 SO THESE ARE ALL 6617 04:07:54,885 --> 04:07:55,319 SEQUENCE-VERIFIED. 6618 04:07:55,319 --> 04:07:57,488 SO WE DID BOTH HUMAN AND MONKEY 6619 04:07:57,488 --> 04:07:58,789 CELL LINES. 6620 04:07:58,789 --> 04:08:03,160 AND FOUND THAT 388 AND 653, THAT 6621 04:08:03,160 --> 04:08:07,231 COMBINATION WAS EFFICIENT. 6622 04:08:07,231 --> 04:08:09,066 SO AGAIN THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY 6623 04:08:09,066 --> 04:08:11,402 OF A LOT OF DATA THAT WE HAD 6624 04:08:11,402 --> 04:08:13,170 DONE BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN 6625 04:08:13,170 --> 04:08:14,071 REPEATED MULTIPLE TIMES. 6626 04:08:14,071 --> 04:08:15,739 THE A AND B THAT WAS USED IN THE 6627 04:08:15,739 --> 04:08:18,809 PAPER IN PNAI IN HUMAN WORKS 6628 04:08:18,809 --> 04:08:20,444 VERY WELL BUT IN MONKEY, THE 6629 04:08:20,444 --> 04:08:21,445 EFFICIENCY WAS VERY LOW. 6630 04:08:21,445 --> 04:08:25,349 SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, 388 AND 6631 04:08:25,349 --> 04:08:26,484 653 IS THE PAIR WE'RE MOVING 6632 04:08:26,484 --> 04:08:28,786 FORWARD WITH. 6633 04:08:28,786 --> 04:08:30,988 SO NEXT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT 6634 04:08:30,988 --> 04:08:32,223 THAT SAME -- THOSE SAME PAIRS 6635 04:08:32,223 --> 04:08:36,460 BUT USING EX VIVO ANALYSIS OF 6636 04:08:36,460 --> 04:08:39,463 BOTH MONKEY PMCs AND HUMAN 6637 04:08:39,463 --> 04:08:42,533 PBMCs, AND WE SAW THAT THESE 6638 04:08:42,533 --> 04:08:45,603 TWO GUIDE RNAs WERE REMOVED A 6639 04:08:45,603 --> 04:08:52,810 SECTION OF CCR56789 AND THAT WAS 6640 04:08:52,810 --> 04:08:54,145 CONFIRMED BY SEQUENCING AS YOU 6641 04:08:54,145 --> 04:08:55,980 CAN SEE IN THE MISSING REGION 6642 04:08:55,980 --> 04:08:57,882 WHERE OUR TWO GUIDE RNAs HIT. 6643 04:08:57,882 --> 04:08:59,350 SO OUR NEXT STUDIES ARE REALLY 6644 04:08:59,350 --> 04:09:01,986 TO LOOK AT THIS IN A DIFFERENT 6645 04:09:01,986 --> 04:09:03,954 MOUSE MODEL, SO THE MR. G MOUSE 6646 04:09:03,954 --> 04:09:04,388 MODEL. 6647 04:09:04,388 --> 04:09:08,526 SO IN COLLABORATION WITH LEEHAN 6648 04:09:08,526 --> 04:09:09,693 SHANE OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 6649 04:09:09,693 --> 04:09:11,162 IN ST. LOUIS, HE DEVELOPED WHAT 6650 04:09:11,162 --> 04:09:12,496 WE CALL MR. G MOUSE MODEL. 6651 04:09:12,496 --> 04:09:16,967 SO THIS MOUSE MODEL IS REALLY 6652 04:09:16,967 --> 04:09:20,471 INTERESTING BECAUSE IT HAS 6653 04:09:20,471 --> 04:09:23,140 MYELOID CELLS, B CELLS, T-CELLS 6654 04:09:23,140 --> 04:09:24,775 AND NK CELLS THAT ARE ALL HUMAN, 6655 04:09:24,775 --> 04:09:28,812 AND IT'S VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE 6656 04:09:28,812 --> 04:09:30,447 SEE IN HUMAN POPULATION. 6657 04:09:30,447 --> 04:09:33,250 SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE 6658 04:09:33,250 --> 04:09:36,253 ABOUT 18% CD14 AND ABOUT 9% NK 6659 04:09:36,253 --> 04:09:38,756 CELLS, SO THIS MODEL IS ABLE TO 6660 04:09:38,756 --> 04:09:40,925 HAVE HUMAN CELLS. 6661 04:09:40,925 --> 04:09:42,359 SO THE NEXT THING WE DID IS JUST 6662 04:09:42,359 --> 04:09:45,629 TO LOOK AT CCR5 EXPRESSION ON 6663 04:09:45,629 --> 04:09:47,298 CD4 T-CELLS AND THIS MR. G MOUSE 6664 04:09:47,298 --> 04:09:49,033 MODEL, AND YOU CAN SEE CONTROL 6665 04:09:49,033 --> 04:09:50,968 ANIMALS ARE IN BLUE AND INFECTED 6666 04:09:50,968 --> 04:09:54,138 ARE IN RED. 6667 04:09:54,138 --> 04:09:57,141 AS YOU CAN SEE OVER TIME WE HAVE 6668 04:09:57,141 --> 04:10:01,812 EXPRESSION OF CCR5 -- WE'VE 6669 04:10:01,812 --> 04:10:03,480 STARTED PRELIMINARY STUDIES AND 6670 04:10:03,480 --> 04:10:04,982 THE FIRST EXPERIMENT WE DID WAS 6671 04:10:04,982 --> 04:10:07,284 TO PACKAGE THOSE GUIDE RNAs 6672 04:10:07,284 --> 04:10:10,454 THAT WE CHOSE INTO AV # AND 6673 04:10:10,454 --> 04:10:12,089 AAV6. 6674 04:10:12,089 --> 04:10:15,826 AND THEN WE DELIVERED THOSE TO 6675 04:10:15,826 --> 04:10:18,162 AN ANIMAL AT LOW DOSE, 10 TO 6676 04:10:18,162 --> 04:10:18,796 11AAV PER MASS. 6677 04:10:18,796 --> 04:10:19,997 AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE RESULTS 6678 04:10:19,997 --> 04:10:21,732 HERE, WE LOOKED AT DAY THREE AND 6679 04:10:21,732 --> 04:10:23,701 DAY 10 AFTER AAV. 6680 04:10:23,701 --> 04:10:24,468 AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW 6681 04:10:24,468 --> 04:10:26,570 THAT WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT 6682 04:10:26,570 --> 04:10:30,674 DECREASE IN CCR5 SO WE DO HAVE 6683 04:10:30,674 --> 04:10:35,312 EDITING AND REMOVAL OF CCR5. 6684 04:10:35,312 --> 04:10:36,914 THIS IS PRIMARY DATA SO NOW 6685 04:10:36,914 --> 04:10:38,382 WE'RE LOOKING AT A HIGHER DOSE 6686 04:10:38,382 --> 04:10:39,817 AND ALSO GOING TO DO SOME MORE 6687 04:10:39,817 --> 04:10:40,985 EXTENSIVE STUDIES BUT THIS IS 6688 04:10:40,985 --> 04:10:41,952 JUST TO SHOW THAT IT IS WORKING 6689 04:10:41,952 --> 04:10:42,953 IN THIS MODEL. 6690 04:10:42,953 --> 04:10:47,191 SO FUTURE STUDIES WILL USE THESE 6691 04:10:47,191 --> 04:10:50,261 CCR5S AND THE MISTRG MOUSE MODEL 6692 04:10:50,261 --> 04:10:51,695 AND ALSO POTENTIALLY IN THE 6693 04:10:51,695 --> 04:10:53,631 NON-HUMAN PRIMATE MODEL IF IT 6694 04:10:53,631 --> 04:10:56,200 MEETS OUR GO/NO-GO CRITERIA. 6695 04:10:56,200 --> 04:10:57,835 AGAIN I SAID WE'RE USING A 6696 04:10:57,835 --> 04:11:00,237 NUMBER OF OTHER TARGETS IN 6697 04:11:00,237 --> 04:11:05,509 RETROVIRF2 AND THOSE INCLUDE PD5 6698 04:11:05,509 --> 04:11:06,277 AND CD16. 6699 04:11:06,277 --> 04:11:09,980 SO LOOKING AT NK AND 6700 04:11:09,980 --> 04:11:10,347 CD8 MODERATION. 6701 04:11:10,347 --> 04:11:16,720 SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO 6702 04:11:16,720 --> 04:11:18,255 DR. KHALILLI, WHO WILL TALK 6703 04:11:18,255 --> 04:11:22,893 ABOUT RF3. 6704 04:11:22,893 --> 04:11:25,529 >> MY NEXT SLIDE IS PLAIN 6705 04:11:25,529 --> 04:11:30,000 LANGUAGE SUMMARY, BASICALLY 6706 04:11:30,000 --> 04:11:31,735 ILLUSTRATING -- CAN ELIMINATE 6707 04:11:31,735 --> 04:11:33,804 THE VIRUS FROM THE WHOLE 6708 04:11:33,804 --> 04:11:36,507 CHROMOSOME BY THE CRISPR, AND AS 6709 04:11:36,507 --> 04:11:37,975 MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT IT SEEMS 6710 04:11:37,975 --> 04:11:39,810 THAT AT LEAST IN THE 6711 04:11:39,810 --> 04:11:42,012 EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS, LARGE AND 6712 04:11:42,012 --> 04:11:48,052 SMALL ANIMAL, IT'S POSSIBLE TH 6713 04:11:48,052 --> 04:11:48,886 THAT -- TO THE CURE. 6714 04:11:48,886 --> 04:11:50,554 THE PROBLEM THAT WE ARE FACING 6715 04:11:50,554 --> 04:11:53,957 WITH THE HIV IN MY VIEW IN THAT 6716 04:11:53,957 --> 04:11:56,560 APPROACH IS THE PRESENCE OF THE 6717 04:11:56,560 --> 04:11:57,227 INCORPORATED VIRAL DNA. 6718 04:11:57,227 --> 04:12:00,998 SO BASICALLY, IF YOU CAN THINK 6719 04:12:00,998 --> 04:12:04,835 THAT THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE 6720 04:12:04,835 --> 04:12:06,437 SPACE CHANGES, BECOME LIKE A 6721 04:12:06,437 --> 04:12:08,238 GENETIC DISEASE, IF THAT IS THE 6722 04:12:08,238 --> 04:12:10,107 GENETIC APPROACH, NOW YOU HAVE A 6723 04:12:10,107 --> 04:12:12,309 BAD GENE IN YOUR CHROMOSOME, 6724 04:12:12,309 --> 04:12:14,078 YOU'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO 6725 04:12:14,078 --> 04:12:15,145 INACTIVATE THE BAD GENE. 6726 04:12:15,145 --> 04:12:16,947 SO THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY 6727 04:12:16,947 --> 04:12:21,485 THE CHRIS CRISPR TECHNOLOGY, BE 6728 04:12:21,485 --> 04:12:25,189 CRISPR/CAS 9 IS BASICALLY IN THE 6729 04:12:25,189 --> 04:12:27,958 NUCLEUS BUT CRISPR/CAS 6730 04:12:27,958 --> 04:12:28,625 9 BASICALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS 6731 04:12:28,625 --> 04:12:30,461 KIND OF STUDY IS THE GUIDE 6732 04:12:30,461 --> 04:12:31,328 RNAs. 6733 04:12:31,328 --> 04:12:34,498 RNAs WHICH BASICALLY EDUCATE 6734 04:12:34,498 --> 04:12:37,334 IN THE NUCLEUS THAT -- TO CUT 6735 04:12:37,334 --> 04:12:38,268 WITHOUT ANY COLLATERAL DAMAGE 6736 04:12:38,268 --> 04:12:39,870 THE OTHER PART OF THE CELLULAR 6737 04:12:39,870 --> 04:12:40,771 GENE. 6738 04:12:40,771 --> 04:12:43,273 AND THIS CLEAVAGE SHOULD BE VERY 6739 04:12:43,273 --> 04:12:45,476 EFFICIENT AND SPECIFIC. 6740 04:12:45,476 --> 04:12:47,711 SO RF3 IS VERY MUCH FOCUSING ON 6741 04:12:47,711 --> 04:12:50,381 THE DEVELOPING OF THE GUIDE 6742 04:12:50,381 --> 04:12:52,049 RNAs, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FOR 6743 04:12:52,049 --> 04:12:55,853 THE CLEAVAGE OF THE SIV, SIV 6744 04:12:55,853 --> 04:12:57,855 1 FOR THE STUDIES IN THE MONKEY, 6745 04:12:57,855 --> 04:13:00,457 AND THE HIV-1 FOR STUDIES IN 6746 04:13:00,457 --> 04:13:05,028 NON-HUMAN PRIMATE, -- MICE WHICH 6747 04:13:05,028 --> 04:13:07,030 MENTIONED ABOUT THAT. 6748 04:13:07,030 --> 04:13:10,067 AND THAT IS MISTRG MICE 6749 04:13:10,067 --> 04:13:16,540 DEVELOPED BY RF2 MEMBERS. 6750 04:13:16,540 --> 04:13:17,408 WITH THAT KNOWING, I'M GOING TO 6751 04:13:17,408 --> 04:13:19,510 SHOW YOU THE MAP FIRST FOR THE 6752 04:13:19,510 --> 04:13:20,577 SRV THAT WE ARE USING FOR 6753 04:13:20,577 --> 04:13:21,545 DEVELOPING OF THOSE GUIDE 6754 04:13:21,545 --> 04:13:25,249 RNAs. 6755 04:13:25,249 --> 04:13:29,987 SO WE WE IDENTIFY THE GROUP OF 6756 04:13:29,987 --> 04:13:34,558 REGIONS WITHIN THE BARCODE SIV 6757 04:13:34,558 --> 04:13:36,860 WHICH COULD BE USED FOR THE 6758 04:13:36,860 --> 04:13:38,529 TARGETING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE 6759 04:13:38,529 --> 04:13:39,062 GUIDE RNA. 6760 04:13:39,062 --> 04:13:40,931 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR 6761 04:13:40,931 --> 04:13:43,233 APPROACH IS USING MULTIPLEX OF 6762 04:13:43,233 --> 04:13:45,736 THE GUIDE RNA IN ORDER TO EXCISE 6763 04:13:45,736 --> 04:13:49,339 THE SEGMENTS OF THE -- GENOME. 6764 04:13:49,339 --> 04:13:51,875 WL THAT APPROACH THEN YOU CAN 6765 04:13:51,875 --> 04:13:54,812 ELIMINATE AN INTRODUCTION AND 6766 04:13:54,812 --> 04:13:56,313 MUTATIONS WHICH CAUSES BASICALLY 6767 04:13:56,313 --> 04:13:58,749 MUTANT VIRUS COMING OUT LATER ON 6768 04:13:58,749 --> 04:14:00,851 FROM THE CELL. 6769 04:14:00,851 --> 04:14:05,889 BUT IF THE BARCODE ALSO SIV, THE 6770 04:14:05,889 --> 04:14:07,591 CHALLENGE IS THAT WE HAVE TO USE 6771 04:14:07,591 --> 04:14:09,960 AREAS OF THE VIRUS WHICH DOES 6772 04:14:09,960 --> 04:14:12,329 NOT REMOVE OUR BARCODE SEQUENCE. 6773 04:14:12,329 --> 04:14:14,264 THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT 6774 04:14:14,264 --> 04:14:16,200 BARCODE HELPS US UNDERSTAND 6775 04:14:16,200 --> 04:14:17,868 ABOUT THE RESERVOIR. 6776 04:14:17,868 --> 04:14:19,603 THE VIRUS IS COMING UP FROM THE 6777 04:14:19,603 --> 04:14:25,542 RESERVOIR. 6778 04:14:25,542 --> 04:14:27,444 NICHE LE THEN WE STARTED USING 6779 04:14:27,444 --> 04:14:30,581 SINGLE GUIDE RNAs, REGION 6780 04:14:30,581 --> 04:14:32,349 WITHIN THE BARCODED SIV ONE 6781 04:14:32,349 --> 04:14:35,786 WHICH CAN BE USED FOR AT LEAST 6782 04:14:35,786 --> 04:14:38,222 ONE GUIDE RNA AND THEN WITH THE 6783 04:14:38,222 --> 04:14:39,756 HIGH EFFICIENCY OF THE INDEL 6784 04:14:39,756 --> 04:14:40,290 MUTATIONS. 6785 04:14:40,290 --> 04:14:42,092 AND THEN WE IDENTIFY THOSE 6786 04:14:42,092 --> 04:14:44,228 REGION AS YOU SEE BY THE ARROWS 6787 04:14:44,228 --> 04:14:47,097 ON THE TOP OF THE BARS, AND WE 6788 04:14:47,097 --> 04:14:52,336 USED THE PAIR, THAT ONE, WITH 6789 04:14:52,336 --> 04:14:54,538 THE SECOND ONE WHICH HAS ALSO 6790 04:14:54,538 --> 04:14:57,040 HIGH EFFICIENCY OF THE INDEL 6791 04:14:57,040 --> 04:14:59,877 MUTATION. 6792 04:14:59,877 --> 04:15:04,948 THEN WE -- WHETHER OR NOT YOU 6793 04:15:04,948 --> 04:15:06,817 HAVE AN EXCISION OF THE DNA 6794 04:15:06,817 --> 04:15:09,553 FRAGMENT FROM THE CHROMOSOMES OF 6795 04:15:09,553 --> 04:15:11,688 THE GENES, INCORPORATED THE 6796 04:15:11,688 --> 04:15:22,199 EXAMPLE OF THAT ONE IS -- THIS 6797 04:15:29,706 --> 04:15:31,108 IS BASICALLY FULL LENGTH AND 6798 04:15:31,108 --> 04:15:33,110 SOME OF THEM ARE OBVIOUSLY -- 6799 04:15:33,110 --> 04:15:34,444 IT'S AN INDEL MUTATION, AND THIS 6800 04:15:34,444 --> 04:15:40,450 IS THE EC EXCISION ASSAY, NOT TE 6801 04:15:40,450 --> 04:15:41,351 EXCISE FRAGMENT. 6802 04:15:41,351 --> 04:15:46,490 THE FRAGMENT WHICH REMAINS AFTER 6803 04:15:46,490 --> 04:15:49,760 EXCISION -- SO YOU SEE THAT ONE, 6804 04:15:49,760 --> 04:15:51,061 AND THEN I WENT THROUGH THE 6805 04:15:51,061 --> 04:15:52,930 WHOLE SCREENING BASED ON THE 6806 04:15:52,930 --> 04:15:55,032 INFORMATION FOR INSILICO 6807 04:15:55,032 --> 04:15:58,068 ANALYSIS TO IEND GUY THE -- GAG 6808 04:15:58,068 --> 04:15:59,202 AS POTENTIAL FOR THE MOVING 6809 04:15:59,202 --> 04:16:05,642 FORWARD FOR THE IN VIVO STUDIES. 6810 04:16:05,642 --> 04:16:09,179 SO BASED ON THAT STUDY, WE 6811 04:16:09,179 --> 04:16:11,214 IDENTIFIED THAT 31% OF THE CELLS 6812 04:16:11,214 --> 04:16:15,052 THAT WE USE HAS A COMPLETE 6813 04:16:15,052 --> 04:16:19,022 EXCISION REMOVAL OF THE REGION 6814 04:16:19,022 --> 04:16:21,491 WITHIN THE -- WITHOUT ANY 6815 04:16:21,491 --> 04:16:23,260 COLLATERAL DAMAGE OR TOXICITY 6816 04:16:23,260 --> 04:16:26,730 ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXCISION. 6817 04:16:26,730 --> 04:16:28,031 SO NOW WE HAVE A PRODUCT. 6818 04:16:28,031 --> 04:16:30,767 THAT PRODUCT RIGHT NOW IS IN 6819 04:16:30,767 --> 04:16:35,472 PROCESS OF BEING PA PACKAGED ON 6820 04:16:35,472 --> 04:16:37,140 AAV9, T-CELL TROPHIC. 6821 04:16:37,140 --> 04:16:38,675 THIS IS THE AREA OF THE 6822 04:16:38,675 --> 04:16:45,215 RF3 WHICH IS BASICALLY PERFORMED 6823 04:16:45,215 --> 04:16:49,820 BY HARUN CHAN AND ALSO MIKE 6824 04:16:49,820 --> 04:16:51,355 PARSON, AND THEN THEY'LL 6825 04:16:51,355 --> 04:16:52,422 COLLABORATE WITH US AND THEY'RE 6826 04:16:52,422 --> 04:16:54,358 TRYING TO MAKE AAV9 WHICH HAS A 6827 04:16:54,358 --> 04:16:57,794 HIGH AFFINITY FOR CD4 CELLS. 6828 04:16:57,794 --> 04:16:59,396 SO ONCE THE PACKAGE IS DONE, 6829 04:16:59,396 --> 04:17:03,634 WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 6830 04:17:03,634 --> 04:17:07,070 THE MACAQUE STUDIES. 6831 04:17:07,070 --> 04:17:09,806 IN THE PARALLEL, WE ALSO -- THE 6832 04:17:09,806 --> 04:17:11,942 SAME KIND OF ROAD MAP FOR THE 6833 04:17:11,942 --> 04:17:12,576 MICE STUDIES. 6834 04:17:12,576 --> 04:17:14,878 IN THIS CASE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE 6835 04:17:14,878 --> 04:17:15,879 USING HIV-1. 6836 04:17:15,879 --> 04:17:18,782 AND THE FIRST ONE WE DID WAS 6837 04:17:18,782 --> 04:17:19,983 THAT THEY IDENTIFY SEVERAL 6838 04:17:19,983 --> 04:17:21,418 REGIONS WITHIN THE HIV WHICH CAN 6839 04:17:21,418 --> 04:17:25,222 BE TARGETED FOR THE EXCISION 6840 04:17:25,222 --> 04:17:30,293 BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF THE -- 6841 04:17:30,293 --> 04:17:32,262 BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF THE PAM 6842 04:17:32,262 --> 04:17:32,729 SEQUENCE. 6843 04:17:32,729 --> 04:17:34,431 AND WHEN YOU ALIGN THOSE 6844 04:17:34,431 --> 04:17:37,334 REGIONS, WHICH IS ABOUT 500, 6845 04:17:37,334 --> 04:17:39,469 WITH THE SEQUENCES FROM THE 6846 04:17:39,469 --> 04:17:46,376 LOS ALAMOS STUDIES, YOU IDENTIFY 6847 04:17:46,376 --> 04:17:48,378 14 OF THEM PROBABLY PROVIDE THE 6848 04:17:48,378 --> 04:17:49,680 POTENTIAL FOR THE TARGETING BY 6849 04:17:49,680 --> 04:17:52,516 THE CRISPR/CAS 9. 6850 04:17:52,516 --> 04:17:56,286 AND THEN ALTHOUGH THAT'S 14, WE 6851 04:17:56,286 --> 04:18:00,857 USE SOME OF THEM, AND BASICALLY 6852 04:18:00,857 --> 04:18:02,292 THE INDEL MUTATIONS, AND AS YOU 6853 04:18:02,292 --> 04:18:04,795 SEE HERE, AND THEN SELECTED THE 6854 04:18:04,795 --> 04:18:06,697 FOUR OF THEM FOR THE SUBSEQUENT 6855 04:18:06,697 --> 04:18:08,365 STUDIES WHICH IS ECK VEE VO. 6856 04:18:08,365 --> 04:18:09,633 I'M GOING TO STOP HERE, I'M 6857 04:18:09,633 --> 04:18:14,638 GOING TO INVITE DR. SARIYER TO 6858 04:18:14,638 --> 04:18:16,306 TALK ABOUT THE EX VIVO 6859 04:18:16,306 --> 04:18:16,606 EXPERIMENT. 6860 04:18:16,606 --> 04:18:17,007 THANK YOU. 6861 04:18:17,007 --> 04:18:24,514 [APPLAUSE] 6862 04:18:24,514 --> 04:18:30,253 >> COMING DOWN TO FOUR PRIMARY 6863 04:18:30,253 --> 04:18:34,458 GUIDE RNAs THAT WE THINK MIGHT 6864 04:18:34,458 --> 04:18:35,826 BE USEFUL FOR MOVING FORWARD 6865 04:18:35,826 --> 04:18:37,828 WITH THE IMMUNOSTUDIES. 6866 04:18:37,828 --> 04:18:41,098 SO ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF OUR 6867 04:18:41,098 --> 04:18:42,833 WORKFLOW IS EX-A VERY VO 6868 04:18:42,833 --> 04:18:43,333 EDITING. 6869 04:18:43,333 --> 04:18:46,470 SO THIS STARTS WITH THE DONOR 6870 04:18:46,470 --> 04:18:48,538 PBMCs AND WE ARE IN 6871 04:18:48,538 --> 04:18:50,941 COLLABORATION WITH DREXEL 6872 04:18:50,941 --> 04:18:55,545 UNIVERSITY. 6873 04:18:55,545 --> 04:18:57,280 WE FORM OUR COHORTS, AND IN THIS 6874 04:18:57,280 --> 04:19:00,350 EXAMPLE YOU SEE 34 DONOR CELLS, 6875 04:19:00,350 --> 04:19:02,018 FRESHLY OBTAINED FROM THE 6876 04:19:02,018 --> 04:19:03,520 DONORS, AND OUR WORKFLOW 6877 04:19:03,520 --> 04:19:06,022 INVOLVES ISOLATING CD4 T-CELLS 6878 04:19:06,022 --> 04:19:09,926 AND EXPANSION OF THOSE T-CELLS 6879 04:19:09,926 --> 04:19:12,829 FOR SEVEN DAYS BY INDUCING THEM 6880 04:19:12,829 --> 04:19:15,232 AND ALSO BEFORE THE UTILIZATION 6881 04:19:15,232 --> 04:19:17,968 FOR EX VIVO ANALYSIS, IT WAS -- 6882 04:19:17,968 --> 04:19:19,569 THE EXPANSIONS. 6883 04:19:19,569 --> 04:19:21,705 AND THEN ONCE THOSE CELLS ARE 6884 04:19:21,705 --> 04:19:23,774 EXPANDED, WE UTILIZED THEM FOR 6885 04:19:23,774 --> 04:19:25,742 INDEL AS WELL AS EXCISION 6886 04:19:25,742 --> 04:19:29,079 ANALYSIS TO TEST FOR GUIDE RNA 6887 04:19:29,079 --> 04:19:32,783 ACTIVITIES. 6888 04:19:32,783 --> 04:19:34,684 SO AGAIN THESE ARE OUR FOUR 6889 04:19:34,684 --> 04:19:35,886 CANDIDATE GUIDE RNAs FOR 6890 04:19:35,886 --> 04:19:38,855 SCREENING IN EX VIVO, AND OUR 6891 04:19:38,855 --> 04:19:43,426 WORKFLOW INVOLVED RMB 6892 04:19:43,426 --> 04:19:44,795 RIBONUCLEAR PROTEIN -- T-CELLS 6893 04:19:44,795 --> 04:19:47,798 ARE VERY HARD TO TRANSFECT OR 6894 04:19:47,798 --> 04:19:50,333 TRANSDUCE PRIMARY T-CELLS, SO WE 6895 04:19:50,333 --> 04:19:52,202 FOUND THAT RMP IS THE BEST 6896 04:19:52,202 --> 04:19:58,074 METHOD USING RECOMBINANT CASS # 6897 04:19:58,074 --> 04:20:01,178 PROTEIN INTRODUCING TO THE CELLS 6898 04:20:01,178 --> 04:20:03,780 USING EITHER -- ELECTRO -- AND 6899 04:20:03,780 --> 04:20:07,417 GOING FROM THEREFORE INDEL AND 6900 04:20:07,417 --> 04:20:07,851 EXON ANALYSIS. 6901 04:20:07,851 --> 04:20:10,153 I NEED TO NOTE HERE THAT THE 6902 04:20:10,153 --> 04:20:11,788 GENOMIC DATA OBTAINED FROM THOSE 6903 04:20:11,788 --> 04:20:15,091 STUDIES ALSO MOVES TO -- 6904 04:20:15,091 --> 04:20:17,394 APPROACH THE FULL -- SEQUENCING, 6905 04:20:17,394 --> 04:20:19,129 GUIDE COMPATIBILITY ASSAYS AND 6906 04:20:19,129 --> 04:20:20,564 VARIOUS ALGORITHMS FOR ON AND 6907 04:20:20,564 --> 04:20:22,365 OFF TARGET ANALYSIS USING GUIDE 6908 04:20:22,365 --> 04:20:24,367 SEQ, AND THOSE STUDIES ARE ALSO 6909 04:20:24,367 --> 04:20:29,840 LED BY DR. WIGDAL'S GROUP AT 6910 04:20:29,840 --> 04:20:31,641 DREXEL UNIVERSITY. 6911 04:20:31,641 --> 04:20:36,079 SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF INDEL, 6912 04:20:36,079 --> 04:20:39,482 IT INVOLVES OUR TARGET SITE 6913 04:20:39,482 --> 04:20:42,686 SEQUENCING AND RUNNING THROUGH 6914 04:20:42,686 --> 04:20:43,253 THE -- ANALYSIS. 6915 04:20:43,253 --> 04:20:45,522 THIS GIVES US VERY NICELY WHAT 6916 04:20:45,522 --> 04:20:50,861 INDELS AND YOU KNOW EDITS ARE 6917 04:20:50,861 --> 04:20:56,032 FORMED -- FOR THIS PARTICULAR 6918 04:20:56,032 --> 04:20:57,434 CANDIDATE GUIDE RNA WHICH IS THE 6919 04:20:57,434 --> 04:20:59,669 LTR REGION OF THE HIV, AND BASED 6920 04:20:59,669 --> 04:21:01,872 ON THIS, WE GET A PERCENT INDEL 6921 04:21:01,872 --> 04:21:06,209 ACTIVITY, WHICH IS HERE 21%. 6922 04:21:06,209 --> 04:21:08,044 AFTER SECRETING ALL THE RNA 6923 04:21:08,044 --> 04:21:09,179 CANDIDATES WITH 16 DONORS IN 6924 04:21:09,179 --> 04:21:14,317 THIS TABLE AS AN EXAMPLE, WE GET 6925 04:21:14,317 --> 04:21:15,485 VARIOUS ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM 6926 04:21:15,485 --> 04:21:17,654 A FEW PERCENT TO 98%, DEPENDING 6927 04:21:17,654 --> 04:21:23,693 ON THE DONOR SEQUENCE. 6928 04:21:23,693 --> 04:21:26,963 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ABOUT HOW 6929 04:21:26,963 --> 04:21:29,966 THESE PARTICULAR GUIDE RNAs 6930 04:21:29,966 --> 04:21:33,703 PERFORM, QUANT QUANTITATIVE EXCN 6931 04:21:33,703 --> 04:21:35,672 OR INDEL ACTIVITIES TO MAKE A 6932 04:21:35,672 --> 04:21:36,239 FULL DECISION. 6933 04:21:36,239 --> 04:21:40,543 SECOND APPROACH IS MENTIONED, 6934 04:21:40,543 --> 04:21:42,212 TWO GUIDE RNAs TO REMOVE A 6935 04:21:42,212 --> 04:21:45,382 CHUNK OF HIV, NOT GIVING HIV A 6936 04:21:45,382 --> 04:21:46,716 CHANCE TO REPLICATE OR REABT 6937 04:21:46,716 --> 04:21:47,150 VAIT. 6938 04:21:47,150 --> 04:21:51,788 SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, VERIFYING 6939 04:21:51,788 --> 04:21:55,325 THAT THERE IS EXCISION ACTIVITY. 6940 04:21:55,325 --> 04:21:57,193 THE TABLE HERE SUMMARIZES THOSE 6941 04:21:57,193 --> 04:21:58,862 RESULTS FROM 16 DONORS, AND 6942 04:21:58,862 --> 04:22:04,367 GIVES US A RANGE BETWEEN 8 TOLL 6943 04:22:04,367 --> 04:22:06,269 75% EXCISION ACTIVITY AMONG THE 6944 04:22:06,269 --> 04:22:08,038 16 DONORS. 6945 04:22:08,038 --> 04:22:09,606 WITH THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO 6946 04:22:09,606 --> 04:22:11,107 ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE 6947 04:22:11,107 --> 04:22:17,147 COLLABORATORS FOR RF3. 6948 04:22:17,147 --> 04:22:19,649 DREXEL GROUP, HARVARD GROUP, 6949 04:22:19,649 --> 04:22:20,750 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, OUR 6950 04:22:20,750 --> 04:22:23,086 TEMPLE GROUP AND EXCISION 6951 04:22:23,086 --> 04:22:23,420 THERAPEUTICS. 6952 04:22:23,420 --> 04:22:23,720 THANK YOU. 6953 04:22:23,720 --> 04:22:33,029 [APPLAUSE] 6954 04:22:33,029 --> 04:22:34,864 >> HI, EVERYONE. 6955 04:22:34,864 --> 04:22:36,333 I'M KATE, THE COMMUNITY 6956 04:22:36,333 --> 04:22:37,300 ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR 6957 04:22:37,300 --> 04:22:40,570 CRISPR FOR CURE. 6958 04:22:40,570 --> 04:22:42,105 I AM GOING TO FLY THROUGH THIS A 6959 04:22:42,105 --> 04:22:43,406 BIT QUICKLY BECAUSE WE ARE 6960 04:22:43,406 --> 04:22:44,607 RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 6961 04:22:44,607 --> 04:22:46,142 THE MISSION OF OUR COMMUNITY 6962 04:22:46,142 --> 04:22:47,577 ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT IS TO 6963 04:22:47,577 --> 04:22:49,212 FOSTER AND MAINTAIN PARTNERSHIPS 6964 04:22:49,212 --> 04:22:50,947 AND OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN 6965 04:22:50,947 --> 04:22:52,716 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESEARCHER 6966 04:22:52,716 --> 04:22:53,950 WITHIN THE CRISPR FOR CURE 6967 04:22:53,950 --> 04:22:56,019 NETWORK AND ALSO TO ENHANCE HOW 6968 04:22:56,019 --> 04:22:57,554 THE WORK CAN TARGET GENETIC 6969 04:22:57,554 --> 04:22:59,756 MATERIAL FOR HIV EDUCATION, 6970 04:22:59,756 --> 04:23:00,657 PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND 6971 04:23:00,657 --> 04:23:01,791 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES REFLECTING 6972 04:23:01,791 --> 04:23:03,426 BOTH INVESTIGATORS' INTERESTS 6973 04:23:03,426 --> 04:23:05,428 AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 6974 04:23:05,428 --> 04:23:08,064 SO THE YEAR TWO MILESTONES. 6975 04:23:08,064 --> 04:23:10,600 WE CREATED AND PASSED THE CAB 6976 04:23:10,600 --> 04:23:10,900 BYLAWS. 6977 04:23:10,900 --> 04:23:12,936 WE HAVE A NEW COMMUNITY PARTNER, 6978 04:23:12,936 --> 04:23:16,339 WILLIAM WEY, LGBTQ COMMUNITY 6979 04:23:16,339 --> 04:23:18,041 CENTER. 6980 04:23:18,041 --> 04:23:19,876 WE HAVE INITIATED THE PROJECT OF 6981 04:23:19,876 --> 04:23:21,311 GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS, 6982 04:23:21,311 --> 04:23:22,979 AND WE ALSO ARE IN THE PROCESS 6983 04:23:22,979 --> 04:23:27,183 OF EDITING DOWN THE COFFEE WITH 6984 04:23:27,183 --> 04:23:29,219 CRISPR FOR CURE VIDEO, AS WELL 6985 04:23:29,219 --> 04:23:31,721 AS PARTICIPATION IN THE LTS 6986 04:23:31,721 --> 04:23:32,088 STUDY. 6987 04:23:32,088 --> 04:23:33,656 COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. 6988 04:23:33,656 --> 04:23:36,559 SO WE DID HAVE OUR FIRST BOOK 6989 04:23:36,559 --> 04:23:37,560 CLUB MEETING. 6990 04:23:37,560 --> 04:23:42,298 HELD AT THE WILLIAM WAY CENTER. 6991 04:23:42,298 --> 04:23:43,466 IT BRINGS TOGETHER RESEARCHERS 6992 04:23:43,466 --> 04:23:44,768 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN 6993 04:23:44,768 --> 04:23:45,635 DISCUSSING CODE BREAKER, THE 6994 04:23:45,635 --> 04:23:46,102 BOOK. 6995 04:23:46,102 --> 04:23:49,506 WE DID PARTICIPATE IN THE U.S. 6996 04:23:49,506 --> 04:23:51,474 CHA IN D.C. THIS YEAR, AND THEN 6997 04:23:51,474 --> 04:23:53,777 WE ALSO SPONSORED THE 6998 04:23:53,777 --> 04:23:56,179 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WORKSHOP IN 6999 04:23:56,179 --> 04:23:57,614 COLLABORATION WITH THE 7000 04:23:57,614 --> 04:24:01,117 RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AT PNN AS 7001 04:24:01,117 --> 04:24:02,752 WELL AS MYSELF FACILITATING A 7002 04:24:02,752 --> 04:24:03,753 COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOP AND THEN 7003 04:24:03,753 --> 04:24:05,722 OBVIOUSLY THE VIDEO. 7004 04:24:05,722 --> 04:24:07,690 SO THE BOOK CLUB. 7005 04:24:07,690 --> 04:24:09,325 SESSION ONE, WE DISCUSSED PARTS 7006 04:24:09,325 --> 04:24:10,693 ONE AND TWO OF CODE BREAKER. 7007 04:24:10,693 --> 04:24:12,629 WE BROUGHT EVERYBODY IN, WE 7008 04:24:12,629 --> 04:24:13,296 SERVED FOOD AND WE'RE GOING TO 7009 04:24:13,296 --> 04:24:15,598 BE DOING OUR SECOND SESSION. 7010 04:24:15,598 --> 04:24:17,567 THE BOOK CLUB IS MODERATED BY 7011 04:24:17,567 --> 04:24:20,270 ONE OF OUR CAB MEMBERS. 7012 04:24:20,270 --> 04:24:21,971 AND THEN THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE 7013 04:24:21,971 --> 04:24:24,074 AND COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP, 7014 04:24:24,074 --> 04:24:25,041 RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IS A 7015 04:24:25,041 --> 04:24:26,476 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 7016 04:24:26,476 --> 04:24:28,044 THAT FOCUSES ON BUILDING 7017 04:24:28,044 --> 04:24:29,245 RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH ONGOING 7018 04:24:29,245 --> 04:24:30,180 SUSTAINED INTERACTIONS. 7019 04:24:30,180 --> 04:24:32,082 CAB LEADERS AND CAB MEMBERS ARE 7020 04:24:32,082 --> 04:24:33,149 BROUGHT INTO COMMUNITY 7021 04:24:33,149 --> 04:24:34,484 DISCUSSIONS LEARNING HOW TO BE 7022 04:24:34,484 --> 04:24:36,453 BETTER COMMUNICATORS AND MORE 7023 04:24:36,453 --> 04:24:37,253 PURPOSEFUL PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR 7024 04:24:37,253 --> 04:24:37,887 OWN WORK. 7025 04:24:37,887 --> 04:24:38,955 THESE WORKSHOPS AND 7026 04:24:38,955 --> 04:24:40,290 PRESENTATIONS ARE SKILL-BASED 7027 04:24:40,290 --> 04:24:41,357 OFFERINGS REQUESTED BY THE 7028 04:24:41,357 --> 04:24:43,693 ACTUAL CAB MEMBERS. 7029 04:24:43,693 --> 04:24:45,562 SO THE CREATION OF THE COFFEE 7030 04:24:45,562 --> 04:24:49,933 WITH CRISPR FOR CURE VIDEO IS 7031 04:24:49,933 --> 04:24:51,367 JUST CONVERSATIONS, VERY CASUAL 7032 04:24:51,367 --> 04:24:52,001 CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE 7033 04:24:52,001 --> 04:24:53,236 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND 7034 04:24:53,236 --> 04:24:55,305 RESEARCHERS ABOUT HIV CURE 7035 04:24:55,305 --> 04:24:56,506 RESEARCH WITH THE FOCUS ON 7036 04:24:56,506 --> 04:24:57,107 CRISPR. 7037 04:24:57,107 --> 04:25:02,011 WE'RE GOING TO BE -- TO LAUNCH 7038 04:25:02,011 --> 04:25:06,583 DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HIV CURE AND 7039 04:25:06,583 --> 04:25:08,017 CRISPR. 7040 04:25:08,017 --> 04:25:09,886 WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE LONG 7041 04:25:09,886 --> 04:25:13,356 TERM SURVIVOR STUDY AND OUR 7042 04:25:13,356 --> 04:25:14,424 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 7043 04:25:14,424 --> 04:25:16,292 WE ARE NOW PARTNERED WITH THE 7044 04:25:16,292 --> 04:25:20,563 FREE LIBRARY OF FILL DEFINITELYY 7045 04:25:20,563 --> 04:25:22,098 YAL COLORS ORGANIZATION, AND THE 7046 04:25:22,098 --> 04:25:25,068 WILLIAM WAY COMMUNITY CENTER. 7047 04:25:25,068 --> 04:25:27,036 CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES. 7048 04:25:27,036 --> 04:25:28,371 I THINK RECRUITMENT AND 7049 04:25:28,371 --> 04:25:30,440 RETENTION HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR 7050 04:25:30,440 --> 04:25:31,107 US. 7051 04:25:31,107 --> 04:25:33,143 WE'RE TRYING TO -- THERE'S -- 7052 04:25:33,143 --> 04:25:34,577 DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF AS IT 7053 04:25:34,577 --> 04:25:35,812 STATES, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY 7054 04:25:35,812 --> 04:25:38,882 CABS IN PHILADELPHIA, THERE'S A 7055 04:25:38,882 --> 04:25:40,984 LOT OF CROSS POLLINATION IN THE 7056 04:25:40,984 --> 04:25:42,385 CABS AND WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT 7057 04:25:42,385 --> 04:25:44,254 NEW MEMBERS, YOUNGER MEMBERS, 7058 04:25:44,254 --> 04:25:46,456 MEMBERS OF VARYING IDENTITIES. 7059 04:25:46,456 --> 04:25:48,358 I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE 7060 04:25:48,358 --> 04:25:51,127 BENEFITED BY THE PRESENCE OF TWO 7061 04:25:51,127 --> 04:25:52,929 MDCs IN PHILADELPHIA AND WE'LL 7062 04:25:52,929 --> 04:25:55,031 BE WORKING TO COLLABORATE TO PUT 7063 04:25:55,031 --> 04:25:55,798 SOMETHING TOGETHER WITH THE BEAT 7064 04:25:55,798 --> 04:25:56,199 HIV. 7065 04:25:56,199 --> 04:25:57,634 WE ALSO HAVE FANTASTIC 7066 04:25:57,634 --> 04:25:59,068 LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE CAB, AND 7067 04:25:59,068 --> 04:26:02,505 WE DO HAVE INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND 7068 04:26:02,505 --> 04:26:03,973 RESEARCH SUPPORT THAT'S ALWAYS 7069 04:26:03,973 --> 04:26:05,508 AVAILABLE. 7070 04:26:05,508 --> 04:26:09,379 WE ARE A VERY INTERACTIVE 7071 04:26:09,379 --> 04:26:10,013 RESEARCH TEAM. 7072 04:26:10,013 --> 04:26:11,047 PLANS FOR YEAR THREE. 7073 04:26:11,047 --> 04:26:12,549 THE COMMUNITY HIV CURE RETREAT 7074 04:26:12,549 --> 04:26:14,784 DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024, PLAN 7075 04:26:14,784 --> 04:26:16,586 TO INVITE OTHER MDC MEMBERS IN 7076 04:26:16,586 --> 04:26:17,887 ADDITION TO THE PHILADELPHIA 7077 04:26:17,887 --> 04:26:19,622 COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS EXPAND AND 7078 04:26:19,622 --> 04:26:21,124 DISSEMINATE THE CRISPR FOR CURE 7079 04:26:21,124 --> 04:26:23,893 GLOSSARY OF TERMS. 7080 04:26:23,893 --> 04:26:24,427 THAT'S IT. 7081 04:26:24,427 --> 04:26:29,532 [APPLAUSE] 7082 04:26:29,532 --> 04:26:31,734 >> THANK YOU. 7083 04:26:31,734 --> 04:26:33,169 WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND BUT WE 7084 04:26:33,169 --> 04:26:35,038 HAVE TIME FOR A FEW QUESTIONS IF 7085 04:26:35,038 --> 04:26:36,873 ANYBODY HAS ANY. 7086 04:26:36,873 --> 04:26:41,377 I HAVE ONE. 7087 04:26:41,377 --> 04:26:42,745 PAULA. 7088 04:26:42,745 --> 04:26:44,781 >> HI. 7089 04:26:44,781 --> 04:26:46,549 I SUPPOSE I WOULD ADDRESS THIS 7090 04:26:46,549 --> 04:26:48,484 TO DR. KHALILLI. 7091 04:26:48,484 --> 04:26:52,655 YOU MENTIONED YOU ARE USING AAVI 7092 04:26:52,655 --> 04:26:55,592 THINK ABOUT AAV9 AS BEING T-CELL 7093 04:26:55,592 --> 04:26:56,759 TROPIC. 7094 04:26:56,759 --> 04:26:59,929 BUT OF COURSE AAV9 GOES INTO 7095 04:26:59,929 --> 04:27:01,364 LIVER, BRAIN, MUSCLE, HEART, 7096 04:27:01,364 --> 04:27:06,502 LUNGS, KIDNEY, PAP K PANCREAS, T 7097 04:27:06,502 --> 04:27:07,937 BASICALLY GOES EVERYWHERE IN THE 7098 04:27:07,937 --> 04:27:09,172 BODY, SO I WONDER IF YOU'RE 7099 04:27:09,172 --> 04:27:10,240 CONCERNED ABOUT THAT OR IF YOU 7100 04:27:10,240 --> 04:27:11,574 HAVE IDEAS TO MAKE MORE TARGETED 7101 04:27:11,574 --> 04:27:14,344 DELIVERY TO T-CELLS. 7102 04:27:14,344 --> 04:27:18,881 >> WE DO -- WE ARE IN PROCESS OF 7103 04:27:18,881 --> 04:27:23,419 WORKING WITH MIKE FARZAN AND HIS 7104 04:27:23,419 --> 04:27:27,657 GROUP TO IMPROVE THE AAV9 FOR 7105 04:27:27,657 --> 04:27:30,893 TRANSDUCING T-CELLS AND MYELOID 7106 04:27:30,893 --> 04:27:31,861 CELLS, HUMAN AS WELL AS IN THE 7107 04:27:31,861 --> 04:27:32,295 MONKEY. 7108 04:27:32,295 --> 04:27:35,465 SO THAT PROCESS IS GOING ON. 7109 04:27:35,465 --> 04:27:36,799 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH 7110 04:27:36,799 --> 04:27:38,568 WAS -- WE WERE VERY ENCOURAGED 7111 04:27:38,568 --> 04:27:43,473 WAS IN ANIMAL MODELS, IN SIV AND 7112 04:27:43,473 --> 04:27:44,674 ACTUALLY IN THE MACAQUE AS WELL 7113 04:27:44,674 --> 04:27:46,476 AS IN HUMAN IS MICE. 7114 04:27:46,476 --> 04:27:50,079 WE SAW THAT THE VERY -- IN 7115 04:27:50,079 --> 04:27:52,982 TRANSDUCTION OF THE CD4 CELLS IN 7116 04:27:52,982 --> 04:27:53,483 VIVO. 7117 04:27:53,483 --> 04:27:57,320 WE DON'T SEE STRONG -- IN THE 7118 04:27:57,320 --> 04:27:58,955 CELL CULTURE BUT IT SEEMS 7119 04:27:58,955 --> 04:28:01,057 SOMEHOW THE AAV9 FINDS THE WAY 7120 04:28:01,057 --> 04:28:04,761 TO GET INTO THE CD4 CELLS IN THE 7121 04:28:04,761 --> 04:28:09,966 IIN VIVO CYST TE. WE DON'T KNOW. 7122 04:28:09,966 --> 04:28:10,767 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REASON 7123 04:28:10,767 --> 04:28:13,736 FOR THAT, WHAT CAUSES THE HIGH 7124 04:28:13,736 --> 04:28:15,171 EFFICIENCY IN THE TRANSDUCTION 7125 04:28:15,171 --> 04:28:15,805 IN VIVO BUT IT HAPPENS. 7126 04:28:15,805 --> 04:28:18,141 >> I GUESS IT'S MORE THE OFF 7127 04:28:18,141 --> 04:28:19,876 TARGET THINGS I WOULD BE KIND OF 7128 04:28:19,876 --> 04:28:21,244 CONCERNED ABOUT OFF TARGET OR 7129 04:28:21,244 --> 04:28:22,111 THE DELUSION EFFECT OF GOING 7130 04:28:22,111 --> 04:28:24,947 INTO SO MANY OTHER TISSUES IN 7131 04:28:24,947 --> 04:28:25,148 VIVO. 7132 04:28:25,148 --> 04:28:27,917 AS YOU KNOW, AAV9 IS USED AS A 7133 04:28:27,917 --> 04:28:29,052 GENE THERAPY VEHICLE TO GO INTO 7134 04:28:29,052 --> 04:28:29,319 MUSCLE. 7135 04:28:29,319 --> 04:28:32,889 SO IT'S REALLY NOT T-CELL TRO 7136 04:28:32,889 --> 04:28:33,122 TROPIC. 7137 04:28:33,122 --> 04:28:34,991 >> AS I SAID, WE ARE TRYING TO 7138 04:28:34,991 --> 04:28:38,061 FIND A WAY TO IMPROVE INCREASE 7139 04:28:38,061 --> 04:28:41,064 THE EFFICIENCY OF THE AAV9 IN 7140 04:28:41,064 --> 04:28:46,636 THE -- TO THE -- IT MAY NOT -- 7141 04:28:46,636 --> 04:28:47,203 INCREASE EFFICIENCY. 7142 04:28:47,203 --> 04:28:50,573 >> THANK YOU. 7143 04:28:50,573 --> 04:28:55,211 >> EDWARD FROM YOE BEGAN DA, 7144 04:28:55,211 --> 04:28:56,946 RAKAI AND JOHNS HOPKINS. 7145 04:28:56,946 --> 04:29:02,618 HOW WELL DO THE SINGLE GUIDE RNA 7146 04:29:02,618 --> 04:29:09,826 WORK WITH AAV HIV SUBTYPES? 7147 04:29:09,826 --> 04:29:11,160 >> CAN YOU REPEAT -- 7148 04:29:11,160 --> 04:29:16,199 >> THE SVRNAs, ARE THEY BEST 7149 04:29:16,199 --> 04:29:18,067 ON B SUBTYPE OR MULTIPLE 7150 04:29:18,067 --> 04:29:20,103 SUBTYPES AND RECOMBINANTS? 7151 04:29:20,103 --> 04:29:23,873 HOW WELL DO THEY WORK IN -- 7152 04:29:23,873 --> 04:29:25,408 >> RIGHT NOW WE ARE BASICALLY 7153 04:29:25,408 --> 04:29:28,344 USING THE CLINICAL SAMPLE WHICH 7154 04:29:28,344 --> 04:29:33,683 I THINK -- SUBTYPE B. 7155 04:29:33,683 --> 04:29:35,051 WE HAVEN'T STARTED ANY OTHER 7156 04:29:35,051 --> 04:29:40,423 SUBTYPE. 7157 04:29:40,423 --> 04:29:42,058 >> A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 7158 04:29:42,058 --> 04:29:43,493 ONE IS CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT 7159 04:29:43,493 --> 04:29:45,161 YOUR METHODOLOGY IS FOR LACKING 7160 04:29:45,161 --> 04:29:47,096 FOR CHROMOSOMAL TRANSLOCATIONS 7161 04:29:47,096 --> 04:29:48,231 USING MULTIPLE GUIDES? 7162 04:29:48,231 --> 04:29:48,731 >> YES. 7163 04:29:48,731 --> 04:29:52,068 >> SECOND QUESTION IS, I THINK 7164 04:29:52,068 --> 04:29:53,936 THE -- ASSAY IS FIND FOR YES/NO 7165 04:29:53,936 --> 04:29:55,271 BUT I'M CURIOUS WHERE YOU STAND 7166 04:29:55,271 --> 04:29:57,140 ON COMING TO MORE QUANTITATIVE 7167 04:29:57,140 --> 04:29:58,975 READOUTS FOR HOW EFFICIENTLY 7168 04:29:58,975 --> 04:30:00,276 YOU'RE EDITING THESE LOCI. 7169 04:30:00,276 --> 04:30:04,347 >> YES, WITH RESPECT TO THE 7170 04:30:04,347 --> 04:30:05,782 CHROMOSOMAL -- WE STARTED -- WE 7171 04:30:05,782 --> 04:30:08,217 DEVELOPED ACTUALLY THE METHOD 7172 04:30:08,217 --> 04:30:12,388 FOR THE SO-CALLED CAS SEQ FOR 7173 04:30:12,388 --> 04:30:14,924 LOOKING AT THE CHROMOSOMAL 7174 04:30:14,924 --> 04:30:18,060 ARRANGEMENT AS A RESULT OF THE 7175 04:30:18,060 --> 04:30:19,395 EXCISION, LET'S SAY TWO COPIES 7176 04:30:19,395 --> 04:30:20,897 ARE ON TWO DIFFERENT CHROMOSOME 7177 04:30:20,897 --> 04:30:22,298 BUT THEY ARE NOT ELIMINATION OF 7178 04:30:22,298 --> 04:30:26,102 THOSE SEGMENT OF THE PRO -- DNA, 7179 04:30:26,102 --> 04:30:27,703 BRINGS THOSE TWO CHROMOSOMES 7180 04:30:27,703 --> 04:30:29,405 TOGETHER, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY -- 7181 04:30:29,405 --> 04:30:31,374 IT'S A GENOTOXICITY ASSOCIATED 7182 04:30:31,374 --> 04:30:32,708 WITH THE EXCISION. 7183 04:30:32,708 --> 04:30:33,943 WE DIDN'T SEE SOMETHING LIKE 7184 04:30:33,943 --> 04:30:36,679 THAT, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY 7185 04:30:36,679 --> 04:30:37,947 DEVELOPED THE METHOD BASED ON 7186 04:30:37,947 --> 04:30:41,184 THE PUBLISHED STUDIES WAS DONE 7187 04:30:41,184 --> 04:30:42,752 BY OTHERS IN OUR LABORATORY AND 7188 04:30:42,752 --> 04:30:45,221 WE ARE IN PROCESS OF EXAMINING 7189 04:30:45,221 --> 04:30:47,890 THAT ONE. 7190 04:30:47,890 --> 04:30:51,360 SO WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND 7191 04:30:51,360 --> 04:30:51,861 QUESTION? 7192 04:30:51,861 --> 04:30:54,897 OH, EFFICIENCY IS -- WE ARE 7193 04:30:54,897 --> 04:30:58,434 USING A DDPCR TO ASSIST 7194 04:30:58,434 --> 04:31:01,838 EFFICIENCY OF THE EXCISION, OR 7195 04:31:01,838 --> 04:31:03,339 CLEAVAGE OF THE VIRAL DNA. 7196 04:31:03,339 --> 04:31:05,041 >> ONE FINAL QUESTION? 7197 04:31:05,041 --> 04:31:09,645 >> SO ONE COMMENT ANDY READ FROM 7198 04:31:09,645 --> 04:31:10,146 NIAID. 7199 04:31:10,146 --> 04:31:11,380 I PERSONALLY THINK ANY CURE 7200 04:31:11,380 --> 04:31:12,482 MODALITY IS GOING TO NEED TO 7201 04:31:12,482 --> 04:31:15,685 REQUIRE SOME SORT OF GENE I 7202 04:31:15,685 --> 04:31:17,119 EDITING SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE 7203 04:31:17,119 --> 04:31:17,854 THAT MOVING FORWARD. 7204 04:31:17,854 --> 04:31:19,755 AND MY QUESTION, THOUGH, IS, FOR 7205 04:31:19,755 --> 04:31:21,324 THE MACAQUE ANALYSIS THAT YOU 7206 04:31:21,324 --> 04:31:22,692 GUYS HAVE DONE WITH YOUR ASSAY, 7207 04:31:22,692 --> 04:31:26,696 YOU KNOW, BOB SILICANO'S PAPER 7208 04:31:26,696 --> 04:31:28,231 SHOWED THE RESERVOIR IN THE 7209 04:31:28,231 --> 04:31:29,131 MACAQUES LOOKS PRETTY DIFFERENT 7210 04:31:29,131 --> 04:31:30,666 THAN WHAT WE SEE IN HUMANS WITH 7211 04:31:30,666 --> 04:31:33,135 A LOT MORE INTACT PROVIRUSES. 7212 04:31:33,135 --> 04:31:34,036 AND ONE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU 7213 04:31:34,036 --> 04:31:35,905 GUYS SEEING THE SAME THING WITH 7214 04:31:35,905 --> 04:31:39,842 YOUR ASSAYS, AND ALSO DO YOU 7215 04:31:39,842 --> 04:31:41,344 KNOW IF ANYONE HAS EVER LOCKED 7216 04:31:41,344 --> 04:31:43,179 IN THINGS LIKE AFRICAN GREEN 7217 04:31:43,179 --> 04:31:44,847 MONKEYS ON THERAPY TO SEE WHAT 7218 04:31:44,847 --> 04:31:46,048 THEIR RESERVOIR LOOKS LIKE? 7219 04:31:46,048 --> 04:31:51,888 AND I'M JUST CURIOUS. 7220 04:31:51,888 --> 04:31:53,656 >> I HAVE VERY LIMITED DATA ON 7221 04:31:53,656 --> 04:31:54,824 THAT MYSELF, BUT THAT'S 7222 04:31:54,824 --> 04:31:56,125 CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'LL 7223 04:31:56,125 --> 04:31:56,859 BE LOOKING INTO. 7224 04:31:56,859 --> 04:31:59,095 SO FAR I'VE ONLY TESTED 7225 04:31:59,095 --> 04:32:00,463 BASICALLY ONE MONKEY THAT HAD A 7226 04:32:00,463 --> 04:32:02,164 FAIRLY HIGH VIRAL LOAD AS WELL 7227 04:32:02,164 --> 04:32:04,600 FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. 7228 04:32:04,600 --> 04:32:05,801 WENT OFF THERAPY BRIEFLY. 7229 04:32:05,801 --> 04:32:07,303 SO MAY OVERREPRESENT THE NUMBER 7230 04:32:07,303 --> 04:32:08,804 OF INTACT PROVIRUSES THAT WE'LL 7231 04:32:08,804 --> 04:32:10,139 FIND IN THAT SYSTEM. 7232 04:32:10,139 --> 04:32:11,307 BUT I THINK IT HAS BEEN 7233 04:32:11,307 --> 04:32:13,175 DESCRIBED THAT THERE'S 7234 04:32:13,175 --> 04:32:15,311 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE 7235 04:32:15,311 --> 04:32:18,881 OF PERCENT PROVIRUSES IN SIV. 7236 04:32:18,881 --> 04:32:20,316 >> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 7237 04:32:20,316 --> 04:32:22,852 AND SO WE'RE WORKING HERE WITH 7238 04:32:22,852 --> 04:32:26,489 SIV MACK 239M2 WHICH I IS A 7239 04:32:26,489 --> 04:32:27,657 BARCODED VIRUS BUT WE'VE ALSO 7240 04:32:27,657 --> 04:32:29,625 DONE A NUMBER OF STUDIES WITH 7241 04:32:29,625 --> 04:32:30,893 DIFFERENT SHIV VIRUSES AND I 7242 04:32:30,893 --> 04:32:33,462 HAVE A SEPARATE R01 LOOKING AT 7243 04:32:33,462 --> 04:32:38,000 SHIV D WITH KATIE BARR SO WE'RE 7244 04:32:38,000 --> 04:32:39,769 DOING -- TO LOOK AT THE VIRAL 7245 04:32:39,769 --> 04:32:41,070 RESERVOIR. 7246 04:32:41,070 --> 04:32:43,072 SO YEAH. 7247 04:32:43,072 --> 04:32:44,173 >> ALL RIGHT. 7248 04:32:44,173 --> 04:32:51,714 LET'S THANK OUR CRISPR FOR CURE 7249 04:32:51,714 --> 04:32:52,014 SPEAKERS. 7250 04:32:52,014 --> 04:32:53,449 WE HAVE ONE FINAL SESSION COMING 7251 04:32:53,449 --> 04:32:56,886 UP, A PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT 7252 04:32:56,886 --> 04:32:58,754 EXPANDING HIV CURE RESEARCH 7253 04:32:58,754 --> 04:32:59,655 GLOBALLY. 7254 04:32:59,655 --> 04:33:02,158 WE'RE GOING TO SHORTEN OUR BREAK 7255 04:33:02,158 --> 04:33:04,894 SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE 7256 04:33:04,894 --> 04:33:06,429 EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO SEE 7257 04:33:06,429 --> 04:33:08,097 THIS EXCITING PANEL DISCUSSION, 7258 04:33:08,097 --> 04:33:39,940 SO PLEASE COME BACK AT 3:40. THANKS. 7259 04:33:39,940 --> 04:33:42,209 AND WE AT NIH ALSO ARE VERY 7260 04:33:42,209 --> 04:33:45,879 INTERESTED IN THIS AT NIAID IN 7261 04:33:45,879 --> 04:33:48,448 PARTNERSHIP WITH NIDDK AND NIMH, 7262 04:33:48,448 --> 04:33:49,783 WE'VE PUBLISHED A NOTICE OF 7263 04:33:49,783 --> 04:33:53,720 SPECIAL INTEREST OR NOSI ON HIV 7264 04:33:53,720 --> 04:33:55,388 CURE RELATED RESEARCH IN DIVERSE 7265 04:33:55,388 --> 04:33:55,789 POPULATIONS. 7266 04:33:55,789 --> 04:33:57,724 SO WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT MORE 7267 04:33:57,724 --> 04:33:59,092 GRANT APPLICATIONS TO DO HIV 7268 04:33:59,092 --> 04:34:01,695 CURE RESEARCH IN MORE DIVERSE 7269 04:34:01,695 --> 04:34:02,896 POPULATIONS. 7270 04:34:02,896 --> 04:34:03,964 AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE 7271 04:34:03,964 --> 04:34:07,167 GREAT TO HAVE A PANEL IN THIS -- 7272 04:34:07,167 --> 04:34:09,903 AT THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS WHAT 7273 04:34:09,903 --> 04:34:11,905 REALLY IS NEEDED TO MOVE INTO 7274 04:34:11,905 --> 04:34:18,145 MORE DIVERSE STUDIES IN HIV CURE 7275 04:34:18,145 --> 04:34:18,411 RESEARCH. 7276 04:34:18,411 --> 04:34:19,579 TOM QUINN WILL MODERATE THE 7277 04:34:19,579 --> 04:34:25,418 SESSION. 7278 04:34:25,418 --> 04:34:27,921 >> THANK YOU, KARL, AND WELCOME 7279 04:34:27,921 --> 04:34:29,656 TO THE FINAL SESSION OF THIS 7280 04:34:29,656 --> 04:34:30,991 FANTASTIC CONFERENCE. 7281 04:34:30,991 --> 04:34:33,393 IN THE PANEL DISCUSSION, WE WANT 7282 04:34:33,393 --> 04:34:37,798 TO HEAR FROM EACH OF THESE YOUNG 7283 04:34:37,798 --> 04:34:40,300 AFRICAN COLLABORATIVE 7284 04:34:40,300 --> 04:34:44,004 INVESTIGATORS AS TO WHAT THE 7285 04:34:44,004 --> 04:34:46,406 SCOPE OF CURE RESEARCH SHOULD BE 7286 04:34:46,406 --> 04:34:48,542 ON THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA, AND 7287 04:34:48,542 --> 04:34:50,577 WE CAN EXPAND TO ASIA, LATIN 7288 04:34:50,577 --> 04:34:52,212 AMERICA AND OTHER PLACES. 7289 04:34:52,212 --> 04:34:55,015 AS KARL JUST MENTIONED, SOME OF 7290 04:34:55,015 --> 04:34:57,350 THE COLLABORATORIES WE'VE HEARD 7291 04:34:57,350 --> 04:35:01,288 FROM ARE ALREADY -- HAVE ALREADY 7292 04:35:01,288 --> 04:35:04,524 NICINITIATED A NUMBER OF STUDIES 7293 04:35:04,524 --> 04:35:05,458 WORKING IN COLLABORATION FROM 7294 04:35:05,458 --> 04:35:06,626 SOME OF THE SCIENTISTS YOU'RE 7295 04:35:06,626 --> 04:35:07,627 ABOUT TO HEAR FROM. 7296 04:35:07,627 --> 04:35:09,596 BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. 7297 04:35:09,596 --> 04:35:11,665 REMEMBER THERE'S 39 MILLION 7298 04:35:11,665 --> 04:35:15,202 INFECTED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, 7299 04:35:15,202 --> 04:35:17,904 CLOSE TO 70% RESIDE IN THE 7300 04:35:17,904 --> 04:35:23,176 CONTINENT OF AFRICA. 7301 04:35:23,176 --> 04:35:24,945 CLADE B MAKES UP ONLY A SMALL 7302 04:35:24,945 --> 04:35:30,116 PERCENT OF ALL THE SUBTYPES 7303 04:35:30,116 --> 04:35:31,751 CIRCULATING IN THE WORLD. 7304 04:35:31,751 --> 04:35:34,387 SUBTYPE C MAKES UP FROM 9%. 7305 04:35:34,387 --> 04:35:36,957 HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON 7306 04:35:36,957 --> 04:35:37,958 SUBTYPE C? 7307 04:35:37,958 --> 04:35:43,697 AND IF YOU GO TO EAST AFRICA, 7308 04:35:43,697 --> 04:35:45,332 AND PARTS OF WEST AFRICA, YOU 7309 04:35:45,332 --> 04:35:52,472 SEE SUBTYPES A, D, REI RECOMBIN, 7310 04:35:52,472 --> 04:35:55,242 ALL OF THE OTHER SUBTYPES ARE 7311 04:35:55,242 --> 04:35:57,210 PRETTY MUCH REPRESENTED IN THAT 7312 04:35:57,210 --> 04:35:57,611 CONTINENT. 7313 04:35:57,611 --> 04:35:59,045 AND YET MOST OF THE WORK AS 7314 04:35:59,045 --> 04:36:02,282 WE'VE HEARD ALL OVER THIS PAST 7315 04:36:02,282 --> 04:36:04,818 TWO DAYS HAS BEEN FOCUSED A LOT, 7316 04:36:04,818 --> 04:36:06,653 AND EXCITING WORK, ON SUBTYPE B. 7317 04:36:06,653 --> 04:36:07,854 AND WHILE THAT'S RELEVANT AND 7318 04:36:07,854 --> 04:36:09,956 WILL PROVIDE US INSIGHT, WE NEED 7319 04:36:09,956 --> 04:36:11,591 TO START THINKING ABOUT 7320 04:36:11,591 --> 04:36:13,493 DIVERSIFYING SOME OF THIS AS TO 7321 04:36:13,493 --> 04:36:18,498 HOW IT CAN BE EFFECTIVE WITH 7322 04:36:18,498 --> 04:36:19,633 OTHER SUBTYPES AND EVALUATING 7323 04:36:19,633 --> 04:36:22,035 THOSE IN AFRICA, IN OTHER AREAS 7324 04:36:22,035 --> 04:36:25,572 OF THE WORLD, SO THAT WE HAVE A 7325 04:36:25,572 --> 04:36:32,345 REAL GLOBAL EFFORT AT HIV CURE. 7326 04:36:32,345 --> 04:36:33,513 SO ASSEMBLED BEFORE YOU ARE 7327 04:36:33,513 --> 04:36:34,481 INDIVIDUALS, SCIENTISTS, 7328 04:36:34,481 --> 04:36:38,285 INVESTIGATORS WHO HAVE REALLY 7329 04:36:38,285 --> 04:36:40,453 BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RESEARCH, 7330 04:36:40,453 --> 04:36:47,093 LEADING TOWARDS CURE. 7331 04:36:47,093 --> 04:36:48,161 THEY'VE COLLABORATED WITH SOME 7332 04:36:48,161 --> 04:36:50,030 OF YOU, THEY'VE SENT SPECIMENS 7333 04:36:50,030 --> 04:36:50,897 ABROAD BACK TO THE U.S. 7334 04:36:50,897 --> 04:36:52,465 SOME OF THE WORK IS STARTING TO 7335 04:36:52,465 --> 04:36:55,635 TAKE PLACE IN AFRICA, AND THAT 7336 04:36:55,635 --> 04:36:57,037 CONTEXT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 7337 04:36:57,037 --> 04:36:59,372 THAT WE START LOOKING AT 7338 04:36:59,372 --> 04:37:00,707 INFRASTRUCTURE, WE START LOOKING 7339 04:37:00,707 --> 04:37:03,143 AT THE SCIENTISTS EDUCATING 7340 04:37:03,143 --> 04:37:05,345 THEM, MENTORING THEM AND HAVING 7341 04:37:05,345 --> 04:37:08,415 THEM PERFORM THE STUDIES WHERE 7342 04:37:08,415 --> 04:37:17,757 THE PARTICIPANTS ARE RESIDING. 7343 04:37:17,757 --> 04:37:19,659 , VERIFY THAT FROM CARL'S 7344 04:37:19,659 --> 04:37:21,227 REMARK, THE INSTITUTE IS VERY 7345 04:37:21,227 --> 04:37:24,698 INTERESTED IN AN INTERNATIONAL 7346 04:37:24,698 --> 04:37:27,100 EFFORT FOR FINDING A CURE FOR 7347 04:37:27,100 --> 04:37:27,467 HIV. 7348 04:37:27,467 --> 04:37:30,303 AND THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM 7349 04:37:30,303 --> 04:37:32,305 DAIDS TO THE INTRA MURAL 7350 04:37:32,305 --> 04:37:34,808 PROGRAM, AND I WILL SAY WITH THE 7351 04:37:34,808 --> 04:37:37,577 NEW LEADERSHIP WHO STARTED THIS 7352 04:37:37,577 --> 04:37:47,554 CONFERENCE, DR. GENIE JENANNE. 7353 04:37:47,554 --> 04:37:48,855 SO THIS WILL CLOSE OUT THE 7354 04:37:48,855 --> 04:37:49,956 CONFERENCE AND WE HOPE TO HEAR 7355 04:37:49,956 --> 04:37:51,124 FROM YOU AFTER EACH OF THE 7356 04:37:51,124 --> 04:37:54,294 PANELISTS HAVE GIVEN THER THEIR 7357 04:37:54,294 --> 04:37:55,562 PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT CURE SHOULD 7358 04:37:55,562 --> 04:37:56,796 BE LOOKING LIKE IN AFRICA. 7359 04:37:56,796 --> 04:37:58,531 AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK EACH ONE 7360 04:37:58,531 --> 04:38:04,137 OF THEM TO TAKE THREE, FOUR 7361 04:38:04,137 --> 04:38:05,705 MINUTES, GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP 7362 04:38:05,705 --> 04:38:06,940 IT SHORT BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR 7363 04:38:06,940 --> 04:38:08,775 FROM THE AUDIENCE, AND IF IT 7364 04:38:08,775 --> 04:38:09,809 GOES BEYOND FIVE, I'M GOING TO 7365 04:38:09,809 --> 04:38:13,313 HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT I WILL 7366 04:38:13,313 --> 04:38:15,915 START WITH ZAZA, IF YOU COULD 7367 04:38:15,915 --> 04:38:17,384 INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND GIVE US 7368 04:38:17,384 --> 04:38:19,986 YOUR PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT NEEDS 7369 04:38:19,986 --> 04:38:23,656 TO BE DONE, WHAT LIES AHEAD IN 7370 04:38:23,656 --> 04:38:25,925 THE FUTURE FOR RESEARCH AND CURE 7371 04:38:25,925 --> 04:38:27,127 IN AFRICA. 7372 04:38:27,127 --> 04:38:29,129 AND PLEASE, AS WE GO DOWN THE 7373 04:38:29,129 --> 04:38:30,764 LINE, JUST GIVE A FULL 7374 04:38:30,764 --> 04:38:34,300 INTRODUCTION, WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN 7375 04:38:34,300 --> 04:38:36,302 DOING IN THIS AREA AND THEN WHAT 7376 04:38:36,302 --> 04:38:37,237 YOUR THOUGHTS ARE FOR THE 7377 04:38:37,237 --> 04:38:39,005 FUTURE. 7378 04:38:39,005 --> 04:38:43,276 THANKS. 7379 04:38:43,276 --> 04:38:44,544 >> ALL RIGHT. 7380 04:38:44,544 --> 04:38:45,812 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7381 04:38:45,812 --> 04:38:48,148 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS 7382 04:38:48,148 --> 04:38:49,649 FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO BE 7383 04:38:49,649 --> 04:38:51,484 INVITED HERE AND TO GIVE 7384 04:38:51,484 --> 04:38:52,652 PERSPECTIVES ABOUT HIV CURE ON 7385 04:38:52,652 --> 04:38:53,653 THE CONTINENT. 7386 04:38:53,653 --> 04:38:57,123 SO MY NAME IS ZAZA NDHLOVU, I'M 7387 04:38:57,123 --> 04:38:58,825 A VIRAL IMMUNOLOGIST BY 7388 04:38:58,825 --> 04:38:59,159 TRAINING. 7389 04:38:59,159 --> 04:39:01,327 I OBTAINED MY PH.D. AT JOHNS 7390 04:39:01,327 --> 04:39:04,097 HOPKINS AND DID MY POSTDOC WITH 7391 04:39:04,097 --> 04:39:06,099 BRUCE AT HARVARD. 7392 04:39:06,099 --> 04:39:08,935 I HAVE MY LAB WITH INTEREST IN 7393 04:39:08,935 --> 04:39:12,472 VIRAL RESERVOIRS IN TISSUES, AND 7394 04:39:12,472 --> 04:39:13,440 IMMUNE RESPONSES, TRYING TO FIND 7395 04:39:13,440 --> 04:39:18,378 WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PINCH THE 7396 04:39:18,378 --> 04:39:20,113 VIRUS IN THE TISSUES. 7397 04:39:20,113 --> 04:39:23,283 SO RELATED TO HIV CURE RESEARCH 7398 04:39:23,283 --> 04:39:26,152 BEING DONE ON THE CONTINENT, 7399 04:39:26,152 --> 04:39:27,020 PARTICULARLY BASIC SCIENCE 7400 04:39:27,020 --> 04:39:27,887 RESEARCH, INCLUDING 7401 04:39:27,887 --> 04:39:29,522 INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE ONLY 7402 04:39:29,522 --> 04:39:30,356 BEEN -- INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE 7403 04:39:30,356 --> 04:39:32,092 BEEN DONE ON THE CONTINENT SO 7404 04:39:32,092 --> 04:39:36,796 FAR, DESPITE BEARING THE BIGGEST 7405 04:39:36,796 --> 04:39:37,197 BURDEN. 7406 04:39:37,197 --> 04:39:39,833 SO VERY FEW AFRICANS THAT ARE 7407 04:39:39,833 --> 04:39:42,735 PIs AND DIRECTLY FUNDED ON THE 7408 04:39:42,735 --> 04:39:44,070 CONTINENT, AND THERE'S VERY 7409 04:39:44,070 --> 04:39:47,140 LIMITED KNOWLEDGE IN THE 7410 04:39:47,140 --> 04:39:47,941 COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE 7411 04:39:47,941 --> 04:39:49,442 POLITICIANS OR STAKEHOLDERS. 7412 04:39:49,442 --> 04:39:52,479 THE POLITICIANS, PEOPLE LIVING 7413 04:39:52,479 --> 04:39:55,115 WITH HIV, CAREGIVERS KNOW VERY 7414 04:39:55,115 --> 04:39:56,583 LITTLE ABOUT WHAT CURE RESEARCH 7415 04:39:56,583 --> 04:39:58,518 IS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE 7416 04:39:58,518 --> 04:39:59,619 AND WHETHER THEY ARE EVEN PART 7417 04:39:59,619 --> 04:40:00,186 OF THAT. 7418 04:40:00,186 --> 04:40:01,654 SO THE LACK OF OWNERSHIP IS 7419 04:40:01,654 --> 04:40:03,690 REALLY A BIG PROBLEM. 7420 04:40:03,690 --> 04:40:06,059 SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS 7421 04:40:06,059 --> 04:40:09,696 REALLY TO CREATE AN HIV CURE 7422 04:40:09,696 --> 04:40:11,197 RESEARCH ON THE CONTINENT THAT 7423 04:40:11,197 --> 04:40:14,300 IS EQUITABLE AND FAIR AND 7424 04:40:14,300 --> 04:40:15,368 INCLUDES ALL STAKEHOLDERS. 7425 04:40:15,368 --> 04:40:17,704 SO WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 7426 04:40:17,704 --> 04:40:20,140 IN THE CONTINENT TO WORK WITH 7427 04:40:20,140 --> 04:40:21,875 EACH OTHER, SO WE NEED TO CREATE 7428 04:40:21,875 --> 04:40:23,877 LEADERSHIP ON THE CONTINENT, AND 7429 04:40:23,877 --> 04:40:26,312 THAT LEADERSHIP WILL BE ABLE TO 7430 04:40:26,312 --> 04:40:29,482 SHARE POLICY AND WAYS IN WHICH 7431 04:40:29,482 --> 04:40:31,384 TO CONDUCT CURE RESEARCH IN A 7432 04:40:31,384 --> 04:40:33,419 SAFE AND MEANINGFUL WAY. 7433 04:40:33,419 --> 04:40:35,155 REMEMBER HIV CURE RESEARCH IS 7434 04:40:35,155 --> 04:40:35,488 VERY COMPLEX. 7435 04:40:35,488 --> 04:40:37,524 IF YOU COME TO BASIC SCIENCE, 7436 04:40:37,524 --> 04:40:39,159 YOU NEED LARGE BLOOD VOLUME, WE 7437 04:40:39,159 --> 04:40:40,593 NEED TISSUES OR THESE ARE 7438 04:40:40,593 --> 04:40:41,794 UNUSUAL WAYS OF DOING RESEARCH 7439 04:40:41,794 --> 04:40:43,029 COMPARED TO WHAT WE DID BEFORE. 7440 04:40:43,029 --> 04:40:44,864 SO YOU NEED SPECIAL REGULATION 7441 04:40:44,864 --> 04:40:47,734 AND YOU NEED MORE RESOURCES. 7442 04:40:47,734 --> 04:40:50,270 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ON THE 7443 04:40:50,270 --> 04:40:51,504 CONTINENT OF AFRICA FOR THOSE 7444 04:40:51,504 --> 04:40:54,874 THAT ASKED, THE COST OF DOING 7445 04:40:54,874 --> 04:40:57,410 BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH IS 7446 04:40:57,410 --> 04:40:58,611 EXTREMELY HIGH. 7447 04:40:58,611 --> 04:41:02,448 SO FOR EVERY REAGENT WE GET, 7448 04:41:02,448 --> 04:41:04,751 THAT WOULD COST YOU $100 A YEAR, 7449 04:41:04,751 --> 04:41:06,619 WOULD COST YOU $300 IN AFRICA. 7450 04:41:06,619 --> 04:41:10,256 THE COST OF RUNNING REAGENTS AND 7451 04:41:10,256 --> 04:41:11,491 THE TIME AROUND TO GET THOSE 7452 04:41:11,491 --> 04:41:15,662 REAGENTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, AND 7453 04:41:15,662 --> 04:41:16,629 SO EVEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE 7454 04:41:16,629 --> 04:41:19,732 IDEAS AND CAN CONDUCT RESEARCH, 7455 04:41:19,732 --> 04:41:20,900 BECAUSE THEY ARE FORCED TO 7456 04:41:20,900 --> 04:41:22,101 COLLABORATE WITH SOMEBODY HERE 7457 04:41:22,101 --> 04:41:23,536 IN THE U.S. OR U.K. AND SHIP 7458 04:41:23,536 --> 04:41:25,104 THEIR SAMPLES, IT'S A LOT 7459 04:41:25,104 --> 04:41:27,073 EASIER, IT'S CHEAPER AND SO WE 7460 04:41:27,073 --> 04:41:29,042 ARE LAGGING BEHIND IN THAT VEIN, 7461 04:41:29,042 --> 04:41:32,245 AND SO WE NEED TO REALLY -- THE 7462 04:41:32,245 --> 04:41:36,916 SOLUTION IS TO FIND AND MOBILIZE 7463 04:41:36,916 --> 04:41:37,317 LEADERSHIP. 7464 04:41:37,317 --> 04:41:38,885 PEOPLE THAT CAN TALK TO THE 7465 04:41:38,885 --> 04:41:40,620 POLITICIANS, PEOPLE THAT CAN 7466 04:41:40,620 --> 04:41:41,721 COMMUNICATE POLICY, PEOPLE THAT 7467 04:41:41,721 --> 04:41:45,592 CAN COME UP WITH A COHERENT 7468 04:41:45,592 --> 04:41:46,759 PROGRAM OF HIV CURE RESEARCH 7469 04:41:46,759 --> 04:41:49,562 THAT IS REALLY TARGETED AT 7470 04:41:49,562 --> 04:41:53,700 ADDRESSING THOSE SUBTYPES THAT 7471 04:41:53,700 --> 04:41:55,902 MOSTLY CIRCULATE ON THE 7472 04:41:55,902 --> 04:41:57,537 CONTINENT. 7473 04:41:57,537 --> 04:41:59,472 >> THANK YOU. 7474 04:41:59,472 --> 04:41:59,806 EDWARD? 7475 04:41:59,806 --> 04:42:09,182 >> TH THANK YOU. 7476 04:42:09,182 --> 04:42:13,186 SO A POSTDOC AT JOHNS HOPKINS IN 7477 04:42:13,186 --> 04:42:24,430 TOM QUINN'S RAB QUINN'S LAB, W 7478 04:42:25,732 --> 04:42:27,000 UGANDA. 7479 04:42:27,000 --> 04:42:30,003 I WAS THE MOST -- IN THE DAY OF 7480 04:42:30,003 --> 04:42:31,871 THE HIV IN UGANDA, AND WE LOST 7481 04:42:31,871 --> 04:42:35,141 MANY PEOPLE TO HIV. 7482 04:42:35,141 --> 04:42:36,309 FAST FORWARD, MY INTEREST IN 7483 04:42:36,309 --> 04:42:39,746 CURE RESEARCH STARTED AFTER I 7484 04:42:39,746 --> 04:42:41,314 COMPLETED MEDICAL SCHOOL AND 7485 04:42:41,314 --> 04:42:44,484 STARTED PROVIDING CLINICAL CARE 7486 04:42:44,484 --> 04:42:45,618 IN RAKAI. 7487 04:42:45,618 --> 04:42:47,153 THAT'S WHEN I STARTED GETTING 7488 04:42:47,153 --> 04:42:48,454 MULTIPLE DISCLOSURES FROM MANY 7489 04:42:48,454 --> 04:42:50,957 FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT THEIR 7490 04:42:50,957 --> 04:42:55,461 STATUS AND IF THERE WAS ANY HOPE 7491 04:42:55,461 --> 04:42:58,564 THAT THIS THING COULD GO AWAY. 7492 04:42:58,564 --> 04:42:59,766 SO I STARTED LOOKING FOR 7493 04:42:59,766 --> 04:43:01,401 OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT'S HOW I 7494 04:43:01,401 --> 04:43:03,336 APPLIED TO THE IAS RESEARCH FOR 7495 04:43:03,336 --> 04:43:03,936 CURE ACADEMY AND HAD THE 7496 04:43:03,936 --> 04:43:07,907 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SHARON AND 7497 04:43:07,907 --> 04:43:11,778 STEVE AND TUMBE AND -- WHERE IS 7498 04:43:11,778 --> 04:43:13,212 KAREN? 7499 04:43:13,212 --> 04:43:14,881 AND THEM TRAIN US, GIVE US 7500 04:43:14,881 --> 04:43:16,215 REALLY THAT INTRODUCTION WHICH 7501 04:43:16,215 --> 04:43:21,888 WAS MY ENTRY TO THIS FIELD, AND 7502 04:43:21,888 --> 04:43:24,424 SHORTLY AFTER COLLABORATORS OF 7503 04:43:24,424 --> 04:43:28,361 RAKAI, DR. RED, ANDREW, AND 7504 04:43:28,361 --> 04:43:29,095 DR. JESSICA, I THINK THEY'RE 7505 04:43:29,095 --> 04:43:32,799 PROBABLY AROUND. 7506 04:43:32,799 --> 04:43:33,700 ACTUALLY INTRODUCING NEW 7507 04:43:33,700 --> 04:43:35,702 POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT I APPLIED 7508 04:43:35,702 --> 04:43:39,472 FOR AND THAT LED TO MY TRAINING 7509 04:43:39,472 --> 04:43:45,278 IN CANADA, HOW TO ANALYZE THIS, 7510 04:43:45,278 --> 04:43:47,046 AND BIOSTATISTICS AND 7511 04:43:47,046 --> 04:43:49,082 EPIDEMIOLOGY TRAINING. 7512 04:43:49,082 --> 04:43:53,586 SO THIS WAS TO GET THAT KIND OF 7513 04:43:53,586 --> 04:43:54,520 TRAINING. 7514 04:43:54,520 --> 04:43:56,723 EVENTUALLY IT LED TO MY CURRENT 7515 04:43:56,723 --> 04:43:59,359 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP. 7516 04:43:59,359 --> 04:44:01,194 AT JOHNS HOPKINS IN TOM QUINN'S 7517 04:44:01,194 --> 04:44:01,427 LAB. 7518 04:44:01,427 --> 04:44:06,566 SO IT BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY FOR 7519 04:44:06,566 --> 04:44:09,035 ME BUT AN INTERESTING ONE. 7520 04:44:09,035 --> 04:44:19,579 NOW, IT IS TEMPTING TO MAKE MANY 7521 04:44:24,517 --> 04:44:30,790 DEMANDS OF YOU, BUT FORGET ABOUT 7522 04:44:30,790 --> 04:44:32,592 ON RESPONSIBILITIES, I THINK I 7523 04:44:32,592 --> 04:44:33,559 WOULD LIKE TO START WITH 7524 04:44:33,559 --> 04:44:33,826 OURSELVES. 7525 04:44:33,826 --> 04:44:35,895 WE HAVE A SAYING, IF YOU POINT 7526 04:44:35,895 --> 04:44:37,330 AT SOMEONE THREE FINGERS ARE 7527 04:44:37,330 --> 04:44:40,099 POINTING BACK AT YOU. 7528 04:44:40,099 --> 04:44:43,369 SO IN OUR OWN CASE, WE HAVE TO 7529 04:44:43,369 --> 04:44:46,072 OWN UP THIS PROBLEM. 7530 04:44:46,072 --> 04:44:48,674 AND THE WORK. 7531 04:44:48,674 --> 04:44:50,176 THE LARGEST BURDEN OF THE 7532 04:44:50,176 --> 04:44:56,749 DISEASE IS ON OUR CONTINENT, BUT 7533 04:44:56,749 --> 04:45:00,520 SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE IN THIS THE 7534 04:45:00,520 --> 04:45:01,687 COLLABORATIONS, THIS IS A BIT 7535 04:45:01,687 --> 04:45:02,622 EMBARRASSING TO SAY BUT IT HAS 7536 04:45:02,622 --> 04:45:06,125 TO BE SAID, IN SOME CASES WE ARE 7537 04:45:06,125 --> 04:45:08,194 NOT VIEWED AS SERIOUS 7538 04:45:08,194 --> 04:45:10,196 CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS WORK. 7539 04:45:10,196 --> 04:45:15,835 AND SOMETIMES TRULY SO. 7540 04:45:15,835 --> 04:45:17,470 BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT EXTRA 7541 04:45:17,470 --> 04:45:18,805 EFFORT TO PUT IN EXTRA EFFORT 7542 04:45:18,805 --> 04:45:20,406 EVEN WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE THE 7543 04:45:20,406 --> 04:45:21,040 EXPERTISE, THERE ARE THINGS YOU 7544 04:45:21,040 --> 04:45:22,475 CAN DO FOR YOUR COLLABORATORS TO 7545 04:45:22,475 --> 04:45:24,877 KNOW THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS 7546 04:45:24,877 --> 04:45:30,049 PERSON THAT WE CAN WORK WITH. 7547 04:45:30,049 --> 04:45:33,386 AND SECONDLY, OUR GOVERNMENTS 7548 04:45:33,386 --> 04:45:36,289 ALSO NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT 7549 04:45:36,289 --> 04:45:41,861 THIS. 7550 04:45:41,861 --> 04:45:43,429 IT SAYS IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE CRY 7551 04:45:43,429 --> 04:45:45,198 WITH YOU, THIS IS IN MY TRIBE, 7552 04:45:45,198 --> 04:45:46,399 IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE CRY WITH 7553 04:45:46,399 --> 04:45:50,937 YOU, YOU HAVE TO CRY LOUDER. LON 7554 04:45:50,937 --> 04:45:51,404 THAT PERSON. 7555 04:45:51,404 --> 04:45:55,942 SO WE HAVE GOODWILL OF OUR 7556 04:45:55,942 --> 04:45:57,410 FRIENDS, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING? 7557 04:45:57,410 --> 04:46:00,146 WE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT 7558 04:46:00,146 --> 04:46:04,851 OF MONEY, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING 7559 04:46:04,851 --> 04:46:05,918 SMALL THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY 7560 04:46:05,918 --> 04:46:06,752 CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORK. 7561 04:46:06,752 --> 04:46:10,056 TIME WILL COME FROM FRIENDS ARE 7562 04:46:10,056 --> 04:46:11,257 NOT ABLE TO HELP US. 7563 04:46:11,257 --> 04:46:12,592 MAYBE NOT WITH HIV BUT WITH A 7564 04:46:12,592 --> 04:46:12,992 DIFFERENT PROBLEM. 7565 04:46:12,992 --> 04:46:15,027 IT DID HAPPEN DURING COVID IN 7566 04:46:15,027 --> 04:46:18,931 THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. 7567 04:46:18,931 --> 04:46:22,802 EVERYBODY WAS HOLDING VACCINES, 7568 04:46:22,802 --> 04:46:28,341 AND WERE OUT IN THE COLD. 7569 04:46:28,341 --> 04:46:29,909 WHAT DO WE DO IN SUCH IPS 7570 04:46:29,909 --> 04:46:30,243 STANCE? 7571 04:46:30,243 --> 04:46:31,711 SO IN OUR CASE, THE GOVERNMENT 7572 04:46:31,711 --> 04:46:33,913 OF UGANDA DID SOMETHING I'VE 7573 04:46:33,913 --> 04:46:34,847 NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 7574 04:46:34,847 --> 04:46:37,517 I THINK RESEARCH INNOVATION 7575 04:46:37,517 --> 04:46:41,254 FUND, IT WAS I THINK AROUND 7576 04:46:41,254 --> 04:46:44,590 $20,000 PER PERSON THAT THE 7577 04:46:44,590 --> 04:46:47,860 GROUP FUNDED TO HEY, GUYS, DO 7578 04:46:47,860 --> 04:46:48,461 SOMETHING, DO SOMETHING ABOUT 7579 04:46:48,461 --> 04:46:48,928 THIS THING. 7580 04:46:48,928 --> 04:46:50,763 NOW WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR 7581 04:46:50,763 --> 04:46:55,434 TOUGH TIMES LIKE THAT TO COME. 7582 04:46:55,434 --> 04:46:56,969 WE NEED TO ACTUALLY START DOING 7583 04:46:56,969 --> 04:46:58,905 THESE THINGS AS AFRICAN PEOPLE, 7584 04:46:58,905 --> 04:47:01,173 AS PEOPLE IN OTHER LMICs SO 7585 04:47:01,173 --> 04:47:03,576 THAT IN CASE WE ARE IN SUCH A 7586 04:47:03,576 --> 04:47:05,077 SITUATION EVER AGAIN, WE'RE ABLE 7587 04:47:05,077 --> 04:47:08,014 TO DO SOMETHING ON OUR OWN. 7588 04:47:08,014 --> 04:47:09,448 SHOULD I PAUSE THERE? 7589 04:47:09,448 --> 04:47:09,682 >> YES. 7590 04:47:09,682 --> 04:47:10,516 >> THANK YOU. 7591 04:47:10,516 --> 04:47:14,620 >> WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK 7592 04:47:14,620 --> 04:47:16,856 AFTERWARDS. 7593 04:47:16,856 --> 04:47:25,765 IMMACULATE? 7594 04:47:25,765 --> 04:47:27,300 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 7595 04:47:27,300 --> 04:47:30,970 MY NAME IS IMMACULATE NANKYA. 7596 04:47:30,970 --> 04:47:33,139 I'M BASED IN UGANDA AT THE JOINT 7597 04:47:33,139 --> 04:47:36,876 CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE, 7598 04:47:36,876 --> 04:47:39,211 CO-DIRECTOR OF THE RUST BUILD 7599 04:47:39,211 --> 04:47:40,246 SAFER, COLAB RANGE OF MOTION 7600 04:47:40,246 --> 04:47:41,681 BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND 7601 04:47:41,681 --> 04:47:42,615 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, SO I 7602 04:47:42,615 --> 04:47:51,290 WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH JOHN 7603 04:47:51,290 --> 04:47:55,227 I'M A MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST, I'M A 7604 04:47:55,227 --> 04:47:57,997 MEDICAL BIOLOGIST VIROLOGIST 7605 04:47:57,997 --> 04:47:58,931 BASICALLY, AND BASICALLY I WAS 7606 04:47:58,931 --> 04:48:02,101 IN THE HIV RESISTANCE AND THEN 7607 04:48:02,101 --> 04:48:06,572 MOVED INTO HIV CURE WITH THE 7608 04:48:06,572 --> 04:48:08,040 PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, AND THE 7609 04:48:08,040 --> 04:48:11,777 ISSUE AT HAND CURRENTLY IS YES 7610 04:48:11,777 --> 04:48:13,212 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS 7611 04:48:13,212 --> 04:48:17,717 BEEN DONE IN THE SUBTYPE B, AND 7612 04:48:17,717 --> 04:48:19,652 THESE ARE PREDOMINANTLY MALE 7613 04:48:19,652 --> 04:48:21,320 COHORT, SO THERE IS A NEED TO 7614 04:48:21,320 --> 04:48:24,190 DIVERSIFY TO LOOK AT WHAT IS OUT 7615 04:48:24,190 --> 04:48:29,195 THERE, WHAT IS MAINLY IN AFRICA, 7616 04:48:29,195 --> 04:48:31,964 THEY ARE MORE PREDOMINANTLY 7617 04:48:31,964 --> 04:48:33,199 FEMALE, HETEROSEXUAL COMMUNITY, 7618 04:48:33,199 --> 04:48:38,471 THEY ARE MORE DIVERSE 7619 04:48:38,471 --> 04:48:40,239 POPULATIONS AND DIVERSE 7620 04:48:40,239 --> 04:48:41,440 SUBTYPES, AS YOU KNOW MOST OF 7621 04:48:41,440 --> 04:48:43,209 THE SUBTYPES IN AFRICA, AND 7622 04:48:43,209 --> 04:48:46,946 PRECISELY IN UGANDA, WE HAVE 7623 04:48:46,946 --> 04:48:49,949 SUBTYPE A, D, C, AND THEN THE 7624 04:48:49,949 --> 04:48:51,317 RECOMBINANTS. 7625 04:48:51,317 --> 04:48:54,920 SO -- AND AS WE ALL KNOW THAT 7626 04:48:54,920 --> 04:48:56,155 ALREADY MUCH OF THE WORK IS DONE 7627 04:48:56,155 --> 04:48:57,590 IN SUBTYPE B AND THERE IS NEED 7628 04:48:57,590 --> 04:49:00,860 TO OPTIMIZE SO THE KEY THING 7629 04:49:00,860 --> 04:49:02,895 HERE IS TO OPTIMIZE ASSAYS FROM 7630 04:49:02,895 --> 04:49:06,699 THE B TO THE NON-Bs. 7631 04:49:06,699 --> 04:49:11,804 AND ALSO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING 7632 04:49:11,804 --> 04:49:12,705 THAT KIND OF WORK. 7633 04:49:12,705 --> 04:49:16,976 BECAUSE I WORK IN COLLABORATION 7634 04:49:16,976 --> 04:49:18,944 WITH THIS HERE, SO OPTIMIZATION 7635 04:49:18,944 --> 04:49:21,213 ALSO BRINGS ALONG TRAINING, SO 7636 04:49:21,213 --> 04:49:22,815 WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM 7637 04:49:22,815 --> 04:49:27,653 UGANDA TO COME HERE IN THE U.S. 7638 04:49:27,653 --> 04:49:29,388 AND THEY'RE TRAINED IN THE 7639 04:49:29,388 --> 04:49:30,723 OPTIMIZATION, GAINING ALSO THE 7640 04:49:30,723 --> 04:49:30,990 EXPERTISE. 7641 04:49:30,990 --> 04:49:32,124 AND THIS IS VERY CRUCIAL BECAUSE 7642 04:49:32,124 --> 04:49:33,292 YOU CAN'T DO THIS WORK WHEN YOU 7643 04:49:33,292 --> 04:49:34,527 DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE. 7644 04:49:34,527 --> 04:49:36,095 SO ONCE THESE PEOPLE ARE 7645 04:49:36,095 --> 04:49:38,030 TRAINED, THEN ALSO THERE IS NEED 7646 04:49:38,030 --> 04:49:40,366 TO -- THIS IS CAPACITY BUILDING, 7647 04:49:40,366 --> 04:49:41,934 SO THE CAPACITY BUILDING THEN 7648 04:49:41,934 --> 04:49:44,036 NOW MEANS THAT THERE IS ALSO 7649 04:49:44,036 --> 04:49:45,237 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, SO 7650 04:49:45,237 --> 04:49:46,539 BASICALLY IN THIS KIND OF WORK, 7651 04:49:46,539 --> 04:49:50,309 WE REALLY NEED TO BUILD THAT 7652 04:49:50,309 --> 04:49:51,644 CAPACITY TO DO THIS WORK, SO 7653 04:49:51,644 --> 04:49:56,115 THAT WE CAN CLEARLY UNDERSTAND 7654 04:49:56,115 --> 04:49:59,685 WHAT WE HAVE, THE RESEARCH WE'RE 7655 04:49:59,685 --> 04:50:01,420 DOING RIGHT NOW IS STILL AT -- 7656 04:50:01,420 --> 04:50:04,590 WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE 7657 04:50:04,590 --> 04:50:07,059 ACTUAL DYNAMICS OF THE RESERVOIR 7658 04:50:07,059 --> 04:50:09,361 IN THE NON-Bs AND IT NEEDS A 7659 04:50:09,361 --> 04:50:10,563 LITTLE CHARACTERIZATION, IS 7660 04:50:10,563 --> 04:50:12,198 NEEDS A LOT OF -- ALL THESE 7661 04:50:12,198 --> 04:50:13,799 ASSAYS, BUT ALSO THE ASSAYS COME 7662 04:50:13,799 --> 04:50:18,337 WITH EQUIPMENT, SO WE FIND THAT 7663 04:50:18,337 --> 04:50:22,575 IN THIS -- OUR COUNTRIES, MOST 7664 04:50:22,575 --> 04:50:24,076 OF IT IS NOT AVAILABLE. 7665 04:50:24,076 --> 04:50:25,177 FOR MOST OF THE WORK WE HAVE 7666 04:50:25,177 --> 04:50:26,579 DONE PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE BEEN 7667 04:50:26,579 --> 04:50:28,314 DOING SOME PART OF THE WORK IN 7668 04:50:28,314 --> 04:50:30,850 OUR COUNTRIES LIKE IN UGANDA, 7669 04:50:30,850 --> 04:50:32,785 AND THEN SHIP THE SAMPLES TO 7670 04:50:32,785 --> 04:50:33,319 HERE. 7671 04:50:33,319 --> 04:50:37,123 SO THAT THE LAST PART OF THE 7672 04:50:37,123 --> 04:50:38,424 ASSAYS, THE MEASUREMENT ASSAYS 7673 04:50:38,424 --> 04:50:39,291 ARE DONE HERE. 7674 04:50:39,291 --> 04:50:42,795 SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REALLY 7675 04:50:42,795 --> 04:50:45,164 SUCCESSFULLY DO THIS WORK WHEN 7676 04:50:45,164 --> 04:50:47,800 WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT. 7677 04:50:47,800 --> 04:50:49,568 THEN ONCE WE HAVE -- WE MAY NOT 7678 04:50:49,568 --> 04:50:52,238 BE -- I MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE 7679 04:50:52,238 --> 04:50:53,773 EQUIPMENT, I MAY NOT HAVE THE 7680 04:50:53,773 --> 04:50:56,008 DROPLET PCR AND THEN THE 7681 04:50:56,008 --> 04:50:57,243 NANOPOLE AND ALL THESE THINGS, 7682 04:50:57,243 --> 04:51:00,980 BUT AS MAYBE COLLABORATIONS ARE 7683 04:51:00,980 --> 04:51:01,914 REALLY VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, SO 7684 04:51:01,914 --> 04:51:03,682 IF WE CAN ALSO -- LIKE WE DO THE 7685 04:51:03,682 --> 04:51:05,050 NORTH TO SOUTH COLLABORATIONS, 7686 04:51:05,050 --> 04:51:07,219 IT ALSO IMPORTANT WITHIN 7687 04:51:07,219 --> 04:51:09,255 COUNTRY, WITHIN THE AFRICAN 7688 04:51:09,255 --> 04:51:13,259 CONTINENT TO HAVE 7689 04:51:13,259 --> 04:51:13,759 COLLABORATIONS. 7690 04:51:13,759 --> 04:51:14,860 SOMETIMES YOU TEND THAT WE FIND 7691 04:51:14,860 --> 04:51:16,262 TO KEEP OR YOU KNOW LIKE YOU 7692 04:51:16,262 --> 04:51:17,296 HIDE YOUR EQUIPMENT, YOU DON'T 7693 04:51:17,296 --> 04:51:21,066 WANT TO SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE 7694 04:51:21,066 --> 04:51:22,835 ELSE, AND THAT ALSO HINDERS OUR 7695 04:51:22,835 --> 04:51:23,669 PROGRESS IN RESEARCH. 7696 04:51:23,669 --> 04:51:25,571 SO REALLY I'D ADVOCATE FOR US TO 7697 04:51:25,571 --> 04:51:26,772 BE MORE OPEN TO COLLABORATIONS. 7698 04:51:26,772 --> 04:51:27,907 SOMETIMES WHEN I HAVE AN IDEA, 7699 04:51:27,907 --> 04:51:29,408 SOMEONE ELSE WILL NOT TAKE IT UP 7700 04:51:29,408 --> 04:51:30,576 BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK 7701 04:51:30,576 --> 04:51:32,011 WITH ME, THEY WOULD PREFER TO 7702 04:51:32,011 --> 04:51:33,779 WORK WITH SOMEONE IN THE NORTH 7703 04:51:33,779 --> 04:51:35,414 THAN SOMEONE IN THE SOUTH. 7704 04:51:35,414 --> 04:51:37,983 SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE 7705 04:51:37,983 --> 04:51:41,921 GO INTO THIS, NOT THAT -- SOUTH 7706 04:51:41,921 --> 04:51:45,057 TO SOUTH, WITHIN CO COUNTRY, WIN 7707 04:51:45,057 --> 04:51:47,560 THE CONTINENT IS IMPORTANT IF WE 7708 04:51:47,560 --> 04:51:49,195 ARE TO GO FARTHER IN THE CURE 7709 04:51:49,195 --> 04:51:49,428 AGENDA. 7710 04:51:49,428 --> 04:51:49,895 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7711 04:51:49,895 --> 04:51:54,934 >> THANK YOU, IMMA IMMACULATE. 7712 04:51:54,934 --> 04:51:55,634 JULIE? 7713 04:51:55,634 --> 04:51:57,770 >> I'M JULIE AKE, DIRECTOR OF 7714 04:51:57,770 --> 04:52:00,606 THE U.S. MILITARY HIV RESEARCH 7715 04:52:00,606 --> 04:52:01,807 PROGRAM. 7716 04:52:01,807 --> 04:52:07,880 WHICH MEANS I WORK IN KENYA AND 7717 04:52:07,880 --> 04:52:15,221 UGANDA AND IN TANZANIA, AND 7718 04:52:15,221 --> 04:52:22,127 TIAMU IN NIGERIA AS WELL AS 7719 04:52:22,127 --> 04:52:24,997 DR. SORCHI, IN THAILAND AND 7720 04:52:24,997 --> 04:52:25,898 INCREASINGLY WORKING IN THE 7721 04:52:25,898 --> 04:52:26,432 PHILIPPINES. 7722 04:52:26,432 --> 04:52:27,633 I'VE LEARNED MORE FROM THOSE 7723 04:52:27,633 --> 04:52:28,934 INDIVIDUALS IN THE COURSE OF MY 7724 04:52:28,934 --> 04:52:33,205 LIFE AND MY CAREER REALLY THAN 7725 04:52:33,205 --> 04:52:34,707 ANY OF THE TERRIFIC MENTORS I'VE 7726 04:52:34,707 --> 04:52:36,275 HAD HERE IN THE STATES, BECAUSE 7727 04:52:36,275 --> 04:52:38,644 OF THE REALLY OUTSTANDING WORK 7728 04:52:38,644 --> 04:52:40,913 THAT THEY DO IN THEIR LOCAL 7729 04:52:40,913 --> 04:52:42,181 COMMUNITIES, AND WE ALL LEARN 7730 04:52:42,181 --> 04:52:43,983 HOW TO DO CLINICAL TRIALS RIGHT 7731 04:52:43,983 --> 04:52:47,186 FROM THESE EXPERTS IN LOW AND 7732 04:52:47,186 --> 04:52:48,621 MIDDLE INCOME SETTINGS. 7733 04:52:48,621 --> 04:52:52,224 I WOULD ADD, AT MHRP, WE ALWAYS 7734 04:52:52,224 --> 04:52:53,826 DO THE BULK OF OUR RESEARCH 7735 04:52:53,826 --> 04:52:54,226 INTERNATIONALLY. 7736 04:52:54,226 --> 04:52:55,694 IT HOW I GREW UP. 7737 04:52:55,694 --> 04:52:57,596 I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THAT THE 7738 04:52:57,596 --> 04:53:00,332 POSSIBLE IS ALWAYS THERE IN 7739 04:53:00,332 --> 04:53:02,768 INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS. 7740 04:53:02,768 --> 04:53:04,436 PROBABLY CONDUCTED IN MY 7741 04:53:04,436 --> 04:53:07,039 EXPERIENCE, OFTEN BETTER. 7742 04:53:07,039 --> 04:53:08,741 AND SO WE SHOULD ALWAYS EXPECT 7743 04:53:08,741 --> 04:53:09,508 MORE. 7744 04:53:09,508 --> 04:53:11,143 GO FORTH BOLDLY IN THIS AREA AND 7745 04:53:11,143 --> 04:53:11,911 EXPECT SUCCESS. 7746 04:53:11,911 --> 04:53:15,881 WE'VE ONLY EVER SEEN IT IN TERMS 7747 04:53:15,881 --> 04:53:18,250 OF BEING ABLE TO OPERATIONALIZE 7748 04:53:18,250 --> 04:53:19,551 VERY COMPLEX STUDIES IN THESE 7749 04:53:19,551 --> 04:53:20,052 SETTINGS. 7750 04:53:20,052 --> 04:53:21,720 IT GIVES ME A HUGE AMOUNT OF 7751 04:53:21,720 --> 04:53:28,127 CONFIDENCE IN TERMS OF THE 7752 04:53:28,127 --> 04:53:29,061 DIRECTION THAT THE FIELD IS 7753 04:53:29,061 --> 04:53:29,662 TAKING. 7754 04:53:29,662 --> 04:53:30,930 I'LL SHARE MY OWN EXPERIENCE, 7755 04:53:30,930 --> 04:53:32,464 WE'VE ALWAYS DONE A LOT OF 7756 04:53:32,464 --> 04:53:33,399 VACCINE WORK INTERNATIONALLY, 7757 04:53:33,399 --> 04:53:35,935 BUT MORE RECENTLY, COMPLETED A 7758 04:53:35,935 --> 04:53:40,005 STUDY WHERE WE GAVE VRC01 DURING 7759 04:53:40,005 --> 04:53:43,575 ACUTE INFECTION SO OFTEN WITHIN 7760 04:53:43,575 --> 04:53:46,946 21 DAYS OF A NEGATIVE TEST IN 7761 04:53:46,946 --> 04:53:49,515 UGANDA, KENYA, TANZANIA AND 7762 04:53:49,515 --> 04:53:52,885 THAILAND ADMINISTERING 7763 04:53:52,885 --> 04:53:53,652 VRC01 OBVIOUSLY UNDERGOING 7764 04:53:53,652 --> 04:53:54,753 INFORMED CONSENT, THE SITES AND 7765 04:53:54,753 --> 04:53:56,922 THE LOCAL INVESTIGATORS ALSO 7766 04:53:56,922 --> 04:54:00,526 WERE ABLE TO TRAIN UP AND 7767 04:54:00,526 --> 04:54:02,828 PERFORM A NUMBER OF TISSUE 7768 04:54:02,828 --> 04:54:08,901 SAMPLING PREA DEURS. 7769 04:54:08,901 --> 04:54:10,336 THE LOCAL CLINICIANS, THEY SAY 7770 04:54:10,336 --> 04:54:11,971 SURE, YOU CAN TRAIN ME TO DO A 7771 04:54:11,971 --> 04:54:14,273 LYMPH NODE BIOPSY, I'M ALREADY 7772 04:54:14,273 --> 04:54:15,307 CREDENTIALED. 7773 04:54:15,307 --> 04:54:16,508 THEY CAN ALSO TAKE OUT MY 7774 04:54:16,508 --> 04:54:17,643 APPENDIX AND DELIVER MY BABY, 7775 04:54:17,643 --> 04:54:17,843 RIGHT? 7776 04:54:17,843 --> 04:54:19,545 I MEAN, WE SHOULD NEVER 7777 04:54:19,545 --> 04:54:22,114 UNDERESTIMATE WHAT IS CAPABLE IN 7778 04:54:22,114 --> 04:54:24,883 THAT SETTING, BUT THEY ALSO, 7779 04:54:24,883 --> 04:54:30,222 WITH THE GUT BIOPSIES THEY 7780 04:54:30,222 --> 04:54:31,757 CAPABLY PERFORMED, GENERATED 7781 04:54:31,757 --> 04:54:32,891 REALLY IMPORTANT DATA ON THE 7782 04:54:32,891 --> 04:54:37,663 PRESENCE OF VRC01 AND I'M GOI 7783 04:54:37,663 --> 04:54:38,964 GOING -- AMINO INFLAMMATORY 7784 04:54:38,964 --> 04:54:41,800 MARKEMARKERS, THEY DID AN OUTSTG 7785 04:54:41,800 --> 04:54:43,535 JOB SO I'M EXCITED WE HAVE AN 7786 04:54:43,535 --> 04:54:44,670 OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SORT OF 7787 04:54:44,670 --> 04:54:47,106 STEP ON THE GAS FOR WORKING IN 7788 04:54:47,106 --> 04:54:48,407 INTERNATIONAL POPULATIONS AND 7789 04:54:48,407 --> 04:54:52,144 WITH THE SUPPORT THAT NIAID IS 7790 04:54:52,144 --> 04:54:55,748 INCREASINGLY PROVIDING WITH OUR 7791 04:54:55,748 --> 04:54:57,049 PARTNERS THAT I'VE MENTIONED, 7792 04:54:57,049 --> 04:54:59,852 ALSO WITH COLLEAGUES IN THE 7793 04:54:59,852 --> 04:55:01,186 PHILIPPINES, WE'RE LAUNCHING AN 7794 04:55:01,186 --> 04:55:02,388 INITIATIVE WE CALL DELIVER, 7795 04:55:02,388 --> 04:55:05,124 WHICH IS DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP 7796 04:55:05,124 --> 04:55:07,059 AND INNOVATION IN VIRAL 7797 04:55:07,059 --> 04:55:11,296 ERADICATION RESEARCH, REALLY 7798 04:55:11,296 --> 04:55:16,902 WITH AN AIM TOWARDS DOING MORE 7799 04:55:16,902 --> 04:55:19,671 MULTISITE IMPACTFUL CURE TRIALS, 7800 04:55:19,671 --> 04:55:22,374 CAPITALIZING ON THE ABILITY TO 7801 04:55:22,374 --> 04:55:25,778 INTERVENE AT THE TIME OF HIV 7802 04:55:25,778 --> 04:55:30,916 DIAGNOSIS, AND CHALLENGING 7803 04:55:30,916 --> 04:55:32,785 OURSELVES TO SEE IF -- NOT JUST 7804 04:55:32,785 --> 04:55:34,486 THROUGH THE COHORTS WE'VE BEEN 7805 04:55:34,486 --> 04:55:35,621 WORKING ON FOR YEARS BUT THROUGH 7806 04:55:35,621 --> 04:55:37,923 OUR PEPFAR PROGRAM PLATFORM, CAN 7807 04:55:37,923 --> 04:55:39,558 WE REALLY INTEGRATE WITH PUBLIC 7808 04:55:39,558 --> 04:55:45,230 HEALTH CASE FINDING STRATEGIES 7809 04:55:45,230 --> 04:55:46,532 TO WORK WITH THESE POPULATIONS 7810 04:55:46,532 --> 04:55:47,633 AND START TO DELIVER TRIALS TO 7811 04:55:47,633 --> 04:55:50,903 THE POPULATIONS GLOBALLY AS 7812 04:55:50,903 --> 04:55:52,871 THESE DIAGNOSES ARE BEING MADE. 7813 04:55:52,871 --> 04:55:53,872 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS 7814 04:55:53,872 --> 04:55:54,306 EFFORT. 7815 04:55:54,306 --> 04:55:57,476 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL HO HERE F, 7816 04:55:57,476 --> 04:55:57,743 ISN'T IT? 7817 04:55:57,743 --> 04:55:58,110 THANK YOU. 7818 04:55:58,110 --> 04:56:01,180 >> THANKS, JULIE. 7819 04:56:01,180 --> 04:56:04,016 AND NEXT IS HANEEFA, WHO WILL 7820 04:56:04,016 --> 04:56:05,250 FILL US IN ON SOME OF THESE 7821 04:56:05,250 --> 04:56:08,020 OPPORTUNITIES. 7822 04:56:08,020 --> 04:56:08,720 >> THANKS. 7823 04:56:08,720 --> 04:56:11,757 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. 7824 04:56:11,757 --> 04:56:17,863 MY NAME IS HANEEFA SALEEM, JOHNS 7825 04:56:17,863 --> 04:56:19,031 HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF 7826 04:56:19,031 --> 04:56:19,364 PUBLIC HEALTH. 7827 04:56:19,364 --> 04:56:20,332 ONE OF THE ROLES THAT I ALSO 7828 04:56:20,332 --> 04:56:24,236 HOLD IS DIRECTOR OF THE INTERC 7829 04:56:24,236 --> 04:56:25,104 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WORKING 7830 04:56:25,104 --> 04:56:27,106 DWREUP AND I'M ALSO THE PROGRAM 7831 04:56:27,106 --> 04:56:28,307 LEAD FOR A NEW INITIATIVE THAT 7832 04:56:28,307 --> 04:56:33,145 WE JUST LAUNCHED, NIH FUNDED 7833 04:56:33,145 --> 04:56:34,947 CFAR AFRICURE PROGRAM. 7834 04:56:34,947 --> 04:56:36,682 WE'VE HEARD OF THE NEED TO 7835 04:56:36,682 --> 04:56:37,850 DIVERSIFY CURE RESEARCH AND PART 7836 04:56:37,850 --> 04:56:39,918 OF THAT IS DIVERSIFYING THE 7837 04:56:39,918 --> 04:56:40,185 WORKFORCE. 7838 04:56:40,185 --> 04:56:45,157 SO THE CFAR AFRICARE PROGRAM IS 7839 04:56:45,157 --> 04:56:46,892 INTENDED TO ADVANCE HIV CURE 7840 04:56:46,892 --> 04:56:48,127 RESEARCH IN AFRICA IN PARTICULAR 7841 04:56:48,127 --> 04:56:50,829 BY PROVIDING MENTOR 7842 04:56:50,829 --> 04:56:55,267 DEVELOPMENTAL AWARDS TO 7843 04:56:55,267 --> 04:56:56,502 INVESTIGATORS BASED IN AFRICA 7844 04:56:56,502 --> 04:56:58,704 WHO CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE 7845 04:56:58,704 --> 04:56:59,638 ISSUES SPECIFIC FOR AFRICA. 7846 04:56:59,638 --> 04:57:01,173 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE 7847 04:57:01,173 --> 04:57:04,343 AIMING TO PROVIDE SMALL DEVEL 7848 04:57:04,343 --> 04:57:05,544 DEVELOPMENT AWARDS REALLY TO 7849 04:57:05,544 --> 04:57:06,945 INVEST IN THE PEOPLE WHO 7850 04:57:06,945 --> 04:57:08,680 HOPEFULLY WILL DO THIS WORK. 7851 04:57:08,680 --> 04:57:13,085 WE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER 7852 04:57:13,085 --> 04:57:13,819 COLLEAGUES ON THE PANEL IN TERMS 7853 04:57:13,819 --> 04:57:15,654 OF THE NEED FOR INDEPENDENT 7854 04:57:15,654 --> 04:57:16,622 INVESTIGATORS IN AFRICA DOING 7855 04:57:16,622 --> 04:57:21,593 THIS TYPE OF WORK, SO WE'RE 7856 04:57:21,593 --> 04:57:22,995 REALLY TRYING TO PUSH FOR THAT 7857 04:57:22,995 --> 04:57:24,163 BY BUILDING CAPACITY LOCALLY. 7858 04:57:24,163 --> 04:57:26,365 THERE ARE SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF 7859 04:57:26,365 --> 04:57:26,932 THE PROGRAM. 7860 04:57:26,932 --> 04:57:28,000 FIRST THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE 7861 04:57:28,000 --> 04:57:29,468 AWARD, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY 7862 04:57:29,468 --> 04:57:34,640 THERE'S THE MENTORSHIP, SO 7863 04:57:34,640 --> 04:57:36,275 AWARDEES WILL BE MENTORED BY 7864 04:57:36,275 --> 04:57:38,210 SENIOR INVESTIGATORS ACROSS THE 7865 04:57:38,210 --> 04:57:39,745 CFARs, BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO 7866 04:57:39,745 --> 04:57:41,480 LOCAL INVESTIGATORS IN AFRICA 7867 04:57:41,480 --> 04:57:42,714 WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK AND PART 7868 04:57:42,714 --> 04:57:44,850 OF THAT IS TO BUILD WHAT 7869 04:57:44,850 --> 04:57:46,051 IMMACULATE MENTIONED, SOME OF 7870 04:57:46,051 --> 04:57:47,586 THESE REGIONAL COLLABORATIONS 7871 04:57:47,586 --> 04:57:50,289 AND COLLABORATIONS WITHIN THE 7872 04:57:50,289 --> 04:57:52,090 CONTINENT. 7873 04:57:52,090 --> 04:57:54,026 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 7874 04:57:54,026 --> 04:57:54,526 THIS PROGRAM. 7875 04:57:54,526 --> 04:57:57,296 WE HAD A FLYER THAT WAS UP 7876 04:57:57,296 --> 04:57:59,364 EARLIER, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TALK 7877 04:57:59,364 --> 04:58:01,533 MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND 7878 04:58:01,533 --> 04:58:04,102 WE'RE HOPING -- WE'RE LOOKING 7879 04:58:04,102 --> 04:58:05,070 FORWARD TO RECEIVING APPLICANTS 7880 04:58:05,070 --> 04:58:06,505 AND REALLY LAUNCHING THIS 7881 04:58:06,505 --> 04:58:10,242 PROGRAM, AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE 7882 04:58:10,242 --> 04:58:11,610 ALL OF YOU WHO MAY BE WORKING 7883 04:58:11,610 --> 04:58:14,479 WITH INVESTIGATORS, MAY HAVE 7884 04:58:14,479 --> 04:58:15,781 COLLEAGUES IN AFRICA TO SPREAD 7885 04:58:15,781 --> 04:58:17,950 THE WORD OF THIS PROGRAM, 7886 04:58:17,950 --> 04:58:21,019 BECAUSE IT'S REALLY PART OF THIS 7887 04:58:21,019 --> 04:58:23,288 PRIORITY TO DIVERSIFY HIV 7888 04:58:23,288 --> 04:58:26,692 RESEARCH TO OTHER POPULATIONS. 7889 04:58:26,692 --> 04:58:31,797 >> GREAT, THANKS, HANEEFA. 7890 04:58:31,797 --> 04:58:33,465 LASTLY, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM 7891 04:58:33,465 --> 04:58:35,634 THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY AND THAT'S 7892 04:58:35,634 --> 04:58:37,102 ELINA, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE 7893 04:58:37,102 --> 04:58:37,369 YOURSELF. 7894 04:58:37,369 --> 04:58:38,537 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7895 04:58:38,537 --> 04:58:40,639 MY NAME IS ELINA MWASINGA. 7896 04:58:40,639 --> 04:58:42,140 I'M FROM MALAWI. 7897 04:58:42,140 --> 04:58:43,976 I LEAD AN ORGANIZATION CALLED 7898 04:58:43,976 --> 04:58:44,543 THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR 7899 04:58:44,543 --> 04:58:48,847 YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. 7900 04:58:48,847 --> 04:58:52,884 HIV CURE RESEARCH ADVOCATE AND 7901 04:58:52,884 --> 04:58:55,254 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. 7902 04:58:55,254 --> 04:58:58,056 SO MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE STEMS 7903 04:58:58,056 --> 04:59:01,360 FROM MY PERSONAL CHALLENGES THAT 7904 04:59:01,360 --> 04:59:04,229 I'VE FACED AS A PERSON LIVING 7905 04:59:04,229 --> 04:59:10,369 WITH HIV THE SO THE IMPACTS 7906 04:59:10,369 --> 04:59:13,905 FIRSTHAND LOOKING AT STIGMA 7907 04:59:13,905 --> 04:59:15,874 DISCRIMINATION, IT WAS REALLY 7908 04:59:15,874 --> 04:59:18,110 HARD, AND ALSO DEALING WITH THE 7909 04:59:18,110 --> 04:59:21,313 THE STRUGGLES OF THE PILL -- I 7910 04:59:21,313 --> 04:59:22,681 KNOW IT'S SOMETHING YOU JUST 7911 04:59:22,681 --> 04:59:24,049 HAVE TO ACCEPT BUT IT DOESN'T 7912 04:59:24,049 --> 04:59:24,783 GET ANY EASIER. 7913 04:59:24,783 --> 04:59:27,319 SO TO BE IN THIS SPACE TO LEARN 7914 04:59:27,319 --> 04:59:29,521 THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR HIV CURE 7915 04:59:29,521 --> 04:59:30,355 REALLY MEANS A LOT. 7916 04:59:30,355 --> 04:59:34,192 AND FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE I 7917 04:59:34,192 --> 04:59:35,627 REPRESENT, SOMETIMES YOU MEET A 7918 04:59:35,627 --> 04:59:37,496 YOUNG PERSON ON THE VERGE OF 7919 04:59:37,496 --> 04:59:38,163 COMMITTING SUICIDE. 7920 04:59:38,163 --> 04:59:39,097 EVEN IF YOU TELL THEM THEY HAVE 7921 04:59:39,097 --> 04:59:40,132 TO TAKE THE DRUGS FOR THE REST 7922 04:59:40,132 --> 04:59:41,767 OF YOUR LIFE, IT DOESN'T BECOME 7923 04:59:41,767 --> 04:59:42,868 EASIER, BUT WHEN YOU TELL THEM 7924 04:59:42,868 --> 04:59:44,136 THAT, OH, THERE'S SOME 7925 04:59:44,136 --> 04:59:45,070 BREAKTHROUGHS, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE 7926 04:59:45,070 --> 04:59:48,040 BEING CURED OF HIV, THAT'S WHAT 7927 04:59:48,040 --> 04:59:48,473 GIVES THEM HOPE. 7928 04:59:48,473 --> 04:59:49,908 SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK 7929 04:59:49,908 --> 04:59:51,443 THAT THE RESEARCHERS ARE DOING 7930 04:59:51,443 --> 04:59:52,844 AND ALL THE KEY PLAYERS ARE 7931 04:59:52,844 --> 04:59:53,312 DOING. 7932 04:59:53,312 --> 04:59:54,680 I THINK YOU REALLY DESERVE A 7933 04:59:54,680 --> 04:59:56,315 ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE YOU 7934 04:59:56,315 --> 04:59:58,150 ARE DOING GREAT WORK. 7935 04:59:58,150 --> 04:59:59,584 AND BEING IN THIS SPACE IS SUCH 7936 04:59:59,584 --> 05:00:00,886 A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, SO I'M 7937 05:00:00,886 --> 05:00:02,454 REALLY, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 7938 05:00:02,454 --> 05:00:04,790 TO THE MORE OUTCOMES OF THE WORK 7939 05:00:04,790 --> 05:00:08,560 THAT'S BEING DONE IN THE LAB, AS 7940 05:00:08,560 --> 05:00:10,962 WELL AS IN THE COMMUNITIES. 7941 05:00:10,962 --> 05:00:13,031 SO MY WORK IN HIV CURE RESEARCH 7942 05:00:13,031 --> 05:00:14,733 STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WHEN I 7943 05:00:14,733 --> 05:00:17,269 WAS ENGAGED WITH AVEC, AND I'VE 7944 05:00:17,269 --> 05:00:21,707 BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH JESSICA, 7945 05:00:21,707 --> 05:00:23,575 SANDRA, I'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO 7946 05:00:23,575 --> 05:00:24,776 THE -- AT FIRST IT'S REALLY 7947 05:00:24,776 --> 05:00:26,178 DIFFICULT TO EVEN UNDERSTAND 7948 05:00:26,178 --> 05:00:27,846 WHAT AN HIV RESERVOIR IS, BUT 7949 05:00:27,846 --> 05:00:28,947 I'M GLAD THAT I WAS VERY 7950 05:00:28,947 --> 05:00:30,382 FAMILIAR IN THIS ROOM WITH A LOT 7951 05:00:30,382 --> 05:00:33,085 OF WORDS AND I COULD RELATE TO A 7952 05:00:33,085 --> 05:00:37,889 LOT OF THE PRESENTATION. 7953 05:00:37,889 --> 05:00:41,026 SO I THINK LOOKING AT AFRICA IN 7954 05:00:41,026 --> 05:00:42,728 TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY, IN TERMS 7955 05:00:42,728 --> 05:00:46,531 OF HIV CURE, MY RESEARCH, AND 7956 05:00:46,531 --> 05:00:47,933 WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH MYTH, 7957 05:00:47,933 --> 05:00:49,267 FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S MYTH THAT 7958 05:00:49,267 --> 05:00:50,435 IF YOU SLEEP WITH A VIRGIN 7959 05:00:50,435 --> 05:00:52,070 YOU'RE GOING TO BE CURED. 7960 05:00:52,070 --> 05:00:53,939 SO I BELIEVE AS WE TALK ABOUT 7961 05:00:53,939 --> 05:00:55,607 HIV CURE RESEARCH, IT'S 7962 05:00:55,607 --> 05:00:59,978 IMPORTANT THAT WE START TO 7963 05:00:59,978 --> 05:01:00,645 EMPOWER COMMUNITIES WITH THIS 7964 05:01:00,645 --> 05:01:00,946 KNOWLEDGE. 7965 05:01:00,946 --> 05:01:03,348 I THINK WE LEARN A LOT FROM 7966 05:01:03,348 --> 05:01:03,682 COVID-19. 7967 05:01:03,682 --> 05:01:05,283 WHEN THE VACCINE CAME OUT, THERE 7968 05:01:05,283 --> 05:01:07,452 WAS SO MUCH UNRESPONSIVENESS 7969 05:01:07,452 --> 05:01:09,421 BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT THAT QUICK 7970 05:01:09,421 --> 05:01:10,622 KNOWLEDGE, BUT IF WE START NOW 7971 05:01:10,622 --> 05:01:13,558 AND WHEN THE CURE COMES, I THINK 7972 05:01:13,558 --> 05:01:15,327 WE WON'T SPEND MUCH TIME 7973 05:01:15,327 --> 05:01:17,863 CONVINCING PEOPLE WHO ALREADY 7974 05:01:17,863 --> 05:01:19,131 HAVE -- KNOWLEDGE, SO I THINK 7975 05:01:19,131 --> 05:01:20,766 THE TIME IS NOW TO START 7976 05:01:20,766 --> 05:01:22,501 BUILDING UP THIS IN OUR 7977 05:01:22,501 --> 05:01:25,604 COMMUNITIES AND WE NEED TO 7978 05:01:25,604 --> 05:01:27,873 ENSURE THAT -- CLAB RAYTIVE 7979 05:01:27,873 --> 05:01:29,608 EFFORTS AND PLATFORMS WHERE 7980 05:01:29,608 --> 05:01:30,475 RESEARCHERS CAN ALSO ENGAGE WITH 7981 05:01:30,475 --> 05:01:31,076 THE COMMUNITIES. 7982 05:01:31,076 --> 05:01:33,879 AND I THINK EARLIER WE TALKED 7983 05:01:33,879 --> 05:01:35,747 ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURES IN 7984 05:01:35,747 --> 05:01:37,816 AFRICA, SO ALREADY AFRICA 7985 05:01:37,816 --> 05:01:39,451 DEPENDS SO MUCH ON DONOR FUNDED 7986 05:01:39,451 --> 05:01:41,219 LOOKING AT PEPFAR AND GLOBAL 7987 05:01:41,219 --> 05:01:44,890 FUND LIKE ALMOST 80% GOES 7988 05:01:44,890 --> 05:01:46,892 TOWARDS COMMUNITIES AND OUR 7989 05:01:46,892 --> 05:01:49,628 GOVERNMENTS DO MAKE COMMITMENTS 7990 05:01:49,628 --> 05:01:50,729 TO CONTRIBUTE A CERTAIN 7991 05:01:50,729 --> 05:01:51,696 PERCENTAGE BUT THAT NEVER 7992 05:01:51,696 --> 05:01:57,402 HAPPENS, SO I THINK AS ALREADY 7993 05:01:57,402 --> 05:01:58,103 MENTIONED, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 7994 05:01:58,103 --> 05:01:59,304 WE ALSO HOLD OUR GOVERNMENT 7995 05:01:59,304 --> 05:02:00,572 ACCOUNTABLE TO START PLANNING 7996 05:02:00,572 --> 05:02:02,808 FOR DOMESTIC RESOURCES TOWARDS 7997 05:02:02,808 --> 05:02:04,576 HIV CURE RESEARCH. 7998 05:02:04,576 --> 05:02:06,111 I'LL END HERE FOR NOW. 7999 05:02:06,111 --> 05:02:09,948 THANK YOU. 8000 05:02:09,948 --> 05:02:15,954 [APPLAUSE] 8001 05:02:15,954 --> 05:02:18,457 >> I WANT TO THANL THE PANELISTS 8002 05:02:18,457 --> 05:02:19,524 FOR BEING BRIEF SO WE HAVE 8003 05:02:19,524 --> 05:02:20,592 PLENTY OF TIME BUT I'M GOING TO 8004 05:02:20,592 --> 05:02:21,426 DO A BRIEF SUMMARY. 8005 05:02:21,426 --> 05:02:24,896 I WANT TO STIMULATE SOME OF YOU 8006 05:02:24,896 --> 05:02:25,864 OUT IN THE AUDIENCE BEFORE YOU 8007 05:02:25,864 --> 05:02:28,600 LEAVE THIS CONFERENCE, AND ALSO 8008 05:02:28,600 --> 05:02:29,668 THE PANELISTS. 8009 05:02:29,668 --> 05:02:31,970 SO LET ME JUST SUMMARIZE WHAT 8010 05:02:31,970 --> 05:02:36,341 SOME OF THE THEMES THAT I HEARD. 8011 05:02:36,341 --> 05:02:39,377 FIRST IS THAT THERE IS A DIRE 8012 05:02:39,377 --> 05:02:40,846 NEED FOR MORE INTENSIVE TRAINING 8013 05:02:40,846 --> 05:02:42,881 IN THIS FIELD OF CURE RESEARCH. 8014 05:02:42,881 --> 05:02:46,051 IT'S HIGHLY TECHNICAL, AND THERE 8015 05:02:46,051 --> 05:02:48,887 NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF 8016 05:02:48,887 --> 05:02:51,923 COLLABORATION NORTH-SOUTH AND 8017 05:02:51,923 --> 05:02:52,457 SOUTH-SOUTH. 8018 05:02:52,457 --> 05:02:55,961 AND ACTUALLY, THE 8019 05:02:55,961 --> 05:02:57,929 COLLABORATORIES ARE THE PERFECT 8020 05:02:57,929 --> 05:03:00,232 EXAMPLE OF THAT TYPE OF 8021 05:03:00,232 --> 05:03:01,666 COLLABORATION. 8022 05:03:01,666 --> 05:03:03,001 I'VE SEEN IT INDIVIDUALLY WITH 8023 05:03:03,001 --> 05:03:04,069 THE DIFFERENT COLLABORATORIES 8024 05:03:04,069 --> 05:03:06,338 I'VE WORKED WITH OR HAVE BEEN 8025 05:03:06,338 --> 05:03:06,705 AFFILIATED WITH. 8026 05:03:06,705 --> 05:03:11,009 HOW YOU REACH OUT ACROSS 8027 05:03:11,009 --> 05:03:12,344 DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS. 8028 05:03:12,344 --> 05:03:13,411 THAT COMPETITIVE SCIENTISTS GET 8029 05:03:13,411 --> 05:03:16,481 TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY WORK ON A 8030 05:03:16,481 --> 05:03:19,518 PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND FORGE 8031 05:03:19,518 --> 05:03:19,951 FORWARD. 8032 05:03:19,951 --> 05:03:24,456 SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CURE 8033 05:03:24,456 --> 05:03:28,393 COLLABORATORIES ARE PROBABLY THE 8034 05:03:28,393 --> 05:03:31,062 BEST SCENARIO IN WHICH WE CAN 8035 05:03:31,062 --> 05:03:33,732 EMBRACE THE PROBLEMS 8036 05:03:33,732 --> 05:03:37,002 INTERNATIONALLY ON CURE RESEARCH 8037 05:03:37,002 --> 05:03:38,336 AND HAVE THIS TYPE OF 8038 05:03:38,336 --> 05:03:38,970 COLLABORATION. 8039 05:03:38,970 --> 05:03:42,707 THE COLLABORATORIES NEED TO NOT 8040 05:03:42,707 --> 05:03:44,442 JUST BE IN ONE CITY AND MOST OF 8041 05:03:44,442 --> 05:03:46,978 THEM ARE NOT, THEY'RE MULTIPLE 8042 05:03:46,978 --> 05:03:48,647 CITIES IN THE U.S., BUT NOW THEY 8043 05:03:48,647 --> 05:03:54,152 NEED TO REACH OUT, HELP WITH THE 8044 05:03:54,152 --> 05:03:58,523 TRAINING OF OF REALLY EXCITING 8045 05:03:58,523 --> 05:03:59,491 SCIENTISTS, WELL EDUCATED BUT 8046 05:03:59,491 --> 05:04:01,960 NEED THE TRAINING IN SPECIFIC 8047 05:04:01,960 --> 05:04:04,229 TECHNIQUES AND HOW TO MOVE THAT 8048 05:04:04,229 --> 05:04:04,563 FORWARD. 8049 05:04:04,563 --> 05:04:07,799 I ALSO HEARD THAT WE NEEDED A 8050 05:04:07,799 --> 05:04:10,035 GREATER FOCUS OF THESE 8051 05:04:10,035 --> 05:04:11,736 COLLABORATORIES, THE ONES THAT 8052 05:04:11,736 --> 05:04:15,540 WE'VE ALL HEARD FROM, ON NON-B 8053 05:04:15,540 --> 05:04:17,976 SUBTYPES. 8054 05:04:17,976 --> 05:04:19,511 THEY MAKE UP A SMALL PROPORTION 8055 05:04:19,511 --> 05:04:20,178 OF THE GLOBAL PROBLEM THAT WE 8056 05:04:20,178 --> 05:04:22,914 FACE. 8057 05:04:22,914 --> 05:04:24,115 AND SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE TO ALL 8058 05:04:24,115 --> 05:04:27,185 OF YOU. 8059 05:04:27,185 --> 05:04:28,353 START THINKING OUT OF THE BOX. 8060 05:04:28,353 --> 05:04:30,989 GET SOME CLADE Cs, SOME Ds, 8061 05:04:30,989 --> 05:04:32,924 SOME As, SOME RECOMBINANTS. 8062 05:04:32,924 --> 05:04:35,126 CAN YOU DO IPDA EASILY, SO THAT 8063 05:04:35,126 --> 05:04:39,264 YOU CAN MEASURE THE RESERVOIRS 8064 05:04:39,264 --> 05:04:40,599 EFFECTIVELY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING 8065 05:04:40,599 --> 05:04:44,569 WITH NON-CLADE Bs. 8066 05:04:44,569 --> 05:04:45,837 SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS 8067 05:04:45,837 --> 05:04:46,404 BROUGHT UP. 8068 05:04:46,404 --> 05:04:47,973 I ALSO HEARD THAT CLINICAL 8069 05:04:47,973 --> 05:04:51,910 RESEARCH IS VERY POSSIBLE, THAT 8070 05:04:51,910 --> 05:04:55,146 THE COMMUNITY EMBRACES THAT, 8071 05:04:55,146 --> 05:04:57,582 THAT THOSE WHO WORK IN AFRICA, 8072 05:04:57,582 --> 05:05:00,085 WHETHER IT'S GETTING INTESTINAL 8073 05:05:00,085 --> 05:05:04,055 BIOPSIES OR IT'S DOING TREATMENT 8074 05:05:04,055 --> 05:05:07,425 INTERRUPTIONS, OTHER TYPES OF 8075 05:05:07,425 --> 05:05:07,826 INVESTIGATIONS. 8076 05:05:07,826 --> 05:05:12,097 ALL OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 8077 05:05:12,097 --> 05:05:13,565 CAN BE DONE IN AFRICA, DOESN'T 8078 05:05:13,565 --> 05:05:18,570 HAVE TO JUST BE DONE IN THE U.S. 8079 05:05:18,570 --> 05:05:19,537 AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY WANTS 8080 05:05:19,537 --> 05:05:21,539 TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT, THAT THE 8081 05:05:21,539 --> 05:05:24,676 SCIENTIFIC LEADERS CAN REALLY 8082 05:05:24,676 --> 05:05:27,946 TAKE ON SOME OF THESE 8083 05:05:27,946 --> 05:05:28,847 INITIATIVES, SO EVEN THOUGH 8084 05:05:28,847 --> 05:05:30,615 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CRISPR AND 8085 05:05:30,615 --> 05:05:35,153 WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CRISPR IN 8086 05:05:35,153 --> 05:05:36,554 U.S. SCIENCE LABORATORIES, I 8087 05:05:36,554 --> 05:05:38,123 THINK SOME OF THAT CAN BE DONE 8088 05:05:38,123 --> 05:05:40,091 WITH THE NON-CLADE Bs AND IT 8089 05:05:40,091 --> 05:05:43,862 CAN BE DONE IN AFRICA I AND THE 8090 05:05:43,862 --> 05:05:45,096 COHORTS CAN BE BUILT IN THE 8091 05:05:45,096 --> 05:05:47,932 MEANTIME TO EFFICIENTLY GO 8092 05:05:47,932 --> 05:05:49,834 FORWARD FOR THOSE TYPES OF 8093 05:05:49,834 --> 05:05:51,269 INVESTIGATIONS. 8094 05:05:51,269 --> 05:05:54,506 I HEARD A NEED FOR 8095 05:05:54,506 --> 05:05:55,707 INFRASTRUCTURE. 8096 05:05:55,707 --> 05:05:58,777 THAT THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT YOU 8097 05:05:58,777 --> 05:06:02,480 ALL USE IS NOT IN AFRICA. 8098 05:06:02,480 --> 05:06:04,349 IN VERY FEW PLACES. 8099 05:06:04,349 --> 05:06:07,786 MAYBE SOUTH AFRICA'S GOT SOME IN 8100 05:06:07,786 --> 05:06:09,087 CAPETOWN, MAYBE IN JOHANNESBURG, 8101 05:06:09,087 --> 05:06:10,655 BUT CERTAINLY NOT IN THE EASTERN 8102 05:06:10,655 --> 05:06:13,725 CAPE WHERE I'VE WORKED. 8103 05:06:13,725 --> 05:06:15,026 IT CERTAINLY JUST STARTING TO 8104 05:06:15,026 --> 05:06:18,496 COME INTO UGANDA. 8105 05:06:18,496 --> 05:06:21,900 THE FIRST DIGITAL DOP L DROPLETR 8106 05:06:21,900 --> 05:06:23,868 JUST MAKING ITS WAY INTO UGANDA. 8107 05:06:23,868 --> 05:06:25,937 SO THERE'S A REAL NEED TO 8108 05:06:25,937 --> 05:06:27,338 LOOKING AT THAT TECHNOLOGY. 8109 05:06:27,338 --> 05:06:30,308 YOU CAN TRAIN SOMEONE IN YOUR 8110 05:06:30,308 --> 05:06:32,277 LAB, PUT THEM BACK IN AFRICA AT 8111 05:06:32,277 --> 05:06:34,579 THEIR HOME WITH THEIR COMMUNITY, 8112 05:06:34,579 --> 05:06:36,314 AND THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE 8113 05:06:36,314 --> 05:06:38,483 TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON SOME OF 8114 05:06:38,483 --> 05:06:40,251 THESE UNLESS THERE'S AN INVEST M 8115 05:06:40,251 --> 05:06:43,054 IN INFRASTRUCTURE. 8116 05:06:43,054 --> 05:06:44,489 AND EDWARD SAID THE AFRICAN 8117 05:06:44,489 --> 05:06:47,025 GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR FUNDING 8118 05:06:47,025 --> 05:06:49,394 AGENCIES NEED TO PULL A LITTLE 8119 05:06:49,394 --> 05:06:51,896 BIT OF WEIGHT IN THAT PROCESS. 8120 05:06:51,896 --> 05:06:53,131 WHETHER THAT'S THESIBLE OR NOT, 8121 05:06:53,131 --> 05:06:57,235 THESE FEASIBLE ORNOT, I'M GOINGO 8122 05:06:57,235 --> 05:06:58,436 EDWARD AND THE COMMUNITIES TO 8123 05:06:58,436 --> 05:06:59,070 RAISE THAT. 8124 05:06:59,070 --> 05:07:01,840 WE HEARD THAT THERE IS A FUNDING 8125 05:07:01,840 --> 05:07:03,174 OPPORTUNITY. 8126 05:07:03,174 --> 05:07:07,112 DEADLINES, NOVEMBER 10TH. 8127 05:07:07,112 --> 05:07:08,980 CALLED AFRCURE. 8128 05:07:08,980 --> 05:07:09,848 YOU SAWED ADD. 8129 05:07:09,848 --> 05:07:12,083 READ THROUGH IT. 8130 05:07:12,083 --> 05:07:13,418 IT'S A MENTORSHIP RELATIONSHIP 8131 05:07:13,418 --> 05:07:16,321 BUT IT'S WHAT STARTS THE PROC 8132 05:07:16,321 --> 05:07:17,388 PROCESS. 8133 05:07:17,388 --> 05:07:18,923 AND CAN BRING A LOT OF RICHES TO 8134 05:07:18,923 --> 05:07:21,693 THE HOST LABORATORIES THAT ARE 8135 05:07:21,693 --> 05:07:24,763 MENTORING TO THE ONES TAKING 8136 05:07:24,763 --> 05:07:26,364 PLACE IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES OF 8137 05:07:26,364 --> 05:07:30,034 AFRICA. 8138 05:07:30,034 --> 05:07:30,935 AND WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY 8139 05:07:30,935 --> 05:07:32,604 THERE'S A REAL NEED FOR THIS 8140 05:07:32,604 --> 05:07:33,605 TYPE OF RESEARCH TO MOVE 8141 05:07:33,605 --> 05:07:35,673 FORWARD. 8142 05:07:35,673 --> 05:07:39,644 I WOULD SAY 20 YEARS AGO, NO ONE 8143 05:07:39,644 --> 05:07:41,613 OR VERY FEW PEOPLE FELT THAT WE 8144 05:07:41,613 --> 05:07:44,983 WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING 8145 05:07:44,983 --> 05:07:48,119 OUR BRAND NEW TRIPLE THERAPY 8146 05:07:48,119 --> 05:07:52,490 ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS TO AFRICA. 8147 05:07:52,490 --> 05:07:53,858 AND LO AND BEHOLD, YES, IT'S 20 8148 05:07:53,858 --> 05:07:57,028 YEARS LATER, BUT WE HAVE, IN THE 8149 05:07:57,028 --> 05:08:00,198 RANGE OF ABOUT 30 MILLION PEOPLE 8150 05:08:00,198 --> 05:08:01,933 ON TREATMENT, THE VAST MAJORITY 8151 05:08:01,933 --> 05:08:05,603 OF THAT NUMBER IS IN AFRICA, AND 8152 05:08:05,603 --> 05:08:08,807 THE VIRAL SUPPRESSION RATES IN 8153 05:08:08,807 --> 05:08:11,843 SOME PLACES LIKE RAKAI OR IN 8154 05:08:11,843 --> 05:08:13,745 MALAWI AND SOME OTHER PLACES IS 8155 05:08:13,745 --> 05:08:15,079 ACTUALLY BETTER THAN IT IS IN 8156 05:08:15,079 --> 05:08:16,614 THE SOUTH OF THE U.S. 8157 05:08:16,614 --> 05:08:18,950 IT'S A HUGE SUCCESS, AND IT 8158 05:08:18,950 --> 05:08:22,654 WOULD BE ASHAMED TO BE WAITING 8159 05:08:22,654 --> 05:08:24,656 FOR SO LONG TO START ENGAGING 8160 05:08:24,656 --> 05:08:27,659 THE CURE RESEARCH ON THE 8161 05:08:27,659 --> 05:08:29,227 CONTINENT. 8162 05:08:29,227 --> 05:08:31,863 SO LET ME STOP A BIT ON 8163 05:08:31,863 --> 05:08:33,565 SUMMARIZING SOME OF THE POINTS 8164 05:08:33,565 --> 05:08:36,534 THAT I JUST HEARD. 8165 05:08:36,534 --> 05:08:37,735 THERE WERE OTHER POINTS MADE, 8166 05:08:37,735 --> 05:08:38,970 BUT I'M GOING TO THROW A 8167 05:08:38,970 --> 05:08:41,873 CHALLENGE OUT TO THE AUDIENCE. 8168 05:08:41,873 --> 05:08:44,442 WHY DO RESEARCH IN AFRICA? 8169 05:08:44,442 --> 05:08:45,643 WHAT'S THE MOTIVATION? 8170 05:08:45,643 --> 05:08:47,979 WHAT'S THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS? 8171 05:08:47,979 --> 05:08:49,848 AND I THINK EACH ONE OF YOU WILL 8172 05:08:49,848 --> 05:08:56,354 HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT 8173 05:08:56,354 --> 05:08:57,755 LET ME SUMMARIZE SOME THAT CARL 8174 05:08:57,755 --> 05:08:58,756 AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE COME UP 8175 05:08:58,756 --> 05:08:59,624 WITH AND IF THEY'RE THINKING 8176 05:08:59,624 --> 05:09:01,192 ABOUT IT, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD 8177 05:09:01,192 --> 05:09:03,094 BE THINKING ABOUT IT FOR FUTURE 8178 05:09:03,094 --> 05:09:03,962 FUNDING. 8179 05:09:03,962 --> 05:09:07,031 SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY 8180 05:09:07,031 --> 05:09:08,333 UNKNOWNS OUT THERE? 8181 05:09:08,333 --> 05:09:10,535 WHAT DIFFERENCES EXIST AMONG THE 8182 05:09:10,535 --> 05:09:12,303 DIFFERENT HIV SUBTYPES, AND THE 8183 05:09:12,303 --> 05:09:16,708 DIFFERENT POPULATIONS? 8184 05:09:16,708 --> 05:09:18,977 WITH RESPECT TO THE RESERVOIR 8185 05:09:18,977 --> 05:09:21,613 COMPOSITION, ITS CLONALITY, IT'S 8186 05:09:21,613 --> 05:09:24,249 DECAY, ARE DYNAMICS DIFFERENT 8187 05:09:24,249 --> 05:09:26,217 WITH THESE OTHER SUBTYPES? 8188 05:09:26,217 --> 05:09:28,920 WHAT ARE THE RATES OF POST 8189 05:09:28,920 --> 05:09:31,222 TREATMENT CONTROL? 8190 05:09:31,222 --> 05:09:33,825 WHAT'S THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 8191 05:09:33,825 --> 05:09:37,428 CURATIVE STRATEGIES AS YOU START 8192 05:09:37,428 --> 05:09:42,267 TESTING THESE IN THE U.S.? 8193 05:09:42,267 --> 05:09:45,203 WHAT ROLE DOES SEX, AGE, 8194 05:09:45,203 --> 05:09:47,505 COMORBIDITIES, COMORTALITIES, 8195 05:09:47,505 --> 05:09:49,407 COINFECTION, GENETICS, 8196 05:09:49,407 --> 05:09:51,376 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, AND 8197 05:09:51,376 --> 05:09:55,747 GEOGRAPHY AT LARGE, PLAY IN 8198 05:09:55,747 --> 05:09:57,015 THOSE DIFFERENCES? SO LOTS OF 8199 05:09:57,015 --> 05:09:59,083 THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. 8200 05:09:59,083 --> 05:10:00,151 THAT'S JUST SORT OF THE TIP OF 8201 05:10:00,151 --> 05:10:01,419 THE ICEBERG WITHOUT GETTING TOO 8202 05:10:01,419 --> 05:10:02,520 TECHNICAL, BUT ONE COULD EASILY 8203 05:10:02,520 --> 05:10:05,590 GO INTO THE TECHNICALITIES OF 8204 05:10:05,590 --> 05:10:11,229 THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. 8205 05:10:11,229 --> 05:10:12,864 SO I WILL DEFINITELY STOP THERE, 8206 05:10:12,864 --> 05:10:14,999 THAT'S MY FIVE-MINUTE SPIEL. 8207 05:10:14,999 --> 05:10:19,137 I SEE JESSICA AT THE MICROPHONE, 8208 05:10:19,137 --> 05:10:20,038 AND ALSO OVER THERE, I CAN'T SEE 8209 05:10:20,038 --> 05:10:24,242 AS WELL, BUT LET ME OPEN UP THE 8210 05:10:24,242 --> 05:10:25,076 MICS BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO 8211 05:10:25,076 --> 05:10:29,447 ENGAGE WITH THE PANELISTS AND 8212 05:10:29,447 --> 05:10:32,083 HEAR FROM YOU AS TO WHAT YOU 8213 05:10:32,083 --> 05:10:34,352 THINK IS FEASIBLE, HEAR FROM THE 8214 05:10:34,352 --> 05:10:36,955 PANELISTS WHAT THEY FEEL WOULD 8215 05:10:36,955 --> 05:10:46,331 BE THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR THEM 8216 05:10:46,331 --> 05:10:47,765 AND THEIR COLLEAGUES WORKING IN 8217 05:10:47,765 --> 05:10:48,032 AFRICA. 8218 05:10:48,032 --> 05:10:48,399 >> I'LL START. 8219 05:10:48,399 --> 05:10:52,704 SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE 8220 05:10:52,704 --> 05:10:53,037 PANEL. 8221 05:10:53,037 --> 05:10:54,339 I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW MUCH 8222 05:10:54,339 --> 05:10:56,674 YOU FEEL IT IS A BARRIER TO 8223 05:10:56,674 --> 05:11:01,579 RESEARCH ON THE CONTINENT, 8224 05:11:01,579 --> 05:11:02,814 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING THAT CAN 8225 05:11:02,814 --> 05:11:05,984 BE HELD BY AFRICAN PIs. 8226 05:11:05,984 --> 05:11:08,152 SO THIS QUESTION STEMS FROM MY 8227 05:11:08,152 --> 05:11:09,954 OBSERVATION THAT NOT ONLY IS IT 8228 05:11:09,954 --> 05:11:14,258 THAT FREQUENTLY THE SAMPLES ARE 8229 05:11:14,258 --> 05:11:18,196 COLLECTED IN E UGANDA WHERE I WK 8230 05:11:18,196 --> 05:11:19,630 AND SHIPPED BACK TO NORTH 8231 05:11:19,630 --> 05:11:19,864 AMERICA. 8232 05:11:19,864 --> 05:11:21,733 I'M IN CANADA, ALSO MY 8233 05:11:21,733 --> 05:11:22,567 COLLABORATORS IN THE UNITED 8234 05:11:22,567 --> 05:11:23,701 STATES, BUT ALSO THE MONEY AND 8235 05:11:23,701 --> 05:11:25,770 THEN THE PAPERS TEND TO GO THAT 8236 05:11:25,770 --> 05:11:26,971 WAY. 8237 05:11:26,971 --> 05:11:29,140 SO AS A CANADIAN, OUR LARGE 8238 05:11:29,140 --> 05:11:30,775 FUNDING ORGANIZATION IS CIHR FOR 8239 05:11:30,775 --> 05:11:34,345 HEALTH RESEARCH, AND YOU HAVE TO 8240 05:11:34,345 --> 05:11:36,347 BE AT A CANADIAN INSTITUTE TO 8241 05:11:36,347 --> 05:11:37,548 APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING. 8242 05:11:37,548 --> 05:11:39,083 AND I KNOW THE NIH IS MORE OPEN 8243 05:11:39,083 --> 05:11:40,752 AND YOU CAN APPLY 8244 05:11:40,752 --> 05:11:41,953 INTERNATIONALLY TO NIH GRANTS, 8245 05:11:41,953 --> 05:11:43,154 BUT IT'S HARD TO COMPETE FOR 8246 05:11:43,154 --> 05:11:44,589 THEM. 8247 05:11:44,589 --> 05:11:49,961 AND SO WITH THE LACK OF 8248 05:11:49,961 --> 05:11:51,262 AVAILABILITY OF LOCAL NATIONAL 8249 05:11:51,262 --> 05:11:52,230 FUNDING, I'LL SPEAK SPECIFICALLY 8250 05:11:52,230 --> 05:11:54,332 FOR UGANDA LOCALLY, IT HARD FOR 8251 05:11:54,332 --> 05:11:55,733 MY UGANDAN COLLEAGUES TO COMPETE 8252 05:11:55,733 --> 05:11:58,236 FOR NIH FUNDING AND THEY SIMPLY 8253 05:11:58,236 --> 05:11:59,570 CAN'T, FOR CHR FUNDING. 8254 05:11:59,570 --> 05:12:02,206 SO THEN WE HAVE THIS SITUATION 8255 05:12:02,206 --> 05:12:03,641 WHERE THE CANADIAN IS APPLYING 8256 05:12:03,641 --> 05:12:05,043 FOR THE GRANT, HOLDING THE 8257 05:12:05,043 --> 05:12:07,178 GRANT, AND THEN TRANSFERS A 8258 05:12:07,178 --> 05:12:07,445 SUBAWARD. 8259 05:12:07,445 --> 05:12:08,579 THE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED THERE, 8260 05:12:08,579 --> 05:12:09,981 AND THEN THE SAMPLES COME BACK 8261 05:12:09,981 --> 05:12:13,017 AND ISN'T IT SO FRUSTRATING WHEN 8262 05:12:13,017 --> 05:12:14,252 THE LAST PERSON WHO TOUCHES THE 8263 05:12:14,252 --> 05:12:15,686 SAMPLE IS THE LAST AUTHOR OR THE 8264 05:12:15,686 --> 05:12:17,655 FIRST AUTHOR ON THE PAPER. 8265 05:12:17,655 --> 05:12:24,595 AND THAT PA PARADYNAMIC, I WONDD 8266 05:12:24,595 --> 05:12:26,798 HOW WE CAN SHIFT THAT. 8267 05:12:26,798 --> 05:12:31,202 I THINK THE AFRICARE -- WE CAN 8268 05:12:31,202 --> 05:12:32,637 HAVE MORE PEOPLE TRAINED, 8269 05:12:32,637 --> 05:12:34,772 COMPETE FOR NIH GRANTS FOR 8270 05:12:34,772 --> 05:12:35,106 HPIs. 8271 05:12:35,106 --> 05:12:37,075 THESE ARE MY OWN THOUGHTS BUT 8272 05:12:37,075 --> 05:12:38,476 I'M INTERESTED HOW THE PANEL 8273 05:12:38,476 --> 05:12:39,710 VIEWS THAT, DO YOU VIEW THAT AS 8274 05:12:39,710 --> 05:12:41,879 BEING A MAJOR BARRIER AND WHAT 8275 05:12:41,879 --> 05:12:43,214 MIGHT WE BE ABLE TO DO TO 8276 05:12:43,214 --> 05:12:48,052 ADDRESS THAT? 8277 05:12:48,052 --> 05:12:51,823 >> I CAN TAKE A STAB AT THAT. 8278 05:12:51,823 --> 05:12:54,025 SO LET ME START FROM A POSITIVE 8279 05:12:54,025 --> 05:12:59,997 ASPECT OF THIS. 8280 05:12:59,997 --> 05:13:01,566 I THINK AFRICA HAS SO MUCH 8281 05:13:01,566 --> 05:13:03,634 POTENTIAL AND CAN COMPETE AND BE 8282 05:13:03,634 --> 05:13:08,005 AN EQUAL PARTNER ON THE TABLE TO 8283 05:13:08,005 --> 05:13:12,076 SHIFT THE HIV AGENDA. 8284 05:13:12,076 --> 05:13:13,811 WE DEMONSTRATED DURING COVID, WE 8285 05:13:13,811 --> 05:13:16,848 LED THE WORLD IN CHARACTERIZING 8286 05:13:16,848 --> 05:13:19,150 SARS-COV-2 2, THE VARIANTS AND 8287 05:13:19,150 --> 05:13:19,851 CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANT RI TO 8288 05:13:19,851 --> 05:13:22,253 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTIVE 8289 05:13:22,253 --> 05:13:23,321 VACCINES THAT HELPED THE WORLD. 8290 05:13:23,321 --> 05:13:30,428 SO THAT'S A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION. 8291 05:13:30,428 --> 05:13:33,397 IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE 8292 05:13:33,397 --> 05:13:34,365 LEADERSHIP, THEY UNDERSTAND THE 8293 05:13:34,365 --> 05:13:35,466 PROBLEMS, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO 8294 05:13:35,466 --> 05:13:38,102 THE STAKEHOLDERS, TO EVEN 8295 05:13:38,102 --> 05:13:39,070 MOBILIZE LOCAL RESOURCES. 8296 05:13:39,070 --> 05:13:40,705 I CAN GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF 8297 05:13:40,705 --> 05:13:42,373 TANZANIA, THE GOVERNMENT OF 8298 05:13:42,373 --> 05:13:44,208 TANZANIA HAS PUT UP 20 MILLION 8299 05:13:44,208 --> 05:13:50,681 U.S. DOLLARS IN RESEARCH FOR 8300 05:13:50,681 --> 05:13:53,084 SICKLE CELL ANEMIA, GENE THERAPY 8301 05:13:53,084 --> 05:13:54,085 RESEARCH IN SICKLE CELL ANEMIA. 8302 05:13:54,085 --> 05:13:54,919 SO THERE IS THAT. 8303 05:13:54,919 --> 05:13:56,120 SO WHAT WE ARE LACKING IN TERMS 8304 05:13:56,120 --> 05:13:59,757 OF THE HIV CURE PROGRAM IS 8305 05:13:59,757 --> 05:14:00,725 LEADERSHIP, AND OWNERSHIP. 8306 05:14:00,725 --> 05:14:04,162 AND GETTING BACK TO YOUR 8307 05:14:04,162 --> 05:14:05,363 QUESTION, WHEN THE GRANT IS 8308 05:14:05,363 --> 05:14:10,568 WRITTEN BY A CANADIAN WITH -- IN 8309 05:14:10,568 --> 05:14:13,204 AFRICA, WHOSE IDEA IS THAT? 8310 05:14:13,204 --> 05:14:16,140 WHO CONCEPTUALIZED THE IDEA? 8311 05:14:16,140 --> 05:14:18,776 IS IT THE CANADIAN INVESTIGATOR 8312 05:14:18,776 --> 05:14:19,810 OR AFRICAN INVESTIGATOR? 8313 05:14:19,810 --> 05:14:22,280 WHEN THE FUNDING KOMEN COMES TH, 8314 05:14:22,280 --> 05:14:23,614 WHERE DO THE BULK OF THE MONEY 8315 05:14:23,614 --> 05:14:24,549 GO, THE OVERHEADS AND 8316 05:14:24,549 --> 05:14:24,982 EVERYTHING? 8317 05:14:24,982 --> 05:14:26,684 AND WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THE 8318 05:14:26,684 --> 05:14:27,685 SUBAWARD? 8319 05:14:27,685 --> 05:14:31,489 SO IF YOU GET A MILLION DOLLARS 8320 05:14:31,489 --> 05:14:35,893 AND YOU SUBAWARD 100,000, TO 8321 05:14:35,893 --> 05:14:38,663 ACTUALLY DO ANY MEANINGFUL BASIC 8322 05:14:38,663 --> 05:14:39,730 SCIENCE RESEARCH, IN THE GIPPING 8323 05:14:39,730 --> 05:14:40,231 I SAID THAT. 8324 05:14:40,231 --> 05:14:41,399 THE COST OF DOING RESEARCH ON 8325 05:14:41,399 --> 05:14:42,567 THE CONTINENT IS MUCH, MUCH 8326 05:14:42,567 --> 05:14:42,934 HIGHER. 8327 05:14:42,934 --> 05:14:44,969 SO THE BIGGEST BARRIER IS 8328 05:14:44,969 --> 05:14:49,674 RESOURCES TO BEGIN WITH. 8329 05:14:49,674 --> 05:14:53,578 BECAUSE THERE'S FEWER RESOURCES, 8330 05:14:53,578 --> 05:14:55,046 WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE WEST. 8331 05:14:55,046 --> 05:14:56,781 THE SOLUTION TO THAT IS DIRECT 8332 05:14:56,781 --> 05:15:00,384 FUNDING, OPPORTUNITIES TO FUND 8333 05:15:00,384 --> 05:15:02,420 AFRICA DIRECTLY BEING INVOLVED 8334 05:15:02,420 --> 05:15:03,854 IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE 8335 05:15:03,854 --> 05:15:07,825 IDEA SO THAT THE IDEA TAKES INTO 8336 05:15:07,825 --> 05:15:09,060 ACCOUNT THE REALITY ON THE 8337 05:15:09,060 --> 05:15:15,700 GROUND. 8338 05:15:15,700 --> 05:15:17,134 >> I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS MOVING 8339 05:15:17,134 --> 05:15:18,336 BECAUSE THE LINE IS BUILDING AND 8340 05:15:18,336 --> 05:15:20,171 THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE. 8341 05:15:20,171 --> 05:15:22,473 NEXT QUESTION. 8342 05:15:22,473 --> 05:15:23,708 >> THANKS. 8343 05:15:23,708 --> 05:15:25,977 I'M MOHETH FROM WEILL CORNELL. 8344 05:15:25,977 --> 05:15:30,014 I WORK IN DR. GUIN LEE'S LAB, 8345 05:15:30,014 --> 05:15:33,651 AND I HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS. 8346 05:15:33,651 --> 05:15:36,120 FIRST I AGREE WITH ZAZA THAT 8347 05:15:36,120 --> 05:15:37,822 RESEARCH IN AFRICA OR LIKE 8348 05:15:37,822 --> 05:15:40,224 OUTSIDE OF THE AMERICAN 8349 05:15:40,224 --> 05:15:41,492 CONTINENT AND EUROPE, IT COSTS A 8350 05:15:41,492 --> 05:15:42,893 LOT. 8351 05:15:42,893 --> 05:15:45,196 I WAS ABOUT TO ASK YOU IF YOU 8352 05:15:45,196 --> 05:15:52,470 HAD ANY PLANS TO -- I MEAN, 8353 05:15:52,470 --> 05:15:55,906 ANCHORAGE MANUFACTURING AND ALSO 8354 05:15:55,906 --> 05:15:57,842 QUALITY ANALYSIS AND CERTIFYING 8355 05:15:57,842 --> 05:16:00,011 YOUR OWN REAGENTS SO THAT THE 8356 05:16:00,011 --> 05:16:02,079 COSTS COULD GO DOWN AS MUCH AS 8357 05:16:02,079 --> 05:16:04,215 YOU CAN POSSIBLY BRING IT DOWN. 8358 05:16:04,215 --> 05:16:06,417 AND WOULD THAT ACTUALLY HELP YOU 8359 05:16:06,417 --> 05:16:10,288 IN ANY WAY TO CONDUCT MORE 8360 05:16:10,288 --> 05:16:11,222 MEANINGFUL RESEARCH? 8361 05:16:11,222 --> 05:16:12,490 I UNDERSTAND THAT TRAINING IS 8362 05:16:12,490 --> 05:16:13,791 IMPORTANT, BUT WITHOUT 8363 05:16:13,791 --> 05:16:14,792 RESOURCES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 8364 05:16:14,792 --> 05:16:16,327 BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF 8365 05:16:16,327 --> 05:16:19,263 MEANINGFUL RESEARCH FOR YOU TO 8366 05:16:19,263 --> 05:16:24,001 EVEN REACH FOR THE INCENTIVES 8367 05:16:24,001 --> 05:16:30,074 LIKE WAS MENTIONED. 8368 05:16:30,074 --> 05:16:32,743 IF YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY ABLE TO 8369 05:16:32,743 --> 05:16:34,312 DO MEANINGFUL RESEARCH HOW ARE 8370 05:16:34,312 --> 05:16:35,446 YOU EVEN GOING TO APPLY FOR 8371 05:16:35,446 --> 05:16:36,981 THESE AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 8372 05:16:36,981 --> 05:16:39,850 WITHOUT RESOURCES? 8373 05:16:39,850 --> 05:16:41,919 SO MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE YOU 8374 05:16:41,919 --> 05:16:43,521 PLANNING ON ADDRESSING THE 8375 05:16:43,521 --> 05:16:44,188 MANUFACTURING AND THE 8376 05:16:44,188 --> 05:16:47,058 ACCESSIBILITY TO REAGENTS? 8377 05:16:47,058 --> 05:16:50,227 >> SO THAT IS A MUCH BIGGER 8378 05:16:50,227 --> 05:16:51,529 PROBLEM THAT ONE INVESTIGATOR 8379 05:16:51,529 --> 05:16:54,965 CANNOT SOLVE. 8380 05:16:54,965 --> 05:16:56,701 SO IT'S A BUSINESS PROBLEM. 8381 05:16:56,701 --> 05:16:58,436 WE CANNOT ORDER REAGENTS 8382 05:16:58,436 --> 05:16:59,737 DIRECTLY FROM THE MANUFACTURERS 8383 05:16:59,737 --> 05:17:01,305 IN THE U.S. 8384 05:17:01,305 --> 05:17:02,373 THERE'S A MIDDLEMAN. 8385 05:17:02,373 --> 05:17:05,976 AND THE MIDDLEMAN PUTS UP A BIG 8386 05:17:05,976 --> 05:17:07,078 MARKUP FOR US TO GET THE REAGENT 8387 05:17:07,078 --> 05:17:08,512 TO YOUR LAB, YOU HAVE TO GO 8388 05:17:08,512 --> 05:17:11,782 THROUGH A LOCAL SUPPLIER, AND 8389 05:17:11,782 --> 05:17:12,917 YOU DEPEND ON THEM. 8390 05:17:12,917 --> 05:17:14,552 FOR THEM THEY WANT TO MAKE A 8391 05:17:14,552 --> 05:17:17,221 PROFIT SO THEY CANNOT SHIP AN 8392 05:17:17,221 --> 05:17:18,489 ANTIBODY FOR YOU BECAUSE THEY 8393 05:17:18,489 --> 05:17:21,892 WON'T MA MAKE A PROFIT SO YOU'LL 8394 05:17:21,892 --> 05:17:24,195 HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO MAKE 8395 05:17:24,195 --> 05:17:25,629 VOLUMES, SOMETIMES THEY ARE WAY 8396 05:17:25,629 --> 05:17:26,931 EXAGGERATED AND I THINK THAT 8397 05:17:26,931 --> 05:17:28,699 BUSINESS IS UNREGULATED. 8398 05:17:28,699 --> 05:17:30,935 THE SOLUTION TO THAT IS THAT THE 8399 05:17:30,935 --> 05:17:31,669 FUNDERS NEED TO COME TOGETHER, 8400 05:17:31,669 --> 05:17:35,072 THE NIH, THE WELLCOME TRUST, THE 8401 05:17:35,072 --> 05:17:36,741 BILL GATES FOUNDATION TO 8402 05:17:36,741 --> 05:17:38,309 NEGOTIATE ON OUR BEHALF TO THESE 8403 05:17:38,309 --> 05:17:39,777 COMPANIES TO FIND A WAY IN WHICH 8404 05:17:39,777 --> 05:17:41,011 WE CAN LOWER THE COST, AND IT 8405 05:17:41,011 --> 05:17:43,314 HAS TO BE A CONDITION LIKE IF 8406 05:17:43,314 --> 05:17:52,289 YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A FLOW SIGHE 8407 05:17:52,289 --> 05:17:53,591 YOU A COMPETITIVE PRICE. 8408 05:17:53,591 --> 05:17:55,292 SO IT'S A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM 8409 05:17:55,292 --> 05:17:58,162 THAT REQUIRES THE FUNDERS, THE 8410 05:17:58,162 --> 05:18:01,665 GOVERNMENTS, ON THE GROUND AND 8411 05:18:01,665 --> 05:18:04,635 MOBILIZATION OF LARGER GROUP OF 8412 05:18:04,635 --> 05:18:05,069 PEOPLE. 8413 05:18:05,069 --> 05:18:06,170 AGAIN WITH THEM IT'S ABOUT 8414 05:18:06,170 --> 05:18:06,604 VOLUMES. 8415 05:18:06,604 --> 05:18:10,875 IF MORE PEOPLE ARE PIEI BUYING R 8416 05:18:10,875 --> 05:18:12,176 THEM LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IF WE'RE 8417 05:18:12,176 --> 05:18:13,310 COLLABORATING LIKE MY COLLEAGUE 8418 05:18:13,310 --> 05:18:16,013 SAID FROM UGANDA, ZAMBIA, SOUTH 8419 05:18:16,013 --> 05:18:17,782 AFRICA, WE'RE ALL DOING SIMILAR 8420 05:18:17,782 --> 05:18:19,750 RESEARCH, WE CAN NEGOTIATE UP 8421 05:18:19,750 --> 05:18:20,751 FRONT WITH A COMPANY TO LOWER 8422 05:18:20,751 --> 05:18:22,186 THE COST BECAUSE WE CAN 8423 05:18:22,186 --> 05:18:22,787 GUARANTEE BUSINESS BECAUSE WE 8424 05:18:22,787 --> 05:18:23,721 KNOW WE ARE FUNDING AND WE'RE 8425 05:18:23,721 --> 05:18:27,758 GOING TO BE BUYING CONSTANTLY 8426 05:18:27,758 --> 05:18:28,325 FROM THEM. 8427 05:18:28,325 --> 05:18:29,026 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS 8428 05:18:29,026 --> 05:18:30,127 BEEN IDENTIFIED AND SOLUTION 8429 05:18:30,127 --> 05:18:30,961 NEEDS TO BE FOUND. 8430 05:18:30,961 --> 05:18:32,596 IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 8431 05:18:32,596 --> 05:18:33,697 MEANINGFUL BASIC SCIENCE 8432 05:18:33,697 --> 05:18:35,132 RESEARCH ON THE CONTINENT, WE 8433 05:18:35,132 --> 05:18:36,367 NEED TO FIND A WAY TO LOWER THE 8434 05:18:36,367 --> 05:18:37,668 COST OF DOING BUSINESS ON THE 8435 05:18:37,668 --> 05:18:37,935 CONTINENT. 8436 05:18:37,935 --> 05:18:41,405 >> A SMALL FOLLOW-UP, HAVE YOU 8437 05:18:41,405 --> 05:18:44,108 THOUGHT OF APPROACHING INDIAN 8438 05:18:44,108 --> 05:18:45,976 LABORATORIES WHERE THEY MIGHT 8439 05:18:45,976 --> 05:18:48,813 HAVE ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES 8440 05:18:48,813 --> 05:18:50,247 AND CAN MAYBE PROVIDE IT FOR 8441 05:18:50,247 --> 05:18:53,651 CHEAPER? 8442 05:18:53,651 --> 05:18:55,085 BECAUSE I DON'T SEE A LOT OF 8443 05:18:55,085 --> 05:18:57,021 REPRESENTATION OF INDIAN COHORTS 8444 05:18:57,021 --> 05:18:58,189 IN MOST OF THE STUDIES AND I 8445 05:18:58,189 --> 05:18:59,256 WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THAT 8446 05:18:59,256 --> 05:19:00,124 CONVERSATION TOO. 8447 05:19:00,124 --> 05:19:03,327 THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR ANSWER. 8448 05:19:03,327 --> 05:19:05,563 >> LET'S MOVE THIS FORWARD. 8449 05:19:05,563 --> 05:19:07,498 I WILL JUST MAKE THE COMMENT 8450 05:19:07,498 --> 05:19:10,734 THAT THIS RESOURCE ABOUT THE 8451 05:19:10,734 --> 05:19:13,370 REAGENTS AND OTHER THINGS WAS 8452 05:19:13,370 --> 05:19:16,974 THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE FOR ARVs 8453 05:19:16,974 --> 05:19:20,811 COMING TO AFRICA. 8454 05:19:20,811 --> 05:19:23,547 BUT THE CLINTON FOUNDATION, THE 8455 05:19:23,547 --> 05:19:26,851 U.N., UN AIDS, WHO, NIH, THERE 8456 05:19:26,851 --> 05:19:30,321 WERE LOTS OF EFFORTS WHERE THEY 8457 05:19:30,321 --> 05:19:32,189 CAME TOGETHER. 8458 05:19:32,189 --> 05:19:34,592 SO MAYBE WE CAN USE THAT AS A 8459 05:19:34,592 --> 05:19:36,694 PARADIGM GOING FORWARD, BUT I 8460 05:19:36,694 --> 05:19:41,298 THINK BTHANK BOTH QUESTIONERS O. 8461 05:19:41,298 --> 05:19:41,499 NEXT. 8462 05:19:41,499 --> 05:19:42,533 >> THANK YOU FOR THIS PANEL. 8463 05:19:42,533 --> 05:19:44,735 THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL TOPIC 8464 05:19:44,735 --> 05:19:45,069 FOR ALL OF US. 8465 05:19:45,069 --> 05:19:46,136 I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 8466 05:19:46,136 --> 05:19:48,272 HOW TO ENGAGE A GLOBAL EFFORT IN 8467 05:19:48,272 --> 05:19:49,640 HIV RESEARCH FOR A LONG TIME. 8468 05:19:49,640 --> 05:19:51,175 BUT I WOULD MAKE TWO POINTS. 8469 05:19:51,175 --> 05:19:53,143 ONE, I WOULD SORT OF -- I WANT 8470 05:19:53,143 --> 05:19:55,980 TO AGREE THAT RESOURCES IS A 8471 05:19:55,980 --> 05:19:59,817 MAJOR DRIVER FOR ENGAGEMENT. 8472 05:19:59,817 --> 05:20:01,785 AND 20 YEARS AGO WITH THE ONSET 8473 05:20:01,785 --> 05:20:03,621 OF THE CPRA PROGRAM, I THINK 8474 05:20:03,621 --> 05:20:05,422 THAT WAS A REALLY VISIONARY 8475 05:20:05,422 --> 05:20:06,857 INVESTMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND 8476 05:20:06,857 --> 05:20:08,492 TRAINING THAT LED TO TRIALS AND 8477 05:20:08,492 --> 05:20:10,027 EVEN TODAY WE'RE STILL USING 8478 05:20:10,027 --> 05:20:11,562 SAMPLES FROM THAT PROGRAM THAT 8479 05:20:11,562 --> 05:20:13,097 LED TO LEADERSHIP GROWTH, THAT 8480 05:20:13,097 --> 05:20:16,634 LED TO NETWORKS, WHERE THAT WERE 8481 05:20:16,634 --> 05:20:18,636 EVENTUALLY PICKED UP BY THE ACTG 8482 05:20:18,636 --> 05:20:20,471 AND I THINK MAYBE IT'S TIME THAT 8483 05:20:20,471 --> 05:20:22,072 WE REVISIT THAT INVESTMENT AGAIN 8484 05:20:22,072 --> 05:20:23,674 IN CURE CENTERS OF RESEARCH 8485 05:20:23,674 --> 05:20:25,209 GLOBALLY. 8486 05:20:25,209 --> 05:20:28,078 AND MAYBE INFUSE RESOURCES FOR 8487 05:20:28,078 --> 05:20:29,780 THE PURPOSES OF ACHIEVING WHAT 8488 05:20:29,780 --> 05:20:33,417 WE ALL WANT, WHICH IS A GLOBAL 8489 05:20:33,417 --> 05:20:34,051 ENGAGEMENT. 8490 05:20:34,051 --> 05:20:35,586 THE SECOND POINT, I'VE BEEN IN 8491 05:20:35,586 --> 05:20:36,987 STUDY SECTION FOR 25 YEARS AND 8492 05:20:36,987 --> 05:20:38,289 I'VE SEEN MANY APPLICATIONS AS 8493 05:20:38,289 --> 05:20:39,557 ALREADY NOTED THAT ARE NOT 8494 05:20:39,557 --> 05:20:40,958 COMPETITIVE BECAUSE THESE STUDY 8495 05:20:40,958 --> 05:20:44,828 SECTION MEMBERS ARE NOT AS AWARE 8496 05:20:44,828 --> 05:20:46,564 OF THE OBJECTIVES OF A GLOBAL 8497 05:20:46,564 --> 05:20:47,464 ENGAGEMENT MISSION. 8498 05:20:47,464 --> 05:20:50,301 SO IF THERE'S GOING TO BE 8499 05:20:50,301 --> 05:20:52,503 INVESTMENTS IN GLOBAL 8500 05:20:52,503 --> 05:20:57,207 ENGAGEMENT, WE REALLY NEED TO 8501 05:20:57,207 --> 05:20:58,409 EMPHASIZE SPECIAL PANELS THAT 8502 05:20:58,409 --> 05:21:00,511 BRING EMPHASIS FROM THE GLOBAL 8503 05:21:00,511 --> 05:21:01,845 ENVIRONMENT TO THAT REVIEW 8504 05:21:01,845 --> 05:21:02,813 SESSION BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAY 8505 05:21:02,813 --> 05:21:04,381 ALSO BE A VERY DIRECT WAY TO 8506 05:21:04,381 --> 05:21:06,250 MAKE SURE THAT THE CREDITS OF 8507 05:21:06,250 --> 05:21:07,785 THE APPLICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED 8508 05:21:07,785 --> 05:21:10,721 WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR 8509 05:21:10,721 --> 05:21:11,822 ENVIRONMENTS AND THAT'S 8510 05:21:11,822 --> 05:21:12,656 SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 8511 05:21:12,656 --> 05:21:20,864 THANK YOU. 8512 05:21:20,864 --> 05:21:22,633 >> EXCELLENT COMMENT, AND I SEE 8513 05:21:22,633 --> 05:21:24,034 KARL MAKING NOTES. 8514 05:21:24,034 --> 05:21:24,501 NEXT, DEBBIE. 8515 05:21:24,501 --> 05:21:26,003 >> I HAD ACTUALLY A QUESTION AND 8516 05:21:26,003 --> 05:21:27,538 A SIMILAR COMMENT AND THEN SOME 8517 05:21:27,538 --> 05:21:29,306 CONSIDERATION. 8518 05:21:29,306 --> 05:21:31,175 SO HANEEFA THANK YOU FOR LEADING 8519 05:21:31,175 --> 05:21:32,142 THIS EFFORT. 8520 05:21:32,142 --> 05:21:34,144 YOU USED THE WORD SMALL MONEYS 8521 05:21:34,144 --> 05:21:35,946 AND I THINK WHEN WE HAD INTERNAL 8522 05:21:35,946 --> 05:21:36,880 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT MONEY 8523 05:21:36,880 --> 05:21:38,115 SHOULD BE IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT 8524 05:21:38,115 --> 05:21:40,618 IN A GIVEN INDIVIDUAL. 8525 05:21:40,618 --> 05:21:42,453 WHAT I RECALL, THERE WAS A 8526 05:21:42,453 --> 05:21:44,254 SIZABLE AMOUNT, SO AN 8527 05:21:44,254 --> 05:21:45,356 INVESTIGATOR -- A MID CAREER 8528 05:21:45,356 --> 05:21:47,758 LEVEL INVESTIGATOR COULD HAVE A 8529 05:21:47,758 --> 05:21:49,560 REASONABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY. 8530 05:21:49,560 --> 05:21:50,661 IT'S STILL NOT SUFFICIENT, BUT 8531 05:21:50,661 --> 05:21:51,862 TO AT LEAST GET STARTED. 8532 05:21:51,862 --> 05:21:53,497 SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT 8533 05:21:53,497 --> 05:21:55,666 TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT DOLLAR 8534 05:21:55,666 --> 05:21:57,768 AMOUNT IS AS WE THINK ABOUT AN 8535 05:21:57,768 --> 05:21:58,869 APPLICATION AND THE GOALS. 8536 05:21:58,869 --> 05:22:01,905 AND SECONDLY, YOU KNOW, IN 8537 05:22:01,905 --> 05:22:04,375 WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN 8538 05:22:04,375 --> 05:22:07,311 AFRICA, AND APPLYING FOR GRANTS, 8539 05:22:07,311 --> 05:22:09,546 EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID, THE BAR 8540 05:22:09,546 --> 05:22:11,382 AND THE ASSESSMENT FOR RANKING 8541 05:22:11,382 --> 05:22:14,118 APPLICATIONS IS SO HIGH THAT OUR 8542 05:22:14,118 --> 05:22:16,387 AFRICAN COLLEAGUES GET VERY 8543 05:22:16,387 --> 05:22:17,488 DISCOURAGED WHEN A SMALL 8544 05:22:17,488 --> 05:22:18,522 APPLICATION IS TURNED DOWN. 8545 05:22:18,522 --> 05:22:21,625 SO I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF 8546 05:22:21,625 --> 05:22:24,928 THINK THROUGH A FRAMEWORK FOR 8547 05:22:24,928 --> 05:22:25,996 SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM INSTEAD 8548 05:22:25,996 --> 05:22:28,332 OF THIS SORT OF CONVENTIONAL WAY 8549 05:22:28,332 --> 05:22:29,566 OF YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION 8550 05:22:29,566 --> 05:22:30,934 AND WHAT'S THE SCIENCE BUT 8551 05:22:30,934 --> 05:22:33,170 REALLY DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT 8552 05:22:33,170 --> 05:22:34,138 MENTORSHIP ENVIRONMENT, IS THIS 8553 05:22:34,138 --> 05:22:35,239 PERSON GOING TO REALLY -- IS 8554 05:22:35,239 --> 05:22:37,174 THIS A TRUE INVESTMENT, OR JUST 8555 05:22:37,174 --> 05:22:39,576 WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS FOR THIS 8556 05:22:39,576 --> 05:22:40,244 INDIVIDUAL, AND I WOULD 8557 05:22:40,244 --> 05:22:42,079 ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY THINK 8558 05:22:42,079 --> 05:22:46,283 THROUGH TWO LEVELS, SOMEONE 8559 05:22:46,283 --> 05:22:47,685 THAT'S ADVANCED AS IMMACULATE IN 8560 05:22:47,685 --> 05:22:49,286 TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GET 8561 05:22:49,286 --> 05:22:51,221 SIGNIFICANT FUNDING BUT THINK 8562 05:22:51,221 --> 05:22:52,656 ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE 8563 05:22:52,656 --> 05:22:54,525 EARLY INVESTIGATORS, I GET 8564 05:22:54,525 --> 05:22:55,592 REACHED OUT ALL THE TIME, I WANT 8565 05:22:55,592 --> 05:22:56,960 TO GET INVOLVED IN CURE 8566 05:22:56,960 --> 05:22:58,162 RESEARCH, HOW CAN I GET FUNDED 8567 05:22:58,162 --> 05:22:59,463 AND THERE'S REALLY NO MECHANISM 8568 05:22:59,463 --> 05:23:01,165 TO GET SOMEONE STARTED. 8569 05:23:01,165 --> 05:23:03,567 SO THINKING THROUGH A TWO-TIER 8570 05:23:03,567 --> 05:23:05,736 PROCESS SO YOU HAVE A CONTINUOUS 8571 05:23:05,736 --> 05:23:07,071 PIPELINE TO KEEP THAT GROWING. 8572 05:23:07,071 --> 05:23:09,173 AND THEN MY THIRD FOR 8573 05:23:09,173 --> 05:23:16,113 CONSIDERATIONS IS, ZAZA AND -- 8574 05:23:16,113 --> 05:23:17,347 EXCELLENT LABORATORIES, AND AS 8575 05:23:17,347 --> 05:23:19,283 TOM SAID A LOT OF THE 8576 05:23:19,283 --> 05:23:19,717 COLLABORATORIES HAVE 8577 05:23:19,717 --> 05:23:21,151 INVESTIGATORS IN 8578 05:23:21,151 --> 05:23:21,819 RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED SETTINGS, 8579 05:23:21,819 --> 05:23:23,420 SO WHY DON'T WE START WITH WHERE 8580 05:23:23,420 --> 05:23:24,488 THE INFRASTRUCTURE EXISTS TO 8581 05:23:24,488 --> 05:23:28,058 MAKE THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL IN 8582 05:23:28,058 --> 05:23:28,759 ITS FIRST ROUND. 8583 05:23:28,759 --> 05:23:31,495 THAT'S JUST FOR CONSIDERATION. 8584 05:23:31,495 --> 05:23:33,497 >> THAT'S WHERE SOUTH TO SOUTH 8585 05:23:33,497 --> 05:23:35,632 COLLABORATION CAN REALLY TAKE 8586 05:23:35,632 --> 05:23:36,734 OFF. 8587 05:23:36,734 --> 05:23:37,835 ESTABLISH A COUPLE CENTERS OF 8588 05:23:37,835 --> 05:23:41,004 EXCELLENCE IN CURE RESEARCH WITH 8589 05:23:41,004 --> 05:23:42,573 AFRICAN INVESTIGATORS AT THE 8590 05:23:42,573 --> 05:23:44,975 LEAD, AND THEN DO SOUTH TO SOUTH 8591 05:23:44,975 --> 05:23:48,178 WITHIN THE CONTINENT. 8592 05:23:48,178 --> 05:23:48,579 , I THINK 8593 05:23:48,579 --> 05:23:49,780 WOULD BE A GREAT WAY. 8594 05:23:49,780 --> 05:23:51,248 I WISH THERE WAS A LOT MORE TIME 8595 05:23:51,248 --> 05:23:53,383 BECAUSE WE COULD ASK YOU ABOUT 8596 05:23:53,383 --> 05:23:55,018 YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH IMPACT AND 8597 05:23:55,018 --> 05:23:57,955 HOW WELL THAT FUNCTIONED WITHIN 8598 05:23:57,955 --> 05:23:59,256 AFRICA AND SOME OF THE STUDIES 8599 05:23:59,256 --> 05:24:01,258 THAT YOU PRESENTED EARLIER. 8600 05:24:01,258 --> 05:24:02,826 BUT WE'LL SAVE THAT TO 8601 05:24:02,826 --> 05:24:03,727 AFTERWARDS, DEBBIE. 8602 05:24:03,727 --> 05:24:06,764 I'LL SEE HER BACK IN BALTIMORE. 8603 05:24:06,764 --> 05:24:07,231 NEXT. 8604 05:24:07,231 --> 05:24:09,566 >> YES, HELLO. 8605 05:24:09,566 --> 05:24:12,636 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 8606 05:24:12,636 --> 05:24:16,073 I'M A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE 8607 05:24:16,073 --> 05:24:19,042 OF THE REACH COLLABORATORY IN 8608 05:24:19,042 --> 05:24:20,677 NEW YORK. 8609 05:24:20,677 --> 05:24:22,045 FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND 8610 05:24:22,045 --> 05:24:24,381 EVERYBODY THAT THE REACH 8611 05:24:24,381 --> 05:24:27,017 COLLABORATORY ASSISTED THE RAKAI 8612 05:24:27,017 --> 05:24:30,354 HEALTH SCIENCE PROGRAM WITH 8613 05:24:30,354 --> 05:24:34,057 INSTALLATION OF A NEW DDPCR. 8614 05:24:34,057 --> 05:24:35,159 THIS IS PERHAPS AT THE BEGINNING 8615 05:24:35,159 --> 05:24:38,695 OF SOME KIND OF A MORE CLOSE 8616 05:24:38,695 --> 05:24:40,731 COLLABORATION, TECHNICAL 8617 05:24:40,731 --> 05:24:41,832 ASSISTANCE, WHATEVER -- HOWEVER 8618 05:24:41,832 --> 05:24:44,601 WE NEED TO GO. 8619 05:24:44,601 --> 05:24:45,769 I'M A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE 8620 05:24:45,769 --> 05:24:48,105 AND I KNOW AND I REMEMBER THAT 8621 05:24:48,105 --> 05:24:50,707 HIV HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ABOUT 40 8622 05:24:50,707 --> 05:24:56,847 YEARS AGO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW 8623 05:24:56,847 --> 05:24:57,915 AS A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE, 8624 05:24:57,915 --> 05:25:01,385 HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY FEEL 8625 05:25:01,385 --> 05:25:07,958 ABOUT CURE? 8626 05:25:07,958 --> 05:25:12,095 IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, -- 8627 05:25:12,095 --> 05:25:14,998 EXTENDING RESEARCH AND CLINICAL 8628 05:25:14,998 --> 05:25:22,906 TRIALS HELP POPULARIZE HIV CURE 8629 05:25:22,906 --> 05:25:24,174 AND WOULD THE PEOPLE IN YOUR 8630 05:25:24,174 --> 05:25:25,843 COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE? 8631 05:25:25,843 --> 05:25:27,010 >> ELINA, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT, 8632 05:25:27,010 --> 05:25:28,979 PLEASE? 8633 05:25:28,979 --> 05:25:34,218 GREAT QUESTION. 8634 05:25:34,218 --> 05:25:38,355 >> I THINK IT EXTENDS TO WHAT'S 8635 05:25:38,355 --> 05:25:40,490 THE REACH ON THE GROUND IN THE 8636 05:25:40,490 --> 05:25:41,191 HIV CURE RESEARCH. 8637 05:25:41,191 --> 05:25:43,293 I THINK WHEN WE BRING OUT THAT 8638 05:25:43,293 --> 05:25:43,994 UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S WHERE WE 8639 05:25:43,994 --> 05:25:45,362 START TO DEFINE. 8640 05:25:45,362 --> 05:25:47,497 I KNOW WE COME TO UNDERSTAND OF 8641 05:25:47,497 --> 05:25:49,333 THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES ON CURE 8642 05:25:49,333 --> 05:25:51,001 RESEARCH THAT ARE THERE, BUT I 8643 05:25:51,001 --> 05:25:54,271 THINK WHAT WE BRING TO THE 8644 05:25:54,271 --> 05:25:55,572 COMMUNITY TO GO OVER JUST THE 8645 05:25:55,572 --> 05:25:57,908 SENSE BUT I THINK WE ATTACH IN 8646 05:25:57,908 --> 05:25:59,643 REAL LIFE STORIES, AND I THINK 8647 05:25:59,643 --> 05:26:00,644 WE EXPLAIN THAT, THAT'S WHEN I 8648 05:26:00,644 --> 05:26:02,646 THINK WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE 8649 05:26:02,646 --> 05:26:05,849 COMPONENT OF IF YOU'RE ABLE 8650 05:26:05,849 --> 05:26:07,818 TO -- WE'RE STARTING WITH THE 8651 05:26:07,818 --> 05:26:09,253 BASIC -- DOES IT GO TO YOU AND 8652 05:26:09,253 --> 05:26:10,287 WE UNDERSTAND YOU CANNOT 8653 05:26:10,287 --> 05:26:11,989 TRANSMIT AND THEN YOU'RE 8654 05:26:11,989 --> 05:26:13,223 STARTING TO BRING IN THE 8655 05:26:13,223 --> 05:26:18,161 DEFINITION OF CURE AND STAGE SO 8656 05:26:18,161 --> 05:26:19,563 I THINK IT BRINGS IN A DIFFERENT 8657 05:26:19,563 --> 05:26:20,597 CONTEXT AND DIFFERENT BACKGROUND 8658 05:26:20,597 --> 05:26:24,468 OF THE COMMUNITIES, AND ENGAGING 8659 05:26:24,468 --> 05:26:25,402 THE COMMUNITIES, I THINK IT'S 8660 05:26:25,402 --> 05:26:29,139 ABOUT STARTING FROM STEP ONE. 8661 05:26:29,139 --> 05:26:33,710 SO WE MOVE -- I HEARD -- WITH 8662 05:26:33,710 --> 05:26:35,579 THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE'S 8663 05:26:35,579 --> 05:26:36,413 INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THE 8664 05:26:36,413 --> 05:26:37,748 COMMUNITIES ARE FULLY ENGAGED AS 8665 05:26:37,748 --> 05:26:40,384 WELL AS TO ADVOCATE. 8666 05:26:40,384 --> 05:26:50,627 >> THANK YOU. 8667 05:26:51,628 --> 05:26:53,363 >> MY FAMILY HAS PARTICIPATED IN 8668 05:26:53,363 --> 05:26:56,233 THIS COHORT FOR 30-SOMETHING 8669 05:26:56,233 --> 05:27:04,174 YEARS. 8670 05:27:04,174 --> 05:27:05,609 THIS IS THEIR HOPE, WHAT SOMEONE 8671 05:27:05,609 --> 05:27:06,977 TOLD ME. 8672 05:27:06,977 --> 05:27:08,745 THEY BELIEVE BY GIVING THEIR 8673 05:27:08,745 --> 05:27:12,449 BLOOD, EVERY TIME, SOMETHING 8674 05:27:12,449 --> 05:27:13,517 GOOD EVENTUALLY WILL COME OUT OF 8675 05:27:13,517 --> 05:27:17,054 THIS. 8676 05:27:17,054 --> 05:27:18,188 THAT'S THE BIGGEST MOTIVATOR FOR 8677 05:27:18,188 --> 05:27:21,892 THEM TO KEEP DOING THIS. 8678 05:27:21,892 --> 05:27:25,095 >> THANK YOU. 8679 05:27:25,095 --> 05:27:26,363 >> WE NEED TO MOVE ON. 8680 05:27:26,363 --> 05:27:27,397 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 8681 05:27:27,397 --> 05:27:31,568 THIS IS JUST A COMMENT, COMING 8682 05:27:31,568 --> 05:27:33,236 FROM WHAT I SEE IN MY COUNTRY, 8683 05:27:33,236 --> 05:27:34,504 THAT'S UGANDA, IS THAT I THINK 8684 05:27:34,504 --> 05:27:36,940 THERE IS NEED FOR US IN AFRICA 8685 05:27:36,940 --> 05:27:39,109 AS WELL TO COME UP WITH, I DON'T 8686 05:27:39,109 --> 05:27:41,745 KNOW, MAYBE LIKE A CONTINENTAL 8687 05:27:41,745 --> 05:27:43,146 ANALYSIS OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY -- 8688 05:27:43,146 --> 05:27:46,049 WHAT IS THIS TRICK THAT WE HAVE 8689 05:27:46,049 --> 05:27:48,552 AS A -- COUNTRY IN TERMS OF HIV 8690 05:27:48,552 --> 05:27:50,087 CURE RESEARCH, WHAT ARE OUR 8691 05:27:50,087 --> 05:27:54,391 WEAKNESSES, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE 8692 05:27:54,391 --> 05:27:56,360 SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT A 8693 05:27:56,360 --> 05:27:57,461 COUNTRY, INSTITUTIONS ARE ALL 8694 05:27:57,461 --> 05:27:58,228 DOING DIFFERENT THINGS, THEY 8695 05:27:58,228 --> 05:28:00,897 HAVE PROBABLY DIFFERENT -- AND 8696 05:28:00,897 --> 05:28:02,366 THEY HAVE PROBABLY DIFFERENT 8697 05:28:02,366 --> 05:28:04,835 MACHINE, SO HOW TO ENSURE THAT 8698 05:28:04,835 --> 05:28:07,637 ALL OUR RESEARCHERS IN A COUNTRY 8699 05:28:07,637 --> 05:28:08,939 KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AT 8700 05:28:08,939 --> 05:28:10,507 INSTITUTION A SO THAT WHEN THEY 8701 05:28:10,507 --> 05:28:11,708 NEED ANYTHING, THEY CAN EASILY 8702 05:28:11,708 --> 05:28:13,176 GO THERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO 8703 05:28:13,176 --> 05:28:15,145 DUPLICATE OR EVEN FIND MORE 8704 05:28:15,145 --> 05:28:17,948 EXPENSES AND ALL THAT, SO MAYBE 8705 05:28:17,948 --> 05:28:19,716 AS COUNTRIES, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT 8706 05:28:19,716 --> 05:28:22,319 LIKE MAYBE LIKE INSTITUTIONAL 8707 05:28:22,319 --> 05:28:23,720 SORT ANALYSIS AND THEN THAT CAN 8708 05:28:23,720 --> 05:28:25,155 COME UP TO COUNTRY AND THEN 8709 05:28:25,155 --> 05:28:27,491 MAYBE IT CAN EVEN COME UP TO THE 8710 05:28:27,491 --> 05:28:27,758 CONTINENT. 8711 05:28:27,758 --> 05:28:29,860 AND THEN ALSO I JUST WANT TO 8712 05:28:29,860 --> 05:28:31,595 MAKE A COMMENT ON WHAT THE 8713 05:28:31,595 --> 05:28:34,931 COMMUNITY THINKS ABOUT HIV CURE. 8714 05:28:34,931 --> 05:28:36,633 IT IS DIFFERENT ACCORDING TO 8715 05:28:36,633 --> 05:28:37,334 EACH. 8716 05:28:37,334 --> 05:28:39,002 MY MOTHER WOULD WANT AN HIV CURE 8717 05:28:39,002 --> 05:28:40,237 BECAUSE SHE'S CURRENTLY HAVING A 8718 05:28:40,237 --> 05:28:42,105 HEART DISEASE, SO PROBABLY THOSE 8719 05:28:42,105 --> 05:28:45,108 ISSUES OF HEART FAILURE, LIVER 8720 05:28:45,108 --> 05:28:46,276 FAILURE AND ALL THAT ARE GIVING 8721 05:28:46,276 --> 05:28:48,745 HER MORE REASON FOR AN HIV CURE. 8722 05:28:48,745 --> 05:28:50,113 I WANT AN HIV CURE BECAUSE I'M 8723 05:28:50,113 --> 05:28:51,014 TIRED OF MEDICATION. 8724 05:28:51,014 --> 05:28:54,551 SO I THINK THE REASONS ACCORDING 8725 05:28:54,551 --> 05:28:56,887 TO AGE OR SEX ARE DIFFERENT. 8726 05:28:56,887 --> 05:28:57,888 THANK YOU. 8727 05:28:57,888 --> 05:28:59,723 >> I'VE GOT TO ASK, ZAZA, DO YOU 8728 05:28:59,723 --> 05:29:01,792 WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? 8729 05:29:01,792 --> 05:29:04,694 MAYBE IMMACULATE? 8730 05:29:04,694 --> 05:29:06,229 >> I THINK A QUICK COMMENT ON 8731 05:29:06,229 --> 05:29:07,431 THAT. 8732 05:29:07,431 --> 05:29:11,334 IT'S VERY, VERY TRUE THAT 8733 05:29:11,334 --> 05:29:15,138 RESEARCH EVERYWHERE IS SILOED. 8734 05:29:15,138 --> 05:29:16,606 INCLUDING HERE IN THE U.S. 8735 05:29:16,606 --> 05:29:19,142 IN AFRICA IT'S EVEN MORE SILOED 8736 05:29:19,142 --> 05:29:20,911 BECAUSE YOU ARE ONLY ALIGNED 8737 05:29:20,911 --> 05:29:21,978 WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH 8738 05:29:21,978 --> 05:29:22,913 AND WHERE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR 8739 05:29:22,913 --> 05:29:25,982 FUNDING TO DO YOUR RESEARCH, AND 8740 05:29:25,982 --> 05:29:27,184 MOSTLY YOU'LL FIND THAT THE 8741 05:29:27,184 --> 05:29:29,820 PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH 8742 05:29:29,820 --> 05:29:31,054 TO FUND YOUR RESEARCH WHO ARE 8743 05:29:31,054 --> 05:29:32,389 HELPING YOU ARE PEOPLE FROM 8744 05:29:32,389 --> 05:29:33,523 THE -- AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE 8745 05:29:33,523 --> 05:29:34,591 YOU INTERACT WITH. 8746 05:29:34,591 --> 05:29:36,593 BUT THERE IS NEED LIKE YOU SAY 8747 05:29:36,593 --> 05:29:38,261 TO HAVE SOUTH TO SOUTH 8748 05:29:38,261 --> 05:29:38,728 COLLABORATION. 8749 05:29:38,728 --> 05:29:39,930 SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? 8750 05:29:39,930 --> 05:29:41,965 WE NEED TO INCENTIVIZE THAT. 8751 05:29:41,965 --> 05:29:44,868 THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN I INCENTIVE 8752 05:29:44,868 --> 05:29:48,438 THAT IS SAY YOU FUND AN AFRICAN 8753 05:29:48,438 --> 05:29:48,772 COLLABORATORY. 8754 05:29:48,772 --> 05:29:52,542 AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO 8755 05:29:52,542 --> 05:29:53,577 WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE EVERYONE 8756 05:29:53,577 --> 05:29:56,113 NOW HAS A SKIN IN THE GAME. 8757 05:29:56,113 --> 05:29:57,380 THE NEED TO DELIVER ON THE 8758 05:29:57,380 --> 05:29:58,615 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY AND THEN 8759 05:29:58,615 --> 05:30:01,184 YOU'LL FIND WHO HAS STRENGTH IN 8760 05:30:01,184 --> 05:30:02,752 COHORT FORMULATION, WHO HAS 8761 05:30:02,752 --> 05:30:04,955 STRENGTH IN RESERVOIR ASSAYS, 8762 05:30:04,955 --> 05:30:06,823 WHO HAS STRENGTH IN IMMUNOLOGY, 8763 05:30:06,823 --> 05:30:08,358 CAN WE ALL COME TOGETHER, AND 8764 05:30:08,358 --> 05:30:09,392 PEOPLE BEGIN TO TALK TO EACH 8765 05:30:09,392 --> 05:30:11,228 OTHER, THE STUDENTS NEED TO 8766 05:30:11,228 --> 05:30:13,029 INTERACT AND NEED TO WORK AS A 8767 05:30:13,029 --> 05:30:15,532 TEAM AND FOR ME, THAT'S THE WAY 8768 05:30:15,532 --> 05:30:16,199 FORWARD. 8769 05:30:16,199 --> 05:30:19,136 IF THERE IS FUNDING MODALITIES 8770 05:30:19,136 --> 05:30:22,272 THAT ATTRACT -- FORCES PEOPLE TO 8771 05:30:22,272 --> 05:30:24,141 WORK TOGETHER TO SAY YOU NEED TO 8772 05:30:24,141 --> 05:30:26,776 COME TOGETHER AND YOU ARE MORE 8773 05:30:26,776 --> 05:30:28,545 LIKELY TO GET THIS FUNDING IF 8774 05:30:28,545 --> 05:30:33,183 YOU ACTUALLY BAND TOGETHER AS 8775 05:30:33,183 --> 05:30:34,050 AFRICAN INVESTIGATORS, I THINK 8776 05:30:34,050 --> 05:30:39,389 THAT WILL GET US SOMEWHERE. 8777 05:30:39,389 --> 05:30:42,392 SO MOSTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 8778 05:30:42,392 --> 05:30:44,628 WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA, PEOPLE 8779 05:30:44,628 --> 05:30:47,531 WORKING IN JOHANNESBURG DON'T 8780 05:30:47,531 --> 05:30:49,132 EVEN TALK TO PEOPLE WORKING IN 8781 05:30:49,132 --> 05:30:50,901 CAPETOWN, SO ON AND SO FORTH AND 8782 05:30:50,901 --> 05:30:53,136 THE SAME THING IN MALAWI, THE 8783 05:30:53,136 --> 05:30:54,271 SAME THING IN UGANDA. 8784 05:30:54,271 --> 05:30:55,605 IF WE CAN HAVE FUNDING THAT 8785 05:30:55,605 --> 05:30:57,774 ACTUALLY TRIES TO BREAK THOSE 8786 05:30:57,774 --> 05:31:00,377 SILOS, I THINK WE CAN MAKE 8787 05:31:00,377 --> 05:31:01,444 HEADWAY. 8788 05:31:01,444 --> 05:31:01,745 >> GREAT. 8789 05:31:01,745 --> 05:31:05,248 WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE AT THAT 8790 05:31:05,248 --> 05:31:05,615 MICROPHONE. 8791 05:31:05,615 --> 05:31:09,019 I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU EACH ASK 8792 05:31:09,019 --> 05:31:09,619 YOUR QUESTION. 8793 05:31:09,619 --> 05:31:11,221 LET'S GET ALL THREE QUESTIONS UP 8794 05:31:11,221 --> 05:31:12,389 BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO CLOSE 8795 05:31:12,389 --> 05:31:13,757 THE PANEL. 8796 05:31:13,757 --> 05:31:14,324 OR COMMENT. 8797 05:31:14,324 --> 05:31:15,292 DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A QUESTION. 8798 05:31:15,292 --> 05:31:17,360 >> I'LL TRY TO BE VERY FAST. 8799 05:31:17,360 --> 05:31:19,329 I'M GUIN LEE FROM WHI WEILL COR. 8800 05:31:19,329 --> 05:31:20,964 SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE A STORY 8801 05:31:20,964 --> 05:31:22,899 MAYBE AND A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 8802 05:31:22,899 --> 05:31:24,701 OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, AND SO 8803 05:31:24,701 --> 05:31:31,508 I'M FUNDED BY AN R01 THAT 8804 05:31:31,508 --> 05:31:35,111 INVOLVES WORKING WITH A COHORT 8805 05:31:35,111 --> 05:31:39,883 IN UGANDA, AND SO I MADE SURE TO 8806 05:31:39,883 --> 05:31:41,818 WRITE IN A KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 8807 05:31:41,818 --> 05:31:44,221 COMPONENT IN THE R01, IT'S MY 8808 05:31:44,221 --> 05:31:46,189 SOLO R01 SO NOT RELATED TO 8809 05:31:46,189 --> 05:31:48,091 REACH, BUT WRITING IN A 8810 05:31:48,091 --> 05:31:48,858 KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER COMPONENT IN 8811 05:31:48,858 --> 05:31:51,027 THE R01 SO NOW I'M CONNECTED TO 8812 05:31:51,027 --> 05:31:53,563 A MENTEE THERE, AND SO WE SET UP 8813 05:31:53,563 --> 05:31:54,898 WEEKLY MEETINGS, SO I WOULD TALK 8814 05:31:54,898 --> 05:31:57,200 TO THIS MENTEE EVERY WEEK AND I 8815 05:31:57,200 --> 05:31:58,435 WILL TEACH THE MENTEE HOW TO, 8816 05:31:58,435 --> 05:32:00,537 FOR EXAMPLE, USE GRAPH PRISSMM, 8817 05:32:00,537 --> 05:32:06,943 HOW TO, FOR EXAMPLE, USE EXCEL, 8818 05:32:06,943 --> 05:32:10,647 BUT ALSO TO ANALYZE DATA SO DRY 8819 05:32:10,647 --> 05:32:11,448 ANALYTICAL SKILLS CAN BE PASSED 8820 05:32:11,448 --> 05:32:13,116 ON VIRTUALLY. 8821 05:32:13,116 --> 05:32:16,386 SO WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING ON 8822 05:32:16,386 --> 05:32:20,857 WITH THO THOSE WEEKLY MEETINGS R 8823 05:32:20,857 --> 05:32:24,194 OVER A YEAR AND THE MENTEE HAS 8824 05:32:24,194 --> 05:32:27,464 SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED -- SO 8825 05:32:27,464 --> 05:32:28,765 THESE ARE LITTLE THINGS WE CAN 8826 05:32:28,765 --> 05:32:29,933 DO TO TRANSFER THE KNOWLEDGE AND 8827 05:32:29,933 --> 05:32:31,601 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WET LAB 8828 05:32:31,601 --> 05:32:33,737 AND REAGENT FOCUSED, JUST LITTLE 8829 05:32:33,737 --> 05:32:34,838 THINGS, A LITTLE AT A TIME, I 8830 05:32:34,838 --> 05:32:37,240 THINK. 8831 05:32:37,240 --> 05:32:39,743 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SHARE. 8832 05:32:39,743 --> 05:32:40,610 THANKS. 8833 05:32:40,610 --> 05:32:42,779 >> THANKS, GREAT PANEL. 8834 05:32:42,779 --> 05:32:45,815 I JUST HAVE A COMMENT. 8835 05:32:45,815 --> 05:32:48,051 I'M WEARING MY IAS HAT HERE AND 8836 05:32:48,051 --> 05:32:53,857 THAT IS WH I THINK THERE'S A NUF 8837 05:32:53,857 --> 05:32:55,191 SIMILAR EFFORTS. 8838 05:32:55,191 --> 05:32:57,227 BRILLIANT TO SEE GETTING BEHIND 8839 05:32:57,227 --> 05:32:59,629 FUNDING RESEARCH, SOME OTHER 8840 05:32:59,629 --> 05:33:01,031 EFFORTS OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE 8841 05:33:01,031 --> 05:33:02,666 EIS AND TRAINING THROUGH THE 8842 05:33:02,666 --> 05:33:07,337 RESEARCH ACADEMIES AIDS FUND AND 8843 05:33:07,337 --> 05:33:09,039 GATES ARE ABOUT TO INVEST 8844 05:33:09,039 --> 05:33:12,409 HEAVILY IN ADVOCACY FOR CURE IN 8845 05:33:12,409 --> 05:33:14,077 AN AFRICAN-LED INITIATIVE 8846 05:33:14,077 --> 05:33:17,647 TOGETHER WITH AVAC AND IAS, AND 8847 05:33:17,647 --> 05:33:20,583 I THINK IN THE END WHAT WE WANT 8848 05:33:20,583 --> 05:33:22,886 IS AFRICAN-LED, AFRICAN-FUNDED 8849 05:33:22,886 --> 05:33:24,954 SCIENCE. 8850 05:33:24,954 --> 05:33:28,091 SO WE NEED A BIT OF MORE 8851 05:33:28,091 --> 05:33:30,293 COHERENT ADVOCACY VOICE WITH 8852 05:33:30,293 --> 05:33:31,761 FUNDERS AND LEADERS IN AFRICA, 8853 05:33:31,761 --> 05:33:33,797 AND I JUST WONDER WHETHER WE HAD 8854 05:33:33,797 --> 05:33:35,465 A BIT MORE COORDINATION AROUND 8855 05:33:35,465 --> 05:33:39,035 SOME OF THESE EFFORTS. 8856 05:33:39,035 --> 05:33:40,570 WE COULD GET TOGETHER A BIT OF 8857 05:33:40,570 --> 05:33:43,273 NARRATIVE FOR GREATER ADVOCACY 8858 05:33:43,273 --> 05:33:45,575 AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME 8859 05:33:45,575 --> 05:33:47,610 EFFORTS AIMED AT THIS, AND ONE 8860 05:33:47,610 --> 05:33:53,049 OF THOSE INVOLVED JOHN KANGESAN 8861 05:33:53,049 --> 05:33:54,884 BEFORE HE MOVED TO PEPFAR, IT 8862 05:33:54,884 --> 05:33:55,885 WAS JUST IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS 8863 05:33:55,885 --> 05:33:58,621 OF HIM AT THE AFRICAN CDC. 8864 05:33:58,621 --> 05:34:01,358 AND HE WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE 8865 05:34:01,358 --> 05:34:03,526 WHOLE CONCEPT OF WHY CURE 8866 05:34:03,526 --> 05:34:05,829 RESEARCH NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN 8867 05:34:05,829 --> 05:34:10,300 AFRICA, WHY THERE NEEDS TO BE 8868 05:34:10,300 --> 05:34:11,134 KNOWLEDGE AMONGST THE 8869 05:34:11,134 --> 05:34:11,801 COMMUNITIES AND HE COULD ALSO 8870 05:34:11,801 --> 05:34:13,470 SEE THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT FOR 8871 05:34:13,470 --> 05:34:17,307 LEADERS IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENT 8872 05:34:17,307 --> 05:34:19,109 TO INVEST IN THIS FOR THEMSELVES 8873 05:34:19,109 --> 05:34:19,542 ECONOMICALLY. 8874 05:34:19,542 --> 05:34:21,878 SO I THINK JOHN WOULD BE A 8875 05:34:21,878 --> 05:34:25,348 REALLY GOOD PERSON TO ENGAGE AS 8876 05:34:25,348 --> 05:34:28,184 BOTH FROM A PEPFAR POINT OF VIEW 8877 05:34:28,184 --> 05:34:30,186 AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE CDC AND IAS 8878 05:34:30,186 --> 05:34:31,554 CAN HELP PLAY A ROLE BUT I THINK 8879 05:34:31,554 --> 05:34:34,457 WE DO NEED A COORDINATED EFFORT 8880 05:34:34,457 --> 05:34:35,392 AROUND WHAT ARE THE NEEDS, WHAT 8881 05:34:35,392 --> 05:34:36,593 ARE THE CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES, 8882 05:34:36,593 --> 05:34:38,128 AND HOW ARE WE REALLY GOING TO 8883 05:34:38,128 --> 05:34:40,130 GET TO SOMETHING THAT'S 8884 05:34:40,130 --> 05:34:42,265 AFRICAN-LED AND FUNDED, AND A 8885 05:34:42,265 --> 05:34:45,168 WAY OF ENGAGING AFRICAN 8886 05:34:45,168 --> 05:34:45,502 LEADERSHIP. 8887 05:34:45,502 --> 05:34:49,506 AND THE START COULD BE CDC AND 8888 05:34:49,506 --> 05:34:55,745 PEPFAR. 8889 05:34:55,745 --> 05:34:57,013 >> GREAT COMMENT. 8890 05:34:57,013 --> 05:34:57,747 TOTALLY AGREE. 8891 05:34:57,747 --> 05:34:58,014 LAST ONE. 8892 05:34:58,014 --> 05:35:01,184 >> MY NAME IS JUSTINE FROM 8893 05:35:01,184 --> 05:35:01,451 UGANDA. 8894 05:35:01,451 --> 05:35:06,856 I WORK WITH THE -- PROJECT 8895 05:35:06,856 --> 05:35:10,026 MOSTLY COLLABORATING WITH THE 8896 05:35:10,026 --> 05:35:12,328 U.S. MHRP AND I WANTED TO JUST 8897 05:35:12,328 --> 05:35:14,898 TALK ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE 8898 05:35:14,898 --> 05:35:16,533 PROCESS THE LYMPH NODES AND 8899 05:35:16,533 --> 05:35:20,370 BIOPSIES FOR CURE RESEARCH, HIV, 8900 05:35:20,370 --> 05:35:22,772 AND FOR THE GUT BIOPSIES. 8901 05:35:22,772 --> 05:35:25,842 WHAT WE DID WITH STAINING THEM, 8902 05:35:25,842 --> 05:35:27,343 AND LOOKING AT THE DATA USING 8903 05:35:27,343 --> 05:35:31,781 THE FLOW CYTOMETERS, WE 8904 05:35:31,781 --> 05:35:32,916 DEMONSTRATED WE HAVE -- LIKE IT 8905 05:35:32,916 --> 05:35:36,686 IS VERY POSSIBLE TO CHARACTERIZE 8906 05:35:36,686 --> 05:35:41,591 REALTIME ET RESERVOIR IN LOW AND 8907 05:35:41,591 --> 05:35:45,795 MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES, SO 8908 05:35:45,795 --> 05:35:47,864 NEEDS WITHIN TRAINING RESOURCES, 8909 05:35:47,864 --> 05:35:49,732 ESPECIALLY GRANT-WRITING SKILLS, 8910 05:35:49,732 --> 05:35:52,368 AND THE RELEVANT EQUIPMENT. 8911 05:35:52,368 --> 05:35:56,639 THANK YOU. 8912 05:35:56,639 --> 05:35:59,309 >> THANK YOU. 8913 05:35:59,309 --> 05:35:59,576 [APPLAUSE] 8914 05:35:59,576 --> 05:36:02,045 >> WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR 8915 05:36:02,045 --> 05:36:05,648 ALLOTTED TIME, BUT I WANT TO SEE 8916 05:36:05,648 --> 05:36:07,283 IF ANY OF THE PANELISTS, BECAUSE 8917 05:36:07,283 --> 05:36:09,519 WE JUST HAD SOME COMMENTS, IF 8918 05:36:09,519 --> 05:36:11,054 ANY OF YOU VERY QUICKLY WANT TO 8919 05:36:11,054 --> 05:36:12,522 GIVE A FINAL WORD TO THIS 8920 05:36:12,522 --> 05:36:12,922 AUDIENCE? 8921 05:36:12,922 --> 05:36:13,957 YOU DON'T GET THIS OPPORTUNITY 8922 05:36:13,957 --> 05:36:18,261 VERY OFTEN. 8923 05:36:18,261 --> 05:36:23,600 SO ANYONE DOWN THE LINE. 8924 05:36:23,600 --> 05:36:25,034 EDWARD WANTS TO GO FIRST, JULIE. 8925 05:36:25,034 --> 05:36:26,269 ZAZA, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY 8926 05:36:26,269 --> 05:36:26,603 ANYTHING? 8927 05:36:26,603 --> 05:36:32,542 NO, NO, EDWARD IS FIRST. 8928 05:36:32,542 --> 05:36:34,611 >> FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 8929 05:36:34,611 --> 05:36:35,445 THANK YOU TO THE AMERICAN 8930 05:36:35,445 --> 05:36:37,714 PEOPLE. 8931 05:36:37,714 --> 05:36:40,950 YOUR GENEROSITY HAS SAVED 8932 05:36:40,950 --> 05:36:42,252 MILLIONS OF LIVES OVER THE LAST 8933 05:36:42,252 --> 05:36:46,222 20 YEARS. 8934 05:36:46,222 --> 05:36:51,561 AND TWO, THE NIH AND THE OTHER 8935 05:36:51,561 --> 05:36:52,629 INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE PROVIDED 8936 05:36:52,629 --> 05:36:54,397 TRAINING FOR PEOPLE FROM LOW AND 8937 05:36:54,397 --> 05:36:55,765 MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES ACROSS 8938 05:36:55,765 --> 05:36:59,769 THE SPECTRUM, THANK YOU. 8939 05:36:59,769 --> 05:37:02,805 AND NOW TH THE INCREASING 8940 05:37:02,805 --> 05:37:04,340 COMMITMENT THAT WE ARE SEEING 8941 05:37:04,340 --> 05:37:07,043 TARGETING SUPPORTING RESEARCHERS 8942 05:37:07,043 --> 05:37:08,378 AND COMMUNITY PEOPLE AND 8943 05:37:08,378 --> 05:37:11,347 ADVOCATES TO DO THIS WORK IN 8944 05:37:11,347 --> 05:37:12,315 AFRICA IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT 8945 05:37:12,315 --> 05:37:14,551 DIRECTION. 8946 05:37:14,551 --> 05:37:18,121 SO SO FAR, YOU'VE GIVEN US -- 8947 05:37:18,121 --> 05:37:19,722 YOU'VE TAUGHT US HOW TO FISH, 8948 05:37:19,722 --> 05:37:21,090 AND YOU'RE BEGINNING TO GIVE US 8949 05:37:21,090 --> 05:37:23,860 SOME FISHING HOOKS. 8950 05:37:23,860 --> 05:37:25,995 THE NEXT THING I THINK WE WANT 8951 05:37:25,995 --> 05:37:29,465 TO SEE IS INCREASING -- IS YOU 8952 05:37:29,465 --> 05:37:31,100 TEACHING US ACTUALLY HOW TO MAKE 8953 05:37:31,100 --> 05:37:33,670 THE FISHING HOOKS OURSELVES SO 8954 05:37:33,670 --> 05:37:35,939 THAT WHEN THAT TIME COMES, WE 8955 05:37:35,939 --> 05:37:37,674 CAN HELP OURSELVES MUCH BETTER. 8956 05:37:37,674 --> 05:37:39,175 THANK YOU. 8957 05:37:39,175 --> 05:37:45,481 [APPLAUSE] 8958 05:37:45,481 --> 05:37:47,116 >> MAYBE JUST ONE POINT THAT WE 8959 05:37:47,116 --> 05:37:49,085 DIDN'T JUST POINT OUT BECAUSE 8960 05:37:49,085 --> 05:37:51,721 THE PROBLEM IS MULTI-LAYERED, SO 8961 05:37:51,721 --> 05:37:52,956 THERE'S THE ISSUE OF ALSO 8962 05:37:52,956 --> 05:37:54,457 ATTRACTING YOUNG TALENT, LIKE 8963 05:37:54,457 --> 05:37:56,192 EDWARD HERE. 8964 05:37:56,192 --> 05:37:58,061 SO I'VE BEEN WORKING IN SOUTH 8965 05:37:58,061 --> 05:37:59,762 AFRICA FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS 8966 05:37:59,762 --> 05:38:02,298 NOW, AND THE KEY TO, YOU KNOW, 8967 05:38:02,298 --> 05:38:04,701 THE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM IS 8968 05:38:04,701 --> 05:38:06,869 ATTRACTING YOUNG TALENT, AND SO 8969 05:38:06,869 --> 05:38:08,171 TO ATTRACT AND RETAINING THE 8970 05:38:08,171 --> 05:38:08,605 TALENT. 8971 05:38:08,605 --> 05:38:11,274 SO WE'VE DONE VERY WELL TO 8972 05:38:11,274 --> 05:38:12,508 ATTRACT, YOU'VE DONE VERY WELL 8973 05:38:12,508 --> 05:38:15,011 TO TRAIN, BUT YOU'VE DONE VERY 8974 05:38:15,011 --> 05:38:18,381 POORLY AT RETAINING. 8975 05:38:18,381 --> 05:38:21,317 MORE THAN 90% OF PEOPLE WITH 8976 05:38:21,317 --> 05:38:22,185 PH.D.s I'VE TRAINED MYSELF 8977 05:38:22,185 --> 05:38:23,386 HAVE LEFT THE CONTINENT, AND 8978 05:38:23,386 --> 05:38:24,621 THAT IS A PROBLEM, AND I DON'T 8979 05:38:24,621 --> 05:38:26,089 KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS TO 8980 05:38:26,089 --> 05:38:28,758 THAT, BUT AS LONG AS WE KEEP 8981 05:38:28,758 --> 05:38:32,695 LOSING GOOD TALENT TO THE WEST, 8982 05:38:32,695 --> 05:38:34,197 THEY COME FOR VISITING THE LAB 8983 05:38:34,197 --> 05:38:38,501 AND END UP STAYING. 8984 05:38:38,501 --> 05:38:39,302 IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE 8985 05:38:39,302 --> 05:38:40,970 DIFFICULT AND THAT'S SOMETHING 8986 05:38:40,970 --> 05:38:41,871 THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT 8987 05:38:41,871 --> 05:38:44,874 ABOUT IN TERMS OF CAREER 8988 05:38:44,874 --> 05:38:46,075 PROGRESSION, AND WHEN PEOPLE AT 8989 05:38:46,075 --> 05:38:48,544 THE END OF THEIR TRAINING, THEY 8990 05:38:48,544 --> 05:38:49,779 COME TO YOU AND SAY WHAT NEXT, 8991 05:38:49,779 --> 05:38:51,014 YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, 8992 05:38:51,014 --> 05:38:52,982 THERE'S NO FACULTY POSITION, 8993 05:38:52,982 --> 05:38:55,351 THERE ARE NO -- THE LIMITED 8994 05:38:55,351 --> 05:38:57,053 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN 8995 05:38:57,053 --> 05:38:58,921 SCIENCE TO HAVE A CAREER ON THE 8996 05:38:58,921 --> 05:39:01,024 CONTINENT AND TO PROGRESS. 8997 05:39:01,024 --> 05:39:03,793 THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE LIKE 8998 05:39:03,793 --> 05:39:05,762 ME WHO CAME AND GOT A GOOD 8999 05:39:05,762 --> 05:39:07,030 EDUCATION IN THE U.S. AND WENT 9000 05:39:07,030 --> 05:39:08,364 BACK AND MADE A MEANINGFUL 9001 05:39:08,364 --> 05:39:09,365 CAREER OUT OF IT. 9002 05:39:09,365 --> 05:39:11,734 IT'S NOT BEEN EASY BUT IT'S VERY 9003 05:39:11,734 --> 05:39:12,368 RARE. 9004 05:39:12,368 --> 05:39:15,038 THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE 9005 05:39:15,038 --> 05:39:17,407 DONE THAT, BUT MOST PEOPLE FAIL 9006 05:39:17,407 --> 05:39:19,375 TO DO THAT AND ESPECIALLY 9007 05:39:19,375 --> 05:39:20,476 OUTSIDE SOUTH AFRICA, IT'S 9008 05:39:20,476 --> 05:39:21,444 EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, SO IT'S THE 9009 05:39:21,444 --> 05:39:23,446 IDEA OF CAPACITY BUILDING AS 9010 05:39:23,446 --> 05:39:25,314 HAPPENED QUITE A BIT ABOUT 9011 05:39:25,314 --> 05:39:27,750 TRAINING PEOPLE BUT THE 9012 05:39:27,750 --> 05:39:30,053 RETENTION AND PATHWAY TO BEING 9013 05:39:30,053 --> 05:39:31,220 INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR ON THE 9014 05:39:31,220 --> 05:39:32,422 CONTINENT IS NOT VERY 9015 05:39:32,422 --> 05:39:32,989 WELL-DEFINED AT THE MOMENT. 9016 05:39:32,989 --> 05:39:37,293 THANK YOU. 9017 05:39:37,293 --> 05:39:39,462 >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE, WHO HAS 9018 05:39:39,462 --> 05:39:40,763 STAYED AROUND TO THE END. 9019 05:39:40,763 --> 05:39:41,798 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 9020 05:39:41,798 --> 05:39:44,600 I JUST HAD JUST A FEW COMMENTS. 9021 05:39:44,600 --> 05:39:47,904 I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE 9022 05:39:47,904 --> 05:39:49,205 NOSIs THAT HAVE COME OUT AND I 9023 05:39:49,205 --> 05:39:50,206 SEE THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY 9024 05:39:50,206 --> 05:39:50,540 IN THERE. 9025 05:39:50,540 --> 05:39:52,141 THERE'S SO MUCH THAT CAN BE 9026 05:39:52,141 --> 05:39:53,810 DONE, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT -- 9027 05:39:53,810 --> 05:39:55,144 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE, 9028 05:39:55,144 --> 05:39:59,182 THERE'S SO MUCH, MYSELF, I'M 9029 05:39:59,182 --> 05:40:00,850 LIKE OKAY, ME AND MY GROUP ARE 9030 05:40:00,850 --> 05:40:02,585 PLANNING TO PUT IN MAYBE LIKE 9031 05:40:02,585 --> 05:40:04,821 TWO OF THEM, BUT I'M LIKE OKAY, 9032 05:40:04,821 --> 05:40:07,156 SO WE PUT IN, DO WE STAND A 9033 05:40:07,156 --> 05:40:07,690 CHANCE? 9034 05:40:07,690 --> 05:40:10,093 MOST TIMES, IS IT LIKELY THAT 9035 05:40:10,093 --> 05:40:12,261 THE ONES -- THE PLAYERS ARE THE 9036 05:40:12,261 --> 05:40:13,529 ONES WHO ARE GOING TO GET THEM 9037 05:40:13,529 --> 05:40:16,099 OR IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT 9038 05:40:16,099 --> 05:40:17,934 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ARE 9039 05:40:17,934 --> 05:40:19,001 GETTING THESE OPPORTUNITIES, 9040 05:40:19,001 --> 05:40:22,171 BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SO DIVERSE, 9041 05:40:22,171 --> 05:40:23,139 BUT IF OPPORTUNITIES ARE OPEN 9042 05:40:23,139 --> 05:40:24,974 NOT TO EVERYONE BUT WHO IS ABLE, 9043 05:40:24,974 --> 05:40:27,477 I THINK THERE IS MUCH FOR 9044 05:40:27,477 --> 05:40:27,977 EVERYONE. 9045 05:40:27,977 --> 05:40:30,513 AND I'M ALSO LOOKING AT AN 9046 05:40:30,513 --> 05:40:31,414 OPPORTUNITY LIKE IS THERE A 9047 05:40:31,414 --> 05:40:34,050 CHANCE OF HAVING AFRICAN GRANTS 9048 05:40:34,050 --> 05:40:34,917 FOR AFRICANS? 9049 05:40:34,917 --> 05:40:38,821 BECAUSE NOW THIS IS LMICs BUT 9050 05:40:38,821 --> 05:40:41,924 YES, CAN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 9051 05:40:41,924 --> 05:40:43,326 TO PUT IN AND CONSIDERED SO AS 9052 05:40:43,326 --> 05:40:44,961 WE GET THIS, WE ARE BUILDING 9053 05:40:44,961 --> 05:40:45,228 CAPACITY. 9054 05:40:45,228 --> 05:40:47,764 WHEN YOU GET A GRANT, IT REALLY 9055 05:40:47,764 --> 05:40:49,532 BRINGS -- IT JUST TAKES YOU 9056 05:40:49,532 --> 05:40:52,869 FORTH INTO SOMETHING ELSE AND 9057 05:40:52,869 --> 05:40:54,270 MORE AND TO MORE AND TO MORE. 9058 05:40:54,270 --> 05:40:56,873 ALSO THE OTHER THING WOULD MAYBE 9059 05:40:56,873 --> 05:40:58,474 BE AS THESE GRANTS ARE BEING 9060 05:40:58,474 --> 05:41:01,811 AWARDED, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY 9061 05:41:01,811 --> 05:41:04,347 OF EXPLAINING THE DEVELOPMENTAL 9062 05:41:04,347 --> 05:41:05,548 AWARDS, THESE ARE SMALL GRANTS 9063 05:41:05,548 --> 05:41:08,084 THAT CAN HELP NEWER PEOPLE COME 9064 05:41:08,084 --> 05:41:11,387 ON BOARD AND THEN EXPAND THEIR 9065 05:41:11,387 --> 05:41:12,755 EXPERTISE. 9066 05:41:12,755 --> 05:41:14,123 SO IF YOU HAVE MORE 9067 05:41:14,123 --> 05:41:14,724 DEVELOPMENTAL GRANTS, THEN 9068 05:41:14,724 --> 05:41:15,725 YOU'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE HAVING 9069 05:41:15,725 --> 05:41:18,528 MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO WRITE EVEN 9070 05:41:18,528 --> 05:41:21,164 BIGGER GRANTS, AND THIS WILL 9071 05:41:21,164 --> 05:41:22,064 EXPAND THE EXPERTISE ON 9072 05:41:22,064 --> 05:41:22,331 CONTINENT. 9073 05:41:22,331 --> 05:41:26,035 THANK YOU. 9074 05:41:26,035 --> 05:41:28,571 >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 9075 05:41:28,571 --> 05:41:30,139 JULIE, HANEEFA? 9076 05:41:30,139 --> 05:41:31,874 >> I DID ORIGINALLY BUT MY 9077 05:41:31,874 --> 05:41:34,544 COLLEAGUES SAID SO MANY 9078 05:41:34,544 --> 05:41:35,244 IMPORTANT THINGS. 9079 05:41:35,244 --> 05:41:36,979 MAYBE I WOULD JUST COMMENT THAT 9080 05:41:36,979 --> 05:41:42,185 A REALLY KEY IMPORTANT AUDIENCE 9081 05:41:42,185 --> 05:41:43,486 ARE NOT OUR COLLEAGUES IN 9082 05:41:43,486 --> 05:41:45,655 MINISTRIES OF HEALTH BUT ALSO IN 9083 05:41:45,655 --> 05:41:48,124 THE MINISTRIES OF FINANCE. 9084 05:41:48,124 --> 05:41:50,526 IT IS PEOPLE LIKE THAT WHO 9085 05:41:50,526 --> 05:41:52,061 UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL AND SO 9086 05:41:52,061 --> 05:41:54,630 I THINK THAT IS A REALLY 9087 05:41:54,630 --> 05:41:55,498 IMPORTANT PIECE OF ADVICE THAT 9088 05:41:55,498 --> 05:41:57,867 WE JUST HEARD FROM, FROM SHARON. 9089 05:41:57,867 --> 05:41:59,135 AND MAYBE THE LAST THING I WOULD 9090 05:41:59,135 --> 05:42:01,137 SAY IS THAT WE ARE SO INDEBTED 9091 05:42:01,137 --> 05:42:04,874 TO THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE -- 9092 05:42:04,874 --> 05:42:06,275 AND PARTICIPANTS IN STUDIES WHO 9093 05:42:06,275 --> 05:42:10,413 HAVE TAKEN US SO FAR IN THE 9094 05:42:10,413 --> 05:42:11,514 EARLY PHASE, MAYBE THE END OF 9095 05:42:11,514 --> 05:42:13,249 THE BEGINNING, RIGHT, OF HIV 9096 05:42:13,249 --> 05:42:18,821 CURE RESEARCH, PRIMARILY HERE 9097 05:42:18,821 --> 05:42:19,322 BASED IN THE U.S. 9098 05:42:19,322 --> 05:42:24,227 FOR EVERY ONE OF THROWS VALU THD 9099 05:42:24,227 --> 05:42:24,794 PARTICIPANTS, THERE ARE 9100 05:42:24,794 --> 05:42:27,830 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GLOBALLY 9101 05:42:27,830 --> 05:42:29,332 WHOSE VOICE MAY NOT BE HEARD 9102 05:42:29,332 --> 05:42:30,867 BECAUSE OF THEIR PERSONAL 9103 05:42:30,867 --> 05:42:31,734 CIRCUMSTANCES OR JUST THE 9104 05:42:31,734 --> 05:42:33,169 SETTING IN WHICH THAT THEY LIVE. 9105 05:42:33,169 --> 05:42:35,605 THESE INITIATIVES, THESE FOCUSED 9106 05:42:35,605 --> 05:42:38,341 COORDINATED EFFORTS TO REALLY 9107 05:42:38,341 --> 05:42:39,642 ELEVATE NOT JUST CLINICAL, I 9108 05:42:39,642 --> 05:42:43,379 SHOULD SAY ALSO THE KEY 9109 05:42:43,379 --> 05:42:45,147 IMPORTANCE OF THE OUTCOME BASIC 9110 05:42:45,147 --> 05:42:46,616 RESEARCH BEING DONE IN LOW AND 9111 05:42:46,616 --> 05:42:48,684 MIDDLE INCOME SETTINGS, THIS IS 9112 05:42:48,684 --> 05:42:50,052 REALLY ELEVATING RAISING THOSE 9113 05:42:50,052 --> 05:42:50,386 VOICES. 9114 05:42:50,386 --> 05:42:52,922 I MEAN, INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL, 9115 05:42:52,922 --> 05:42:53,890 SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK 9116 05:42:53,890 --> 05:42:55,758 WE CAN POSSIBLY BE DOING AS A 9117 05:42:55,758 --> 05:42:56,592 COMMUNITY, EVERYONE IN THIS 9118 05:42:56,592 --> 05:42:57,927 ROOM, IT'S JUST REALLY 9119 05:42:57,927 --> 05:43:00,229 FULFILLING TO BE HAVING THIS 9120 05:43:00,229 --> 05:43:04,467 DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME. 9121 05:43:04,467 --> 05:43:07,403 >> OKAY, LAST WORDS DOWN THERE 9122 05:43:07,403 --> 05:43:15,111 AT THE END OF THE PANEL HERE. 9123 05:43:15,111 --> 05:43:17,213 >> I JUST WANT TO BE QUICK. 9124 05:43:17,213 --> 05:43:19,181 JUST SORT OF REITERATE THAT WE 9125 05:43:19,181 --> 05:43:20,816 DO HAVE THE CFAR AFRICA PROGRAM. 9126 05:43:20,816 --> 05:43:22,652 IT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS ALL OF 9127 05:43:22,652 --> 05:43:25,054 THE PROBLEMS AND ALL OF THE 9128 05:43:25,054 --> 05:43:27,757 CHALLENGES, BUT IT IS ONE STEP 9129 05:43:27,757 --> 05:43:29,992 TO REALLY INVEST IN NEW 9130 05:43:29,992 --> 05:43:32,028 INVESTIGATORS, EARLY CAREER 9131 05:43:32,028 --> 05:43:34,163 INVESTIGATORS, AND IT REALLY 9132 05:43:34,163 --> 05:43:35,197 TARGETING INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE 9133 05:43:35,197 --> 05:43:36,866 BASED IN AFRICA WHO HAVE 9134 05:43:36,866 --> 05:43:38,634 AFFILIATIONS IN AFRICAN 9135 05:43:38,634 --> 05:43:40,569 INSTITUTIONS TO TRY TO AVOID 9136 05:43:40,569 --> 05:43:44,607 SOME OF THAT BRAIN DRAIN OR AT 9137 05:43:44,607 --> 05:43:46,676 LEAST TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF 9138 05:43:46,676 --> 05:43:47,343 THAT BRAIN DRAIN. 9139 05:43:47,343 --> 05:43:49,011 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET 9140 05:43:49,011 --> 05:43:52,548 STARTED ON THIS INITIATIVE, AND 9141 05:43:52,548 --> 05:43:54,684 REALLY FOCUS ON INVESTING IN 9142 05:43:54,684 --> 05:43:57,820 THOSE EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS. 9143 05:43:57,820 --> 05:43:59,322 >> I'LL ALSO BE BRIEF. 9144 05:43:59,322 --> 05:44:01,157 I THINK WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT 9145 05:44:01,157 --> 05:44:02,692 THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 9146 05:44:02,692 --> 05:44:04,560 I THINK I'M ALSO LOOKING AT 9147 05:44:04,560 --> 05:44:06,162 SPECIFICITY OF AS WE'RE TALKING 9148 05:44:06,162 --> 05:44:08,864 ABOUT THE HIV CURE RESEARCH 9149 05:44:08,864 --> 05:44:12,201 FUNDING WE SHOULD ALSO THINK OF 9150 05:44:12,201 --> 05:44:12,835 COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC, I KNOW WE 9151 05:44:12,835 --> 05:44:14,437 ONLY TALK ABOUT -- WE ONLY TALK 9152 05:44:14,437 --> 05:44:18,641 SO MUCH ABOUT COMMUNITY 9153 05:44:18,641 --> 05:44:19,608 ENROLLMENT, FOLLOW UP SHOULD 9154 05:44:19,608 --> 05:44:21,510 ALSO BE SPECIFIC AND STANDALONE 9155 05:44:21,510 --> 05:44:22,645 COMMUNITY RESOURCES. 9156 05:44:22,645 --> 05:44:24,280 AND I'M ALSO THINKING THERE ARE 9157 05:44:24,280 --> 05:44:25,514 MANY GLOBAL COMMITMENTS THAT 9158 05:44:25,514 --> 05:44:27,083 GOVERNMENT AND HEAD OF STATES 9159 05:44:27,083 --> 05:44:27,616 MAKE. 9160 05:44:27,616 --> 05:44:28,918 I THINK IT'S ALSO ABOUT TIME WE 9161 05:44:28,918 --> 05:44:30,786 START MAKING COMMITMENTS TOWARDS 9162 05:44:30,786 --> 05:44:32,555 HIV CURE RESEARCH AS WELL AS -- 9163 05:44:32,555 --> 05:44:33,122 AND RESOURCES. 9164 05:44:33,122 --> 05:44:34,390 I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 9165 05:44:34,390 --> 05:44:37,126 WE CAN EASILY FOLLOW UP IF IT'S 9166 05:44:37,126 --> 05:44:37,626 DOCUMENTED AS WELL. 9167 05:44:37,626 --> 05:44:41,364 THANK YOU. 9168 05:44:41,364 --> 05:44:43,699 >> THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE PANEL. 9169 05:44:43,699 --> 05:44:49,205 [APPLAUSE] 9170 05:44:49,205 --> 05:44:52,408 I TURN IT OVER TO OUR 9171 05:44:52,408 --> 05:45:01,851 COLLEAGUES, KARL. 9172 05:45:01,851 --> 05:45:03,786 >> THANKS A LOT. 9173 05:45:03,786 --> 05:45:07,156 APPRECIATE IT. 9174 05:45:07,156 --> 05:45:08,724 SO JUST A FEW CLOSING REMARKS 9175 05:45:08,724 --> 05:45:10,860 BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO KARL. 9176 05:45:10,860 --> 05:45:15,765 SO WE HAD TWO DAYS OF FA FANTASC 9177 05:45:15,765 --> 05:45:16,198 SCIENTIFIC TREAT. 9178 05:45:16,198 --> 05:45:17,133 THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 9179 05:45:17,133 --> 05:45:18,567 POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF 9180 05:45:18,567 --> 05:45:19,101 OUR LEADERSHIP. 9181 05:45:19,101 --> 05:45:22,571 I WANT TO THANK THE DIRECTOR OF 9182 05:45:22,571 --> 05:45:23,672 NIAID, ESPECIALLY FOR AGREEING 9183 05:45:23,672 --> 05:45:26,142 TO GIVE OPENING REMARKS, AND 9184 05:45:26,142 --> 05:45:28,677 KARL DIEFFENBACH, DIRECTOR OF 9185 05:45:28,677 --> 05:45:32,581 THE DIVISION OF AIDS FOR SUPPORT 9186 05:45:32,581 --> 05:45:33,716 OF THE CURE PROGRAM AND DIRECTOR 9187 05:45:33,716 --> 05:45:37,386 OF BASIC SCIENCE PROGRAM, 9188 05:45:37,386 --> 05:45:39,388 DR. DIANA FINZI FOR GUIDING US 9189 05:45:39,388 --> 05:45:43,359 THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND OF 9190 05:45:43,359 --> 05:45:44,894 COURSE KARL FOR TRUSTING US TO 9191 05:45:44,894 --> 05:45:46,062 RUN THIS PROGRAM AND THIS 9192 05:45:46,062 --> 05:45:47,063 MEETING THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 9193 05:45:47,063 --> 05:45:48,297 POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PROGRAM 9194 05:45:48,297 --> 05:45:49,598 MANAGEMENT TEAM WHICH CONSISTS 9195 05:45:49,598 --> 05:45:51,333 OF PROGRAM OFFICERS FROM OTHER 9196 05:45:51,333 --> 05:45:52,735 ICs, BUT I'M ESPECIALLY 9197 05:45:52,735 --> 05:45:55,171 THANKFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES IN MY 9198 05:45:55,171 --> 05:45:56,472 BRANCH, PATHOGENESIS AND 9199 05:45:56,472 --> 05:45:57,406 THERAPEUTICS INTERVENTIONS 9200 05:45:57,406 --> 05:45:58,974 BRANCH, WITHOUT THEIR HELP, IT'S 9201 05:45:58,974 --> 05:46:01,110 A TEAM EFFORT, SO I'M GLAD I 9202 05:46:01,110 --> 05:46:02,745 WOULD CALL THIS AS A GREAT 9203 05:46:02,745 --> 05:46:02,978 SUCCESS. 9204 05:46:02,978 --> 05:46:05,714 AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE 9205 05:46:05,714 --> 05:46:06,816 CO-SPONSORS ICs WHO HAVE 9206 05:46:06,816 --> 05:46:08,751 SUPPORTED THIS PROGRAM. 9207 05:46:08,751 --> 05:46:09,919 AND ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF 9208 05:46:09,919 --> 05:46:10,953 THE COLLABORATORY. 9209 05:46:10,953 --> 05:46:12,288 WITHOUT THEIR SCIENTIFIC 9210 05:46:12,288 --> 05:46:13,089 PRESENTATION, THIS WOULD NOT 9211 05:46:13,089 --> 05:46:14,190 HAVE BEEN COMPLETE. 9212 05:46:14,190 --> 05:46:15,858 I THANK EVERY ONE OF THEM WHO 9213 05:46:15,858 --> 05:46:16,992 CAME HERE ALL THE WAY TO MAKE 9214 05:46:16,992 --> 05:46:18,027 THIS A GREAT EVENT. 9215 05:46:18,027 --> 05:46:21,230 SO WE ARE ABOUT 503 REGISTRANTS 9216 05:46:21,230 --> 05:46:23,065 AND 30 ON SITE, AND THERE WERE 9217 05:46:23,065 --> 05:46:24,900 ABOUT 350 PEOPLE WATCHING IT 9218 05:46:24,900 --> 05:46:26,569 VIRTUALLY ON NIH VIDEOCAST. 9219 05:46:26,569 --> 05:46:27,670 WE THANK THEM ALL. 9220 05:46:27,670 --> 05:46:31,807 AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK THE 9221 05:46:31,807 --> 05:46:32,241 SPONSORS. 9222 05:46:32,241 --> 05:46:33,943 WE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER WE WOULD 9223 05:46:33,943 --> 05:46:36,178 HAVE THE CA CAFETERIA OPEN IN TE 9224 05:46:36,178 --> 05:46:37,580 LAST TWO DAYS BUT WE DID, WE 9225 05:46:37,580 --> 05:46:38,948 WERE PERSISTENT, WE MADE THEM 9226 05:46:38,948 --> 05:46:40,916 OPEN AT LEAST FOR THESE TWO DAYS 9227 05:46:40,916 --> 05:46:42,651 AND FOR THE COFFEE SERVICE THAT 9228 05:46:42,651 --> 05:46:45,154 WE HAD FREE PROVIDED BY THE 9229 05:46:45,154 --> 05:46:46,922 FAES, AND I WANT TO THANK THE 9230 05:46:46,922 --> 05:46:48,991 NIH EVENTS STAFF FOR FANTASTIC 9231 05:46:48,991 --> 05:46:50,192 SUPPORT, THE CONFERENCE PEOPLE, 9232 05:46:50,192 --> 05:46:51,160 THE GUY IN THE BOOTH, THANK YOU, 9233 05:46:51,160 --> 05:46:53,729 AND MILES HERE. 9234 05:46:53,729 --> 05:46:54,330 FANTASTIC. 9235 05:46:54,330 --> 05:46:56,899 IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL SUPPORT, 9236 05:46:56,899 --> 05:46:57,900 REALLY APPRECIATE THE NIH VIDEO 9237 05:46:57,900 --> 05:46:58,234 STAFF. 9238 05:46:58,234 --> 05:46:59,668 THEY'VE BEEN TELECASTING THIS, 9239 05:46:59,668 --> 05:47:01,403 AND I GET WONDERFUL RESPONSE 9240 05:47:01,403 --> 05:47:03,038 FROM THEM, FROM THE PEOPLE 9241 05:47:03,038 --> 05:47:03,806 WATCHING WORLDWIDE. 9242 05:47:03,806 --> 05:47:04,340 IT'S WONDERFUL. 9243 05:47:04,340 --> 05:47:07,042 AND I WANT TO THANK THE NIAID 9244 05:47:07,042 --> 05:47:08,177 EVENTS PEOPLE WHO ARE 9245 05:47:08,177 --> 05:47:09,345 RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE 9246 05:47:09,345 --> 05:47:10,446 WEBSITE. 9247 05:47:10,446 --> 05:47:15,684 AND THE CONFERENCE SERVICES, 9248 05:47:15,684 --> 05:47:17,286 LUMINA, THOSE ARE THE LADIES WHO 9249 05:47:17,286 --> 05:47:18,487 WERE AT THE REGISTRATION DESK, 9250 05:47:18,487 --> 05:47:21,557 THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB, 9251 05:47:21,557 --> 05:47:22,124 FANTASTIC SUPPORT SERVICE. 9252 05:47:22,124 --> 05:47:23,459 WITH THAT I WANT TO HAND IT OVER 9253 05:47:23,459 --> 05:47:23,993 TO KARL. 9254 05:47:23,993 --> 05:47:24,527 THANK YOU ALL. 9255 05:47:24,527 --> 05:47:27,763 [APPLAUSE] 9256 05:47:27,763 --> 05:47:32,234 >> I JUST WANT TO THANK UDAI FOR 9257 05:47:32,234 --> 05:47:33,002 LEADING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE 9258 05:47:33,002 --> 05:47:35,538 MEETING THIS YEAR, DID A 9259 05:47:35,538 --> 05:47:37,740 FANTASTIC JOB ALONG WITH HIS 9260 05:47:37,740 --> 05:47:38,474 COLLEAGUES, AS WELL AS ALL THE 9261 05:47:38,474 --> 05:47:41,177 OTHER PROGRAM STAFF. 9262 05:47:41,177 --> 05:47:44,313 SO THANKS, UDAI, FOR DOING A 9263 05:47:44,313 --> 05:47:46,182 GREAT JOB. 9264 05:47:46,182 --> 05:47:48,083 WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET FOR THE 9265 05:47:48,083 --> 05:47:49,285 NEXT ITERATION OF THE STRATEGIES 9266 05:47:49,285 --> 05:47:52,254 FOR A CURE IN 2025 PRESUMABLY, 9267 05:47:52,254 --> 05:47:54,690 BUT WE'LL BE SENDING OUT SOME 9268 05:47:54,690 --> 05:47:56,659 SURVEYS AND WE WELCOME ALL 9269 05:47:56,659 --> 05:47:58,060 FEEDBACK ON HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS 9270 05:47:58,060 --> 05:48:00,062 MEETING BETTER AS WELL AS WHAT 9271 05:48:00,062 --> 05:48:01,564 THE NEXT JOINT MDC MEETING 9272 05:48:01,564 --> 05:48:03,632 SHOULD BE FOR NEXT YEAR. 9273 05:48:03,632 --> 05:48:05,067 SO SAFE TRAVELS, EVERYONE, AND 9274 05:48:05,067 --> 05:48:06,268 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 9275 05:48:06,268 --> 05:48:06,602 PARTICIPATION. 9276 05:48:06,602 --> 05:48:16,779 [APPLAUSE]