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Year: 2018

#15- The immune sentries know tuberculosis is coming

Posted on December 18, 2018

Ok dear readers I suspect you are tired of all the HIV centric blogs (issues 2, 5, 8-10 and 12-14), after all we promised epic battle across the known world. So, it is time we …

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#14- A daring raid to restore the ratio…and an evil stronghold remains unconquered

Posted on November 10, 2018

Welcome back sweet summer children. Anyone who follows Game of Thrones knows that any war or strategy is full of hope but also, missteps, and disappointments. All one can do is lick your wounds and …

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#13 Theon vs Yara. Whose bigger? (…meaning the HIV reservoir, where is your mind?)

Posted on September 22, 2018

Welcome back dear readers! If you remember our last blog we highlighted recent evidence that there might be patterns to who has a “big” HIV reservoir and who has a “small” reservoir. Now we’ve known …

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No. 12 Is the HIV reservoir different in People living in Essos than Westeros?

Posted on August 30, 2018

Hello sweet summer children! Regular blog readers know better immune understanding leads to better battlefield decisions. Our goal here is to highlight new findings, point out intelligence gaps, and ultimately deploy therapies that restore healing …

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No. 11 Even the Lannisters have Tyrion… so maybe CD8s can be good guys

Posted on July 7, 2018

Warning sweet summer children this blog post is NOT for you. Typically, these blogs discuss clinically interesting medical conditions. Often these blogs contrast the current state of say HIV care, with the long winter decades …

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No. 10 Another Stark dies, another paper linking low HIV reservoirs to high CD4/CD8 ratios

Posted on May 28, 2018

Hello GoTc blog readers! There is plenty of new papers and interesting angles on the CD4/CD8 ratio…but methinks I might be getting a little subtle and into the weeds so to speak. So, to be …

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No. 9 Can a mutt sniff out badness about to happen in People Living with HIV?

Posted on May 3, 2018

Hello sweet summer children! Back in dark days of HIV, no one would have believed that a patient dying from HIV would have enough “fat” in their blood to have a heart attack. How things …

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No. 8 How evil was Ramsey, or “Can HIV be eradicated?”

Posted on April 4, 2018

  Welcome back sweet summer children! Sorry I have been away so long. I had planned to blog about the mysterious illness, Sarcoidosis, but at the last minute my plan was foiled. I need the …

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No. 7 What does the CD4/CD8 ratio have to do with a true “cancer” on society, the Ironborn?

Posted on February 10, 2018

The Game of Thrones world, just like the real world, has some pretty horrible villains. The Iron born may not be the most fearsome or the Ultimate Boss (in Dungeons and Dragons terms), yet few …

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No. 6 When your thymus involutes, is this the functional equivalent of the Doom of Valyria?

Posted on January 12, 2018

The Targaryens are a powerful, dominant house in the Game of Thrones (GoT) world. They ride dragons and conquered a whole continent. Yet 400 years before the start of the events in the TV show …

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