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Thursday, October 31, 1996
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BOSTON — A new study confirms that a natural protein can help restore immune systems that have been damaged by the AIDS virus.
The Associated Press
Drug helps AIDS patients
Natural protein boosts systems
Last year, doctors from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reported that regular injections of interleukin 2 can boost the body's production of blood cells that are a primary target of HIV.
Now, in the New England Journal of Medicine, the team has duplicated the findings in a more rigorous comparison study in a larger group of patients.
Donna E. Shalala, secretary of health and human services, said the report was new evidence that national investment in AIDS research was paying off.
Despite the encouraging findings, doctors have yet to prove the treatment actually helps people live longer or that it reduces the risk of AIDS complications. A study to investigate that is planned.
The latest study was conducted by Joseph A. Kovacs and colleagues on
60 people with HIV. All participants got standard anti-AIDS drugs, and half also received interleukin 2, or IL-2.
After one year, the IL2 patients' helper T-cells had doubled from 428 to 916 cells per cubic millimeter of blood. In the comparison group, levels fell from 406 to 349.
The IL2 used in the study is produced by Chiron Corp. and is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating kidney cancer.
Side effects included flu-like symptoms and headaches, although these were not as severe as had been seen in earlier experiments with the drug.
Rwandans seize border city
Zairian troops fight army commandos, dodge enemy fire
The Associated Press
CYANGUGU, Rwanda — Zairian troops dodged enemy fire and took up defensive positions yesterday after Tutsi rebels and Rwandan army commandos routed them from a major city on the Zairian side of the border.
The battle for Bukavu, on the south end of Lake Kivu, claimed the life of eastern Zaire's Roman Catholic archbishop, the Rev. Christophe Munziiirwa Mwene Ngabo, on Tuesday during a military attack on the city, a Vatican spokesman said.
Zairian troops in South Kivu province are fighting Tutsi rebels who
have defied the government's order to leave the country. The rebels, known as Banyamulenge, are descendants of Tutsis who immigrated to the region at least 200 years ago.
French President Jacques Chirac urged the United Nations and the Organization of African States to organize a conference on the crisis, and he called on world leaders to help Africa's Great Lakes region.
The United Nations appointed Canada's ambassador to Washington yesterday as an envoy to deal with the crisis. Raymond Chretien, who served previously as ambassador to Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi, is expected to leave for Africa on Nov. 6.
Gen. James L. Jamerson, deputy commander of the U.S. European Command, also is to travel to Zaire next week to get an assessment or
briefing on the situation, a U.S. Army representative in Frankfurt, Germany, said yesterday.
Rwanda insists it is not at war with Zaire, but its Tutsi-dominated military exchanged cross-border fire with Zairian troops on Tuesday. One Rwandan was killed and 10 were wounded. Zairian casualties were not known.
The Rwandan army also said it sent a group of commandos across the border overnight and helped the Tutsi rebels oust Zairian troops from Bukavu.
Lt. Col. Fermin Kagame, Rwandan army commander for the region, said the commandos were in Zaire long enough to do the job and then returned to Rwanda.
From a vantage point on the Rwandan side of the border, Zairian troops could be seen digging in about three miles outside Bukavu.
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