Will anybody be attending the Bill Halford RVX conference today?

[Second_chance]

If anybody is attending the conference today, could you please report out what was mentioned please!!! 

[LillianPanos]

4 hours ago, Second_chance said:

If anybody is attending the conference today, could you please report out what was mentioned please!!! 

what are the details?

 

[Second_chance]

Press conference to announce a partnership between Rational Vaccines, a start-up co-founded by Southern Illinois University Medicine researcher William Halford, PhD, Agustin Fernandez III and now Thiel Capital, a private equity investment firm owned by PayPal co-founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel. The partnership’s goal is to advance a vaccine – a functional cure – for the herpes virus, which currently afflicts 4 billion people worldwide.

Distinguished guests include William Halford, PhD; Jason Camm, chief medical officer at Thiel Capital; Agustin Fernandez III, co-founder of Rational Vaccines and an Emmy- and Oscar-winning film and television producer; Richard Mancuso, phase 1 clinical trial participant; Donald Torry, PhD, interim associate dean for research at SIU Medicine; and SIU Medicine Dean and Provost Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH.

South Auditorium, SIU School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge St., Springfield
4:30 pm on Thursday, April 20

[LillianPanos]

Thanks for the update I would wonder it would be covered elsewhere.  Thank you Bill Halford for all you are doing!!!!

1 hour ago, Second_chance said:

Press conference to announce a partnership between Rational Vaccines, a start-up co-founded by Southern Illinois University Medicine researcher William Halford, PhD, Agustin Fernandez III and now Thiel Capital, a private equity investment firm owned by PayPal co-founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel. The partnership’s goal is to advance a vaccine – a functional cure – for the herpes virus, which currently afflicts 4 billion people worldwide.

Distinguished guests include William Halford, PhD; Jason Camm, chief medical officer at Thiel Capital; Agustin Fernandez III, co-founder of Rational Vaccines and an Emmy- and Oscar-winning film and television producer; Richard Mancuso, phase 1 clinical trial participant; Donald Torry, PhD, interim associate dean for research at SIU Medicine; and SIU Medicine Dean and Provost Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH.

South Auditorium, SIU School of Medicine, 801 N. Rutledge St., Springfield
4:30 pm on Thursday, April 20

 

[Whyyyyy]

Thank you Dr. Halford for all of your dedication over the years and for all of your efforts! Praying for your healing as well!

[HarryAUS]

Does anybody know if the Thiel announcement happened? Can't see anything reported other than the original SJR article. Still not convinced it's legit.

[Whyyyyy]

Somebody in the chat said they were sent a picture of the program from yesterday's press conference. 

[JHenry]

If you go to the SIU Medicine Facebook page and scroll down I believe you will find an announcement by the university.

[Second_chance]

I've checked Josh Blooms blog to see if he had an update on the announcement but nothing! Ugh I just need an update! 

[JeffH]

25 minutes ago, JHenry said:

If you go to the SIU Medicine Facebook page and scroll down I believe you will find an announcement by the university.

Yep you're right, photo attached. 

[Whyyyyy]

Happy for all the people who are good candidates for this! I however don't think that I am; type 1 & type 2...little to no symptoms.

[MoniqueLow]

1 hour ago, Whyyyyy said:

Happy for all the people who are good candidates for this! I however don't think that I am; type 1 & type 2...little to no symptoms.

Lucky girl, little to no symptoms. I am not eligible either although I have symptoms all the time, as I have hsv 1 :-( it is on a good way though, very happy about it!!! 

[Whyyyyy]

12 minutes ago, MoniqueLow said:

Lucky girl, little to no symptoms. I am not eligible either although I have symptoms all the time, as I have hsv 1 :-( it is on a good way though, very happy about it!!! 

It should work for you too and prevent you from acquiring hsv2!

[MoniqueLow]

26 minutes ago, Whyyyyy said:

It should work for you too and prevent you from acquiring hsv2!

Yes, I meant I'm not eligible for clinical trial, but otherwise I will go for hsv 2 vaccine if available (I don't want to wait 10+ years for hsv 1 even if it'd be ideal to have vaccine specifically for type one). And profylcatic effect would be great to. 

[Seeker1960]

6 hours ago, Whyyyyy said:

Happy for all the people who are good candidates for this! I however don't think that I am; type 1 & type 2...little to no symptoms.

Well, when the data comes out it could be good for you if shedding is reduced to the point where transmission is unlikely. Then you could use it as a protective.

[fixme1]

halford will nail 1 and 2 , Hes a great guy this is gonna change the world, screw the haters and plastic intellectuals on here

[Whyyyyy]

7 minutes ago, fixme1 said:

halford will nail 1 and 2 , Hes a great guy this is gonna change the world, screw the haters and plastic intellectuals on here

I sure hope you're right!!! 

[fixme1]

Best bet we have. AURX where on track with a live vaccine, and I'm sure halford is. Ill just wait now for virologists on here to say hes wrong HA

[Cas9]

7 hours ago, MoniqueLow said:

Yes, I meant I'm not eligible for clinical trial, but otherwise I will go for hsv 2 vaccine if available (I don't want to wait 10+ years for hsv 1 even if it'd be ideal to have vaccine specifically for type one). And profylcatic effect would be great to. 

Yes, it's always annoying that I to cannot participate in a future trial for any vaccines or CRISPR. I'll have to wait for the product to be commercially available. Not sure if I'll ever get the chance given my age.

[MoniqueLow]

34 minutes ago, Cas9 said:

Yes, it's always annoying that I to cannot participate in a future trial for any vaccines or CRISPR. I'll have to wait for the product to be commercially available. Not sure if I'll ever get the chance given my age.

Yeah, bad timing :-( I think I've read Betsy Herold from A. Einstein College has done a research also on hsv 1. In the article from 2015 she says:

....and we are completing the preclinical work required to test this new vaccine in people.

I'd love to be part of trail if it's hsv 1 related.

There are no more news though...

[Cas9]

2 minutes ago, MoniqueLow said:

Yeah, bad timing :-( I think I've read Betsy Herold from A. Einstein College has done a research also on hsv 1. In the article from 2015 she says:

....and we are completing the preclinical work required to test this new vaccine in people.

I'd love to be part of trail if it's hsv 1 related.

There are no more news though...

How old are you Monique?

[MoniqueLow]

1 minute ago, Cas9 said:

How old are you Monique?

You mean how young (haha)? 35.

[Cas9]

Just now, MoniqueLow said:

You mean how young (haha)? 35.

I thought you said you were too old to get into a clinical trial. Maybe I have you confused with someone else.

[Cas9]

9 minutes ago, MoniqueLow said:

Yeah, bad timing :-( I think I've read Betsy Herold from A. Einstein College has done a research also on hsv 1. In the article from 2015 she says:

....and we are completing the preclinical work required to test this new vaccine in people.

I'd love to be part of trail if it's hsv 1 related.

There are no more news though...

The Einstein College vaccine is prophylactic not therapeutic, although it may have some therapeutic effect also. That vaccine, if successful, is probably a long way off (10 years). That's too bad because I think it may be the most promising of them all.

[MoniqueLow]

2 minutes ago, Cas9 said:

I thought you said you were too old to get into a clinical trial. Maybe I have you confused with someone else.

Yes, it wasn't me. Still, I hope they will ever proceed with research. The money is problem, I guess. Hopefully there are more enlightened investors out there.