Medicine at Monash in 2013 or 2014

[AllAboutTheLGs]

I hope I can get into Monash Med next year haha... gonna have to gun the umat cos Ill probs only end up with a low 99 or even less

[pi]

I hope I can get into Monash Med next year haha... gonna have to gun the umat cos Ill probs only end up with a low 99 or even less

If that's ATAR, that isn't too low actually The median for metro students is low 99s (~99.30), so low 99 or high 98 is definitely competitive!

[paulsterio]

Many people get in with a low 99 ATAR if they have a competitive UMAT.

If your UMAT isn't too flash though, as long as it's 92-ish + percentile, and you can get 99.00+ ATAR, you have a shot at bonded with a reasonable interview

[TKayy]

Its alright guys, we can do it!!
Lets just keep up the spirit!

[AllAboutTheLGs]

Ooooh that gives me so much more hope haha. From the looks of things I'll probably get like low 40s for my study scores, and i need 41 in all of them and a 43 in english to get a 99 so i guess its achievable but i am going to have to work extremely hard. Getting in the 90s for sacs so far so i guess its a good sign.

[Ominous]

Doctors of the future.

Please find a cure for HIV and AIDS.

[pi]

If only it were that simple haha

[Russ]

Unfortunately, there won't be a cure for HIV in widescale production before at least 2050 imo

[paulsterio]

To be honest though, antiretroviral drugs are pretty close to a cure, they allow HIV+ people to lead normal lives.

[pi]

Normal lives?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiretroviral_drug#Adverse_effects

[Russ]

To be honest though, antiretroviral drugs are pretty close to a cure, they allow HIV+ people to lead normal lives.

Only in comparison to what we had before. Other than the side effects, they don't work indefinitely so it's eventual AIDS even with good adherence (and I wouldn't really quantify the life as "normal" but it's better than nothing)

[ItsSKC]

In terms of cure for HIV i think we may actually be closer than you think. Well a tleast i don't think it will be as late as 2050. There are current clinical trials with HDAC inhibitors that seem quite promising. I've been following the career of a researcher of HIV latency based in Melbourne actually at the burnet institute and i do believe that some of her research may pave the way towards a cure, potentially 2020-2030.

[Ominous]

Clinical tests and trials should be done in Africa first.


We gotta use you talented vce veterans to help this disease of hiv and aids.


You guys will make me proud :')

[Russ]

In terms of cure for HIV i think we may actually be closer than you think. Well a tleast i don't think it will be as late as 2050. There are current clinical trials with HDAC inhibitors that seem quite promising. I've been following the career of a researcher of HIV latency based in Melbourne actually at the burnet institute and i do believe that some of her research may pave the way towards a cure, potentially 2020-2030.

Link me?

2020 is a pipe dream though, if there's a cure being distributed that early I will eat my hat

[ItsSKC]

The studies are still ongoing and as far as i know she hasnt published on this yet but here is a website you can look at, http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01365065?term=vorinostat+AND+HIV&rank=2. The idea is to use a HDACi to force latently infected cells, in particular CD4 memory T cells to become active and thus the ART can target the virus.