The Lake Ohrid SCOPSCO project

The ICDP SCOPSCO project at Lake Ohrid in Macedonia and Albania was one of the most successful lake drilling campaigns worldwide. Drilling took place from April to June 2013 and yielded more than 2000 m of sediments from four different sites in the lake. The maximum penetration was 569 m below lake floor and the overall recovery at all drill sites was > 95 %. Almost two years after the drilling operation, core opening and processing as well as biological and geological analyses are still ongoing

Clinical course of classic Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-negative patients treated with the HIV protease inhibitor indinavir

HIV protease inhibitors have been shown to exert antiangiogenic and antitumor actions independently from their antiretroviral effect. Based on these studies, HIV-seronegative patients with classic Kaposi's sarcoma were treated with indinavir and followed for clinical evolution, drug pharmacokinetics and Kaposi's sarcoma biomarkers. A favorable clinical course was associated with high drug plasma levels, reduced production of basic fibroblast growth factor, lower numbers of circulating endothelial cells, and a decrease in antibody titers against human herpesvirus 8

Clinical corse of classic Kaposi’s sarcoma in HIV-negative patients treated with the HIV protease inhibitor indinavir.

HIV protease inhibitors (HIV-PI) have been shown to exert anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor actions independently from their antiretroviral effect. Based on these studies, HIV-seronegative patients with classic Kaposi’s sarcoma were treated with Indinavir and followed for clinical evolution, drug pharmacokinetics and KS biomarkers. A favorable clinical course was associated with high drug plasma levels, reduced production of basic fibroblast growth factor, lower numbers of circulating endothelial cell numbers, and a decrease of antibody titers against HHV8