HIV infection stems from few viruses 17 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A new study reveals the genetic identity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the version responsible for sexual transmission, in unprecedented detail. | |
Compound has potential for new class of AIDS drugs May 14, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers have developed what they believe is the first new mechanism in nearly 20 years for inhibiting a common target used to treat all HIV patients, which could eventually lead to a new class of AIDS drugs. | |
Major shift in HIV prevention priorities needed May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
According to a new policy analysis led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of California, Berkeley, the most common HIV prevention strategies—condom promotion, HIV testing, treatment ... | |
Researchers synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Any hunter will tell you that when your quarry goes into hiding, you have to flush it out to get a good shot at it. Such is the case with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. | |
Research findings open new front in fight against AIDS virus April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has uncovered a new route for attacking the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that may offer a way to circumvent problems with drug resistance. In findings ... | |
Immune exhaustion in HIV infection May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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As HIV disease progresses in a person infected with the HIV virus, a group of cells in the immune system, the CD8+ T lymphocytes, become “exhausted,” losing many of their abilities to kill other cells infected by the virus. ... | |
Prisoner HIV program leads to continuum of medical care after release May 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
By linking HIV positive prisoners to community-based medical care prior to release through an innovative program called Project Bridge, 95 percent of ex-offenders were retained in health care for a year after being released ... | |
Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in low-income countries May 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Can HIV transmission in pregnancy in low income settings be prevented with round the clock rapid testing in labor? | |
Official says Russia 'not ready' for tough HIV steps May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Russia is "not ready" to adopt measures that could prevent thousands of people from getting infected with the virus that causes AIDS, the country's chief public health officer said Monday. | |
Clinical symptoms just as good as lab trials for AIDS patients: WHO April 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
AIDS sufferers whose treatment is assessed by simple clinical signs are almost on a par with those whose therapies are based on advanced laboratory analysis, the World Health Organisation said Friday. | |
Scientists test device to track medication adherence in patients with HIV/AIDS April 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Most of us have missed a dose of antibiotic or forgotten to take a daily vitamin. But when the stakes are higher — as they are for people with HIV/AIDS — a skipped pill could mean the difference between health and hazard ... | |
Climate change threats to HIV rates April 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Social factors, including economic pressures caused by climate change, could lead to an increase in HIV infection rates world-wide, warns a leading researcher from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). | |
Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV February 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 193 vote(s)
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A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has discovered a gene that is able to block HIV, and in turn prevent the onset of AIDS. | |
AIDS may partly be the consequence of an evolutionary accident says scientist April 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
AIDS, a fatal disease in humans, may partly be the consequence of an evolutionary accident, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International ... | |
Researchers discover how HIV turns food-poisoning into lethal infection March 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Nearly half of all HIV-positive African adults who become infected with Salmonella die from what otherwise would be a seven-day bout of diarrhea. Now, UC Davis School of Medicine scientists have discovered how salmonella ... | |
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