Imitating monkey's 'jumping genes' could lead to new treatments for HIV February 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
UCL (University College London) scientists have taken a significant step in understanding how retroviruses such as HIV can move between species and the biological mechanisms behind the ‘jumping genes’ which make some monkeys ... | |
When should children with HIV infection be started on anti-HIV medications? March 25, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
The advent of effective medications for treating HIV dramatically improved the outlook for both adults and children infected with HIV who had access to treatment, but the optimal timing for starting treatment remains controversial, ... | |
Food insecurity linked with HIV/AIDS in Africa March 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Determining how the HIV/AIDS epidemic increases food insecurity in African cities – and what can be done to reduce the chances of this happening –is the focus of a new, international Queen’s-led project. | |
 Protein discovered that prevents HIV from spreading January 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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In a study that could open up the field of virology to an entirely new suite of possibilities and that paves the way for future drug research, scientists at Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS ... | |
London's HIV epidemic was driven by clusters of sexual contacts March 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The rapid growth of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in London during the late 1990s was driven in part by transmission of the AIDS virus within clusters of sexual contacts, with individuals frequently passing the virus to others within ... | |
'Good bacteria' in women give clues for slowing HIV transmission February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Beneficial bacteria found in healthy women help to reduce the amount of vaginal HIV among HIV-infected women and make it more difficult for the virus to spread, boosting the possibility that “good bacteria” might someday ... | |
Antiretroviral drugs may protect against sexual transmission of HIV February 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A new study in macaques suggests that antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV could also protect people from getting the AIDS virus, especially if two drugs are taken in combination before exposure to the virus occurs. | |
Video doc helps HIV-positive patients reduce risky behaviors April 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A computer-based interactive risk assessment and risk reduction counseling program using a video doctor sharply reduces sexual and drug risk behaviors by HIV-positive patients, according to UCSF researchers who developed ... | |
 Existing antiretroviral drugs may thwart vaginal HIV transmission, researchers report January 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Prescription drugs now used to treat human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults may prevent the vaginal transmission of HIV, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. | |
HIV's path out of Africa: Haiti, the US then the world October 29, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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The AIDS virus entered the United States via Haiti, probably arriving in just one person in about 1969, earlier than previously believed, according to new research. After the virus, HIV-1, entered the U.S., it flourished ... | |
 HIV gets a makeover: A few adjustments to the AIDS virus could alter the course of research October 09, 2006 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The slow pace of AIDS research can be pinned, in no small part, on something akin to the square-peg-round-hole conundrum. The HIV-1 virus won’t replicate in monkey cells, so researchers use a monkey virus — ... | |
 New HIV test may predict drug resistance January 07, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a highly sensitive test for identifying which drug-resistant strains of HIV are harbored in a patient's bloodstream. | |
Scientists shed new light on how antibodies fight HIV September 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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By furthering scientists’ understanding of the molecular mechanisms that separate the minority of successful HIV antibodies from the majority of ineffective antibodies, the work may have implications for future attempts to ... | |
A more complex HIV family tree discovered March 15, 2007 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Adding another component into an already complicated effort to identify weaknesses within HIV, a team of Los Alamos scientists discovered that HIV variation in the human population is driven by more than a person’s immune ... | |
Semen ingredient 'drastically' enhances HIV infection December 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A plentiful ingredient found in human semen drastically enhances the ability of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to cause infection, according to a report in the December 14, 2007, issue of the journal Cell, ... | |
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