Can engineered immune cells stop AIDS? January 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Twenty years after its introduction, gene therapy still holds great promise as a way to harness the insidious power of viruses such as human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV). But scientists have yet to solve a vexing problem: ... | |
Uncovering the Achilles' heel of the HIV-1 envelope January 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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New structural details illustrate how a promising class of antibodies may block human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection and reveal valuable clues for design of an effective HIV-1 vaccine. | |
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 ... | |
Unstable housing status increases the risk of HIV transmission November 19, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New studies show that there is a demonstrable correlation between a person's housing status and his or her likelihood of transmitting or getting HIV. The groundbreaking research from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) ... | |
New HIV vaccine target could solve mutation problem November 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers at UCSF and the University of Toronto have identified a potential new way of fighting against HIV infection that relies on the remnants of ancient viruses, human endogenous retroviruses (HERV), which have become ... | |
Infection with a mutated HIV strain results in better survival March 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Persons infected with a mutated HIV strain, transmitted from those who have the genetic advantages to control the virus, results in improved survival according to a recent study by South African researchers. The study, published ... | |
What works to prevent HIV among heterosexual African-Americans? July 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Behavioral HIV prevention interventions targeting heterosexual African Americans that are proven to work require several key characteristics, according to UCSF researchers. | |
Ultra deep sequencing identifies HIV drug resistance at early stage June 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Rare, previously undetectable drug-resistant forms of HIV have been identified by Yale School of Medicine researcher Michael Kozal, M.D., using an innovative genome sequencing technology that quickly detects rare viral mutations. | |
Experimental HIV vaccine gets a boost from ’70s-era discovery February 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Although science is known for being a forward-looking field, researchers have found that they can often benefit from a glance over their shoulders. By combining an experimental AIDS vaccine with a long-neglected molecule ... | |
Analysis of Chinese AIDS epidemic shows surprising patterns February 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The mountainous Chinese province of Yunnan is tucked into the country’s southwest corner, a scenic region that borders Burma, Laos and Vietnam. The province shares its rugged topography with the surrounding countries, but ... | |
 Researchers reveal HIV peptide's possible pathway into the cell January 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Two theoretical physicists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have uncovered what they believe is the long-sought-after pathway that an HIV peptide takes to enter healthy cells. The theorists analyzed two ... | |
A molecular condom against AIDS December 12, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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University of Utah scientists designed a "molecular condom" women could use daily to prevent AIDS by vaginally inserting a liquid that would turn into a gel-like coating and then, when exposed to semen, return to liquid form ... | |
HIV breakthrough: Researchers identify protein that fights immunodeficiency March 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A Canada-U.S. research team has solved a major genetic mystery: How a protein in some people’s DNA guards them against killer immune diseases such as HIV. In an advance online edition of Nature Medicine, the scientists ... | |
Researcher tracks genetic journey of HIV from birth to death October 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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University of Florida scientists have discovered how HIV evolves over the course of a person’s lifetime into a more deadly form that heralds the onset of full-blown AIDS. The findings could pave the way for new therapeutic ... | |
Genomic screen nets hundreds of human proteins exploited by HIV January 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In some ways, HIV resembles a minimalist painter, using a few basic components to achieve dramatic effects. The virus contains just nine genes encoding 15 proteins, which wreak havoc on the human immune system. But this bare ... | |
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