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Leading HIV researchers to collaborate on vaccine development

April 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Two global research organizations dedicated to designing a vaccine against HIV – the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) – have signed an agreement to work ...


Researchers synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding

May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | User comments: 1

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.


Scientists lose hope over AIDS vaccine

April 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

A survey of leading U.S. and British AIDS researchers said many scientists see little hope of an effective vaccine against HIV in the near future.


Mindfulness meditation slows progression of HIV, study shows

July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | User comments: 1

CD4+ T lymphocytes, or simply CD4 T cells, are the "brains" of the immune system, coordinating its activity when the body comes under attack. They are also the cells that are attacked by HIV, the devastating virus that causes ...


Lancet study blasts Swiss stance on HIV protection

July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Doctors have unleashed a counterblast to a Swiss panel that said patients with HIV whose infection is curbed by drugs do not pass on the AIDS virus during unprotected sex.


New therapy for HIV treatment

July 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Millions of people world-wide who have contracted a highly resistant strain of the HIV virus could benefit from a new drug to treat the infection.


HIV patients at greater risk for bone fractures

August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

HIV-infected patients have a higher prevalence of fractures than non HIV-infected patients, across both genders and critical fracture sites according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal ...


Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia

September 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV.


Scientists identify genetic link that may neutralize HIV

September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) and the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have identified a gene that may influence the production of antibodies that ...


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