Anti-HIV drugs reduce the cause of some forms of vision loss May 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A potential new therapeutic use for anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors has been suggested by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Inserm U848, France, as a result of their work in a mouse ... | |
Study finds unique HIV vaccine formula elicits strong immune responses May 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Today, Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. and the University of Massachusetts Medical School report that their unique HIV vaccine formulation was effective in eliciting strong and balanced immune responses in healthy ... | |
Challenges of HIV-1 subtype diversity May 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A review article in the New England Journal of Medicine explores the genetic variation of HIV-1 and its implications for preventing and treating the disease. Francine McCutchan, Ph.D., a researcher with the U.S. Military ... | |
'Blood-free' monitoring as good as blood tests in predicting the course of AIDS May 20, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that monitoring treatment adherence to AIDS therapy is a simple blood-free way to monitor risk of disease progression. The international study was ... | |
HIV infection stems from few viruses May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 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 7 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 ( 4 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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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. ... | |
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? | |
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. | |
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). | |
Research findings open new front in fight against AIDS virus April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 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 ... | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
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