Vaginal microbicides may prevent more infections in men than women July 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Vaginal microbicides currently in clinical trials may be the only weapon that will protect women against infection from HIV. Yet, under likely circumstances, these microbicides may be of more benefit to men than women, according ... | |
Infant formula blocks HIV transmission via breastfeeding July 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a global epidemic threatening the lives of millions of people. Because there is no known cure, prevention of the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, the Human Immunodeficiency ... | |
Since introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV death rate has decreased July 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
In industrialized countries, persons infected sexually with HIV now appear to experience mortality rates similar to those of the general population in the first 5 years following infection, though a higher risk of death remains ... | |
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. | |
Antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention strategy June 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy may reduce the incidence of HIV in individuals and populations but has been overlooked by public health as a prevention strategy, write Dr. Julio Montaner and colleagues ... | |
Zinc finger proteins put personalized HIV therapy within reach June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells to one day treat AIDS in humans. | |
NIAID creates HIV vaccine discovery branch June 25, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
To accelerate the translation of basic discoveries about HIV into advances in vaccine design and evaluation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ... | |
HIV screening found cost-effective in older adults June 16, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Recent studies suggest that large numbers of Americans remain sexually active well into their 60's, 70's and even 80's. But researchers at Duke University Medical Center say seniors may be overlooked as possible carriers ... | |
Extended infant antiretroviral prophylaxis reduces HIV risk during breastfeeding June 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
In many resource-poor countries, infants born to mothers with HIV receive a single dose of nevirapine (NVP) and a one-week dose of zidovudine (ZDV) to prevent transmission of HIV from the mother to her newborn. The results ... | |
Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men June 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Research has shown that HIV-positive African American and Hispanic men who were sexually abused as children are particularly vulnerable to engaging in high-risk sex and experiencing depressive symptoms. Yet few HIV intervention ... | |
Australian researchers say 'natural condom' could stop HIV June 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Australian researchers said Wednesday they had developed a means of producing a "natural condom" which could prevent the spread of AIDS. | |
New HIV browser gives researchers access to valuable data from vaccine trials May 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A new HIV data browser developed by the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the nonprofit organization Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases (GSID) will give researchers access to a wealth of data collected during ... | |
Protein that provides innate defense against HIV could lead to new treatments May 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
By identifying a protein that restricts the release of HIV-1 virus from human cells, scientists believe they may be closer to identifying new approaches to treatment. The research is published in the advance online edition ... | |
Scientists image a single HIV particle being born May 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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A mapmaker and a mathematician may seem like an unlikely duo, but together they worked out a way to measure longitude – and kept millions of sailors from getting lost at sea. Now, another unlikely duo, a virologist and a ... | |
Scientists reveal a protein's role in enabling AIDS virus to reproduce May 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has discovered new details about how a simian strain of the AIDS virus replicates. The findings are significant because they suggest new strategies to prevent replication, ... | |
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