Viral recombination another way HIV fools the immune system July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When individuals infected with HIV become infected with a second strain of the virus, the two viral strains can exchange genetic information, creating a third, recombinant strain of the virus. It is known that the presence ... | |
UT pathologists believe they have pinpointed Achilles heel of HIV July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 79 vote(s)
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions. | |
HIV conquers immune system faster than previously realized July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood. According to scientists at Duke ... | |
Genetic cause of innate resistance to HIV/AIDS July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Some people may be naturally resistant to infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The results of a study conducted by Dr. Nicole Bernard of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) bring ... | |
NIAID will not move forward with the PAVE 100 HIV Vaccine Trial July 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
After soliciting and considering broad input from the scientific and HIV advocacy communities, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has determined ... | |
US activists praise Senate for lifting HIV travel ban July 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Gay advocates and commentators have hailed a vote by US senators to repeal a travel ban on HIV-positive visitors or immigrants to the United States. | |
Mindfulness meditation slows progression of HIV, study shows July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
Congress OKs $48B for global AIDS fight (Update) July 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone. | |
Researchers urge integrating TB into HIV care July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In resource-limited settings where tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality among HIV patients and where a multidrug-resistant TB epidemic is emerging, researchers are pressing for approaches to integrate TB prevention ... | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
Researchers: Program discourages HIV transmission in Russia July 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(Boston)-Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that sexual behavior counseling during drug addiction treatment should be considered an important component among ... | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
Gene variant found in those with African ancestry increases odds of HIV infection July 16, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A variant of a gene found only in people of African ancestry increases the odds of becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) by 40 percent, according to a long-term study of African Americans reported ... | |
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