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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 ...


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.


New 'trick' allows HIV to overcome a barrier to infection

September 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Researchers have discovered a new 'trick' that allows HIV to overtake resting T cells that are normally highly resistant to HIV infection, according to a report in the September 5th issue of the journal Cell. The binding ...


How STDs increase the risk of becoming infected with HIV

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Individuals who have a sexually transmitted disease (e.g., genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia) and women with yeast and bacterial vaginal infections have an increased risk of becoming infected with HIV if ...