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. | |
New therapy for HIV treatment July 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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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. | |
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 ... | |
Researchers disprove long-standing belief about HIV treatment July 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have disproved a long-standing clinical belief that the hepatitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV patients are treated ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
Deportation linked to higher risk of HIV infection in male injection drug users July 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Male injection drug users deported from the United States to Tijuana have four-fold higher odds of HIV infection compared to those living in Tijuana who were not deported there, according to a study to be presented at the ... | |
A dangerous precedent in HIV July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Infection with HIV could quadruple in certain populations if people with HIV follow potentially misleading advice contained in a statement from the Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS, University of New South Wales (UNSW) ... | |
Officials: Search for HIV vaccine needs overhaul July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot. | |
 Anti-HIV therapy boosts life expectancy more than 13 years July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
Abbott faces more litigation over AIDS drug August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- When Abbott Laboratories Inc. hiked up the price of a popular AIDS drug by 400 percent in 2003, executives prepared for the inevitable public relations hit, but assured themselves the backlash would be brief. Nearly ... | |
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