 Gorillas harbour AIDS-like virus, says study November 08, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Gorillas appear to be widely infected by a close relation to the AIDS virus, according to a study that appears on Thursday in the British journal Nature. | |
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 ... | |
US activists praise Senate for lifting HIV travel ban July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
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. | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
UT pathologists believe they have pinpointed Achilles heel of HIV July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 66 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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
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