Progress made in HIV vaccine development November 16, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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U.S. researchers report successfully testing two candidate vaccines that may eventually be used together to protect against HIV infection. | |
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. | |
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. | |
Uncovering the Achilles' heel of the HIV-1 envelope January 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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New structural details illustrate how a promising class of antibodies may block human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection and reveal valuable clues for design of an effective HIV-1 vaccine. | |
Researchers synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Any hunter will tell you that when your quarry goes into hiding, you have to flush it out to get a good shot at it. Such is the case with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. | |
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. | |
New HIV vaccine target could solve mutation problem November 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Researchers at UCSF and the University of Toronto have identified a potential new way of fighting against HIV infection that relies on the remnants of ancient viruses, human endogenous retroviruses (HERV), which have become ... | |
 Protein discovered that prevents HIV from spreading January 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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In a study that could open up the field of virology to an entirely new suite of possibilities and that paves the way for future drug research, scientists at Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS ... | |
 A simple feedback resistor switch keeps latent HIV from awakening December 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Upon entering a cell, a virus often becomes dormant, turning off its genes and laying low until awakened by som e trigger from its environment. When that trigger is pulled, the virus quickly ramps up production ... | |
Scientists devise approach that stops HIV at earliest stage of infection February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Their study, which appears this week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may re-energize attempts to create a preventive/therapeutic vaccine against HIV, say the authors. ... | |
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 ... | |
Anti-parasite drug may provide new way to attack HIV January 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A drug already used to treat parasitic infections, and once looked at for cancer, also attacks the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a new and powerful way, according to research published today online in the open access ... | |
Experimental HIV vaccine gets a boost from ’70s-era discovery February 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Although science is known for being a forward-looking field, researchers have found that they can often benefit from a glance over their shoulders. By combining an experimental AIDS vaccine with a long-neglected molecule ... | |
Monkey gene that blocks AIDS viruses evolved more than once February 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as a defense against lentiviruses, the group of viruses that includes HIV. The study, published February 29 in the open-access ... | |
New AIDS drug shows 'phenomenal' results January 02, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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AIDS researchers said a new drug shows promise for inhibiting the HIV virus in patients new to treatment or those currently taking a drug cocktail. | |
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