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. | |
Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV February 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 195 vote(s)
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A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has discovered a gene that is able to block HIV, and in turn prevent the onset of AIDS. | |
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. | |
Researchers discover how HIV turns food-poisoning into lethal infection March 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Nearly half of all HIV-positive African adults who become infected with Salmonella die from what otherwise would be a seven-day bout of diarrhea. Now, UC Davis School of Medicine scientists have discovered how salmonella ... | |
Infection with a mutated HIV strain results in better survival March 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Persons infected with a mutated HIV strain, transmitted from those who have the genetic advantages to control the virus, results in improved survival according to a recent study by South African researchers. The study, published ... | |
 Insight into HIV's 'on-off' switch shows promise for therapy, understanding cellular decisions March 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered how a genetic circuit in HIV controls whether the virus turns on or stays dormant, and have succeeded ... | |
Can engineered immune cells stop AIDS? January 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Twenty years after its introduction, gene therapy still holds great promise as a way to harness the insidious power of viruses such as human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV). But scientists have yet to solve a vexing problem: ... | |
Vaccine to cope with viral diversity in HIV April 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The ability of HIV-1 to develop high levels of genetic diversity and acquire mutations to escape immune pressures contributes to our difficulties in producing a vaccine. David Nickle et al present here an efficient algorithm ... | |
Researcher tracks genetic journey of HIV from birth to death October 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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University of Florida scientists have discovered how HIV evolves over the course of a person’s lifetime into a more deadly form that heralds the onset of full-blown AIDS. The findings could pave the way for new therapeutic ... | |
Scientists shed new light on how antibodies fight HIV September 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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By furthering scientists’ understanding of the molecular mechanisms that separate the minority of successful HIV antibodies from the majority of ineffective antibodies, the work may have implications for future attempts to ... | |
HIV's path out of Africa: Haiti, the US then the world October 29, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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The AIDS virus entered the United States via Haiti, probably arriving in just one person in about 1969, earlier than previously believed, according to new research. After the virus, HIV-1, entered the U.S., it flourished ... | |
Researchers find cell protein that literally nips HIV in the bud January 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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UCLA researchers have found that a key protein in the body's dendritic cells can stop the virus that causes AIDS from "budding" — part of the virus' life cycle that is crucial to its ability to replicate and infect other ... | |
Analysis of Chinese AIDS epidemic shows surprising patterns February 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The mountainous Chinese province of Yunnan is tucked into the country’s southwest corner, a scenic region that borders Burma, Laos and Vietnam. The province shares its rugged topography with the surrounding countries, but ... | |
 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. | |
Scientists identify new cellular receptor for HIV February 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A cellular protein that helps guide immune cells to the gut has been newly identified as a target of HIV when the virus begins its assault on the body's immune system, according to researchers from the National Institute ... | |
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