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HIV infection stems from few viruses

3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

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 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

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.


Major shift in HIV prevention priorities needed

May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3

According to a new policy analysis led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of California, Berkeley, the most common HIV prevention strategies—condom promotion, HIV testing, treatment ...


Prisoner HIV program leads to continuum of medical care after release

May 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

By linking HIV positive prisoners to community-based medical care prior to release through an innovative program called Project Bridge, 95 percent of ex-offenders were retained in health care for a year after being released ...


Immune exhaustion in HIV infection

May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

As HIV disease progresses in a person infected with the HIV virus, a group of cells in the immune system, the CD8+ T lymphocytes, become “exhausted,” losing many of their abilities to kill other cells infected by the virus. ...


Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in low-income countries

May 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Can HIV transmission in pregnancy in low income settings be prevented with round the clock rapid testing in labor?


Researchers synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding

May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | User comments: 1

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.


Climate change threats to HIV rates

April 30, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Social factors, including economic pressures caused by climate change, could lead to an increase in HIV infection rates world-wide, warns a leading researcher from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).


Research findings open new front in fight against AIDS virus

April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | No comments yet

A research group supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has uncovered a new route for attacking the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that may offer a way to circumvent problems with drug resistance. In findings ...


Scientists test device to track medication adherence in patients with HIV/AIDS

April 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Most of us have missed a dose of antibiotic or forgotten to take a daily vitamin. But when the stakes are higher — as they are for people with HIV/AIDS — a skipped pill could mean the difference between health and hazard ...


Cutting through the stigma

April 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Training community members such as barbers as peer educators can be an effective way of spreading information on HIV/AIDS throughout low-literacy, rural communities, say findings published this week in the open access journal ...


Leading HIV researchers to collaborate on vaccine development

April 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Two global research organizations dedicated to designing a vaccine against HIV – the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), and the Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) – have signed an agreement to work ...


Video doc helps HIV-positive patients reduce risky behaviors

April 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A computer-based interactive risk assessment and risk reduction counseling program using a video doctor sharply reduces sexual and drug risk behaviors by HIV-positive patients, according to UCSF researchers who developed ...


Clinical trial will test new HIV/AIDS vaccine

April 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A phase 1 clinical trial to test a novel HIV/AIDS vaccine has begun at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). This new vaccine aims to overcome the problem of preexisting immunity to common vaccine vectors, which is thought ...


AIDS may partly be the consequence of an evolutionary accident says scientist

April 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

AIDS, a fatal disease in humans, may partly be the consequence of an evolutionary accident, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International ...


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