Exhausted B cells hamper immune response to HIV July 14, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Recent studies have shown that HIV causes a vigorous and prolonged immune response that eventually leads to the exhaustion of key immune system cells--CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells--that target HIV. These tired cells become less ... | |
Exhausted B cells fail to fight HIV July 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
HIV tires out the cells that produce virus-fighting proteins known as antibodies, according to a human study that will be published online July 14 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. | |
Researchers: Program discourages HIV transmission in Russia July 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(Boston)-Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that sexual behavior counseling during drug addiction treatment should be considered an important component among ... | |
HIV prevention researchers to compare common ARV as a pill and vaginal gel in unique study July 09, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
In battle with an epidemic that has outpaced nearly all efforts to contain it, researchers are turning to strategies centered on the same antiretroviral (ARV) drugs that have been used successfully to treat HIV in hopes they ... | |
HIV treatment in Africa as successful as in Europe, if started in time July 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The public health approach to HIV treatment, in which a limited number of drug combinations is used for all patients in South African programs, works just as well as the highly individualized approach to drug selection used ... | |
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 ... | |
Infant formula blocks HIV transmission via breastfeeding July 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a global epidemic threatening the lives of millions of people. Because there is no known cure, prevention of the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, the Human Immunodeficiency ... | |
Since introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV death rate has decreased July 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
In industrialized countries, persons infected sexually with HIV now appear to experience mortality rates similar to those of the general population in the first 5 years following infection, though a higher risk of death remains ... | |
What works to prevent HIV among heterosexual African-Americans? July 01, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Behavioral HIV prevention interventions targeting heterosexual African Americans that are proven to work require several key characteristics, according to UCSF researchers. | |
Antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention strategy June 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy may reduce the incidence of HIV in individuals and populations but has been overlooked by public health as a prevention strategy, write Dr. Julio Montaner and colleagues ... | |
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. | |
NIAID creates HIV vaccine discovery branch June 25, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
To accelerate the translation of basic discoveries about HIV into advances in vaccine design and evaluation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ... | |
HIV screening found cost-effective in older adults June 16, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Recent studies suggest that large numbers of Americans remain sexually active well into their 60's, 70's and even 80's. But researchers at Duke University Medical Center say seniors may be overlooked as possible carriers ... | |
Extended infant antiretroviral prophylaxis reduces HIV risk during breastfeeding June 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
In many resource-poor countries, infants born to mothers with HIV receive a single dose of nevirapine (NVP) and a one-week dose of zidovudine (ZDV) to prevent transmission of HIV from the mother to her newborn. The results ... | |
Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men June 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Research has shown that HIV-positive African American and Hispanic men who were sexually abused as children are particularly vulnerable to engaging in high-risk sex and experiencing depressive symptoms. Yet few HIV intervention ... | |
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