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Discovery in HIV may solve efficiency problems for gene therapy

A research team from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has discovered an approach that could make gene therapy dramatically more effective for patients.

HIV & AIDS created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds 'Achilles heel' of key HIV replication protein

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine may have found an "Achilles heel" in a key HIV protein. In findings published online today in Chemistry and Biology, they showed that targeting this vulnerable spot c ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Trauma drives HIV epidemic in women

Physical violence, sexual abuse and other forms of childhood and adult trauma are major factors fueling the epidemic of HIV/AIDS among American women. Scientists have known for years that traumatized women are at greater ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracking the birth of an evolutionary arms race between HIV-like viruses and primate genomes

Using a combination of evolutionary biology and virology, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have traced the birth of the ability of some HIV-related viruses to defeat a newly discovered cellular-defense ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Viral load a major factor affecting risk of sexually transmitting HIV

The level of HIV-1 in the blood of an HIV-infected partner is the single most important factor influencing risk of sexual transmission to an uninfected partner, according to a multinational study of heterosexual couples in ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HIV treatment use increases in the US

Between 2000 and 2008, the proportion of HIV-infected patients in the U.S. receiving effective treatment known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) increased, and HIV-infected patients appeared to be less infectious ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MVA-B Spanish HIV vaccine shows 90 percent immune response in humans

Phase I clinical trials developed by Spanish Superior Scientific Research Council (CSIC) together with Gregorio Maranon Hospital in Madrid and Clínic Hospital in Barcelona, reveals MVA-B preventive vaccine's ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers attack HIV's final defenses before drug-resistant mutations emerge

Scientists who study HIV are facing a troubling consequence of their own success. They created drugs that can now give infected patients almost normal life expectancy. However, those same drugs will eventually ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop milk that protects against HIV

Melbourne researchers have developed cows' milk that protects human cells from HIV.

HIV & AIDS created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gel safe and acceptable as approach to preventing HIV from anal sex

A reformulated version of an anti-HIV gel developed for vaginal use was found safe and acceptable by HIV-negative men and women who used it rectally, according to a Phase I clinical trial published today in PLOS ONE. The st ...

HIV & AIDS created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Widespread 'test-and-treat' HIV policies could increase dangerous drug resistance

One of the most widely advocated strategies for dealing with HIV/AIDS could double the number of multi-drug-resistant HIV cases in the population of men who have sex with men (MSM) in LA County over the next 10 years, cautions ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify possible key to slow progression toward AIDS

One of the big mysteries of AIDS is why some HIV-positive people take more than a decade to progress to full-blown AIDS, if they progress at all.

HIV & AIDS created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The best strategy to defeat HIV in South Africa—study challenges WHO's approach

The World Health Organization is about to roll out a new strategy for AIDS prevention in South Africa, a country where more than 5 million people are infected with HIV. Based on a mathematical model, the WHO predicts this ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How immune cells defend themselves against HIV

A team of scientists led by virologists Prof. Oliver T. Fackler and Prof. Oliver T. Keppler from Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a mechanism used by the human immune system to protect itself from HIV viruses. ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA reviews first rapid, take-home test for HIV

The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test that would allow consumers to quickly test themselves for the virus at home, without medical supervision.

HIV & AIDS created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0