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HIV hides soon after infection, research shows

(Medical Xpress) -- A team of researchers led by the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has demonstrated that latency develops soon after infection and slows when antiretroviral therapy is given.

HIV & AIDS created May 30, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists say vaccine temporarily brakes HIV

A team of Spanish researchers say they have developed a therapeutic vaccine that can temporarily brake growth of the HIV virus in infected patients.

HIV & AIDS created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

HIV antibodies that are worth the wait

An effective vaccine against HIV-1 remains elusive, but one promising strategy focuses on designer antibodies that have much broader potency than most normal, exquisitely specific antibodies. These broadly ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HIV disrupts blood-brain barrier

HIV weakens the blood-brain barrier — a network of blood vessels that keeps potentially harmful chemicals and toxins out of the brain — by overtaking a small group of supporting brain cells, according ...

HIV & AIDS created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

34 million living with HIV after treatment 'gamechanger': UN

A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 million, the United Nations said Monday.

HIV & AIDS created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Natural killer cells contribute to immune response against HIV

A new study shows for the first time that natural killer (NK) cells, which are part of the body's first-line defence against infection, can contribute to the immune response against HIV. In an article in the August 4 issue ...

HIV & AIDS created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Double duty: Anti-HIV topical gel also protects against herpes virus

HIV infection is commonly associated with other sexual infections, such as herpes simplex virus (HSV). Infection with HSV facilitates the risk of HIV infection and negatively impacts the clinical course of HIV disease. Therefore, ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Electrically spun fabric offers dual defense against pregnancy, HIV

The only way to protect against HIV and unintended pregnancy today is the condom. It's an effective technology, but not appropriate or popular in all situations.

HIV & AIDS created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientist develops virus that targets HIV

In what represents an important step toward curing HIV, a USC scientist has created a virus that hunts down HIV-infected cells.

HIV & AIDS created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New HIV vaccine approach targets desirable immune cells

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School have demonstrated an approach to HIV vaccine design that uses an altered form of HIV's outer coating or envelope ...

HIV & AIDS created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers determine how antibody recognizes key sugars on HIV surface

HIV is coated in sugars that usually hide the virus from the immune system. Newly published research reveals how one broadly neutralizing HIV antibody actually uses part of the sugary cloak to help bind to the virus. The ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

AIDS kills 28,000 in China in 2011: report

AIDS killed 28,000 people in China last year, and another 48,000 new infections from the HIV virus were discovered in the country, according to an official report on Saturday.

HIV & AIDS created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New data suggests HIV superinfection rate comparable to initial HIV infection

HIV superinfection, when a person with HIV could acquire a second, new strain of HIV, may occur as often as initial HIV infection in the general population in Uganda, a study suggests.

HIV & AIDS created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lessons learned from the 'ethical odyssey' of an HIV trial

In the battle against HIV/AIDS conditions on the frontlines are constantly in flux as treatment, research and policy evolve. The landmark HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 study, which established that antiretroviral ...

HIV & AIDS created Jun 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

HIV-2 infection inhibits HIV-1 disease progression

(HealthDay) -- While many people don't know it, there's more than one kind of AIDS virus. Besides the HIV-1 strain that's common throughout the world, a type known as HIV-2 is found in some parts of Africa. ...

HIV & AIDS created Jul 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast