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Engineered stem cells seek out, kill HIV in living organisms

(Medical Xpress) -- Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principal that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells, a team of UCLA researchers have now demonstrated ...

HIV & AIDS created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (64) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Marijuana-like chemicals inhibit human immunodeficiency virus in late-stage AIDS

Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have discovered that marijuana-like chemicals trigger receptors on human immune cells that can directly inhibit a type of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) found in late-stage AIDS, ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

SIV's natural hosts reveal how humans might better manage HIV infection

Some monkeys can survive infection by SIV, a relative of HIV, and not develop AIDS. Their immune systems appear to display a pattern of "peaceful coexistence" rather than the all-out conflict provoked by HIV when it infects ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experimental vaccine partially protects monkeys from HIV-like infection

Results from a recent study show that novel vaccine combinations can provide partial protection against infection by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in rhesus monkeys. In addition, in the animals that became infected, ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists provide global view of how HIV hijacks cells during infection

In perhaps the most comprehensive survey of the inner workings of HIV, an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has mapped every apparent physical interaction the ...

HIV & AIDS created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biologists deliver neutralizing antibodies that protect against HIV infection in mice

Over the past year, researchers at the California Institute of Technology, and around the world, have been studying a group of potent antibodies that have the ability to neutralize HIV in the lab; their hope ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research finds HIV-killing compound

(Medical Xpress) -- A powerful topical preventative for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, could soon be in the works thanks to a newly discovered molecular compound that research at Texas A&M University and ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (32) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Transmission of HIV: Study spotlights virus that starts infection

(Medical Xpress) -- When HIV is transmitted from one person to another, the virus faces a genetic "bottleneck." This means that usually during heterosexual transmission, only one virus out of a swarm of frequently mutating ...

HIV & AIDS created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists reveal surprising picture of how powerful antibody neutralizes HIV

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered the surprising details of how a powerful anti-HIV antibody grabs hold of the virus. The findings, published in Science Express on October 13, 20 ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify HIV-inhibiting mechanism

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a long-sought cellular factor that works to inhibit HIV infection of myeloid cells, a subset of white blood cells that display antigens and ...

HIV & AIDS created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study finds HIV Achilles Heel

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how scientists have used a mathematical tool to possibly identify an Achilles heel in HIV which may le ...

HIV & AIDS created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

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

FDA review favors first drug for HIV prevention (Update)

(AP) -- A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved one step closer to becoming the first drug approved to prevent healthy people from becoming infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV & AIDS created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study confirms early elevated HIV infection risk in some Step Study participants

A long-term follow-up analysis of participants in the Step Study, an international HIV-vaccine trial, has confirmed that certain subgroups of male study participants were at higher risk of becoming infected after receiving ...

HIV & AIDS created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

T cell-based HIV gene therapy safe over long term

(HealthDay) -- T cell-based gene therapy for HIV seems safe, with no evidence of vector-induced cell immortalization more than a decade after treatment, according to a study published in the May 2 issue of ...

HIV & AIDS created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast