http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have demonstrated why certain immune cells chronically exposed to HIV shut down, and how they can be reactivated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-scientists-reactivate-immune-cells-exhausted.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:30:01 EST news226320347 After decades of studying the pathological process that wipes out large volumes of memory, scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research discovered a molecule called c-Abl that has a known role in leukemia also has a hand in Alzheimer's disease. The finding, reported in the June 14th issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, offers a new target for drug development that could stave off the pathological disease process. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-protein-linked-alzheimer-disease.html Medical research Tue, 24 May 2011 15:47:09 EST news225470789 (Medical Xpress) -- A Monash researcher has played a crucial role in the first major lupus treatment breakthrough for over 50 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-lupus-breakthrough-years.html Medications Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:10:01 EST news223206910