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Researcher study the dangerous effects of cocaine on HIV patients

Cocaine, already a damaging drug for those with healthy immune systems, can be lethal for those living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Mudit Tyagi, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at the George Washington ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers make HIV wake up call

Researchers have moved a step closer to finding a cure for HIV by successfully luring the 'sleeping' virus out of hiding in infected cells.

HIV & AIDS created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HIV-like viruses in non-human primates have existed much longer than previously thought

Viruses similar to those that cause AIDS in humans were present in non-human primates in Africa at least 5 million years ago and perhaps up to 12 million years ago, according to study published January 24 in the Open Access ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune cells engineered in lab to resist HIV infection

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a novel way to engineer key cells of the immune system so they remain resistant to infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV & AIDS created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Australian study turns HIV against itself (Update)

An Australian scientist said Wednesday he had discovered a way to turn the HIV virus against itself in human cells in the laboratory, in an important advance in the quest for an AIDS cure.

HIV & AIDS created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 22

Addictive properties of drug abuse may hold key to an HIV cure

A Florida State University researcher is on a mission to explore the gene-controlling effects of addictive drugs in pursuit of new HIV treatments.

HIV & AIDS created Sep 21, 2012 | 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

'Berlin Man,' doctor convinced HIV cure is real

(AP)—More than five years after a radical treatment, a San Francisco man and his German doctor are convinced that he remains the first person cured of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV & AIDS created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Enlisting the AIDS virus to fight cancer

(Medical Xpress)—Can HIV be transformed into a biotechnological tool for improving human health? According to a CNRS team at the Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (RNA Architecture and Reactivity) laboratory, ...

Genetics created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AIDS cure may have two main pathways: experts (Update)

Investigators are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on the stunning stories of a small group of people around the world who have been able to overcome the disease.

HIV & AIDS created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists develop alternative to gene therapy: The technique points to safer, simpler potential HIV treatment

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a surprisingly simple and safe method to disrupt specific genes within cells. The scientists highlighted the medical potential of the new technique by demonstrating ...

Medical research created Jul 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Genetically modified T cell therapy shown to be safe, lasting in decade-long study of HIV patients

HIV patients treated with genetically modified T cells remain healthy up to 11 years after initial therapy, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report in the new issue of Science Tr ...

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

Study using stem cell therapy shows promise in fight against HIV

UC Davis Health System researchers are a step closer to launching human clinical trials involving the use of an innovative stem cell therapy to fight the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV & AIDS created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast