HIV & AIDS
Researchers develop milk that protects against HIV
Melbourne researchers have developed cows' milk that protects human cells from HIV.
Oct 17, 2012
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Targeting sugars in the quest for a vaccine against HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS
As a step toward designing the first effective vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, scientists are reporting new insights into how a family of rare, highly potent antibodies bind to HIV and neutralize it — ...
Aug 21, 2012
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Bone marrow transplant eliminates signs of HIV infection
Two men with longstanding HIV infections no longer have detectable HIV in their blood cells following bone marrow transplants. The virus was easily detected in blood lymphocytes of both men prior to their transplants but ...
Jul 26, 2012
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Immunology
Researchers discover new target for vaccine development in abundant immune cells
White blood cells called neutrophils, which are the first line of defense against infection, play an unexpected role by boosting antibody production, according to research led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The findings ...
Jul 24, 2012
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Penile foreskin is immunologically complete: raises new vaccine possibilities for HIV vaccine
Rhesus macaque monkeys infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) harbor immunoglobulin G (IgG) and SIV-specific antibodies and T cells in the foreskin of the penis, according to a study in the July 2012 Journal of ...
Jul 23, 2012
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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.
May 30, 2012
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Newly discovered breast milk antibodies help neutralize HIV
Antibodies that help to stop the HIV virus have been found in breast milk. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center isolated the antibodies from immune cells called B cells in the breast milk of infected mothers in Malawi, ...
May 22, 2012
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Possible clues found to why HIV vaccine showed modest protection
Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection in people might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Scientists have found that among adults who ...
Apr 4, 2012
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HIV 'superinfection' boosts immune response
Women who have been infected by two different strains of HIV from two different sexual partners – a condition known as HIV superinfection – have more potent antibody responses that block the replication of the virus ...
Mar 29, 2012
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Early temporary treatment for HIV can delay the time to long-term treatment
A study in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that when people are first infected with HIV (primary HIV infection), temporary treatment with antiretroviral drugs (cART) for 24 weeks can delay the need to restart treatment ...
Mar 27, 2012
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