HIV & AIDS
Researchers develop new method to 'fingerprint' HIV
HIV is a master of disguise. The virus uses a shield of sugar molecules, called glycans, to hide from the immune system and block antibodies from attacking it.
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Powerful RNA-based technology could help shape the future of therapeutic antibodies
Using antibodies to treat disease has been one of the great success stories of early 21st-century medicine. Already five of the ten top-selling pharmaceuticals in the United States are antibody products. But antibodies are ...
Mar 2, 2017
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Test can detect HIV within a week of infection: researchers
Spain's top research institution said Thursday it has patented an HIV test that can detect the AIDS-causing virus within a week of infection, the fastest yet.
Feb 16, 2017
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Can a novel combination of treatments help eradicate HIV?
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has received a $2.5 million grant from Gilead Sciences, a California-based biopharmaceutical company, to see if two so-far separately-used AIDS treatments are ...
Feb 1, 2017
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Patient with unique antibodies helps researchers develop strongest HIV-attacking antibody to date
(Medical Xpress)—A large international team of researchers has created what they are describing as the most powerful HIV-attacking antibody ever made. In their paper published in the journal Science Immunology, the team ...
HIV & AIDS
How the border guards fail in HIV infection
The barrier between the gut and the bloodstream is severely damaged in the first few weeks of infection by HIV-1 virus. This can allow whole microbes in the intestine, as well as tiny pieces of bacteria, to enter the blood ...
Jan 26, 2017
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Antibody combination puts HIV on the ropes
Without antiretroviral drug treatment, the majority of people infected with HIV ultimately develop AIDS, as the virus changes and evolves beyond the body's ability to control it. But a small group of infected individuals—called ...
Jan 25, 2017
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Successful antibody trial in HIV-infected individuals
A research team led by investigators of the Rockefeller University in New York and Prof Florian Klein, University Hospital Cologne and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), has tested a new HIV neutralising antibody, ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Scientists identify potent antibody that neutralizes nearly all HIV strains
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected person that potently neutralized 98 percent of HIV isolates tested, including 16 of 20 strains resistant to other antibodies ...
Nov 15, 2016
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New research shows promise for immunotherapy as HIV treatment
Immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment options in oncology, neurology, and many infectious diseases and now there is fresh hope that the same method could be used to treat or functionally cure HIV, according to two related ...
Nov 9, 2016
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