Neuroscience
MRI scans can help spot HIV in the brain
Scientists at UCL have developed a way to use MRI scans to help identify when HIV is persisting in the brain despite effective drug treatment.
Mar 13, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
HIV active in tissues of patients who were treated, study shows
While successful treatment of HIV with antiretroviral medications leads to undetectable levels of virus in the blood, controls the disease and leads to much longer lifespans, scientists know that HIV continues to reside in ...
Oct 20, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Study observes potential breakthrough in treatment of HIV
A new study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) observes that pharmacological enhancement of the immune systems of HIV patients could help eliminate infected cells, providing an important ...
Jun 17, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Natural defense against HIV discovered
Researchers at Michigan State University were part of a team to discover a new natural defense against HIV infection.
Sep 16, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Scientists see mechanism for spontaneous HIV 'cure' (Update)
French scientists claimed Tuesday to have found the genetic mechanism for a "spontaneous cure" in two HIV-infected men, proposing a new strategy for combating AIDS even as other experts urged caution.
Nov 4, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
HIV lessons from the Mississippi Baby
(Medical Xpress)—The news in July that HIV had returned in a Mississippi toddler after a two-year treatment-free remission dashed the hopes of clinicians, HIV researchers and the public at large tantalized by the possibility ...
Aug 29, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
'Mississippi Baby' now has detectable HIV, researchers find
The child known as the "Mississippi baby"—an infant seemingly cured of HIV that was reported as a case study of a prolonged remission of HIV infection in The New England Journal of Medicine last fall—now has detectable ...
Jul 10, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Vaginal gel might prevent HIV hours after exposure
(HealthDay)—A new vaginal gel has the potential to protect women from HIV, even if it is applied several hours after sex, animal research suggests.
Mar 12, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Study identifies population of stem-like cells where HIV persists in spite of treatment
Although antiviral therapy against HIV suppresses viral replication and allows infected individuals to live relatively healthy lives for many years, the virus persists in the body, and replication resumes if treatment is ...
Jan 12, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Discovery of HIV 'invisibility cloak' reveals new treatment opportunities
Scientists have discovered a molecular invisibility cloak that enables HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to hide inside cells of the body without triggering the body's natural defence systems.
Nov 6, 2013
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