HIV & AIDS
Study finds link between HIV treatment and neuronal degeneration
Antiretroviral drugs have been life-changing therapies for HIV patients, but they can have significant side effects.
Dec 16, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
A new way to nip AIDS in the bud
When new AIDS virus particles bud from an infected cell, an enzyme named protease activates to help the viruses mature and infect more cells. That's why modern AIDS drugs control the disease by inhibiting protease.
Jun 9, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Enzyme may reduce risk of cardiovascular disease caused by HIV medications
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 37 million people are living with HIV. Antiviral medications are used to control the disease and prevent its progression to AIDS. Although antivirals improve health ...
Mar 28, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers propose better substances for treating the dengue virus
Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg are proposing potential new active substances for treating the dengue virus. Just like Ebola, dengue fever is also ...
Dec 10, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Simeprevir-based therapy offers cost-effective alternative in treatment of hepatitis C
Researchers at Penn Medicine, in collaboration with a multi-center international team, have shown that a protease inhibitor, simeprevir, a once a day pill, along with interferon and ribavirin has proven as effective in treating ...
Dec 9, 2014
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Neuroscience
Proteases help nerve cells to navigate
Our ability to move relies on the correct formation of connections between different nerve cells and between nerve and muscle cells. Growing axons of nerve cells are guided to their targets by signposts expressed on the surface ...
Oct 22, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Protease inhibitor and NRTIs safe, effective in HIV treatment
(HealthDay)—An HIV treatment regimen of a boosted protease inhibitor (lopinavir) combined with nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) is safe and effective in low-resource settings, according to a study published ...
Jul 19, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New combination therapy for hepatitis C
A new combination therapy allows chronic hepatitis C to be treated in a manner that is less aggressive yet equally efficient. This is the result of a current study, led by primary author Peter Ferenci from the University ...
May 5, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel potential approach to prevent infection in patients with liver failure
Findings published in the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases journal, Hepatology, indicate that infection, the commonest cause of mortality in patients with acute liver failure (ALF), may be decreased by ...
Jan 9, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New drug combination offers hope to patients with currently untreatable Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a viral infection which, if left untreated, can lead to severe and potentially fatal liver damage. Existing treatments consist of a combination of drugs, usually ribavirin, pegylated interferon and a protease ...
Nov 5, 2013
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