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New findings suggest strategy to help generate HIV-neutralizing antibodies
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New discoveries about anti-HIV antibodies may bring researchers a step closer to creating an effective HIV vaccine, according to a new paper co-authored by scientists at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute ...
Many pregnant women avoid HIV screening in Africa
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'Prevention is the best cure' is a common expression, but what happens if preventative measures are not used? A large proportion of pregnant Ugandan women are going out of their way not to be HIV tested, increasing the risk ...
Immediate, aggressive spending on HIV/AIDS could end epidemic
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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Money available to treat HIV/AIDS is sufficient to end the epidemic globally, but only if we act immediately to control the spread of the disease. That was the conclusion of a study just published in the open-access journal, ...
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Imaging study shows HIV particles assembling around its genome
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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HIV vaccine failure probably caused by virus used, says new research
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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Shape of things to come: Structure of HIV coat could lead to new drugs
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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No-entry zones for AIDS virus
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WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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Using superconducting probes to get a picture of what it's like inside CNTs,
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Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena,
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Building a more versatile laser,
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H1N1 Virus Can Be Killed by Acidic Ozone Water,
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New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law,
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Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the ...
Economist argues that public-private partnerships are a must in creating an HIV vaccine
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT economist Jeffrey Harris argues that while the scientific obstacles to creating an HIV vaccine are great, the lack of commercial incentive poses a major problem.
3 Questions: Jeffrey Harris on why we still don't have an HIV vaccine
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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While many vaccines used around the world today are produced for profit by commercial firms, the private sector accounts for a tiny fraction of the funding for an HIV vaccine: 4 percent in 2008, down from ...
HIV tamed by designer 'leash'
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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Researchers have shown how an antiviral protein produced by the immune system, dubbed tetherin, tames HIV and other viruses by literally putting them on a leash, to prevent their escape from infected cells. The insights reported ...
AIDS experts say Russia needs new HIV strategy
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Oct 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase.
Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to create the largest HIV evolutionary tree
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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Supporting Los Alamos National Laboratory's role in the international Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) consortium, researchers are using the Roadrunner supercomputer to analyze vast quantities of genetic sequences ...
Combination antiretroviral therapy effective at reducing HIV resistance in mothers and babies
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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In a clinical trial investigating mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa published this week in PLoS Medicine, Neil Martinson (of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Soweto, South Africa) and colleagues find that a ...
Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV
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Oct 26, 2009 |
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Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. By infecting ...
Strategies to reduce HIV treatment dropout rates: cost-effective and improve survival chances
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Oct 26, 2009 |
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In a study published this week in PLoS Medicine, Elena Losina (of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) and colleagues predict that strategies to reduce dropout rates from HIV treatment programs in resource-poor settin ...
Researchers question evidence linking overlapping sexual partners and African HIV rates
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, scientific evidence proving that overlapping multiple sexual partners — concurrency — drives the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is actually quite limited, Brown University researchers ...
Taking medicine for HIV proves hard to swallow for many people
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus. But it requires strict adherence in taking the medicine, something that is extremely ...
AIDS: Are the wilderness years over for vaccine research?
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Scientists looking for a vaccine against the AIDS virus can be forgiven for wondering at times whether they made the right career decision.
War of the viruses: Could ancient virus genes help fight modern AIDS?
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, scientists have yet to find an effective vaccine against HIV, the virus that destroys the immune system and causes AIDS. HIV is perhaps the most adaptive virus ever ...
Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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The feeling of stigmatization that people living with HIV often experience doesn't only exact a psychological toll —new UCLA research suggests it can also lead to quantifiably negative health outcomes.
Full results show AIDS vaccine is of modest help
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Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Fresh results from the world's first successful test of an experimental AIDS vaccine confirm that it is only marginally effective and suggest that its protection against HIV infection may wane over time.
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AIDS: Vaccine shows positive results in small trial - researchers
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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Maternal HIV-1 treatment protects against transmission to newborns
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Oct 16, 2009 |
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Research shows treating HIV-AIDS with interleukin-2 is ineffective
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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NIH launches 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine trials in HIV-infected pregnant women
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Oct 10, 2009 |
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Researcher studies monkeys in Africa to better understand virus evolution
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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New Cellular Therapy for HIV in World's First Engineered T Cell Receptor Trial
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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Continuing racial differences in HIV prevalence in US
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Oct 06, 2009 |
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Einstein to develop anti-HIV drug delivery system
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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United Nations: 4 million people now on AIDS drugs
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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Scientists join forces to explain HIV spread in Central and East Africa
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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3 Questions: AIDS researchers on new vaccine results
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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Study highlights HIV/AIDS challenge in American prison system
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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Volunteers key to success of Thai vaccine trials
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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Certain cancers more common among HIV patients than non-HIV patients
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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Scientists determine dynamics of HIV transmission in UK heterosexuals
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection
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Sep 24, 2009 |
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HIV uses several strategies to escape immune pressure
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Sep 19, 2009 |
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FDA approves new HIV test from Abbott Laboratories
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Sep 18, 2009 |
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How HIV cripples immune cells
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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The difficult Way to HIV Vaccine
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