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Biological catch-22 prevents induction of antibodies that block HIV

Dec 15, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 2

Scientists seeking to understand how to make an AIDS vaccine have found the cause of a major roadblock. It turns out that the immune system can indeed produce cells with the potential to manufacture powerful HIV-blocking ...

Research reveals further progress toward AIDS vaccine

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Dec 14, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(PHILADELPHIA) Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease.

New insight into selective binding properties of infectious HIV

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Dec 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Free infectious HIV-1 is widely thought to be the major form of the virus in the blood of infected persons. U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) researchers, however, have demonstrated that essentially all of the infectious ...

Routine HIV screening in community health centers boosts HIV testing

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Dec 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

UCSF researchers have that found routinely offering rapid HIV tests to patients in community health centers can significantly increase the number of patients screened for HIV.

Hindering HIV-1-fighting immune cells

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Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Immune proteins called HLA molecules help to activate killer T cell responses against pathogens. But according to a study that will be published online on December 14th in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, one partic ...