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Tailor-made HIV/AIDS treatment closer to reality

Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

An innovative treatment for HIV patients developed by McGill University Health Centre researchers has passed its first clinical trial with flying colours. The new approach is an immunotherapy customized for each individual ...

UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996

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Nov 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS - about 33 million - has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.

Some patients diagnosed with HIV experience improved outlook on life

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Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A new study from researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center reaffirms that some patients with HIV experience an improved quality of life following their ...

Preventing Spread of HIV in Jails: Best Window of Opportunity Early in Incarceration

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Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With World AIDS Day less than a week away, two new studies from Yale School of Medicine show that jail inmates, one of the highest risk groups for AIDS, are far more likely to be tested for ...

Imaging study shows HIV particles assembling around its genome

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Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The genesis of one the planet's most lethal viruses, HIV, has been caught on tape. New imaging experiments show individual HIV genomes -- strands of RNA — docking on the inner membrane of an infected cell ...

UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China

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Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing ...

HIV vaccine failure probably caused by virus used, says new research

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Nov 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The recent failure of an HIV vaccine was probably caused by the immune system reacting to the virus 'shell' used to transmit the therapy around the body, according to research published today in the Proceedings of the Na ...

Why circumcision reduces HIV risk

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Nov 24, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 2

The decreased risk of HIV infection in circumcised men cannot be explained by a reduction in sores from conditions such as herpes, according to research published in PLoS Medicine.

New findings suggest strategy to help generate HIV-neutralizing antibodies

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Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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 ...

AIDS research reveals a lack of family-planning programs in Uganda

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Nov 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

University of Alberta graduate student Jennifer Heys wants to make her message clear: there needs to be more education in Ugandan communities about contraception.

Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to create the largest HIV evolutionary tree

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Oct 27, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

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 ...

Many pregnant women avoid HIV screening in Africa

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Nov 19, 2009 | 1.5 / 5 (2) | 2

'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 ...

Shape of things to come: Structure of HIV coat could lead to new drugs

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Nov 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Structural biologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have described the architecture of the complex of protein units that make up the coat surrounding the HIV genome and identified in it a "seam" of functional ...

A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

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Sep 24, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (10) | 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an encouraging development, an investigational vaccine regimen has been shown to be well-tolerated and to have a modest effect in preventing HIV infection in a clinical trial involving ...

Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV

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Oct 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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 ...