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Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV

Feb 29, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (196) | 3

A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has discovered a gene that is able to block HIV, and in turn prevent the onset of AIDS.

UT pathologists believe they have pinpointed Achilles heel of HIV

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Jul 15, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (94) | 6

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions.

New AIDS drug shows 'phenomenal' results

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Jan 02, 2007 | 4.6 / 5 (91) | 0

AIDS researchers said a new drug shows promise for inhibiting the HIV virus in patients new to treatment or those currently taking a drug cocktail.

Protein discovered that prevents HIV from spreading

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Jan 18, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (38) | 3

In a study that could open up the field of virology to an entirely new suite of possibilities and that paves the way for future drug research, scientists at Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS ...

Body's anti-HIV drug explained

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Oct 12, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (34) | 1

Humans have a built-in weapon against HIV, but until recently no one knew how to unlock its potential.

Researchers discover new way men can transmit HIV to women

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Dec 16, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (29) | 5

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a critical new way a man can transmit the HIV virus to a woman.

Scientists image a single HIV particle being born

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May 25, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (33) | 5

A mapmaker and a mathematician may seem like an unlikely duo, but together they worked out a way to measure longitude – and kept millions of sailors from getting lost at sea. Now, another unlikely duo, a virologist and a ...

Rare case explains why some infected with HIV remain symptom free without antiretroviral drugs

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Aug 12, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (23) | 0

AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins say they have compelling evidence that some people with HIV who for years and even decades show extremely low levels of the virus in their blood never progress to full-blown AIDS and remain symptom ...

New findings indicate HIV/AIDS pandemic began around 1900, earlier than previously thought

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Oct 01, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (25) | 4

New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans between 1884 and 1924, suggesting that growing urbanization in colonial Africa set the stage for the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Scientists identify genetic link that may neutralize HIV

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Sep 04, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (24) | 0

Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) and the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have identified a gene that may influence the production of antibodies that ...

Scientists devise approach that stops HIV at earliest stage of infection

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Feb 27, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (23) | 0

Their study, which appears this week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may re-energize attempts to create a preventive/therapeutic vaccine against HIV, say the authors. ...

HIV's path out of Africa: Haiti, the US then the world

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Oct 29, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (20) | 1

The AIDS virus entered the United States via Haiti, probably arriving in just one person in about 1969, earlier than previously believed, according to new research. After the virus, HIV-1, entered the U.S., it flourished ...

Clues to future evolution of HIV come from African green monkeys

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Jul 16, 2007 | 4.3 / 5 (20) | 0

Monkey viruses related to HIV may have swept across Africa more recently than previously thought, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.

Insight into HIV's 'on-off' switch shows promise for therapy, understanding cellular decisions

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Mar 16, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (18) | 2

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered how a genetic circuit in HIV controls whether the virus turns on or stays dormant, and have succeeded ...

Researchers synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding

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May 02, 2008 | 4.9 / 5 (16) | 1

Any hunter will tell you that when your quarry goes into hiding, you have to flush it out to get a good shot at it. Such is the case with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.