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New study measures HIV anti-retroviral regimens' safety and efficacy

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A study in the New England Journal of Medicine released on World AIDS Day reports that viral failure, the point at which medication can no longer suppress the HIV infection, was twice as likely and happen ...

Researchers identify new mechanism of blocking HIV-1 from entering cells

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Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Publishing in PLoS Pathogens, researchers at from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found a novel mechanism by which drugs block HIV-1 from entering host cells.

A reductionist approach to HIV research

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Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A major obstacle to HIV research is the virus's exquisite specialisation for its human host - meaning that scientists' traditional tools, like the humble lab mouse, can deliver only limited information. Now, a team of researchers ...

Tailor-made HIV/AIDS treatment closer to reality

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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 ...

South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

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(AP) -- South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation ...

Gay, bisexual men who have social anxiety tend to engage in risky sex

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A Ryerson University HIV researcher has found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities among gay and bisexual men, some of whom are HIV-positive.

Research highlights need for national HIV strategy

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Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that well over one million people in the United States are infected with HIV/AIDS. New research from North Carolina State University shows that many of those infected ...

WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner

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Nov 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said Monday.

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 ...

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 ...