Researchers find a peptide that encourages HIV infection

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May 10, 2007 | not rated yet | 0

UCLA AIDS Institute researchers have discovered that when a crucial portion of a peptide structure in monkeys that defends against viruses, bacteria and other foreign invaders is reversed, the peptide actually encourages ...

HIV drugs, Abacavir and Didanosine increase the risk of heart attack

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Feb 07, 2008 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

A study to assess the adverse effects of anti-retroviral drugs shows that two widely-used HIV drugs are associated with an increased risk of heart attack/the formation of blood clots in the heart. With the use of Didanosine, ...

Converting adult somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells using a single virus

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Jan 07, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A Boston University School of Medicine-led research team has discovered a more efficient way to create induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells, derived from mouse fibroblasts, by using a single virus vector instead of multiple ...

FDA approves generic AIDS drug

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Dec 20, 2007 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given tentative approval for a generic version of the AIDS drug Viread.

Existing antiretroviral drugs may thwart vaginal HIV transmission, researchers report

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Jan 15, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (5) | 0

Prescription drugs now used to treat human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults may prevent the vaginal transmission of HIV, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

Scientists report new strategy to create genetically-modified animals

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Sep 20, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 0

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated the potential of a new strategy for genetic modification of large animals. The method employs a harmless gene therapy virus that ...

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

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Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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 ...

Certain cancers more common among HIV patients than non-HIV patients

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Sep 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that non-AIDS-defining malignancies such as anal and lung cancer have become more prevalent among HIV-infected patients than non-HIV patients since ...

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 ...

HIV uses autophagy for its own means

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Jul 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Not satisfied with simply thwarting its host's defensive maneuvers, HIV actually twists one to its advantage, based on new findings from Kyei et al. in the July 27, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. Vojo D ...

Potential new HIV drug may help patients not responding to treatment

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Mar 31, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A potential treatment for HIV may one day help people who are not responding to Anti-Retroviral Therapy, suggests new research published tomorrow in The Journal of Immunology. Scientists looking at monkeys with the simian ...

Human testis harbors HIV-1 in resident immune cells

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Nov 27, 2006 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

Researchers have demonstrated HIV replication within resident immune cells of the testis, providing an explanation for the persistence of virus in semen even after effective highly active antiretroviral therapy. The related ...

FDA issues alert about HIV drug Prezista

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Mar 24, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert concerning reports of liver injury in patients taking Prezista.

Long-term AIDS treatment may cause illness

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Jan 07, 2008 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

AIDS-infected patients are living longer, only to discover they are prematurely susceptible to a host of aging-related illnesses.

Plant polymerases IV and V are special forms of Polymerase II

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Jan 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's a little like finding out that Superman is actually Clark Kent. A team of biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has discovered that two vital cellular components, nuclear RNA ...