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

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 ...

No-entry zones for AIDS virus

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Nov 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The AIDS virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the infected cell. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center have now shown for the first time that the virus almost entirely spares particular ...

WHO: AIDS leading cause of death, disease in women

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Nov 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44.

Researchers propose ambitious new strategies for AIDS vaccine research

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Aug 07, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, believe conventional vaccine strategies should not be the only avenue explored in the development of an effective AIDS vaccine. Based on studying ...

HIV-1 damages gut antibody producing immune cells within days of infection

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Jul 07, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The virus that causes AIDS is classified as a lentivirus, a word derived from the Latin prefix, "lenti-," meaning "slow." But new research from the NIAID-funded Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology suggests ...

New Stanford list of HIV mutations vital to tracking AIDS epidemic

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Mar 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

In a collaborative study with the World Health Organization and seven other laboratories, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have compiled a list of 93 common mutations of the AIDS virus associated ...

AIDS: Microbicide gel 'highly encouraging' in lab tests

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Mar 04, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

The dogged search for a vaginal gel to thwart the AIDS virus earned some good news on Wednesday as scientists announced that a cheap, commonly-used compound shielded monkeys from a lethal cousin of HIV.

Why some primates, but not humans, can live with immunodeficiency viruses and not progress to AIDS

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Sep 16, 2008 | 4 / 5 (8) | 1

Key differences in immune system signaling and the production of specific immune regulatory molecules may explain why some primates are able to live with an immunodeficiency virus infection without progressing to AIDS-like ...