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Combination of oral drugs suppresses common type of hepatitis C

A new combination of investigational drugs successfully suppressed hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in a high percent of patients who had not responded to previous treatment in a study led by a University of Michigan hepatologist.

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Viral load a major factor affecting risk of sexually transmitting HIV

The level of HIV-1 in the blood of an HIV-infected partner is the single most important factor influencing risk of sexual transmission to an uninfected partner, according to a multinational study of heterosexual couples in ...

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created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

NIST standard available for better diagnosis, treatment of cytomegalovirus

A new clinical Standard Reference Material (SRM) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help health care professionals more accurately diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus (CMV), ...

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blood cell test for HIV treatment monitoring is cheaper but just as effective

(Medical Xpress) -- A cheaper laboratory test that helps guide anti-retroviral drug treatment for people with HIV/AIDS may be just as effective as a more sophisticated test, a group of international researchers has found ...

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created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many Americans with HIV go untreated: study

Nearly three quarters of the 1.2 million Americans with HIV do not have their infection under control, raising the risk of death from AIDS and transmission to others, said a US study on Tuesday.

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created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experimental drug suppresses rebound of hepatitis C virus in liver transplant patients

A human monoclonal antibody developed by MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) given to patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection undergoing liver transplantation significantly ...

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created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antiretroviral therapy has tripled the proportion of adults achieving undetectable levels of HIV

Over the past decade in western Europe there has been a dramatic improvement in the ability of antiretroviral therapy to keep HIV under control in adults with virological failure to drugs from all three of the original antiretroviral ...

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created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gene therapy reduces HIV levels in small trials

(Medical Xpress) -- This weekend at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Chicago, Illinois, researchers from two different study groups, one on the east coast and one on the west coast, ...

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created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Evidence shows NTD control can help in the fight against HIV/AIDS

There is a growing body of evidence revealing the connection between neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and HIV/AIDS, prompting experts to call for greater integration of national NTD treatment programs with HIV/AIDS initiatives.

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created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study confirms the existence of 'trial effect' in HIV clinical trials

A new study by investigators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has confirmed the existence of a "trial effect" in clinical trials for treatment of HIV.

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created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds pigs susceptible to virulent ebolavirus can transmit the virus to other animals

Canadian investigators have shown that a species of ebolavirus from Zaire that is highly virulent in humans can replicate in pigs, cause disease, and be transmitted to animals previously unexposed to the virus. The findings ...

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created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New compound could be alternative strategy for preventing HIV infection

With the help of effective drug therapies, HIV patients are living longer, healthier lives. Now, researchers want to improve these drug therapies and develop alternative preventative strategies, such as vaginal ...

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created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

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 ...

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New method for HIV testing holds promise for developing world

A new technique that detects the HIV virus early and monitors its development without requiring refrigeration may make AIDS testing more accessible in sub-Saharan Africa.

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study may explain why HIV progresses faster in women than in men with same viral load

One of the continuing mysteries of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is why women usually develop lower viral levels than men following acute HIV-1 infection but progress faster to AIDS than men with similar viral loads. Now a research ...

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created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0