Posts Tagged ‘HIV’
To treat cystic fibrosis, drug mimics HIV
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A potential treatment for deadly, drug-resistant bacterial infections uses the same approach that HIV uses to infect cells. Continue…
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Health & Medicine - Apr 18, 2013 11:58 - 0 Comments
To harness HIV, make it get ‘naked’
EMORY (US) — A new understanding of how HIV “gets dressed” in the human cells it has taken over could lead to new antiretroviral drugs, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 10, 2013 14:22 - 0 Comments
AIDS patients learn to boost their kids’ abilities
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Ugandan adults with AIDS who received specialized caregiver training improved their children’s development and their own well-being. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 5, 2013 13:13 - 0 Comments
New path may lead to better HIV vaccine
DUKE (US) — For the first time, researchers describe the co-evolution of antibodies and virus in a person with HIV whose immune system mounted a broad attack against the pathogen. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 29, 2013 8:33 - 0 Comments
Too many HIV patients also have hepatitis
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — There should be stronger safeguards in place to prevent people with HIV from getting hepatitis, too, researchers argue. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 15, 2013 15:38 - 0 Comments
Even with low risk, test for HIV more often
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Current screening guidelines for HIV are too conservative, according to a new study that says more frequent testing would be cost-effective for both high- and low-risk groups. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2013 13:05 - 0 Comments
Political strife can breed drug-resistant HIV
BROWN (US) — Political violence can have the long-term consequence of increasing viral resistance to treatment and HIV treatment failure. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 11, 2013 8:20 - 14 Comments
Tiny particles packed with bee venom kill HIV
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Researchers are a step closer to developing a vaginal gel to prevent the spread of HIV. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 14, 2013 13:19 - 8 Comments
Marijuana linked to risky sex for Russians with HIV
BOSTON U. (US) — Marijuana use by Russians with HIV who are considered “risky drinkers” is linked to an increase in other unsafe behaviors involving drug use and sex. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 8, 2013 12:43 - 0 Comments
Mental stress fuels HIV in gay men
NYU (US) — The mental health burdens of racism, homophobia, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder contribute to the HIV epidemic among many young black and Latino men, experts say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2013 13:53 - 0 Comments
Ouchless sugar needles deliver ‘dried’ vaccine
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (UK) — A technique that delivers a dried live vaccine to the skin without a traditional needle could support the global fight against diseases such as HIV and malaria. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 4, 2013 18:18 - 0 Comments
Pay cash to encourage safe sex?
BROWN (US) — A survey of more than 1,700 young gay men in Mexico City found that for $288 a year most would enroll in safe sex programs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 31, 2013 17:35 - 0 Comments
Early HIV therapy boosts immune response
MONASH U. (AUS) — Given within four months of infection, HIV antiretroviral therapy helps the immune system restore T-cells to healthy levels. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 28, 2013 12:30 - 0 Comments
With anti-viral genes, T cells ward off HIV
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN / STANFORD (US) — To help key immune cells resist infection from HIV, scientists have used a kind of “molecular scissors” to cut and paste a series of HIV-resistant genes into their DNA. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 25, 2013 12:00 - 0 Comments
HIV ‘Achilles heel’ could be new drug target
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — By targeting a vulnerable spot in a key HIV protein, researchers believe they may be able to stop the virus from replicating and possibly keep it from progressing to full-blown AIDS. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 4, 2012 14:03 - 0 Comments
Nano-fabric defends against HIV and sperm
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Scientists have developed an electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers that can simultaneously prevent HIV and offer contraception. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 13, 2012 15:01 - 0 Comments
HIV mutation gives treatment an edge
U. MISSOURI (US) — HIV can have dozens of mutations called polymorphisms, but scientists have discovered that one in particular makes the virus less resistant to treatment. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 10, 2012 10:37 - 0 Comments
Pregnant women with HIV often malnourished
CORNELL (US) — Even when HIV-infected pregnant women receive antiretroviral therapy, malnutrition is common, leading to low birth weight and other health problems in their infants. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 10, 2012 16:50 - 0 Comments
‘Unnatural’ class of proteins halts HIV
YALE (US) — A new class of proteins inhibits HIV infection in cell cultures and may open the way to new strategies for treating and preventing infection by the virus that causes AIDS. (more…)
