News tagged with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Longevity of AIDS patients presents new risks: US

Thirty years after the AIDS epidemic first surfaced, more people than ever before in the United States -- more than 1.1 million -- are living with HIV, the Centers for Disease Control said Thursday.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers pave the way for a better understanding of HIV infection and AIDS

Dr. Eric A. Cohen, Director of the Human Retrovirology research unit at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM), and his team published yesterday, in the online open-access journal PLos Pathogens, the result ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hoping for a fluorescent basket case: How HIV is assembled and released from infected cells

Although recent advances have raised hopes that a protective vaccine can be developed, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a major public health problem. Much has been learned about HIV-1, the virus that causes ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists join forces to explain HIV spread in Central and East Africa

Scientists studying biology and geography may seem worlds apart, but together they have answered a question that has defied explanation about the spread of the HIV-1 epidemic in Africa.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can periodontal disease act as a risk factor for HIV-1?

Today, during the 87th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, convening at the Miami Beach Convention Center, a group of scientists from Nihon University (Tokyo, Japan) will present findings ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0