News tagged with aids virus
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A new optical microscopy approach opens the door to better observations in molecular biology
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur and CNRS have set up a new optical microscopy approach that combines two recent imaging techniques in order to visualize molecular assemblies without affecting their biological ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Keeping track to selenium metabolism
Spanish and Danish researchers have developed a method for the in vivo study of the unknown metabolism of selenium, an essential element for living beings. The technique can help clarify whether or not it ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Gamers succeed where scientists fail: Molecular structure of retrovirus enzyme solved
Gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade. The gamers achieved their discovery by playing Foldit, an online game that allows players to collaborate ...
Sep 18, 2011 |
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S.Africa nearly wipes out infant AIDS infections: study
South Africa's programme to prevent HIV in babies has achieved a 96.5 percent success rate in wiping out transmission from infected pregnant mothers, the Medical Research Council said Thursday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 09, 2011 |
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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
Jun 02, 2011 |
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The 30 Years War: AIDS, a tale of tragedy and hope
On June 5 1981, American epidemiologists reported a baffling event: five young gay men in Los Angeles, all previously healthy, had fallen ill with pneumonia. Two had died.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 29, 2011 |
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Some monkeys born with gene that protects against AIDS
A certain gene in some monkeys can help boost vaccine protection against simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a trait that could help researchers develop better AIDS vaccines for humans, suggested a study ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 04, 2011 |
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AIDS prevention pill study halted; no benefit seen
Researchers are stopping a study that tests a daily pill to prevent infection with the AIDS virus in thousands of African women because partial results show no signs that the drug is doing any good.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Study identifies promising target for AIDS vaccine
A section of the AIDS virus's protein envelope once considered an improbable target for a vaccine now appears to be one of the most promising, new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists indicates.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 31, 2011 |
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After 30 years, war on AIDS at 'moment of truth'
With the war on AIDS nearing its 30th anniversary, the UN on Thursday declared "a moment of truth" had come for new strategies to address the campaign's failures and brake costs that were now unsustainable.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 31, 2011 |
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HIV integration requires use of a host DNA-repair pathway
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS, makes use of the base excision repair pathway when inserting its DNA into the host-cell genome, according to a new study led by researchers at the Ohio State University ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Transplant patient got AIDS from new kidney
(AP) -- A transplant patient contracted AIDS from the kidney of a living donor, in the first documented case of its kind in the U.S. since screening for HIV began in the mid-1980s.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Early success of anti-HIV preventive oral drug regimen is promising, but questions remain
The first human studies of an oral drug regimen to prevent HIV infection in high-risk individuals yielded a promising near 50% reduction in HIV incidence, but a number of issues require additional research before oral pre-exposure ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Researchers criticize AIDS spending, stigma
(AP) -- Nearly 3 million lives have been saved by HIV/AIDS treatment but scare resources are being misspent and stigma is still keeping the most vulnerable from seeking help, according to a new book by researchers commissioned ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Spanish doctors unveil promising AIDS vaccine
Spanish researchers announced Tuesday they have developed an AIDS vaccine which cuts the viral load by a significant amount in most patients although they cautioned it is still not enough as a treatment.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 01, 2011 |
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