News tagged with drug resistant virus
HIV-1 drug resistance mutations associated with increased risk of antiretroviral treatment failure
An analysis of data from 10 studies indicates that the presence of low frequency (also called "minority") human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance mutations, particularly those involving nonnucleoside reverse ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Hepatitis C virus faces new weapon
In recent human trials for a promising new class of drug designed to target the hepatitis C virus (HCV) without shutting down the immune system, some of the HCV strains being treated exhibited signs of drug ...
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Back to the future for flu fighters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian National University researchers have breathed new life into an old protein drug target in a discovery that could open the door to a new range of drugs to combat influenza.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Silencing hepatitis B virus prevent recurrence of liver cancer
Previous studies have shown that antiviral treatment reduces the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). But now, researchers from the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology ...
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Combination of direct antivirals may be key to curing hepatitis C
A combination of antiviral drugs may be needed to combat the drug resistance that rapidly develops in potentially deadly hepatitis C infections, a new study using sophisticated computer and mathematical modeling has shown.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 05, 2010 |
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Acne drug prevents HIV breakout (w/ Video)
Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a safe and inexpensive antibiotic in use since the 1970s for treating acne effectively targets infected immune cells in which HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, lies ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 19, 2010 |
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WHO: Not sure if drug-resistant TB is worsening
(AP) -- The World Health Organization says it doesn't have enough information to know if it is winning the fight against drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Pandemic flu, like seasonal H1N1, shows signs of resisting Tamiflu
If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that most strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus will become resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug stockpiled ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Scientists find two compounds that lay the foundation for a new class of AIDS drug
A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has identified two compounds that act on novel binding sites for an enzyme used by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS. The discovery lays ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Scientists identify potential new class of drugs to combat hepatitis C
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have discovered a novel class of compounds that, in experiments in vitro, inhibit replication of the virus responsible for hepatitis C. If these compounds prove effective ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 20, 2010 |
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TGen seeks emergency FDA approval of new swine flu test
The Phoenix-based non-profit Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) announced today that, along with a business collaborator, it will submit a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Scientists determine dynamics of HIV transmission in UK heterosexuals
Among heterosexuals in the United Kingdom (UK), HIV transmission can occur within networks of as many as 30 people, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Medical Research ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Study: New treatment may combat drug-resistant flu
(AP) -- A new and unlicensed treatment for swine flu could be used in patients who have Tamiflu-resistant viruses, doctors say. In an article published Friday in the medical journal Lancet, British doctors describe how they ...
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Sep 03, 2009 |
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Ultrasensitive detector promises improved treatment of viral respiratory infections
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Vanderbilt chemist and a biomedical engineer have teamed up to develop a respiratory virus detector that is sensitive enough to detect an infection at an early stage, takes only a few minutes ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2009 |
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New Stanford list of HIV mutations vital to tracking AIDS epidemic
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 ...
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Mar 06, 2009 |
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