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HIV researchers solve key puzzle after 20 years of trying (w/ Video)

Researchers have made a breakthrough in HIV research that had eluded scientists for over 20 years, potentially leading to better treatments for HIV, in a study published today in the journal Nature.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 31, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (27) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers decode structure of an entire HIV genome

The structure of an entire HIV genome has been decoded for the first time by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The results have widespread implications for understanding the strategies ...

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Stem-cell work closes a door to AIDS virus

Lab work on mice has opened up a novel way of closing a gateway to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Friday.

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created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges Explorations Rewards Bold Ideas

Even in troubled times, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recognize innovation for the betterment of mankind takes money. The Gates Foundation is providing $100,000 to 81 cutting edge health researcher ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 weblog

Researchers uncover approach for possibly eradicating HIV infection

Researchers from the newly-established VGTI Florida and the University of Montreal have uncovered a possible method for eradicating HIV infection in the human body. The researchers have also revealed new information which ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

South African doctor sees drug-resistant HIV

(AP) -- It's 8 a.m. and Dr. Theresa Rossouw is already drowning behind a cluttered desk of handwritten HIV charts - new, perplexing cases of patients whose lifesaving drugs have turned against them.

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created Dec 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

12 myths about HIV/AIDS and people who use drugs

In a Comment which forms part of the Series in Lancet, 12 myths about HIV/AIDS are debunked.

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created Jul 20, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers identify two FDA approved drugs that may fight HIV

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center have identified two drugs that, when combined, may serve as an effective treatment for HIV.

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created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Using hair to manage HIV/AIDS and predict treatment success

UCSF researchers have found that examining levels of antiretroviral drugs in hair samples taken from HIV patients on therapy strongly predicts treatment success.

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

3 big developments make AIDS outlook more hopeful

(AP) -- In the nearly 30 years the AIDS epidemic has raged, there has never been a more hopeful day than this. Three striking developments took place Tuesday: U.N. officials said new HIV cases are dropping ...

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created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New chemistry technology promises more effective prescription drug therapies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Toronto and Stanford and Columbia Universities have developed a way to measure the action and function of candidate prescription drugs on human cells, including the response ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA approves new HIV test from Abbott Laboratories

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test from Abbott Laboratories that detects both types of the virus that causes AIDS.

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created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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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created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0