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New compound could be alternative strategy for preventing HIV infection

With the help of effective drug therapies, HIV patients are living longer, healthier lives. Now, researchers want to improve these drug therapies and develop alternative preventative strategies, such as vaginal ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Discovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs

By discovering the atomic structure of a key human enzyme, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have pointed the way toward designing anti-HIV drugs with far less toxic side effects.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find candidates for new HIV drugs

While studying an HIV protein that plays an essential role in AIDS progression, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered compounds that show promise as novel treatments for the disease.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The difficult Way to HIV Vaccine

T cells are key players in the immune response to HIV, which are able to delete infected cells. This capacity is used for vaccine development against HIV. “To date however, success of this strategy remains elusive. Our understanding ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MicroRNAs help control HIV life cycle

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered that specific microRNAs (non-coding RNAs that interfere with gene expression) reduce HIV replication and infectivity in human T-cells. In particular, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HIV pays a price for invisibility

Mutations that help HIV hide from the immune system undermine the virus's ability to replicate, show an international team of researchers in the April 13 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The study was publis ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers' new goal: Drug-free remission for HIV infection

A group including leading academic and industry scientists has issued a challenge to researchers in the field of HIV/AIDS: find a way to effectively purge latent HIV infection and eliminate the need for chronic, suppressive ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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