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Insight into structure of HIV protein could aid drug design

Researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have created a three-dimensional picture of an important protein that is involved in how HIV ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify mechanism T-cells use to block HIV

Scientists at Duke University Medical School and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found a new role for a host protein that provides further insight into how CD8+ T cells work to control HIV and other infections. Study ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Plasma-based treatment goes viral

Life-threatening viruses such as HIV, SARS, hepatitis and influenza, could soon be combatted in an unusual manner as researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of plasma for inactivating and preventing ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Tumor suppressor blocks viral growth in natural HIV controllers

Elevated levels of p21, a protein best known as a cancer fighter, may be involved in the ability of a few individuals to control HIV infection with their immune system alone. In a paper in the April edition of the Journal of ...

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created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

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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 ...

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

Elite controllers block integration of HIV DNA into host genome

Alone among those infected with HIV-1, so-called elite controllers spontaneously maintain undetectable levels of viral replication even absent the benefit of anti-retroviral therapy. Now Mathias Lichterfeld of the Massachusetts ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Circulating blood antibodies are not required for HIV protection

New research shows that protective immunity against HIV can be achieved without the presence of virus neutralizing antibodies in the blood. The study, published by Cell Press in the February issue of the journal Immunity, de ...

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created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find drug-resistant HIV patients with unimpaired immune cells

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown why, in a minority of HIV patients, immune function improves despite a lack of response to standard anti-retroviral treatment. In these cases, researchers say, the virus has lost its ability ...

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created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A cure for HIV could be all in the 'mix'

Current HIV treatments do not eradicate HIV from host cells but rather inhibit virus replication and delay the onset of AIDS. However, a new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, AIDS Research & Therapy descri ...

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created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cellular and molecular events that restrict HIV transmission identified

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified two molecules that when activated by drugs, can inhibit a number of specific aspects of HIV transmission. These findings, published July 1 in the ...

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created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Did the end of smallpox vaccination cause the explosive spread of HIV?

Vaccinia immunization, as given to prevent the spread of smallpox, produces a five-fold reduction in HIV replication in the laboratory. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Immunology suggest that the end of ...

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created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

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 ...

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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