News tagged with hiv strains
Scientists find antibodies that prevent most HIV strains from infecting human cells
Scientists have discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the laboratory, and have demonstrated how one of these disease-fighting ...
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Jul 08, 2010 |
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A natural approach for HIV vaccine
(PhysOrg.com) -- For 25 years, researchers have tried and failed to develop an HIV vaccine, primarily by focusing on a small number of engineered "super antibodies" to fend off the virus before it takes hold. So far, these ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 15, 2009 |
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A sweet defense against lethal bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- There is now a promising vaccine candidate for combating the pathogen which causes one of the most common and dangerous hospital infections. An international team of scientists from the Max ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Research on killer HIV antibodies provides promising new ideas for vaccine design
New discoveries about the immune defenses of rare HIV patients who produce antibodies that prevent infection suggest a novel direction for designing new vaccines. Researchers at Rockefeller University and colleagues have ...
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Sep 29, 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 ...
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Feb 03, 2010 |
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Study predicts HIV drug resistance will surge
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research predicts that a wave of drug-resistant HIV strains will emerge in San Francisco within the next five years, hampering efforts to control the pandemic.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 25, 2010 |
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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.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 30, 2009 |
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Gorillas are new source of HIV, scientists reveal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that gorillas are a source of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), having diagnosed a Cameroonian woman living in Paris with a strain that is different to those previously ...
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Aug 02, 2009 |
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Putting the brakes on drug-resistant HIV
(PhysOrg.com) -- HIV-1 protease inhibitors were added as a component of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the mid-1990s, and have played a key role in that treatment regimen ever since. However, ...
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Prevalence of HIV in Africa is leading to new strains of Salmonella, say scientists
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that dangerous strains of Salmonella are beginning to emerge in people infected with HIV in Africa.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 12, 2010 |
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HIV uses autophagy for its own means
Not satisfied with simply thwarting its host's defensive maneuvers, HIV actually twists one to its advantage, based on new findings from Kyei et al. in the July 27, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. Vojo D ...
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Jul 27, 2009 |
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Alarming new data shows TB-HIV co-infection a bigger threat
The World Health Organization released staggering new data about the threat of tuberculosis and the toll it takes on people with HIV/AIDS today, in recognition of World TB Day.
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Mar 24, 2009 |
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Prolonged nevirapine in breast-fed babies prevents HIV infection but leads to drug-resistant HIV
Babies born to HIV-positive mothers and given the antiretroviral drug nevirapine through the first six weeks of life to prevent infection via breast-feeding are at high risk for developing drug-resistant HIV if they get infected ...
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Jan 05, 2009 |
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Consortium to design human trials of mosaic HIV vaccine
Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Bette Korber is part of an international team of investigators working to design and implement the first human trial of a mosaic HIV vaccine candidate. The vaccine represents a novel ...
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Oct 18, 2010 |
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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 ...
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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