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US approves new HIV drug
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new drug, Edurant, to fight HIV in combination with other antiretrovirals already on the market.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 21, 2011 |
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Treatments for recurring TB infection failing the developing world, study finds
The standard approach to re-treating tuberculosis (TB) in low and middle income settings is failing, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. In a study published today in the open access journal PLoS Medicine, resear ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Effectiveness of expanding harm reduction and antiretroviral therapy in a mixed HIV epidemic
Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of expanding harm reduction and antiretroviral therapy in a mixed HIV epidemic: a modeling analysis for Ukraine
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Mar 01, 2011 |
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Trial suggests statin may affect markers associated with progression of HIV
A recent multicenter clinical trial of atorvastatin, a type of cholesterol-lowering drug, found that although the drug did not inhibit plasma HIV RNA levels, it did inhibit expression of cellular markers of immune activation ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 16, 2011 |
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New anti-HIV gene therapy makes T-cells resistant to HIV infection
An innovative genetic strategy for rendering T-cells resistant to HIV infection without affecting their normal growth and activity is described in a paper published in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mar ...
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Jan 26, 2011 |
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Biomarkers could predict death in AIDS patients with severe inflammation
A study in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis who start HIV therapy are predisposed to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) — an exaggerated inflammatory immune ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Number of HIV/AIDS cases in sub-Saharan Africa expected to greatly outpace resources
The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to far outstrip available resources for treatment by the end of the decade, forcing African nations to make difficult choices about how to allocate ...
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Nov 29, 2010 |
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University launches iPhone app to access HIV drug expertise
The University of Liverpool has launched an i-phone application, HIV iChart,that provides healthcare professionals and HIV patients with instant and easy access to information about drug interactions.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Researchers target HIV-related brain difficulties
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last two decades, scientists and doctors have developed a potent mix of medications that nearly stops HIV in its tracks for most patients. This combination antiretroviral therapy, or cART, can ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Unprecedented effort to seek, test and treat inmates with HIV
Twelve scientific teams in more than a dozen states will receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants to study effective ways to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS among people in the criminal justice system. The grants, announced ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 23, 2010 |
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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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Engineered version of HIV is used to cure genetic blood disorder
For the second time, researchers have used the HIV virus in gene therapy to cure a severe genetic disease, this time the blood disorder beta-thalassemia, which causes life-threatening anemia.
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Sep 16, 2010 |
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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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Aug 20, 2010 |
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Lack of access to evidence-based HIV prevention and care is a fundamental violation of human rights
The appalling lack of access to scientifically proven interventions for key populations at risk -- including sex workers, men who have sex with men and people who use drugs - and the lagging scale up of simple and inexpensive ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 22, 2010 |
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Study finds early HAART during TB treatment boosts survival rate in co-infected people
A clinical trial in Cambodia has found it possible to prolong the survival of untreated HIV-infected adults with very weak immune systems and newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) by starting anti-HIV therapy two weeks after ...
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Jul 22, 2010 |
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