News tagged with kaposi s sarcoma

Longevity of AIDS patients presents new risks: US

Thirty years after the AIDS epidemic first surfaced, more people than ever before in the United States -- more than 1.1 million -- are living with HIV, the Centers for Disease Control said Thursday.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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Researchers identify new drug target for Kaposi's sarcoma

UCSF researchers have identified a new potential drug target for the herpes virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, re-opening the possibility of using the class of drugs called protease inhibitors against the full herpes family ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Microbiologists identify two molecules that kill lymphoma cells in mice

Researchers at the University of Southern California have identified two molecules that may be more effective cancer killers than are currently available on the market.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Premature aging seen as issue for AIDS survivors

(AP) -- Having survived the first and worst years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was losing three friends to the disease in a day and undergoing every primitive, toxic treatment that then existed, Peter Greene ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

AIDS associated with an increased risk of some stomach, esophageal cancers

Among people with AIDS, the risk of stomach and esophageal malignancies is higher than among the general population, according to study results presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held here April 2-6.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Drug reduces gum disease, risk of osteoporosis, heart disease in women

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research has shown that a federally approved pharmaceutical for treating periodontal disease also significantly reduces risk of osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers achieve a full film frame of a family of proteins essential for cell function

Spanish researchers at IRB Barcelona have completed the 3D structural sequence adopted by several essential proteins in the exchange of substances between the extra and intracellular milieu. This finding provides a global ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Viral protein mimic keeps immune system quiet

In a new paper published Jan. 21 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Microbiology and Immunology professor Blossom Damania, PhD, has shown for the first time that the Kaposi sarcoma virus has a decoy protei ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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A drug against AIDS could be effective against the herpes virus

Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona, Spain) have published a new study that demonstrates that raltegravir, the drug approved in 2007 for the treatment of AIDS that is sold ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Potential new drug target to combat Kaposi's sarcoma

Research from the University of Leeds has identified how the virus which causes Kaposi's Sarcoma replicates and spreads - opening a door to a possible new treatment for the disease.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lung cancer risk particularly high for heart and liver transplant recipients

Heart and liver transplant recipients are at particularly high risk of developing lung cancer after receiving the donated organ, researchers report at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference. They are advising doctors to ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Scientists discover 'traitor' human DNA helps viruses cause cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- University College London scientists have discovered that stretches of human DNA act as a traitor to the body?s defences by helping viruses infect people and trigger cancer-causing diseases. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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