News tagged with sexual transmission
Scientists identify chemical in bananas as potent inhibitor of HIV infection
A potent new inhibitor of HIV, derived from bananas, may open the door to new treatments to prevent sexual transmission of HIV, according to a University of Michigan Medical School study published this week.
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Breaking the chain: 'Molecular cap' blocks processes that lead to Alzheimer's, HIV
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new advance by UCLA biochemists has brought scientists one step closer to developing treatments that could delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease and prevent the sexual transmission of HIV.
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Targeting amyloid to stop HIV
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amyloid protein structures are best known for the troubles they pose in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Now researchers are trying to exploit their presence in a very different place - ...
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Protein critical in malaria parasite development identified
Research led by The University of Nottingham has opened up a new area of malaria parasite biology which could lead to new methods of controlling the transmission of this deadly disease.
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Non-stick coating of a protein found in semen reduces HIV infection
A non-stick coating for a substance found in semen dramatically lowers the rate of infection of immune cells by HIV a new study has found.
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission
A five-year international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment taken twice daily to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Scientists identify target that may inhibit HIV infectivity
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have discovered a new agent that might inhibit the infectivity of HIV. The agent, surfen, impairs the action of a factor in semen that greatly enhances ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Cream with green tea extract hinders HIV transmission: study
A chemical found in green tea helps inhibit sexual transmission of the virus which causes AIDS, said a study Tuesday that recommends using the compound in vaginal creams to supplement antiretrovirals.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 19, 2009 |
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Anti-HIV gel shows promise in large-scale study in women
An investigational vaginal gel intended to prevent HIV infection in women has demonstrated encouraging signs of success in a clinical trial conducted in Africa and the United States. Findings of the recently concluded study, ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Researchers question evidence linking overlapping sexual partners and African HIV rates
Contrary to conventional wisdom, scientific evidence proving that overlapping multiple sexual partners — concurrency — drives the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is actually quite limited, Brown University researchers ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 22, 2009 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV transmission
A recently completed international multi-center clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a drug widely used as a safe and effective treatment to suppress herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which is the most common cause of genital ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 08, 2009 |
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Inadequate provision of treatments driving drug-related HIV epidemics
Of the estimated 16 million injecting drug users (IDUs) worldwide, some 3 million are thought to be HIV positive. To curtail the HIV epidemic in IDUs, a combination of interventions are needed specific to the location and ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Less than 10 percent of injecting drug users covered by existing HIV prevention interventions
Globally, fewer than 1 in 10 injecting drug users (IDUs) are covered by effective HIV prevention interventions, with just 5% of injections likely covered by a syringe provided from a needle and syringe programme (NSP). Only ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Adult circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission without reducing sexual pleasure
Two studies presented at the 104th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) show that adult circumcision reduces the risk of contracting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the risk of ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 26, 2009 |
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Transmission (medicine)
In medicine, transmission is the passing of a disease from an infected individual or group to a previously uninfected individual or group. The microorganisms (bacteria and viruses) that cause disease may be transmitted from one person to another by one or more of the following means:
Microorganisms vary widely in the length of time that they can survive outside the human body, and so vary in how they are transmitted.
For more information about Transmission (medicine), read the full article at
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