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Novel vaccine approach offers hope in fight against HIV

A research team may have broken the stubborn impasse that has frustrated the invention of an effective HIV vaccine, by using an approach that bypasses the usual path followed by vaccine developers. By using ...

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created May 17, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3




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Researchers examine consequences of non-intervention for infectious disease in African great apes

Infectious disease has joined poaching and habitat loss as a major threat to the survival of African great apes as they have become restricted to ever-smaller populations. Despite the work of dedicated conservationists, efforts ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Genomic sequence and comparison of two macaques reveal new insights into biomedical research

The South China Center for Innovative Pharmaceuticals, Sun Yat-Sen University, and BGI, the world's largest genomic organization, announced that they were among the research organizations from China, US and UK comprising ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some monkeys born with gene that protects against AIDS

A certain gene in some monkeys can help boost vaccine protection against simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a trait that could help researchers develop better AIDS vaccines for humans, suggested a study ...

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created May 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New vaccine technology protects mice from hepatitis C virus

Immunology: Three percent of the world's population is currently infected by hepatitis C. The virus hides in the liver and can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer, and it's the most frequent cause of liver transplants in Denmark. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

AIDS vaccine: Signs of progress after three years of disappointment

Just three years after the high-profile failure of an AIDS vaccine trial sent researchers back to the drawing board, optimism is again rising about the prospects of protecting humanity from a disease that ...

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created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel sensing mechanism discovered in dendritic cells to increase immune response to HIV

Dendritic cells are the grand sentinels of the immune system, standing guard 24/7 to detect foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, and bring news of the invasion to other immune cells to marshal an ...

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created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Antiviral gene helps suppress jumping of AIDS viruses between host species

The human AIDS viruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) originated as viruses of apes and monkeys, respectively, yet little is known about whether or how these invaders adapted to the new genetic "environment" encountered in humans. One ...

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Despite countless changes, original HIV infection lurks within

Scientists have been surprised to learn that, despite thousands of changes that viruses like HIV undergo in rapid fashion to evade the body's immune system, the original version that caused the infection is still present ...

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Researcher discovers how new HIV vaccine candidate can control HIV progression

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital have made significant findings about how a new HIV vaccine candidate (Delta 5) can reduce -- and in some cases stop -- HIV progression by ...

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Research reveals further progress toward AIDS vaccine

(PHILADELPHIA) Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease.

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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