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Women who have been infected by two different strains of HIV from two different sexual partners – a condition known as HIV superinfection – have more potent antibody responses that block the replication of the virus compared to women who’ve only been infected once.
30 March 2012 | Science Daily
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Mutations in HIV that develop during the first few weeks of infection may play a critical role in undermining a successful early immune response, a finding that reveals the importance of vaccines targeting regions of the virus that are less likely to mutate.
09 March 2012 | Science Daily (press release)
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Many psoriasis patients have the same gene variants as people who are not significantly affected by an HIV-1 infection.
06 March 2012 | Scientific American
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HIV positive people traditionally classified as long-term non-progressors or viral controllers may in fact progress slowly over time, according to research reported in the February 20, 2012, edition of the open-access journal PLoS ONE. These findings suggest that so-called non-progressors may in fact benefit from antiretroviral therapy and could provide clues to aid in development of immune-based therapies.
27 February 2012 | HIVandHepatitis.com
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Nearly one quarter of
humans bitten or scratched while hunting nonhuman primates in Gabon had
evidence of simian foamy retrovirus (SFV), a virus closely related to
HIV. The finding underlines the continuing risk of cross-species
transmission of retroviruses.
18 January 2012 | International AIDS Society
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In perhaps the most comprehensive survey of the inner workings of HIV, an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has mapped every apparent physical interaction the virus makes with components of the human cells it
infects—work that may reveal new ways to design future HIV/AIDS drugs.
21 December 2011 | UCSF Today
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Researchers identify a protein in semen that enhances the transmission of HIV in culture, but whether it increases infectivity in humans is not yet known.
15 December 2011 | The Scientist
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A man in France who recently travelled to Togo has been diagnosed with a
rare type of HIV-infection - Group N. This is the first time this type
of HIV-infection has been detected outside Cameroon. The infection is
considerably more similar to the virus type discovered in chimpanzees
than to other human type viruses.
25 November 2011 | Medical News Today
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25 percent thought one could get HIV by sharing a drinking glass with
some one with HIV, 45 percent say they’d be uncomfortable having their
food prepared by someone who is HIV‐positive, 36 percent with having an
HIV‐positive roommate, 29 percent having their child in a classroom with
an HIV‐positive teacher, and 18 percent working with someone with HIV.
18 July 2011 | Michigan Messenger
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A new mathematical model of HIV-fighting drugs reveals the biology beneath the varying success of such treatments.
13 July 2011 | Science News
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