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Rare HIV, Group N, Reported Outside Cameroon

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.

Published
25 November 2011
From
Medical News Today
How HIV causes disease
Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle

Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade.

Published
18 September 2011
From
AFP
How HIV causes disease
New factor in HIV infection uncovered

Scientists have revealed the specific process by which the HIV virus infects healthy T cells -- a process previously unknown. The principal investigator says he hopes this breakthrough will start a new line on inquiry into how researchers can use this knowledge to create drugs that could limit or halt HIV infection.

Published
24 August 2011
From
Science Daily
How HIV causes disease
Cell-to-cell spread of HIV keeps viral reservoir going despite ART

The presence of very low levels of HIV in the blood despite treatment with highly potent antiretroviral regimens could be explained by cell-to-cell spread of the virus

Published
17 August 2011
By
Keith Alcorn
Outcomes and prognosis
Treatment with statins reduces mortality risk for patients taking effective HIV therapy

Treatment with statins significantly reduces the risk of death for patients taking virologically suppressive antiretroviral therapy, US investigators report in the online journal PLoS One. The investigators believe

Published
15 August 2011
By
Michael Carter
How HIV works
Study: After 30 years, Americans still lack HIV understanding

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.

Published
18 July 2011
From
Michigan Messenger
Drug interactions and pharmacokinetics
Varying efficacy of HIV drug cocktails explained

A new mathematical model of HIV-fighting drugs reveals the biology beneath the varying success of such treatments. 

Published
13 July 2011
From
Science News
How HIV causes disease
SIV-resistant monkeys close the gates to viral infection

Sooty mangabeys, a type of African monkey, can survive infection by SIV, a relative of HIV, and not succumb to AIDS. Researchers have now identified a way some of sooty mangabeys' immune cells resist infection: they close the gates that SIV and HIV use to get into the cell. The findings may lead to strategies to help HIV-infected individuals cope better with infection. The results are published online in the journal Nature Medicine.

Published
27 June 2011
From
Eurekalert HIV
Vaccines
New Math in HIV Fight

Scientists using a powerful mathematical tool previously applied to the stock market have identified an Achilles heel in HIV that could be a prime target for AIDS vaccines or drugs.

Published
21 June 2011
From
Wall Street Journal
How HIV causes disease
HIV damages B-cells as well as T-cells: new treatment targets identified

The signature effect of HIV infection, and the cause of AIDS, is disruption of the T-lymphocyte branch of the immune system and in particular the destruction of

Published
10 June 2011
By
Gus Cairns
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