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Outcomes and prognosis
Tropism impacts on virological success of first-line HIV therapy

HIV tropism has a significant impact on the virological success of first-line antiretroviral therapy, a Spanish study published in the July 1st edition of the Journal of Infectious

Published
08 June 2011
By
Michael Carter
History of HIV and AIDS
30 years of AIDS: remembering how it began - from those who were there

Sunday June 5 sees the 30th anniversary of the first reports of the disease that later came to be known as AIDS. At the time no one

Published
03 June 2011
By
Keith Alcorn
How HIV causes disease
Studies solve mystery of 'HIV-Negative AIDS'

Sixty people who had claimed they were suffering from a mysterious infectious condition dubbed "HIV-Negative AIDS" have been cleared of the disease, but 48 of them tested positive for several types of pathogens.

Published
09 May 2011
From
AsiaOne
New and experimental HIV treatments
Gold-based drug shows promise in clearing HIV reservoir in monkey study

A gold-based drug already used for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis significantly reduced the reservoir of viral DNA and the population of long-lived HIV-infected memory CD4+ cells in a

Published
20 April 2011
By
Keith Alcorn
How HIV causes disease
How TRIM5 fights HIV

Thanks to a certain protein, rhesus monkeys are resistant to HIV. Known as TRIM5, the protein prevents the HI virus from multiplying once it has entered the cell. Researchers from the universities of Geneva and Zurich have now discovered the protein's mechanism, as they report in Nature. This also opens up new prospects for fighting HIV in humans.

Published
20 April 2011
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Eurekalert HIV
China: Fake AIDS panic shows HIV ignorance

Twenty-six-year-old Jiang visited a prostitute last July. Unexpectedly, he had a condom breakage during sex. He fell ill the next day. He believed that he had been infected with HIV.

Published
12 April 2011
From
Global Times
How HIV causes disease
Tumor suppressor blocks viral growth in natural HIV controllers

Elevated levels of p21, a protein best known as a cancer fighter, may be involved in the ability of a few individuals to control HIV infection with their immune system alone.

Published
14 March 2011
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
How HIV works
Pushing HIV out the door: How host factors aid in the release of HIV particles

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich researchers, together with colleagues at Heidelberg University Hospital and McGill University, have shown how host enzymes contribute to the release of HIV particles from infected cells. With the aid of their new microscopy technique, they now aim to analyze the entire life cycle of the virus in unprecedented detail.

Published
11 March 2011
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Malaria Drug Plaquenil Calms Immune Activation

Plaquenil (hydrochloroquine), a drug used to treat malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, was able to significantly reduce immune activation in a small group of HIV-positive people.

Published
09 March 2011
From
AIDSMeds
How HIV works
NIH-funded study shows early brain effects of HIV in mouse model

A new mouse model closely resembles how the human body reacts to early HIV infection and is shedding light on nerve cell damage related to the disease, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Published
02 March 2011
From
EurekAlert
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