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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Is the HIV 'functional cure' the breakthrough it seems?

There is already a way of preventing mother to child infections using drugs – which is far better than a functional cure using similar drugs. The excitement of the Mississippi case is in what it tells scientists trying to figure out how to cure HIV. Any practical applications are a long way further down the line.

Published
05 March 2013
From
The Guardian
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Very early antiretroviral treatment limits the size of HIV reservoir

Very early antiretroviral treatment may limit the size of the HIV reservoir in adults and children, according to studies presented on 4 March at the 20th Conference

Published
05 March 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
Cardiovascular disease
HIV Drugs Ease Inflammation in 'Controllers'

Putting HIV controllers -- who ordinarily don't need therapy -- on highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) appeared to reduce markers of chronic inflammation, a researcher said here.

Published
04 March 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
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Case report of a 'functional' HIV cure in a child

Researchers in the United States say that they have identified a case of a 'functional' HIV cure in a child infected with HIV who began antiretroviral treatment

Published
03 March 2013
By
Keith Alcorn
New and experimental HIV treatments
Innovative HIV Gene Therapy Study Soon to Start Enrollment

Calimmune, a small biotechnology company, has been given the go-ahead by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to start enrolling HIV-infected people in a first-of-its-kind gene therapy study that will modify two HIV attachment sites in CD4+ cells.

Published
06 February 2013
From
TheBody.com
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Gum disease found to worsen infection in animal model of AIDS

Texas Biomed scientists in San Antonio have found that moderate gum disease in an animal model exposed to an AIDS-like virus had more viral variants causing infection and greater inflammation. Both of these features have potential negative implications in long term disease progression, including other kinds of infections, the researchers say in a new report.

Published
01 February 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
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Australian AIDS Cure Claim Leads to a Maelstrom of Hype and Misinformation

On January 16, a scientist named David Harrich and his institution, the Queensland Institute for Medical Research (QIMR) in Brisbane, Australia, issued a press release invoking the word 'cure' in an effort to publicize a scientific paper containing in vitro (lab dish) study results of uncertain significance at best. The release spawned a maelstrom of misleading media coverage that has continued to swirl for weeks afterward.

Published
31 January 2013
From
TAG blog
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Pitt team finds 'Achilles Heel' of key HIV replication protein

Previous research demonstrated that a small HIV protein called Nef interacts with many other proteins in infected cells to help the virus multiply and hide from the immune system. The Pitt group developed a way to track Nef activity in high-throughput drug screening protocols by linking it to an enzyme called Hck, which is activated by Nef in HIV-infected cells.

Published
25 January 2013
From
Eurekalert (press release)
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Stanford lab creates HIV-resistant cells

Stanford scientists have developed a technique to genetically engineer certain immune cells and make them resistant to HIV - a technique that, if proved successful in human subjects, could provide an alternative to the lifetime of medication that people with HIV infections now face.

Published
23 January 2013
From
San Francisco Chronicle
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Researchers show how cells' DNA repair machinery can destroy viruses

A team of researchers based at Johns Hopkins has decoded a system that makes certain types of immune cells impervious to HIV infection.

Published
22 January 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
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