Hope in HIV battle Aug 8, 2008
Even with primate models, you are forced to use simian immunodeficiency virus instead, which is closely related to HIV, or artificial viruses that contain parts of both SIV and HIV. But we had a group of immunodeficient mice to study. They lack their own immune system, so you can introduce human T cells into these mice and they don't regard those cells as foreign or reject them. (MSNBC -- Health)
Researchers Silence HIV in Mice Engineered to Be Like Humans Aug 8, 2008
Scientists report that they have quashed the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in so-called "humanized mice" infected with the virus. They did so using a technique called , or RNAi, to clamp down on three genes found in infected cells, blocking the wily virus from moving to other cells. (Scientific American)
Indian HIV-positive Parents Kill Children Before Suicide Aug 8, 2008
The couple was living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for two years and had been depressed by news that their daughter also had the HIV virus. The police think that the parents allegedly fed sweets laced with poison to their two boys, and as the daughter survived eating the poisoned sweets, the parents then smothered her with a pillow before committing suicide. (TheMedGuru)
AIDS Breakthrough? HIV Halted With RNAi In Mice Aug 8, 2008
This thin-section transmission electron micrograph shows the ultrastructural details of two human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) particles. (Credit: CDC/Dr. (Science Daily)
Catalogue of diseased stem cells unveiled Aug 8, 2008
Other cell types they have made to date include samples from people with Huntington's disease, a form of combined immunodeficiency commonly known as "bubble boy's disease," Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, Gaucher's disease, and two forms of muscular dystrophy. Recommend this article. (Globe and Mail)
Circumcision protects from HIV Aug 8, 2008
Previously-published research from this trial found that, after two years, circumcised men were 59-percent less likely to contract the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than uncircumcised counterparts. Offers around 60 percent protection. (iAfrica.com)
Growth Hormone Treatment For HIV Patients Improves Abdominal Fat, But Worsens Glucose Level Aug 7, 2008
6, 2008) For human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with treatment-related abdominal obesity and growth hormone deficiency, receiving low-dose growth hormone resulted in improvement in fat and blood pressure measurements but worsened glucose levels, according to a study in the August 6 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS.. See also. (Science Daily)
Growth Hormone Reduces Abdominal Fat, Cardiovascular Risk In HIV Patients On Antiviral Therapy Aug 7, 2008
6, 2008) For human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with treatment-related abdominal obesity and growth hormone deficiency, receiving low-dose growth hormone resulted in improvement in fat and blood. (Dec. (Science Daily)
New AIDS vaccine blueprint calls for more focus Aug 6, 2008
The human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS is especially tricky to vaccinate against because it easily evades immune defenses and mutates constantly. Berkley said it is not unexpected for a vaccine to take decades to develop and he thinks HIV can be beaten. (AlertNet)
Don't give up hope for vaccine, AIDS conference hears Aug 6, 2008
Aside from a vaccine, one of the most dreamed-about products in the AIDS world is a microbicide, a spray or gel that would allow women to protect themselves against the human immunodeficiency virus as if using an invisible condom. But microbicides have been plagued by the same problem as vaccines: a whole lot of promising theory and very little success on the ground. (Globe and Mail)
Genital Rash Can Transmit HIV Aug 6, 2008
It has been observed that people who have rashes around their genital organs have the potential of contracting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) during intimate affairs with HIV-infected partners. Dr. Wisdom Amegbletor, Medical Director in-charge of the New Crystal Clinic made the observation during an interview with Health Matter last Friday. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Shape is key in nanomedicine, UNC-CH researchers say Aug 6, 2008
One-ninetieth the size of a single human immunodeficiency virus. One-five-thousandth the size of a human sperm. (News & Observer)
Study: HIV drug can persist in mothers' milk Aug 6, 2008
During that time, the virus has ample opportunity to transform itself into drug-resistant strains of HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, making it very difficult to treat. "In the short term, nevirapine is better than nothing," said David Katzenstein, the study's lead author. (Xinhuanet, China)
Back to basics in search for HIV vaccine... Aug 5, 2008
Yamada pointed to fundamental gaps in knowledge about how the stealthy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) subverts the immune system. There also is a lack of key lab tools, including the right animal models for testing a candidate vaccine. (The Drudge Report)
Summary for Patients Aug 5, 2008
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of AIDS, an illness that interferes with the body's ability to fight infection and some types of cancer. Treatments containing several drugs have improved outcomes for HIV-infected patients. (Annals of Internal Medicine)
More AIDS risked as poor women trade sex for food Aug 5, 2008
The human immunodeficiency virus infects 33 million people globally, half of them women, and kills 2 million annually. (Editing by Alistair Bell and David Storey). (AlertNet)
Teacher-student Relationships Key To Learning Health And Sex Education Aug 5, 2008
For years, many high schools around the country have been relying on outside experts to teach sensitive subjects such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and pregnancy prevention. But a recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky found that students learn more about such issues when taught by their regular classroom teacher. (Science Daily)
More health workers needed to fight AIDS -experts Aug 5, 2008
UNAIDS says 33 million people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, and 2 million die of it each year. Copyright. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Hetrosexuals and HIV Aug 5, 2008
Powers' team found zero transmission after more than 100 acts of penile-vaginal intercourse among a study group of so-called serodiscordant couples couples in which one partner has the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while the other does not. At the other end of the range, infection occurred for every 3. (iAfrica.com)
Sex report stirs controversy at AIDS conference Aug 4, 2008
In addition, the level of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in his or her blood had to be below detectable levels - a threshold of 40 viruses per millilitre of blood - for the six previous months at least. In a debate just ahead of the conference, panel member Pietro Vernazza said there was "no documented case" of infection among discordant couples who fell in this category, and characterised the risk of transmission as "negligible". (ABC Online)
Drug addicts benefit from HIV drugs, too: study Aug 4, 2008
They all got highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART -- the cocktails of drugs that help control human immunodeficiency virus, although they do not provide a cure. After five years, just over 26 percent of the drug abusers and nearly 22 percent of people infected another way died. (Scientific American)
War on AIDS will be long, more funds needed: UN Aug 4, 2008
Funding, access to treatment, beefing up prevention against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and an array of social evils from stigma to violence against women are the headline issues at the six-day parlay. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in Sunday's opening ceremonies, urged wealthy donor countries to live up to UN and G8 commitments to achieve universal access to lifeline anti-HIV drugs by 2010. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Growth Hormone Reduces Fat In HIV Patients With Abdominal Obesity Aug 4, 2008
Therefore, the therapeutic window to achieve an optimal risk-benefit ratio of GH in individuals with HIV, abdominal fat accumulation, and insulin resistance may be very narrow and difficult to achieve. " They conclude that, "Growth hormone is not yet FDA-approved for the treatment of abdominal fat accumulation in patients with HIV. Other more potent strategies to safely increase GH and reduce VAT, including the use of GH-releasing hormone (GHRH), may be more beneficial. (Medical News Today)
Highly active antiretroviral therapy of similar benefit for HIV-infected injection drug users Aug 4, 2008
Since the mid-1990s, substantial reductions in illness and death related to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been documented among HIV-infected persons receiving HAART. "However, a large number of prior reports have demonstrated that because of issues of social instability related to illicit drug addiction, HIV-infected IDUs may not be deriving the full benefits of HAART," the authors write. They add that other reports have shown that IDUs are less likely to be prescribed HAART and... (EurekAlert!)
International panel updates treatment guidelines for HIV infection Aug 4, 2008
An evaluation of recent data has led to an update in the guidelines and recommendations for antiretroviral treatment of adult human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, according to an article in the August 6 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS.. Scott M. Hammer, M.D., of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and the International AIDS SocietyUSA Panel, presented the recommendations of the panel at a JAMA media briefing on HIV/AIDS.. (EurekAlert!)
Over 56,000 New AIDS Infections Each Year in U.S. Aug 3, 2008
Globally, 33 million people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS and 2 million die of it each year. The CDC estimates roughly 1 million Americans are infected with the virus. (Newsmax)
New Therapy For HIV Treatment Jul 31, 2008
16, 1998) A study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill confirms the presence of mutated, drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus in the semen of men taking antiviral medications for HIV. (June 1, 2007) A breakthrough for people with AIDS is on the horizon, according to a new article in the British Medical Journal. (Science Daily)
Abbott Rebound Masks Pending Norvir Verdict Signaling Lost Revenue, Income Jul 31, 2008
1 billion U.S. market for medicines that block the spread of HIV, or human immunodeficiency. The first trial begins Aug. 18. (Bloomberg)
AIDS Risk to US Employees Raised as Government Ignores Policy Jul 31, 2008
The human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome, which weakens the body's ability to protect itself from infections and some cancers. People catch the disease from infected blood or semen and, in the U.S., gay men and injectable drug users are considered at highest risk. (Bloomberg)
UN report shows world AIDS deaths drop Jul 30, 2008
In 2007, about 33 million people were infected with human immunodeficiency virus, UNAIDS said. HIV is most often spread through sexual contact or injection drug use. (Boston Globe)
Global AIDS deaths dip, U.N. reports Jul 30, 2008
About 33 million people globally were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus in 2007 most in Africa, south of the Sahara Desert down from 33. 2 million in 2006, the annual United Nations report on the AIDS epidemic said. (MSNBC -- Health)
U.S. AIDS policies neglect blacks Jul 30, 2008
Black American women are 23 times more likely than white women to become infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, the report found. A lack of education works against young people, who are often powerless and in sexual relationships with older people, who can infect them, Gayle said. (MSNBC -- Health)
Losing the war against Aids? Jul 30, 2008
Nearly three million poor, badly-infected people now have access to the wonder drugs that have transformed the human immunodeficiency virus from a death sentence to a manageable disease. Despite this achievement, experts are grim. (iAfrica.com)
NIH Official: HIV Vaccine Research "Swimming in the Dark" Jul 30, 2008
On July 17, a high-ranking official at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on a hotly anticipated clinical trial for a government-funded vaccine to combat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the bug that causes full-blown AIDS. The announcement by , director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was the latest in a in the search for a vaccine the world has been anxiously awaiting for more than two decades. Fauci's reason for canceling the trial:... (Scientific American)
Anti-HIV Therapy Boosts Life Expectancy More Than 13 Years Jul 29, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 28, 2008) The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. See also. (Science Daily)
Researchers Disprove Long-standing Belief About HIV Treatment Jul 29, 2008
(May 7, 2002) Patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who underwent liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus (HCV) did not have further progression of their HIV after transplantation despite their. (May 14, 2007) Even though HIV can be well treated these days, drug users are still more cautious about using needles than they used to be. (Science Daily)
Mindfulness Meditation Slows Progression Of HIV, Study Suggests Jul 28, 2008
21, 2007) With the latest advances in treatment, doctors have discovered that they can successfully neutralize the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The so-called 'combination therapy' prevents HIV from. (Science Daily)
SEAN M. HAFFEY / Union-Tribune The race against gene doping Jul 28, 2008
In 2002 in France, doctors used gene therapy to treat 12 boys with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, or bubble-boy disease. The technique effectively treated SCID, but at least three boys developed leukemia and one died. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
US Congress sends Bush expanded global AIDS program Jul 26, 2008
It also has helped prevent the infection of 150,000 infants who likely would have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus from their mothers during pregnancy or childbirth. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.. (AlertNet)
Parasitic Worm Infections Increase Susceptibility To AIDS Viruses Jul 25, 2008
Previous studies by this and other research groups have demonstrated that presence of schistosome infections increases viral replication in animal or human hosts with established immunodeficiency virus infections ... (May 28, 2007) Researchers have found that persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who also have alcohol problems, were negatively affected by co-infection with the hepatitis C virus. (Science Daily)
Government to release revised US HIV estimates Jul 23, 2008
2 million people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS and 25 million have died so far. It is mainly transmitted through heterosexual sex but also mother to child and via needles. (Scientific American)
Parasitic worms may help fuel AIDS epidemic -study Jul 23, 2008
They then exposed the monkeys to a hybrid AIDS virus -- a genetically engineered version that combined elements of the monkey AIDS virus and the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS in people. Ruprecht said having parasitic worms not only made a monkey more susceptible to AIDS virus infection, but once infected they had far higher concentrations of the virus in their bloodstream, meaning they became more likely to infect others. (AlertNet)
Makemake Officially Introduced As The Third Plutoid In Our Solar ... Jul 23, 2008
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday canceled a US human trial of a human immunodeficiency virus vaccine doubting its effectiveness and saying it might increase infection. In a.. (eFluxMedia)
GeoVax Partners with Vivalis for Use of Its Revolutionary EBx(R) Technology to Manufacture Its MVA HIV/AIDS Vaccine Jul 22, 2008
Partnership creates worldwide strategic collaboration between Vivalis and GeoVax ATLANTA and NANTES, France, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeoVax Labs, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GOVX), an Atlanta based, biopharmaceutical company developing human vaccines for diseases caused by HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and other infectious agents, together with Vivalis (NYSE Euronext: VLS), a French biopharmaceutical company that provides innovative cell-based solutions to the pharmaceutical... (PR Newswire)
Large Human Trial Of HIV Vaccine Canceled By NIAID Jul 21, 2008
The National Institutes of Health on Thursday canceled a US human trial of a human immunodeficiency virus vaccine doubting its effectiveness and saying it might increase infection. In a news release, the NIH said it had taken the decision to drop the HIV trial known as PAVE 100 after soliciting and considering broad input from the scientific and HIV advocacy communities. (eFluxMedia)
HIV Conquers Immune System Faster Than Previously Realized Jul 20, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 19, 2008) New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood. According to scientists at Duke University Medical Center, this suggests the window of opportunity for successful intervention may be only a matter of days -- not weeks -- after transmission, as researchers had previously believed. (Science Daily)
News Bytes of the Week--Tomatoes get thumbs-up; but peppers still hot Jul 19, 2008
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) this week canceled plans for a large clinical trial of an to combat the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Anthony S. Fauci, director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that more research was needed on the government-developed vaccine known as PAVE (Partnership for AIDS Vaccine Evaluation) before it could be tested in 8,500 people infected with HIV, the virus that causes full-blown AIDS. The announcement comes 10... (Scientific American)
Genetic Cause Of Innate Resistance To HIV/AIDS Jul 19, 2008
(May 9, 2008) Infection with human immunodeficiency virus, which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is an epidemic of global concern. The functioning of natural killer (NK) cells, which are a major. (Science Daily)
Gene variant common in Africa ups HIV risk Jul 17, 2008
People with the version of the gene have a 40 percent higher risk of becoming infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, researchers in the United States and Britain wrote in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
U.S. Senate passes bill to boost global AIDS funds Jul 17, 2008
Twelve African nations, which have been suffering from a rapid spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, would benefit most from the added U.S. money. The program, initiated in 2003 with $15 billion for the first five years, also would help fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Vietnam, Haiti and Guyana. (AlertNet)
Achilles Heel Of HIV Pinpointed? Jul 16, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 16, 2008) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions ... This protein is essential for HIV attachment to host cells, which initiate infection and eventually lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS. Normally the body s immune defenses can ward off viruses by making proteins called antibodies that bind the... (Science Daily)
5 things you didn’t know about ... metatarsalgia Jul 16, 2008
Some people, especially those who like their high heels, have turned to Sculptra, which is biodegradable and FDA-approved for restoring facial fat loss in people with human immunodeficiency virus. Cushioning: Dr. Cynthia Marzouka-Losito, a podiatric surgeon at ProTech Sports Medicine in South Miami, administers Sculptra injections for about 1,000 per foot. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Immunology: April Showers Bring Mucosal Antibody Secreting Cells Long Life Jul 15, 2008
(July 29, 2006) UC Davis researchers have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus, the virus that causes AIDS, is able to survive efforts to destroy it by hiding out in the mucosal tissues of the. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Woman uses struggle to help others Jul 14, 2008
HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus may be passed when infected blood, semen or vaginal secretions come in contact with an uninfected person's broken skin or mucous membranes. Infected pregnant women can pass HIV to their babies during pregnancy or delivery, or through breast feeding. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Growing older with HIVVirus presents special risks as it accelerates effects of aging Jul 13, 2008
Today, however, people diagnosed with HIV -- the human immunodeficiency virus, which can lead to AIDS -- are living long, productive lives because of antiretroviral medications. But with the graying of the HIV population come new challenges for patients and doctors alike. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Scientists Uncover Deadly Ebola Virus's Achilles' Heel Jul 13, 2008
(The human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, that causes AIDS also has this trait. The good news: the discovery could pave the way for drugs designed to see through that protective coating and trigger the immune system to attack. (Scientific American)
Roche to suspend HIV research, seeing no advances Jul 13, 2008
The human immunodeficiency virus hijacks immune system cells, forcing them to create copies of itself ... human immunodeficiency virus. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Structure Of Critical Protein From Ebola Virus Determined Jul 13, 2008
5, 2003) Researchers have discovered that a bacterial protein known to reduce the ability of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to infect cells also inhibits infection by the Ebola virus. The antiviral. (Science Daily)
There'll be more AIDS, HIV Jul 13, 2008
To Just the facts wrote on Jul 11, 2008 4:35 PM:" This is directly from your site....We do not know how many people developed AIDS in the 1970s, or indeed in the years before. Neither do we know, and we probably never will know, where the AIDS virus HIV originated (see our origins page for some theories). But what we do know is: "The dominant feature of this first period was silence, for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was unknown and transmission was not accompanied by signs or symptoms... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
307 new HIV cases found in El Salvador Jul 13, 2008
MEXICO CITY, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Around 307 new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have been reported in El Salvador following "National HIV Test Day" on June 27, according to news reaching here from El Salvador Wednesday. The testing campaign was carried out free of charge at Salvadoran Institute for Social Security (ISSS) clinics. (Xinhuanet, China)
Mental-Status Changes after Liver Transplantation Jul 13, 2008
1 The first point concerns delayed diagnosis of this infection in patients with negative tests for human immunodeficiency virus infection. We believe that in the case presented, a correct diagnosis could have been suspected from day 13 onward on the basis of the patient's recurrent headaches. (New England Journal of Medicine)
A Boy with Fever and Pulmonary Infiltrates Jul 13, 2008
Chronic Multinodular Pneumonia as a Manifestation of Primary Immunodeficiency. -->Diagnostic Testing. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Gels to protect women from HIV may help men more Jul 8, 2008
A microbicide is a gel or cream that could be applied vaginally or rectally to protect against sexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.. None are on the market now, although several are being tested. (Scientific American)
Facts of HIV/Aids Jul 8, 2008
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) targets the immune system, infecting the cells (CD4 or T-cells) that are supposed to protect the body from illness. HIV progresses into Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), when your immune system loses too many CD4 cells. (iAfrica.com)
New System Blocks HIV Transmission Via Breastfeeding Jul 4, 2008
Because there is no known cure, prevention of the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), is critical for controlling the disease. The transmitting routes of HIV include breastfeeding, which passes the virus from mothers to infants. (Science Daily)
