News articles tagged with 'AIDS'
No-entry zones for AIDS virus
— 15 Nov 2009 17:01 | HealthThe AIDS virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the infected cell. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Centre have now shown for the first time that the virus almost... — full story
Pitt researchers find candidates for new HIV drugs
— 14 Oct 2009 11:13 | HealthWhile studying an HIV protein that plays an essential role in AIDS progression, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered compounds that show promise... — full story
Scientists join forces to explain HIV spread in Central and East Africa
— 30 Sep 2009 17:00 | HealthScientists studying biology and geography may seem worlds apart, but together they have answered a question that has defied explanation about the spread of the HIV-1 epidemic in Africa... — full story
Study finds nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease on the rise in the United States
— 26 Sep 2009 13:25 | HealthNontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental organisms found in both water and soil that can cause severe pulmonary (lung) disease in humans. Pulmonary NTM is on the rise in... — full story
New chemically-activated antigen could expedite development of HIV vaccine
— 22 Sep 2009 11:54 | HealthScientists working to develop a vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) report they have created the first antigen that induces protective antibodies capable of blocking... — full story
How HIV cripples immune cells
— 16 Sep 2009 17:00 | HealthIn order to be able to ward off disease pathogens, immune cells must be mobile and be able to establish contact with each other. The working group around Professor Dr Oliver Fackler... — full story
Weighing costs, benefits of HIV treatments
— 16 Sep 2009 11:49 | HealthPrevention versus treatment? Cost versus efficacy? So go two of the dilemmas looming over Dartmouth's Paul E. Palumbo and his fellow researchers in the race to fight HIV and other infectious... — full story
Two new antibodies found to cripple HIV
— 4 Sep 2009 17:21 | HealthResearchers at and associated with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), at The Scripps Research Institute, and at the biotechnology companies Theraclone Sciences and Monogram... — full story
An HIV-blocking gel for women
— 10 Aug 2009 06:19 | HealthUniversity of Utah scientists developed a new kind of 'molecular condom' to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women would insert a vaginal... — full story
Yerkes researchers propose ambitious new strategies for AIDS vaccine research
— 8 Aug 2009 16:25 | HealthResearchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Centre, Emory University, believe conventional vaccine strategies should not be the only avenue explored in the development of an... — full story