News articles tagged with 'HIV'
HIV vaccine failure probably caused by virus used, says new research
— 17 Nov 2009 13:24 | HealthThe recent failure of an HIV vaccine was probably caused by the immune system reacting to the virus 'shell' used to transmit the therapy around the body, according to research published... — full story
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
New synthetic molecules trigger immune response to HIV and prostate cancer
— 6 Nov 2009 11:15 | HealthResearchers at Yale University have developed synthetic molecules capable of enhancing the body's immune response to HIV and HIV-infected cells, as well as to prostate cancer cells.... — full story
HIV tamed by designer 'leash'
— 30 Oct 2009 11:34 | HealthResearchers have shown how an antiviral protein produced by the immune system, dubbed tetherin, tames HIV and other viruses by literally putting them on a leash, to prevent their escape... — full story
Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to create the largest HIV evolutionary tree
— 28 Oct 2009 12:48 | HealthSupporting Los Alamos National Laboratory's role in the international Centre for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) consortium, researchers are using the Roadrunner supercomputer to... — full story
Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV
— 28 Oct 2009 11:08 | HealthSperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires... — full story
Strategies to reduce HIV treatment dropout rates: cost-effective and improve survival chances
— 28 Oct 2009 10:53 | HealthIn a study published this week in PLoS Medicine, Elena Losina (of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) and colleagues predict that strategies to reduce dropout rates from HIV treatment... — full story
Researchers question evidence linking overlapping sexual partners and African HIV rates
— 26 Oct 2009 09:03 | HealthContrary to conventional wisdom, scientific evidence proving that overlapping multiple sexual partners - concurrency - drives the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is actually quite... — full story
Taking medicine for HIV proves hard to swallow for many people
— 23 Oct 2009 11:04 | HealthHighly active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus. But it requires strict adherence in taking... — full story
Feelings of stigmatisation may discourage HIV patients from proper care
— 22 Oct 2009 15:15 | HealthThe feeling of stigmatisation that people living with HIV often experience doesn't only exact a psychological toll - new UCLA research suggests it can also lead to quantifiably negative... — full story