News articles tagged with 'HIV'
HIV-1 drug resistance mutations associated with increased risk of antiretroviral treatment failure
— 6 Apr 2011 16:19 | HealthAn analysis of data from 10 studies indicates that the presence of low frequency (also called 'minority') human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance mutations, particularly…
Intelligent design: Engineered protein fragment blocks the AIDS virus from entering cells
— 1 Apr 2011 15:48 | HealthIn what could be a potential breakthrough in the battle against AIDS and a major development in the rational design of new drugs, scientists have engineered a new protein that prevents…
HIV protein unveils vaccine target
— 31 Mar 2011 14:51 | HealthAn international study headed by a UC Davis scientist describes how a component of a potential HIV vaccine opens like a flower, undergoing one of the most dramatic protein rearrangements…
Could HIV-infected organs save lives?
— 30 Mar 2011 17:13 | HealthIf Congress reversed its ban on allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after their death, roughly 500 HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure each year could get transplants…
Nursing students map their way to understanding HIV
— 30 Mar 2011 16:46 | HealthIn the Faculty of Nursing, students are taught the importance of connecting with the community, and nursing professor Vera Caine has come up with a way for students to not only learn…
Transmissible treatment proposed for HIV could target superspreaders to curb epidemic
— 18 Mar 2011 14:34 | HealthBiochemist Leor Weinberger and colleagues at the University of California, San Diego and UCLA have proposed a fundamentally new intervention for the HIV/AIDS epidemic based on engineered,…
Standard retreatment regimen for TB is inadequate
— 16 Mar 2011 13:37 | HealthThe standard retreatment regimen for tuberculosis has low treatment response rates and is associated with poor long term outcomes in certain subgroups of patients, particularly those…
Treatments for recurring TB infection failing the developing world, study finds
— 16 Mar 2011 13:00 | HealthThe standard approach to re-treating tuberculosis (TB) in low and middle income settings is failing, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. In a study published today in…
Tumour suppressor blocks viral growth in natural HIV controllers
— 14 Mar 2011 20:45 | HealthElevated 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. In a paper…
Drug use increasingly associated with microbial infections
— 10 Mar 2011 18:32 | HealthIllicit drug users are at increased risk of being exposed to microbial pathogens and are more susceptible to serious infections say physicians writing in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.…