Anti-depressants may act as potential saviours against HIV/AIDS
May 09, 2008
Article Text:
Washington, May 9: A new study has revealed
that anti-depressants may act as potential saviours against HIV/AIDS by
enhancing the immune function of natural killer (NK) cells.
A group of rese.....(more)
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AIDS Research Continues at US Laboratory, After Human Trials Halted
May 08, 2008
Article Text:
Although the government and researchers
halted most clinical trials for an AIDS vaccine, a research institute
in Baltimore continues its work on the most deadly virus of our times.
Vaccine trial.....(more)
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Supplying generic AIDS drugs called pricey process
May 08, 2008
Article Text:
Now
that a Canadian pharmaceutical company has won the bid to produce and
ship cheap, generic AIDS drugs to Rwanda, it says it will never
participate in the goodwill program again unless the fe.....(more)
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Molecular Espionage Shows A Single HIV Enzyme's Many Tasks
May 07, 2008
Article Text:
ScienceDaily (May 7, 2008) —
Using ingenious molecular espionage, scientists have found how a single
key enzyme, seemingly the Swiss army knife in HIV's toolbox,
differentiates and dynamically bi.....(more)
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Russia 'not ready' for tough HIV measures: top health official
May 06, 2008
Article Text:
MOSCOW — Russia is "not ready" to adopt measures that could prevent
thousands of people from getting infected with the virus that causes
AIDS, the country's chief public health officer said Monday.....(more)
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Anti-HIV NanoViricide drug candidate shows promise in animal trials
May 06, 2008
Article Text: NanoViricides, Inc
said that its anti-HIV drug candidates demonstrated significant
therapeutic efficacy in the recently completed preliminary animal
studies.
The studies were performed at a Bio.....(more)
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Rapid saliva test helps block HIV virus
May 06, 2008
Article Text:
Researchers at McGill University have field-tested in India a rapid
saliva test for HIV that was shown to be highly effective in preventing
transmission of the virus from HIV-positive mothers to t.....(more)
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Most babies 'can avoid HIV'
May 06, 2008
Article Text:
Almost all babies born to HIV mothers can be free from the disease if appropriate steps are taken, research suggests.
The
biggest study to date into rates of transmission between mothers and
.....(more)
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Anti-HIV NanoViricide Drug Candidate Demonstrates Significant Therapeutic Efficacy in Animal Trials
May 05, 2008
Article Text:
WEST HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB),
said that its anti-HIV drug candidates demonstrated significant
therapeutic efficacy in the recently completed prelimin.....(more)
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Boehringer Ingelheim wins European approval for HIV drug Aptivus
May 05, 2008
Article Text: INGELHEIM, Germany
(Thomson Financial) - Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH said it has won
European Commission approval for use of its Aptivus drug in
HIV-positive patients with virus strains that have dev.....(more)
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[United Kingdom] Family-centred clinics can achieve excellent HIV treatment outcomes in children in
May 05, 2008
Article Text: A “family-centred” approach to HIV treatment can help achieve excellent
treatment outcomes in children receiving antiretroviral therapy in
resource-limited countries, according to a letter published.....(more)
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[Opinion] The unspoken truths about Aids
May 04, 2008
Article Text: Epidemiologist
Elizabeth Pisani says political correctness over criticising sexual
practices such as multiple partners in Africa has prevented us finding
an effective strategy to fight HIV
Aft.....(more)
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[South Africa] New stats show millions more HIV positive
May 04, 2008
Article Text:
Shocking new Aids statistics reveal that 2 million more South Africans
are infected with HIV than the most recent government estimates show.
According to statistics released by the Development .....(more)
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Simple, cost-effective technique of halting HIV progression unveiled
May 03, 2008
Article Text:
Washington , May 3 (ANI): Aussie researchers have developed a new cost-effective immunotherapyAIDS. technique that can prevent the progression of HIV to
This new technique called OPAL therapy,.....(more)
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Stanford researchers synthesize compound to flush HIV out of hiding and into crosshairs
May 02, 2008
Article Text:
Any hunter will tell you that when your quarry goes into hiding,
you have to flush it out to get a good shot at it. Such is the case
with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Though antiretrovi.....(more)
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Adverse effects of HIV therapy differ by race, sex
May 01, 2008
Article Text:
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among patients infected with
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, initiating antiretroviral
therapy, there are significant differences in specific adverse
events accor.....(more)
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Drug-free miracle man beating HIV
May 01, 2008
Article Text:
PETER Smith will never forget the day his body declared war on HIV.
Peter Smith has been infected with HIV since 1981 but his body has stopped it developing into AIDS. Picture: David Cr.....(more)
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Web site challenges stereotypes on HIV/AIDS
May 01, 2008
Article Text:
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A new, viral web site conceived by U.S.
college students challenges stereotypes about who might be infected
with HIV using a model pioneered by a campaign to raise aware.....(more)
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Global Climate Change To Increase Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS of People in Developing Countries, Panel
April 30, 2008
Article Text: Climate change is the newest threat to the increasing HIV/AIDS epidemic
worldwide, panelists said Wednesday at an HIV forum at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, the AAP/Age repo.....(more)
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New way to block HIV infection found
April 29, 2008
Article Text:
Washington: Researchers have been able to block HIV infection
by disabling a human protein in key cells. The breakthrough will enable
doctors to outwit the fast mutating HIV virus that has been th.....(more)
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Brazil declares anti-AIDS drug to be of public interest; India's pharma industry benefits
April 28, 2008
Article Text:
The Brazilian government
recently declared the drug Tenofovir, used against HIV/AIDS, to be of
public interest. The announcement signals the country's interest in
using an option to avoid the pat.....(more)
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HIV fund says 100,000 more children to receive cheap drugs this year
April 28, 2008
Article Text:
GENEVA: A U.N.-backed fund says it is on target to provide treatment to 250,000 children with HIV/AIDS by the end of the year.
Geneva-based UNITAID says this is an increase of about 100,000
.....(more)
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[India] Indians more prone to HIV-AIDS than others, says study
April 26, 2008
Article Text:
NEW DELHI: The biggest ever gene
mapping exercise of the "people of India" has shown that Indians are more
vulnerable to HIV-AIDS than many other population groups around the world. This
is becau.....(more)
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Elite HIV patients offer vaccine clue
April 25, 2008
Article Text:
A major chink in the armour of
the HIV virus has been opened up by a largely Canadian
team of researchers who appear to have discovered -
and learned how to counter - the key chain of events
.....(more)
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Clinical Symptoms Enough to Switch Drug Regimens for HIV Patients
April 25, 2008
Article Text:
THURSDAY, April 24 (HealthDay News) -- Decisions on switching to a
second-line series of drugs for HIV/AIDS patients who are failing the
first-line regimen are often made on the basis of sophist.....(more)
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