Articles Tagged “HIV”
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Patients suffering from AIDS are facing new challenges – aging and associated diseases
A whole generation infected with HIV in 1980 and 1990 was not able to grow old with AIDS. New generations of patients, advancing age and without money, suffers, currently by more and more chronic health…
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AIDS: The explanation for poor immune response to the HIV virus
Scientists have identified a cellular factor that could explain why dendritic cells, true “sentinel” of the immune system, sometimes have a poor response to the HIV virus, this discovery paving the way for the development…
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ViroStatics Demonstrates Clinical Proof of Concept for Dual Antiviral Anti-Hyperactivation AV-HALT Drugs
An analysis of immune markers measured in a sub-study of ViroStatics’ proof-of-concept Phase 2a trial showed that VS411 was able to reduce immune activation while producing a median 1.5 log10 reduction in viral load. VS411…
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HIV Patients Hold Hints in order to Salmonella Vaccine Improvement
A study published in the diary Science offers a long-awaited explanation for that link between HIV infection and susceptibility to life-threatening nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella. The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust and GlaxoSmithKline, procedes…
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PrEP Treatment Prevented HIV Transmission in Humanized Mice
Systemic pre-exposure administration of antiretroviral drugs provides protection against intravenous and rectal transmission of HIV in mice with human immune systems, according to a new study published January 21, 2010 in the online journal PLoS…
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Zambian Study Finds Longer Breastfeeding Best for HIV-Infected Mothers
A new study from Zambia suggests that halting breastfeeding early causes more harm than good for children not infected with HIV who are born to HIV-positive mothers. Stopping breastfeeding before 18 months was associated with…
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How HIV Spread In Central And East Africa: Genetic, Geographic Data Deliver Clear Picture Of HIV Progress
Scientists 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. Writing in the September issue of…
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HIV’s Ancestors May Have Plagued First Mammals
The retroviruses which gave rise to HIV have been battling it out with mammal immune systems since mammals first evolved around 100 million years ago – about 85 million years earlier than previously thought, scientists…
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How HIV Cripples Immune Cells
In 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 in the Virology…
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HIV Uses Several Strategies To Escape Immune Pressure
A study of how HIV mutates in response to immune system pressure by Emory Vaccine Center researchers shows that the virus can take several escape routes, not one preferred route. The results are online and…