17 Nov 08 Case Of Patient "Cured" Of HIV Baffles Doctors
Doctors and experts are baffled by the case of a 42-year old male American patient living in Berlin whose 10-year long HIV infection appears to have been “cured” by a bone marrow transplant given to treat his acute myeloid leukemia.
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Tags: Acute Myeloid Leukemia, American Patient, Baffles, Bone Marrow, Doctors, Hiv, Hiv Infection, Leukemia, Living In Berlin
17 Nov 08 Toehold For HIV’s Assault On Brain Identified By Researchers
Scientists have unraveled in unprecedented detail the cascade of events that go wrong in brain cells affected by HIV, a virus whose assault on the nervous system continues unabated despite antiviral medications that can keep the virus at bay for years in the rest of the body. The new research reveals key steps taken in the brain by Tat, a protein that is central to HIV’s attack on cells called neurons.
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Tags: Antiviral Medications, Brain Cells, Brain Virus, Cascade, Hiv, Hiv Virus, Nervous System, Protein, Scientists, Unprecedented Detail
16 Nov 08 High Rate Of IDUs In Pakistan Living With HIV/AIDS, Official Says
Approximately 30% of Pakistan’s injection drug users are living with HIV/AIDS, Arshad Altaf — senior provincial surveillance support officer with an HIV/AIDS surveillance program called the Sindh AIDS Control Program that is managed jointly by Canada and Pakistan — said on Wednesday at the International Symposium on Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Pakistan’s
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Tags: Aids, Aids Control, Aids Surveillance Program, Canada, Hiv, Hiv Aids, Injection Drug Users, International Symposium, Living With Hiv, Medicine, Pakistan, Sindh, Tropical Medicine And Hygiene
11 Nov 08 Refractive Surgical Practices In Persons With Human ImmunodeficiencyVirus (HIV) Positivity
People who are HIV-positive are now living longer, healthier lives, thanks to antiretroviral therapy and other treatment advances, and the number of HIV-positive people seeking LASIK, intraocular lenses following cataract removal, and similar procedures is likely to grow in coming years. Ahmad A. Aref, M.D.
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Tags: Ahmad, Aref, Cataract Removal, Hiv, Hiv Positive, Intraocular Lenses, People, Positivity, Surgical Practices
11 Nov 08 Health Officials In Scotland Uphold Ban On Blood Donations From MSM
Scottish health officials Tuesday rejected calls to allow men who have sex with men to donate blood, citing concerns about the number of HIV cases in the population, The Scotsman reports. National Director of the
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Tags: Blood Donations, Donate Blood, Health Officials, Hiv, Hiv Cases, Men Who Have Sex With Men, Msm, National Director, Population, Scotland, Scotsman, Scottish Health, Sex With Men
11 Nov 08 HIV’s Disguises No Match For ‘bionic Assassins’ - Implications For Developing New Treatments For AIDS
HIV is a master of disguise, able to rapidly change its identity and hide undetected in infected cells. But now, in a long-standing collaborative research effort partially-funded by the Wellcome Trust, scientists from Oxford-based Adaptimmune Limited, in partnership with the Universities of Cardiff and Pennsylvania have engineered immune cells to act as “bionic assassins” that see through HIV’s many disguises.
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Tags: Act, Aids, Aids Hiv, Assassins, Cardiff, Collaborative Research Effort, Hiv, Immune Cells, Match, Oxford, Partnership, Pennsylvania, Scientists, Universities, Wellcome Trust
11 Nov 08 Botswana To Begin HIV Prevention Campaign That Focuses On Male Circumcision
Male circumcision will be a primary focus of Botswana’s HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, the Sunday Standard reports. The decision to focus on male circumcision as part of a boost in prevention efforts was announced at the annual planning conference of the
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Tags: Aids, Annual Planning Conference, Botswana, Focus, Hiv, Hiv Aids Prevention, Hiv Prevention Campaign, Male Circumcision, Prevention Efforts
11 Nov 08 Effectiveness Of Bone Marrow Transplant In Suppressing HIV Creates Hope For Gene-Therapy Strategies In Treating Virus, Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal on Friday examined the case of an HIV-positive person who underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia and who has had undetectable HIV viral loads for almost two years. The procedure — performed by German hematologist Gero Hutter of Berlin’s
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Tags: Berlin, Bone Marrow Transplant, Gene Therapy Strategies, Gero, Hematologist, Hiv, Hiv Positive, Hutter, Leukemia, Undetectable Hiv, Viral Loads, Virus Wall, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
11 Nov 08 Fight Against HIV - TAT2, Used In Chinese Herbal Therapy, Prolongs Killer T-cells’ Ability To Divide
Like other kinds of cells, immune cells lose the ability to divide as they age because a part of their chromosomes known as a telomere becomes progressively shorter with cell division. As a result, the cell changes in many ways, and its disease fighting ability is compromised.
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Tags: Cell Changes, Chinese Herbal Therapy, Chromosomes, Hiv, Immune Cells, Kinds Of Cells, T Cells, Telomere
10 Nov 08 Study Compares Antiretroviral Treatments Among HIV-Positive Mothers Who Received Nevirapine During Labor
A recent review of a clinical study funded by NIH comparing antiretroviral treatment regimens that contained either nevirapine or ritonavir-boosted lopinavir found that ritonavir/ lopinavir is more effective than nevirpaine among HIV-positive women who previously took a single-dose of nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, South Africa’s
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Tags: Antiretroviral Treatments, Child Hiv Transmission, Hiv, Hiv Positive, Lopinavir, Nevirapine, Nevirpaine, Nih, Positive Women, Ritonavir, South Africa, Treatment Regimens
09 Nov 08 $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant For Innovative Global Health Research Received By MCG
The Medical College of Georgia has announced that it has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovative global health research project conducted by Dr. Pandelakis A. Koni titled “Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Targeted Against HIV-1 Env Glycans.” Dr.
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Tags: Amp, Antibody, Cellular Cytotoxicity, Explorations, Foundation Grant, Global Health, Grand Challenges, Health Medical, Health Research Project, Hiv, Medical College Of Georgia, Melinda Gates Foundation
09 Nov 08 Fertility Experts Present The Latest Research At Reproductive Medicine Meeting
Leading fertility experts at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are presenting new research findings at the 64th annual American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) meeting in San Francisco, Nov. 8 - 12. Highlights include the following: — Dr. Mark V. Sauer is chairing the invited symposia, “Management of the HIV-Discordant Couple Seeking Fertility Care.” He will speak on “Clinical Paradigms Gained From 10 Years of Experience.” — Dr.
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Tags: 10 Years, American Society Of Reproductive Medicine, Asrm, Columbia University Medical, Dr Mark, Fertility Care, Fertility Experts, Hiv, Medicine, Newyork, Paradigms, Presbyterian Hospital, Research Findings, San Francisco, Sauer, Symposia, University Medical Center
09 Nov 08 Indonesia To Hold National Condom Week To Curb Spread Of HIV, Reach Youth
Indonesia’s National AIDS Commission recently announced competitions for journalists and university students to promote the country’s upcoming National Condom Week, which takes place the first week in December, the Jakarta Post reports.
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Tags: Aids, Competitions, Hiv, Hiv Aids, Indonesia, Jakarta Post, Journalists, National Aids, National Condom Week, University Students
09 Nov 08 Malawi Receives $20M Grant To Bolster HIV Treatment, Testing Efforts
A senior government official on Wednesday announced that Malawi has received a $20 million grant from the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to expand its HIV/AIDS treatment and testing program, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.
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Tags: Aids, Aids Testing, Aids Treatment, Global Fund To Fight Aids, Global Fund To Fight Aids Tuberculosis And Malaria, Government Official, Hiv, Hiv Aids, Hiv Testing, Hiv Treatment, Malawi, Tuberculosis, Yahoo
09 Nov 08 Researchers Examining Protein Communication To Prevent HIV
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University Language Technologies Institute are using statistical computer methods to identify which proteins could prevent HIV infection by listening to signals from a drug instead of the virus, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports.
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Tags: Carnegie Mellon University, Communication, Computer Methods, Hiv, Hiv Infection, Hiv Researchers, Language Technologies Institute, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Protein, Proteins, Signals, University Language, Virus
09 Nov 08 HIV Replication Inhibited By Herpes Drug, But With A Price
The anti-herpes drug acyclovir can also directly slow down HIV infection by targeting the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme, researchers report in this week’s JBC. This beneficial effect does pose a risk though, as HIV-infected cells treated with acyclovir promote the emergence of multi-drug resistant HIV variants. HIV and herpes (HSV) are two of the most common sexually transmitted diseases worldwide, and individuals frequently become co-infected with both.
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Tags: Acyclovir, Beneficial Effect, Cells, Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drug Resistant Hiv, Emergence, Enzyme Researchers, Herpes, Herpes Hsv, Hiv, Hiv Infection, Hiv Replication, Hiv Variants, Jbc, Reverse Transcriptase, Risk
08 Nov 08 Fertility Experts Present The Latest Research At Reproductive Medicine Meeting
Leading fertility experts at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are presenting new research findings at the 64th annual American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) meeting in San Francisco, Nov. 8 - 12. Highlights include the following: — Dr. Mark V. Sauer is chairing the invited symposia, “Management of the HIV-Discordant Couple Seeking Fertility Care.” He will speak on “Clinical Paradigms Gained From 10 Years of Experience.” — Dr.
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Tags: 10 Years, American Society Of Reproductive Medicine, Asrm, Columbia University Medical, Dr Mark, Fertility Care, Fertility Experts, Hiv, Medicine, Newyork, Paradigms, Presbyterian Hospital, Research Findings, San Francisco, Sauer, Symposia, University Medical Center
07 Nov 08 Hopes Of Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Community Dashed By Funds Diversion
HIV/AIDS activists and health experts said the disclosure that the central bank misused US$7.3 million in funds meant to fight malaria was extremely damaging to Zimbabwe’s hopes for more monies
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Tags: Aids, Aids Activists, Aids Community, Aids Hiv, Disclosure, Diversion, Health Experts, Hiv, Hiv Aids, Malaria, Monies, Zimbabwe
07 Nov 08 Malawi gets $20mln to fight AIDS and HIV (AFP)
AFP - Malawi, one of Africa's poorest nations, has received 20 million dollars (15.4 million euros) from the Global Fund to boost its AIDS and HIV treatment programme, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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Tags: 20 Million Dollars, Afp, Aids, Aids And Hiv, Aids Hiv, Aids Treatment, Global Fund, Hiv, Hiv Treatment, Malawi Africa
06 Nov 08 U.K. Development Minister Launches $350M Fund For HIV/AIDS Research
United Kingdom Development Minister Gareth Thomas on Tuesday announced a new fund worth 220 million British pounds, or about $350 million, for research into technologies aimed at curbing the spread of HIV worldwide, London’s Guardian reports.
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Tags: Aids, Aids Research, British Pounds, Development Minister, Gareth Thomas, Guardian, Hiv, Hiv Aids, Hiv Research, London, Spread Of Hiv, United Kingdom
