Team studies how HIV hides in body

February 19th, 2008

January 31st, 2008 (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-01-31-aids-study_n.htm)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The AIDS virus has hideouts deep in the immune system that today’s drugs can’t reach. Now scientists finally have discovered how HIV builds one of those fortresses — and they’re exploring whether a drug already used to fight a parasite in developing countries just might hold a key […]

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GLOBAL: Next Week, Bush’s Agenda Is Africa

February 19th, 2008

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 (http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-02-14-africa_N.htm)
President Bush is scheduled to leave Friday for a six-day trip to Africa that will highlight his initiative to fight AIDS in 15 nations. About two-thirds of global HIV/AIDS cases are in Africa.
Since the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was launched in 2003, the program has helped bring HIV […]

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Suppressing HIV Improves Kidney Function

February 19th, 2008

February 14, 2008
Reducing viral load using antiretroviral therapy can greatly improve renal function in people with HIV and kidney disease, according to a new study published in the February 19 issue of AIDS. The results provide further evidence that uncontrolled HIV replication is a major cause of HIV-associated nephropathy, a form of kidney disease seen […]

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Study Finds: US Health Care Staff Should Be `mindful` of Ways They Behave Towards HIV Patients

January 22nd, 2008

The experiences of stigma and discrimination of male HIV-positive patients when using healthcare are explored in a study in the December 2007 edition of AIDS Patient Care and STDs.
The qualitative research involved 50 HIV-positive men who obtained their HIV care through the US Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Although some of the men reported receiving excellent […]

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Senate Bill Seeks to Lift Ban on HIV-Positive Visitors

January 22nd, 2008

January 11, 2008—A bill introduced in the Senate in December 2007 proposes an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to allow admission into the U.S. by HIV-positive foreign visitors. Currently, all HIV-positive individuals must apply for a special waiver if they wish to travel to the U.S.
The U.S. is one of only 13 […]

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Electing to Fight Against HIV/AIDS: A Call for U.S. Presidential Leadership

January 22nd, 2008

December 18, 2007—The official theme of leadership for this year’s World AIDS Day was very timely given that the 2008 U.S. presidential caucuses and primaries begin shortly. With AIDS a major public health threat and healthcare ranking as one of the most important domestic issues on the minds of American voters in the 2008 election, […]

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HIVmirror™ Joins Forces with the National Disease Research Interchange

December 20th, 2007

Philadelphia, January– 2008- Today HIVmirror™ announces that we are joining forces with non-Profit research and educational Organization NDRI (National Disease Research Interchange) to showcase the importance of scientific studies and clinical trials in AIDS research.
HIVmirror™ is a genetic test that assesses an individual’s DNA for two genetic variations that correlate with the delayed progression of […]

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ONE Group Spends $1.8M on Campaign Ad

December 18th, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the bipartisan ONE campaign are encouraging people to ask the presidential candidates what they would do about the world’s poorest people in $1.8 million worth of television ads to be shown in the weeks before the nation’s first presidential contests.
Organizers discussed the details in an interview Tuesday with The Associated […]

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AIDS Researchers Find Protein That Greatly Boosts HIV Infection

December 18th, 2007

German AIDS researchers have discovered a protein common in semen that boosts the infectious potential of HIV 100,000-fold - a finding that may elucidate how the virus can spread through sexual contact and also suggests new strategies to stop the epidemic.
If scientists can find a drug or chemical that blocks these infection-promoting proteins, it would […]

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NDRI HIV/AIDS Research Project

December 11th, 2007

The Program
For more than two decades, scientists have searched for ways to cure, prevent or treat the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Today, people infected with HIV can count on living longer and feeling better, thanks to important scientific advances resulting in the development of anti-HIV treatments.
But there is still no cure.
NDRI has received funding through […]

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