AIDS

Gum Disease Found to Worsen Infection in Animal Model of AIDS

Texas Biomed scientists in San Antonio have found that moderate gum disease in an animal model exposed to an AIDS- like virus had more viral variants causing infection and greater inflammation. Both of these features have potential negative implications in long term disease ...More
January 31, 2013
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FDA Approves First Anti-diarrheal Drug for HIV/AIDS Patients

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Fulyzaq (crofelemer) to relieve symptoms of diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients taking antiretroviral therapy, a combination of medicines used to treat HIV infection. Diarrhea is experienced by many HIV/AIDS patients and is a common ...More
January 1, 2013
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UNITAID Grants Focus on Childhood HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis

UNITAID announces it has made new grants to allow hundreds of thousands of children in developing countries to access better and more affordable medicines for HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB). “For too long now, the global health community has done too little to meet ...More
December 10, 2012
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Crucial Step in AIDS Virus Maturation Simulated for First Time

Bioinformaticians at Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) have used molecular simulation techniques to explain a specific step in the maturation of the HIV virions, i.e., how newly formed inert virus particles become ...More
December 4, 2012
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World AIDS Day 2012: Closing In On Global HIV Targets

"Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero deaths from AIDS-related illness. Zero discrimination" is the theme of World AIDS Day 2012. Given the spread of the epidemic today, getting to zero may sound difficult but significant progress is underway. In 2011, 2.5 million ...More
November 30, 2012
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Collection Marks World AIDS Day With 1,000 New Online Posters

To mark World AIDS Day on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, more than 1,000 new posters from one of the world’s largest AIDS education poster collections have been digitized and put online by archivists at the University of Rochester. Launched online last October during the 30th ...More
November 27, 2012
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Slide Show: World AIDS Day 2012

We present a look at HIV/AIDS statistics and prevention in observation of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2012. ...More
November 26, 2012
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Researchers Identify Possible Key to Slow Progression Toward AIDS

One of the big mysteries of AIDS is why some HIV-positive people take more than a decade to progress to full-blown AIDS, if they progress at all. Although the average time between HIV infection and AIDS in the absence of antiretroviral treatment is about 10 years, some ...More
September 20, 2012
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OHSU Research Helps Explain Why an AIDS Vaccine Has Been So Difficult to Develop

For decades, a successful HIV vaccine has been the Holy Grail for researchers around the globe. Yet despite years of research and millions of dollars of investment, that goal has still yet to be achieved. Recent research by Oregon Health & Science University scientists ...More
September 10, 2012
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More Than 150 Antiretroviral Drugs Available Through PEPFAR for Worldwide HIV/AIDS Relief

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg announces that the agency has approved or tentatively approved a total of 152 antiretroviral drugs in association with the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to treat those infected with ...More
July 26, 2012
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