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Study shows suppressing herpes virus may reduce infectiousness of HIV
A recent study of men co-infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and HIV revealed that drugs used to suppress HSV decrease the levels of HIV in the blood and rectal secretions, which may make patients less likely to transmit the virus.   view more (2007-11-16)

Researchers discover gut tissue to be a major reservoir harboring HIV
UCLA researchers have found the human gut to be a major reservoir harboring the HIV virus - holding almost twice as much as a person's blood.   view more (2006-08-28)

U of M researchers discover new method to combat HIV
Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Center for Drug Design have developed a new method to combat HIV/AIDS, potentially replacing the traditional cocktail drug approach.   view more (2007-07-24)

New study suggests potential for a broadly-protective HIV vaccine
New research conducted at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) suggests that it may be possible to develop a vaccine that protects against the myriad strains of the HIV virus.   view more (2007-05-30)

Concern over uncontrolled use of HIV drugs
Uncontrolled use of antiretroviral drugs in developing countries could accelerate HIV resistance, warn researchers in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-06-18)

Human foreskin may have a key role in passing on HIV infection
Human foreskin may have a key role in helping to pass on HIV infection, suggests research in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.   view more (2003-12-18)

Combination of HIV/malaria increases complications during pregnancy
Women with a combined HIV/malaria infection more frequently experience complications during pregnancy than healthy women. This is revealed in research from Kenya. However, to their surprise the researchers established that HIV-infected mothers with a mild malaria infection less frequently transmit the HIV infection to their children than... view more... (2002-10-24)

Study offers insights into failed HIV-1 vaccine trial
Following the disbandment of the STEP trial to test the efficacy of the Merck HIV-1 vaccine candidate in 2007, the leading explanation for why the vaccine was ineffective - and may have even increased susceptibility to acquiring the virus - centered on the hypothesis that high levels of baseline Ad5-specific neutralizing antibodies may have... view more... (2009-07-21)

Circumcision Reduces the Risk of HIV Infection in Heterosexual U.S. Men
A new U.S. study has found that being circumcised significantly reduced the risk of HIV infection in heterosexual African American men known to have been exposed to the virus.   view more (2008-12-18)

Integrating antiretroviral therapy with TB treatment for co-infections reduces mortality
A South African treatment study conducted by researchers in the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health shows that mortality among TB-HIV co-infected patients can be reduced by a remarkable 55%, if antiretroviral therapy (ART) is provided with TB treatment at the same time.   view more (2008-10-17)

HIV in the nervous system - still a cause for concern?
HIV infection can be controlled with antiretroviral drugs, but it cannot be wiped out. New evidence suggests that low levels of HIV may still lead to long-term brain damage and dementia, scientists heard today (Tuesday 09 April 2002) at the spring meeting of the Society for General Microbiology at the University of Warwick. "There is concern for... view more... (2002-04-02)

Study shows that many children of HIV-positive parents are not in their custody
A new joint study by UCLA and the Rand Corp. shows that more than half of children with an HIV-infected parent are not consistently in that parent's custody.   view more (2007-05-07)

MU scientists 'see' how HIV matures into an infection
After improving the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), researchers at the University of Missouri actually watched the HIV-1 protease mature from an inactive form into an active infection. This process has never been directly visualized before. The findings appear today in the journal Nature.   view more (2008-10-02)

Has HIV Become More Virulent?
Damage to patients' immune systems is happening sooner now than it did at the beginning of the HIV epidemic, suggesting the virus has become more virulent.   view more (2009-04-08)

Researchers link specific antibody presence to prevention of mother-to-baby HIV transmission
Exploring why some HIV-positive mothers transmit the virus in utero to their babies while others don't, researchers from the UCLA AIDS Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory studied 38 infant-mother pairs in the UCLA arm of the Los Angeles Pediatric AIDS Consortium.   view more (2006-07-12)

Spermicide Gel Could Increase Risk Of HIV-1 Infection
A common spermicide gel which has previously been proposed as a preventative agent against HIV-1 infection has been shown to be ineffective, according to authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET-and could actually increase HIV-1 transmission if used frequently. Nonoxynol-9 is an inexpensive over-the-counter spermicide; laboratory... view more... (2002-09-25)

nvestment Level in HIV Prevention Programs Related to HIV Incidence in the United States
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducted a historical analysis to examine the relationship between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) HIV prevention budget and HIV incidence in the U.S. from 1978 to 2006.   view more (2007-01-31)

New contraceptive device is designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have published results showing that a new contraceptive device may also effectively block the transmission of the HIV virus.   view more (2009-05-20)

COST-EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSMENTS IMPORTANT FOR HIV RESPONSE IN AFRICA (p 1635)
A systematic review in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights the importance of cost-effectiveness evaluation to identify realistic intervention programmes to tackle HIV/AIDS in Africa. HIV/AIDS accounts for around 20% of all deaths in Africa. The cost-effectiveness of interventions is important as African governments face difficult choices... view more... (2002-05-08)

HIV's effect on white blood cells questioned by new research
Scientists have refuted a longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body's capacity to fight infection, in new research published today.   view more (2007-05-22)
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