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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 1, 2012 published
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen. It was shown almost 20 years ago to be characterized by a chromosomal change that generates a fusion protein known as TLS:CHOP...
South Africa Recalls Millions Of Condoms published
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST
Health authorities in South Africa have recalled more than a million condoms that were handed out in the lead up to the African National Congress centenary celebrations...
Tracking The Birth Of An Evolutionary Arms Race Between HIV-Like Viruses And Primate Genomes published
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Using a combination of evolutionary biology and virology, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have traced the birth of the ability of some HIV-related viruses to defeat a newly discovered cellular-defense system in primates. The research, led by Michael Emerman, Ph.D., a member of the Hutchinson Center's Human Biology and Basic Sciences Division, and Harmit Malik, Ph.D...
Antiretrovirals Raise Birth Defect Risk published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
HIV-positive mothers can protected their babies from becoming infected with the virus if they take antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. However, even though these drugs prevent transmitting the disease to the child, they could potentially cause birth defects like cleft lip and palate...
In HIV-Positive Patients, Standard Treatments For Head And Neck Cancer Are Less Effective published
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST
Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients with HIV when compared to the recurrence and overall survival rates in patients who do not have HIV, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM. Treating head and neck cancer in HIV-positive patients is a challenge for oncologists...
Study Compares HIV Saliva Self-Test To Blood Test published
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A saliva test used to diagnose the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University...
Women Cope Better With HIV/AIDS When They Have The Love Of A Dog Or Cat published
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
A spoonful of medicine goes down a lot easier if there is a dog or cat around. Having pets is helpful for women living with HIV/AIDS and managing their chronic illness, according to a new study from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. "We think this finding about pets can apply to women managing other chronic illnesses," said Allison R...
MSU Seeks To Revamp HIV-Prevention Programs In Caribbean published
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
While global attention to HIV/AIDS remains strong, a lack of focus on prevention strategies is stonewalling health experts in many developing nations, specifically in the Caribbean...
Aspirin - Ability To Prevent Cervical Cancer In HIV Infected Women published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PST
According to a study published in the current issue of the journal Cancer Prevention Research, aspirin should be assessed for its ability to prevent cervical cancer developing in women infected with HIV. Aspirin has the potential to provide considerable benefit for women in Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, regions where death rates from cervical cancer are extremely high...
Aspirin Merits Testing For Prevention Of Cervical Cancer In HIV-Infected Women published
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Research conducted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center global health investigators and cancer specialists in New York, Qatar and Haiti suggests that aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women...
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: Jan. 17, 2012 published
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:00:00 PST
1. High Doses of Vitamin D Provide No Benefit to Patients with Severe COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the top 10 leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Vitamin D deficiency is present in 60 percent to 75 percent of patients with severe COPD...
A Major Factor Affecting Risk Of Sexually Transmitting HIV Is Viral Load; Condom Use Significantly Reduces Risk published
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
The level of HIV-1 in the blood of an HIV-infected partner is the single most important factor influencing risk of sexual transmission to an uninfected partner, according to a multinational study of heterosexual couples in sub-Saharan Africa...
Childhood HIV Drug Shows Promise published
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST
Raltegravir, an antiretroviral medication that delays the spread of HIV infection provides a new method to treat HIV in children and adolescents. The drug was recently approved (December 21, 2011) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use with other antiretroviral drugs to treat children and teenagers between 2 to18 years of age with the disease...
Preventing Mother To Child Transmission Of HIV In Zimbabwe published
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Andrea Ciaranello of Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA and colleagues find, using a simulation model, that implementation of the latest WHO PMTCT (prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV) guidelines must take place in conjunction with improving access to PMTCT programs, increasing retention of women in care, and supporting adher...
Guidelines Stress Caution When Combining Anti-Epileptic, HIV Drugs published
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology will help physicians better choose seizure drugs for people on HIV/AIDS medication, avoiding deadly drug interactions and preventing critical anti-HIV drugs from becoming less effective, possibly leading to a more virulent strain of the disease...
Health Departments Receive $339m From CDC To Fund HIV Prevention published
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:00:00 PST
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has started handing out money to state and local health departments across the country to help fund high impact HIV prevention activities in 2012. The total amount of money available for 2012, intended to cover the first year of a five-year funding cycle, comes to $339 million, said the federal agency on Wednesday...
Monkey Study Raises Hope Of HIV/AIDS Vaccine published
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
Scientists have tested a trial vaccine that protects rhesus monkeys against infection from a potent form of the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a distant relative of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS in humans. Monkeys that received the vaccine were more than 80% less likely to become infected when exposed to SIV than monkeys that received a dummy shot...
During Ovulation, Females May Be More Susceptible To Infection published
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PST
New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that high levels of estradiol present prior to ovulation decreases immune system effectiveness resulting in growth and promotion of infection A new research report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that a woman's ovarian cycle plays an important role in her susceptibility to infection...
UNC HIV Prevention Research Named Scientific Breakthrough Of The Year published
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
The HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study, led by Myron S. Cohen, MD of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science. HPTN 052 evaluated whether antiretroviral drugs can prevent sexual transmission of HIV among couples in which one partner has HIV and the other does not...
Mechanism Explains How Hepatitis C Virus Survives In The Liver And How A New Antiviral Works published
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PST
Viral diseases are still one of the biggest challenges to medical science. Thanks to thousands of years of co-evolution with humans, their ability to harness the biology of their human hosts to survive and thrive makes them very difficult to target with medical treatment...
Pathogenic Landscape Of HIV published
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
In perhaps the most comprehensive survey of the inner workings of HIV, an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has mapped every apparent physical interaction the virus makes with components of the human cells it infects-work that may reveal new ways to design future HIV/AIDS drugs...
Gladstone And UCSF Scientists Provide A Global View Of How HIV/AIDS Hijacks Cells During Infection published
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
Gladstone Institutes scientist Nevan Krogan, PhD, today is announcing research that identifies how HIV-the virus that causes AIDS-hijacks the body's own defenses to promote infection. This discovery could one day help curb the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Dr...
Human Trials Initiated For New HIV Vaccine published
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST
In the first clinical trial of an injectable vaccine containing trimeric HIV envelope protein (gp140) relevant to the predominant strain of HIV in Africa, researchers from four UK academic centers (St George's University London, Imperial College, Hull York Medical School (HYMS; University of York) and the Medical Research Council Clinical Trial Unit) and from the Infectious Dis...
"Science" Names HIV Prevention Trial As Breakthrough Of The Year published
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
Science named the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 study "Breakthrough of the Year." FHI 360 congratulates our HPTN 052 collaborating partners on this important achievement. This is the second year in a row that Science selected a trial for which FHI 360 provided scientific leadership and operational support...
Same-Sex Marriage Laws Reduce Doctor Visits And Health Care Costs For Gay Men published
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST
Gay men are able to lead healthier, less stress-filled lives when states offer legal protections to same-sex couples, according to a new study examining the effects of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts...
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