HIV Medicine Association has released recommendations on commonly ordered, but not always necessary tests and procedures, to help patients and medical providers make the most of healthcare…
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Month: February 2016
New analysis method may reduce need for invasive biopsies
Scientists have identified a quantitative method to measure changes in biomarkers, which may reduce or eliminate the need for invasive biopsies.
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Study suggests pathway to possible HIV-1 cure
An international team of scientists – among them Courtney Fletcher, Pharm.D.
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Study shows direct link between state spending habits and AIDS deaths
Despite considerable advances in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS over the past 30 years, HIV infection rates have remained stagnant in the United States for the past decade.
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Obesity and weight gain in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy: what's the harm?
The percentage of HIV-infected adults who were obese-body mass index >30 kg/m2-when they began antiretroviral therapy (ART) doubled over a 12-year period.
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Researchers uncover new piece of the HIV puzzle
A research project headed by Henrik Kloeverpris, a postdoc at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Copenhagen, shows that the so-called ILCs (innate lymphoid cells) …
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Adenosine deaminase may help the immune system fight HIV on its own
New research findings published in the February 2016 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, suggest that a new therapeutic strategy for HIV may already be available by repurposing an existing…
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UMN study identifies mechanism for drug target to help block HIV's ability to spread
Process in which HIV mutations speed up to a point that the HIV essentially wears itself out.
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Effects on HIV and Ebola
Cell culture experiments reveal potent antiviral activity of Cistus incanus.
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HIV vaccines produce significant immune response in randomized trial
According to a randomized trial published in Annals of Internal Medicine, two novel vaccines for the prevention of HIV-1 produced significant immune response in healthy adults without HIV infection.
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