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Can Scientists Trace The Aids Virus
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Come sta? (Scientists trace AIDS virus origin to 100 years ago)Salve! Dr Bob,Come va? Hope u are doing fine. Well I don't think I am any good in Italian, but was just giving u a dose of your own humour medicine. I wrote to you about an year back (remember the insurance story!!) and was so happy to have...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Buon giorno ragazzo,You're right: your Italian kinda sucks. As for HIV being developed as a chemical warfare agent as part of the Cold War, nope! As it turns out, HIV has been around for more than 100 years. That puts it well before WWI, let...
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trace of pericardio effusionHello,I am HIV+ 21 years cd4 1000 viral load undectable, I recently have lost 10% body weight and... Read more »Are AIDS and HIV two separate viruses?Hi, my name is Holly and I'm a student at Cabrillo College in Aptos California. I am doing a... Read more »
Articles
Scientists Trace Transmission of HIV Between MSMNature News reports a study has found that "HIV could be transmitted between men in the form of free-floating virus particles found in seminal fluid, rather than through HIV-infected cells found in semen." According to Nature News , "it has been... Read more »
Most HIV Cases Traced to Transmission of Single Virus, Study FindsMost HIV cases can be traced to the transmission of a single virus, according to a study published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science , the Birmingham News reports. According to researcher George Shaw, a... Read more »
German Scientists Snip AIDS Virus Out of Human CellsIn a recent test tube experiment, scientists engineered an enzyme that cut from human cells the DNA for producing HIV, leaving the rest of the DNA intact and HIV-free. Three years of experiments on mice are planned next; if they are successful,... Read more »
Scientists Developing HIV/AIDS Vaccine That Targets Three Virus Strains Spreading in China, Other CountriesResearchers are developing an HIV/AIDS vaccine that targets three strains of the virus spreading through parts of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, two closely related HIV strains are spreading primarily through... Read more »
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Living With the AIDS Virus
Posted by Anonymous
Here's a topical book by SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, edited by:SAMIRAN PANDA,ANINDYA CHATTERJI,ABU S ABDUL-QUADER It traces the evolution of the HIV epidemic in India and documents how the largest democracy in the world has responded to it. It... Read more » Scientists Discover 'Natural Barrier' to HIV
Posted by MOCHA
Scientists Discover 'Natural Barrier' to HIV 05-Mar-2007 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have discovered that cells in the mucosal lining of human genitalia produce a protein that "eats up" invading HIV -- possibly keeping the spread of the AIDS... Read more » Scientists Identify Gene That Blocks HIV
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Is this a good thing?Scientists Identify Gene That Blocks HIV American and Canadian researchers have identified a human gene called TRIM22 that can block HIV infection by preventing certain forms of the virus from replicating, CBC News reported. In... Read more » Gallo's New Virus
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
c 2001 by satirist Marcel Girodian FAMED AIDS SCIENTIST DISCOVERS NEW VIRUS By Gina Kolada The New York Times Washington D.C. (December 17)--Dr. Robert Gallo, discoverer of the AIDS virus, stunned the scientific community today with the discovery of a... Read more »
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