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... Read more »

trace of pericardio effusion

Hello,I am HIV+ 21 years cd4 1000 viral load undectable, I recently have lost 10% body weight and... Read more »

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trace of protein??????

Hi again, I feel like I am really aggravating you, but I just trust your opinion so I thought I... Read more »

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Scientists Trace Transmission of HIV Between MSM

Nature 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 Finds

Most 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 »

Tracing the Footsteps

Where Did HIV Originate? Since the discovery of HIV in the early 1980s, one question has yet to be answered: Where did this virus originate? How did it go from being one of the smallest forms of life on record to the cause of the global AIDS... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

German Scientists Snip AIDS Virus Out of Human Cells

In 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 »

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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.

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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 »

Small group of patients were able to stop taking Aids drugs without any resurgence of the virus

Posted by ashler1977, 3 Replies

This is why testing soon after you had a risk is SO important:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jul/26/french-study-scientists-hiv

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