Hiv-1 Isolate

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HIV/AIDS Advocates Speak Out After Kenyan Cabinet Member Discusses Viability of Isolating People Living With HIV/AIDS to Control Spread of Virus

IRIN/ PlusNews reports on the recent statements a Kenyan cabinet member about isolating people living with HIV/AIDS as a means of controlling the spread of the virus and reactions by local and international HIV/AIDS advocates. On January 28,... Read more »

AIDS Researchers Isolate New Potent and Broadly Effective Antibodies Against HIV

New York, N.Y.; La Jolla and South San Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, Wash. -- A team of researchers at and associated with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), The Scripps Research Institute, the biotechnology company Theraclone Sciences... Read more »

Kenyan Minister Issues Apology for Statements Regarding Isolating People Living With HIV/AIDS

Kenyan Special Programmes Minister Esther Murugi on Thursday issued an apology for her comments regarding isolating people living with HIV/AIDS as a way to prevent the spread of the virus, Capital News reports. She did, "however defen[d] the... Read more »

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HIV @ isolation

HelloThank you for all the work you do on this site. My question pertains to the isolation caused by HIV. I am an attractive, young female but I have found it a very slow and painful process to find a mate. I have so much going for me in my life ......

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

You would benefit from having someone to talk to about this subject. Try to find a support group for young HIV+ women or a psychotherapist who has experience with HIV+ patients. I think that you'll find that the isolation can be relieved by... Read more »

Isolation of a cellular factor that can reactivate latent HIV-1 without T cell activation.

What do you think of the research of Siliciano and Pomerantz ? HIV-1 latency in resting CD4+ T cells represents a major barrier to virus eradication in patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Eliminating the latent HIV-1 reservoir...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.It's a very long way from early clinical science to a drug, never mind being "very close to the cure". Even for less revolutionary discoveries, it can take many years of testing and clinical trials to... Read more »

Virus isolation

Please can you outline the principles of viral isolation in the diagnosis and monitoring of HIV infection?...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Virus isolation if you mean by culture is not used for diagnosis or monitoring HIV infection. Viral RNA is isolated for viral load tests.... Read more »

cruel isolation due to AIDS

I need to know a little about cruel isolation caused by the HIV virus. Also, I need to know about the suffering alone and silence....

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W.

Psychotherapist and Author

I am sorry, but unless you can make your question specific, it is way too vague for me to respond to.Michael Shernoff, MSW... Read more »

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a little isolated overseas

Posted by livingpos, 2 Replies

Hi I have been reading this site and checking the posts for about a year. It has been the only connection I have to other HIV positive people. Thank you all. I am working an overseas contract and living in a country where it is illegal for aliens... Read more »

isolated

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I have been diagnosed HIV for about six years. I've stayed away from getting involved in any kind of socializing except church and a few close straight friends. I really am at the point where I would like to maybe meet some other men. I wonder... Read more »

Feeling isolated

Posted by Anonymous

My name is Joe, and I've been positive since 1993, and have been on meds since about 1996. Over the years since I tested positive, I find that I have more and more isolated myself from friends and family, and don't have any hiv positive friends. ... Read more »

Feeling isolated and overwhelmed in NYC

Posted by cambr9, 4 Replies

I'm a 34 y/o gay man living in New York City and I've been HIV positive for two and a half years. I'm having a harder time now than when I was first diagnosed... Just thought I'd post this in case anyone else has experienced the same thing.

When I... Read more »

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