Hiv Virus Discovery

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Discovery of Antibodies That Kill More Than 90% of HIV Viruses Gives New Hope for Vaccine

"An effective vaccine against the AIDS virus may have moved one step closer to reality, researchers said Thursday," the Los Angeles Times reports. "Federal researchers have identified a pair of naturally occurring antibodies that are able to kill... Read more »

HIV Found to Replicate Outside CD4 Cells; Discovery Gives Insight Into HIV-related Dementia

In an intriguing new study published last week in PLoS Pathogens , researchers discovered the first solid proof that HIV can replicate itself in cell types other than CD4 cells. The finding potentially opens an important window on our understanding... Read more »

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier Win Nobel Prize for Discovery of HIV

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2008 with one half to Harald zur Hausen for his discovery of "human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer " and the... Read more »

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hiv drug discovery from high speed supercomputers and drug resistance

As you already know, President Obama set aside approx $126 million in this years budget to develop next generation exascale supercomputers. Due to the fact that supercomputers have an unlimited potential to help find solutions to serious problems,...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Steve,I and all other folks with common sense would support investments in science, research and technology (rather than war and tax cuts for billionaires). Unfortunately the Republicans don't see it that way. Their budget cuts are... Read more »

Dear Doctor, Does this mean that I won't have the HIV virus, and I can't transmit HIV virus even if I had.

Dear Doctor, Here is an update from http://www.thebody.com/updates/2007-03-01.html Herpes Treatment Can Control Herpes and HIV Viral Load, Study Finds Treatment with the herpes drug Valtrex (valacyclovir) not only reduces the viral load of herpes...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

You are right to say that some people who are severely immunosuppressed (as you may be) can have a false negative HIV antibody test. In that setting, the best test to determine infection becomes a PCR test, or some other antigen detection assay.... Read more »

Can get new Virus?

Hye there,My name is Mat, i'm from Malaysia.i'm +ve Hiv, if i having sex with someone which is +ve too, can i get a new HIV virus from him/her?...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Mat,Yes, it's possible. See below. I recommend safer sex techniques (condoms) even if both partners are HIV positive, not only to prevent superinfection with another strain of HIV, but also to prevent other unrelated STDs.Dr. BobSex after 50... Read more »

JAMA article on virus inhibitory peptide

I happened to see a short article in a May issue of JAMA about a natural peptide found in human blood that blocks HIV, considered to be a possible source of a new class of HIV drugs. Can you explain in layman's terms? What point is the research...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello and thanks for posting.Here is a <a href="http://www.cell.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0092867407003285" target=_new>link</a> to the article in the Journal Cell which describes this new peptide which has been... Read more »

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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 »

new discovery

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I would just like to post a little positive info on the fight against hiv from today. Maybe it will lead to good things.

Here's the URL:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/conditions/09/26/aids.proteins/index.html

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Is there any test which look for HIV virus itself

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi everybody I am wondering is there some kind of test which look for virus itself?
I am becoming paranoid about hiv i tested 8 months after my last sex and i am still woried becouse i started doubting everything medicine science even my own body.
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space shuttels vs hiv virus ??..

Posted by umavanukuri

space shuttels lands on moon and moves at upper atmosphere, hiv virus touches cd4 cells and does work spoiling the cells and eventually immune system Read more »

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