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How Was The Aids Virus Discovered
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Researchers have discovered the Achille's heel of the HIV virus: VPU protein
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http://www.businessinsider.com/protein-enables-hiv-to-thwart-the-immune-system-2012-7
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Researchers have discovered the Achille's heel of HIV
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it was discovered that i was hiv+ at the end of 93
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It was discovered that I was HIV positive at the end of 93. I have been with the same partner since 83. We (both) have never played out side of our relationship. My partner is HIV negitive. His last check up was the end of 96. The last time we had... Read more » Gallo's New Virus
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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 » Has the virus...
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has the hiv virus ever been known to run it's full course in a matter of six months. meaning showing symptoms such as muscle mass loss,skin marking and even other symptoms that are not usually accompanied by the virus Read more »
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Husband-wife team discovering KS virusWho were the husband and wife team that i read about that discovered the virus that causes ks? Where and when was the discovery? ...
Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Yuan Chang,MD and Patrick S. Moore, MD Two of the original references are below: 1) Chang Y, Cesarman E, et al. Identification of herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in AIDS-associated KS. Science. 1994;266:1865. 2) Moore PS, Chang Y. Detection of...
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New Antibody Discovered for HIVI have just watched a CNN interview with Dr. Fauci that revealed the discovery of a new antibody to fight the transmission of the HIV virus. Will this new antibody also become the basis for a possible cure for the disease. It sounds to good to be...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,This information is still hot off the press and very preliminary. Perhaps we'll hear more at the upcoming International AIDS Meetings in Vienna. See below for what we know so far. Stay tuned to The Body and we'll keep you informed as...
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Discovering AIDS in Eastern Europe & Cental AsiaWhy did it take so long for AIDS to get to Central Asia and Eastern Europe....
Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.
New York University, School of Medicine
It probably was there all along, but was not being talked about until freedom of information became an issue. DTD...
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discovering a friend is postivemy friend just learned that he has aids and that he doesn't have much to live, what happens now and how long does a person usually live upon discovering this diagnosis? he told me that the doctor told him that he waited too long but how i ask...
Response from Keith Henry, M.D.
University of Minnesota, School of Medicine
HIV infection most often takes many years (average 10 but wide range) to damage the imune system before symptoms develop and life threatening infections are seen.I hope your friend has access to a good HIV specialist--often HIV treatment can reverse...
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Lab Discovers More Complex Family Tree for HIVIn a development that could have a major effect on AIDS vaccine design, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have discovered that HIV variation is driven by more than a patient's immune response. The common ancestry of HIV strains explains... Read more »
HIV Outbreaks Linked to Blood Transfusions Discovered in Central Asia Since Kazakh Doctors Were Convicted of Criminal NegligenceOutbreaks of HIV linked to blood transfusions have occurred throughout Central Asia since an outbreak of the virus was discovered at a children's hospital in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, the Chicago Tribune reports (Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune , 9/16). ... Read more »
First Human Cases of Two Retroviruses Discovered Among People in Contact With Monkey Meat in CameroonScientists have detected the first human cases of two retroviruses among two people in rural Cameroon who hunt monkeys and other primates, according to a study presented on Friday at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections ... Read more »
New Path to Therapeutic HIV Vaccine Discovered by Studying Immunologic Profile of Rare HIV ControllersOslo -- Based on encouraging results from pre-clinical research, Bionor Immuno AS, today announced intentions to take the therapeutic and potentially preventative HIV-vaccine candidate Vacc-C5 into a Phase I/II clinical trial. The research results... Read more »
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