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The Latest Breakthroughs in Recovery from Addiction:

Recovery can bea liberating experience, sometimes described as a "second comingout" by gays, lesbians, and transsexuals who have sought help foralcoholism and drug dependence in 12-Step programs. But it is not withouta price. For many, the... Read more »

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Breakthrough Could Further AIDS Research: Dallas Researchers Successfully Infect Mice With HIV

In what scientists say could be a significant breakthrough in AIDS prevention and treatment, researchers in Dallas have successfully infected humanized mice with HIV via rectal transmission. "This is the very first model where you can demonstrate... Read more »

Breakthroughs in HIV/HCV-Coinfection Treatment Shine at CROI 2012

Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D. A very significant number of people living with HIV are also living with chronic hepatitis virus infection. Viral hepatitis infection appears to be an ever-increasing cause of morbidity and mortality among... Read more »

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what is going to be the next major hiv breakthrough?

Dr. Gerald,What is going to be the next major hiv breakthrough, something that will revolutionize hiv therapy and secure it by taking it to the next level, a positive advancement? What is your outtake on this?Regina...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

It is hard to know where the next HIV breakthrough is going to come from. So many companies and investigators are working on HIV worldwide. It may simply be a series of incremental advances rather than a dramatic breakthrough. There are exciting... Read more »

Breakthrough in HIV Research?

I recently saw a post on Yahoo from a blogger at Redorbit claiming researchers have had a substantial breakthrough coming from the Imperial College of London and Harvard. The research suggests the enzyme integrase structure has been grown with a...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

This is what they concluded:"Our findings will allow the generation of reliable HIV-1 integrase and integrase strand inhibitor pharmacophore models, which will be invaluable for the development of next-generation strand-transfer... Read more »

China's breakthrough on HIV drug resistance?

I was just diagnoised as poz last week and started searching the internet for a "cure" in both English and Chinese. I noticed a Chinese news dated 12/27/07 of a university student won national award on his research of how to conquer HIV...

Response from Renslow Sherer, M.D.

University of Chicago Hospitals

Thank you for the offer, but I will await the peer review of the scientific community. I am skeptical that both subjects - resistance AND side effects - have been, or ever could be, 'conquered' in a single paper.I am always impressed by... Read more »

Latest findings on cognitive impairment of undetectable HIV positive people?

Dear Dr. Fawcett,My boyfriend is HIV positive for four years and undetectable for approximately the same time. His memory is, however, failing and he is only in his mid 30s. He has no recollection of some things I told him. He has trouble focusing....

Response from David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

South Florida Center for Counseling and Therapy

Thanks for writing. As you know, combination antiretroviral therapies (CART) have reduced the incidence of cognitive impairment in both symptomatic and asymptomatic persons living with HIV. Despite this decrease, cognitive impairment remains a... Read more »

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HIV-Blocking Gene Breakthrough

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Researchers in HIV-Blocking Gene Breakthrough
Sun Jul 14, 3:35 PM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - AIDS ( news - web sites) researchers declared a breakthrough Sunday with the discovery of a naturally occurring gene that effectively blocks the disease's... Read more »

HIV-Blocking Gene Breakthrough

Posted by Anonymous

Some new HIV breakthrough!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Just for info:
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in a-plying a technique called RNA Interference to the T-cells of the immune system.

This pioneering technique could be used making HIV-infected T-cells commit suicide if they get infected.

A... Read more »

Why the latest news is "something"

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I contacted a few scientists regarding the news about a new method that might lead to a cure. Here is why they are some what optimistic about this news that came out three days ago. I can work the phones with persistenc when need be.

It works by... Read more »

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