Natural Immunity Against Hiv

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How HIV Damages the Immune System

Introduction The basic structure of HIV is similar to that of other viruses (Figure 1 ). HIV has a core of genetic material surrounded by a protective sheath, called a capsid . The genetic material in the core is RNA (ribonucleic acid), which contains the information that the virus needs in order to replicate (make more copies of itself) and perform other functions. You can think of RNA as the set of rules the virus follows in order to...

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Natural immunity

I have read and heard that some may have a "natural immunity" to HIV. How is this determined? Is it only that they never develope antibodies or symptoms? If they are immune can they still be carriers and pass the virus to others?...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

It is not always possible to determine why some people get HIV infected and some do not. There has been some interesting research conducted on people who have had repeated exposures to HIV, but remain HIV negative. In order for HIV to infect a... Read more »

natural, safe immune system boosters?

hiya. apologies if i'm posting in the wrong area, but this seems the closest match. i'm recently positive, and am wondering if there are any non-prescription supplements (or even recommended foods) that would give my immune system a boost....

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Nothing was been proven to work on a regular basis though numerous approaches have been reported to be helpful on an anecdotal basis. Information about alternative approaches to boost the immune system can be found at www.daair.org or in Jon... Read more »

HIV Immunization

I am a person with HIV who meets the criteria to be involved in the Human Testing trials for the HIV vaccine. I am curious to know what the current level of thinking is on this issue and is it recommended. If it is recommended, what are the results...

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

Thank you for your post. Without knowing more specifics about the study you are refering to I can not give you a detailed answer. However, I can provide some general information. The nature of clinical research is to better define the safety and... Read more »

HIV develops escape mutations to evade immune system

Hi Dr. Bob I just want to know your thoughts about this recent discovery. And also as a result of this discovery does that mean that HIV can possibly stay dormant (would Antibody test be unreliable diagnostic procedure? Here is the full article:...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,The article you reference is a short review that discusses the genetics of HIV evolution. We have known for some time that HIV mutates (changes) fairly rapidly. That's how it manages to become resistant to so many of the antiretroviral... 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 »

Immune System Booster

Posted by kinzie1, 2 Replies

Hi,

I do not have hiv or aids but a good friend of mine passed away a few years ago from it. I

live in Arizona. I was wondering if anybody has heard about mangosteen juice a new

product that is doing amazing things as an Immune System Booster. I also... Read more »

Immune System Booster

Posted by kinzie1, 4 Replies

Hi,

I do not have aids but a good friend of mine passed away a few years ago from it. I

live in Arizona. I was wondering if anybody has heard about mangosteen juice a new

product that is doing amazing things as an Immune System Booster. I also... Read more »

Immune system & HIV detection

Posted by andypb, 1 Reply

What is compromised/ supressed immune system.

Does compromised/ weak immune system take more time to produce antibody to HIV infection.

Would a Person having as low Cd 4 counts 350 is considered to have compromised immune system.

Do such person with... Read more »

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