The Discovery Of Aids Virus

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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 »

Discovery of Two Antibodies Could Move AIDS Vaccine Development Forward

Scientists from Scripps Research Institute on Thursday announced they have discovered and isolated two antibodies "with the ability to neutralize [or block the action of] many strains of the AIDS virus, a discovery that might help create a... Read more »

U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIH Awards $31 Million for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery

Duke University of Durham, N.C., and the Scripps Research Institute of La Jolla, Calif., have been awarded $31 million in first-year funding to lead the new Centers for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology & Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID). The funding is... Read more »

Ask the Experts

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 »

Discoveries

Who discovered HIV?...

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

Rocky Mountain CARES

HIV was discovered in 1984 by two scientific groups- one in the United States, led by Robert Gallo and a second group in France, led by Luc Montangnier.... Read more »

Come sta? (Scientists trace AIDS virus origin to 100 years ago)

Salve! Dr Bob,Come va? Hope u are doing fine. Well I don't think I am any good in Italian, but was just giving u a dose of your own humour medicine. I wrote to you about an year back (remember the insurance story!!) and was so happy to have...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Buon giorno ragazzo,You're right: your Italian kinda sucks. As for HIV being developed as a chemical warfare agent as part of the Cold War, nope! As it turns out, HIV has been around for more than 100 years. That puts it well before WWI, let... Read more »

Husband-wife team discovering KS virus

Who 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... Read more »

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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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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 »

AIDS Cure Quest to Kill `Sleeping' Viruses

Posted by new2this2010

AIDS Cure Quest to Kill `Sleeping' Viruses Enlists Merck Cancer Medicine

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-02/aids-cure-quest-to-kill-sleeping-viruses-enlists-merck-cancer-medicine.html Read more »

OZONE PROVEN TO KILL AIDS VIRUS

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I PURCHASED A MEDICAL OZONE DEVICE.VERY HIGH QUALITY DEVICE.IF USED PROPERLY IT IS COMMONLY REPORTED TO KNOCK OUT AIDS.THE CONCEPT AND DEVICE IS DEFAMED BY FDA AND AMA BECAUSE OF SPECIAL INTERESTS AND IGNORANCE IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY.THE... Read more »

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