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The Basics

Immune Therapies in Development (August 25, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Immune-Based Therapies and Preventive Technologies Pipeline (September 29, 2005)
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In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Antiretrovirals and Immune-Based Therapies (January 2005)
What's the difference between them, and what sorts of immune-based therapies are being studied?.
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
Against the Odds, Immune-Based Therapies for HIV Slog Along (February 2004)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Immune Strategy (January 2004)
Natural and chemical ways that people with HIV can improve their immune health.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Interview With Franco Lori, M.D., on Immune-Based Therapy Research (Winter 2003/2004)
Dr. Lori is a researcher with the Research Institute for Genetic and Human Therapy in Washington, D.C.; both a transcript and audio of this interview are available.
In Positives for Positives, from Wyoming: Positives for Positives
Will Immune-Based Therapies Ever Be Approved? (Summer 2002)
In Research Initiative/Treatment Action!, from The Center for AIDS
Denver Startup Touts Yeast Therapy for AIDS (April 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Immune-Based Therapies for HIV: A History (Winter 2001/2002)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Immune-Based Therapies (2001)
From Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
Immune Therapy: In Brief (August 2000)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Immune Restoration With Antiretroviral Therapies: Implications for Clinical Management (July 12, 2000)
In Journal of the American Medical Association
Sick of Taking Your Medicines? Hang in There, Help Is on the Way (May 2000)
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
Immune-Based Therapies in Brief (April 2000)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Summary of the Eighth Immune Restoration Think Tank (April 2000)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
Thinking About Immune-Based Therapy...? (April 2000)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform

Other Research

New Developments on Therapeutic Vaccines and Immune-Based Therapies for HIV Infection (February 8, 2006)
In The 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
Treatment With Growth Hormone Leads to Improvement in CD4 T-Cell Counts in HIV-Infected Adults on HAART (July 26, 2005)
In The 3rd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment
CM4: An Herbal Supplement With Clinical Data Support as an Immune Booster (November/December 2004)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Treatment of HIV Infection With Prednisolone (July 13, 2004)
In The XV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Cytokine Therapies: Harnessing the Immune System (July 2004)
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
T-Cell Finding Promises New Hope (March 22, 2004)
Scientists hope to revolutionize the treatment of the human immune system by growing their own legions of T cells that can fight off invading diseases.
In Toronto Star
HIV "Dodging Body's Defenses" (October 6, 2003)
HIV disables a defensive system within the human body that would normally disrupt the virus' attempts to attack healthy cells, researchers say.
From BBC News
Immune System Genetics Determine HIV Progression to AIDS (August 22, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Iron Injection "Reveals Viruses" (August 20, 2003)
Harvard researchers are hopeful the technique will help doctors spot latent reservoirs of HIV-infected cells that standard treatment cannot eliminate.
From BBC News
Antibody Discovery Could Lead to HIV Vaccine: Study (July 2, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Researchers Find Method to Study Hidden HIV Reservoirs (May 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV "Hijacks Immune System" (May 2, 2003)
Researchers learn more about how HIV uses the body's own defenses to help it proliferate.
From BBC News
Immune-Based Therapies at the Retrovirus Conference (May/June 2003)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Showdown at the X4 Corral (May 2003)
The link between X4 co-receptors and faster disease progression.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Malaria-Treatment Researcher Violated Rules, UCLA Says (April 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Starting Anew (Again) (April 2003)
CROI 2003 updates on vaccines, siRNA therapy, CEM15 deactivation and the therapeutic value of GBV-C.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Monkey Immune Response Offers Clue to HIV Treatment (March 18, 2003)
Ironically, a new approach seeks to treat HIV by deactivating the human immune response.
From BBC News
HIV/GBV-C Co-Infection (Spring 2003)
From STEP's conference review of Retrovirus 2003.
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Immune-Based Therapy in HIV (March 2003)
A review of presentations from the 10th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.
In Hopkins HIV Report
Tissue T-Cell Analysis Represents Renewed Challenge to "Tap and Drain" Orthodoxy (March 2003)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Immune Control and Immune Failure in HIV Infection (February 13, 2003)
In The 10th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
Induction of Potent Anti-HIV Immune Responses In Vivo: Application to Immune Therapy for HIV (February 13, 2003)
In The 10th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
Pathogenic Mechanisms of HIV Diseases: The Multifaceted Effects of Virus Replication and Viremia on the Host (February 13, 2003)
In The 10th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
Human Growth Hormone for Thymus Reconstruction (January 2003)
Research from the 2002 International AIDS Conference.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
New Insights Into HIV Latency (January/February 2003)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Research From the 42nd ICAAC: Alpha-Defensins, Non-Progressors and Vaccines (December 2002)
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
The Many Faces of Human Growth Hormone (Winter 2002/2003)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
In Patients on Prolonged HAART, a Significant Pool of HIV-Infected CD4 T-Cells Are HIV-Specific (October 2002)
An abstract from AIDS.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Down in the Lab (September 2002)
A review of HIV-related immune research published in the September 2002 Journal of Virology.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Immune Restoration (May/June 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Anthrax, Bioterrorism Fears Stimulate Immune, Other Research (October 26, 2001)
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Coaxing the Immune System to Fight Back (August/September 2001)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
New Immune-Based Treatment Approach: Trial Recruiting in San Francisco (February 23, 2001)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) Induces a Decrease in HIV-1 RNA Associated With Guanosine Depletion (February 6, 2001)
In The 8th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
Bitter Publication Dispute on Remune Study: More Than Meets the Eye? (November 3, 2000)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
HIV Pathogenesis and Prospects for Immunotherapy (November 1, 2000)
In Topics in HIV Medicine, from International AIDS Society-USA
Mechanisms of Immune Reconstitution on Potent Antiretroviral Therapy (November 1, 2000)
In Topics in HIV Medicine, from International AIDS Society-USA
FDA Meeting on Approving Immune Therapies: Background and Comment (October 20, 2000)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Immune-Based Therapies: FDA Meeting October 16 (September 22, 2000)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
IBT: Finding a New Way to Beat HIV (September 2000)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Second Time Around: T-Cell Memory and HIV (Fall 2000)
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In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
GM-CSF Shows Benefit for People With Advanced HIV Disease (May 5, 2000)
In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Star TREC: Revealing the Role of the Thymus (Spring 2000)
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In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Immune-Based Therapies (Fall 1999)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
In Brief: Immune Based Therapies (September 1999)
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
HIV-Specific Immunity: Major Conference Sessions (February 12, 1999)
From AIDS Treatment News
Immunologic Reconstitution After 12 Months of Antiretroviral Therapy in Very Early Stages of Chronic HIV-1 Infection (February 2, 1999)
In The 6th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
It's the Immune System, Stupid: Immunologic Advances Seen as the Way to Control HIV (February 1999)
Coverage of the 6th Retroviruses Conference.
From Seattle Treatment Education Project
Treatment with IL-2 Plus HAART Markedly Reduces HIV in Immune System "Hiding Places" (November 15, 1998)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Reinfusion of Autologous CD8 Cells (June 1998)
Experimental technique seems to improve immunologic parameters.
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Long Languishing in Shadow of the Antiviral Quick Fix, Immune Based Therapies Are Called to Center Stage (March 1998)
From Treatment Action Group
The Immune System vs. HIV (December 1997)
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
HIV Resurrection (November 1997)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis

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