Immune System Basics
- The Immune System - Overview (Regularly Updated)
From Nobelprize.org
- The Immune System - Pioneers (Regularly Updated)
From Nobelprize.org
 Understanding the Puzzle That Is Our Immune System (September/October 2011)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- HIV and Your Immune System (September/October 2009)
How they work and why it's important.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- The Immune System -- An Overview (October 2008)
From Seattle Treatment Education Project
- How HIV Damages the Immune System (September 18, 2008)
In AIDS 101, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- How the Immune System Fights Disease (September 18, 2008)
Great primer on how T cells work.
In AIDS 101, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- The Immune System -- in More Detail (2008)
From Nobelprize.org
- Immune Activation in HIV Infection (September 2007)
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In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- Researchers Offer New Theory on How HIV Progresses to AIDS (August 7, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Notes From the NIAID Workshop on Immune Activation and HIV Pathogenesis (May 18, 2007)
From Treatment Action Group
- Strategies for Improving Your Immune Health: The Different Approaches to Improving Your Immune System (January 2007)
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From Project Inform
- Understanding Cancer Series: The Immune System (September 1, 2006)
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From National Cancer Institute
- European Scientists Reveal 3-D Structure of HIV (January 25, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- The Immune Platoon (2006)
Meant for kids, but interesting take on understanding the immune system.
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Transmission Highest During Acute Infection and End-Stage Disease (January 2006)
Part of David Wohl, M.D.'s review of the top 10 HIV research reports of 2005.
In HIV JournalView, from The Body PRO
- CX3CR1 Coreceptor Variation May Explain HIV Nonprogressors (December 5, 2005)
From aidsmap.com
- Small Study Says HIV Now Replicating at a Slower Rate (October 3, 2005)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Researchers Examine What Makes Some Patients HIV Nonprogressors (September 7, 2005)
A new French study is unable to provide any hard-and-fast answers, but does shed some new light on the subject.
From aidsmap.com
- HIV Eradication Still a Dream Because of the Persistence of a Latent Reservoir (July 26, 2005)
[Archived Article]
In The 3rd International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment
- U.S. Researchers Report Creation of HIV Strain That Infects Mice (March 4, 2005)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Scientists Discover a Key to How AIDS Virus Attacks the Body (February 24, 2005)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Basic Training: Session Recap From the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (January/February 2005)
[Archived Article]
Researchers review current knowledge on HIV virology, pathogenesis and antibodies.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Scientists Discover Key Genetic Factor in Determining HIV/AIDS Risk (January 6, 2005)
[Archived Article]
People with more copies of a gene that produces the chemokine CCL3L1 are less likely to have HIV.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Mortality Trends: Toward a New Definition of AIDS? (Winter 2004/2005)
[Archived Article]
An epidemiological review of the changing nature of HIV disease progression in the U.S.; includes a discussion of opportunistic infection trends.
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Highlighted Discussions From the Ninth Immune Restoration Think Tank (December 2004)
[Archived Article]
New developments in theories about HIV pathogenesis, T-cell activation and multi-drug resistant HIV.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- HIV Replication Capacity and Treatment Decisions (November 2004)
[Archived Article]
What significance does the fitness of a person's virus have on HIV disease progression?.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- CD4 Gain Lower Among Older People Starting HAART Than Younger People (October 8, 2004)
[Archived Article]
Those over 50 were also much more likely to progress to AIDS after starting HAART, although paradoxically they were also more likely to reach an undetectable viral load.
From aidsmap.com
- The X4 Files: CCR5 and CXCR4 Coreceptors (July/August 2004)
[Archived Article]
Several abstracts presented at AIDS 2004 examined these two sites on CD4 cells that may be targeted by a new class of antiretrovirals.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Pathogenesis of HIV Disease: Current Concepts (PDF) (July 15, 2004)
[Archived Article]
A lecture by Anthony Fauci, M.D., given at the XV International AIDS Conference; available in RealPlayer video and Windows Media video.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Fauci to Present Research Update at World AIDS Conference in Bangkok (July 15, 2004)
[Archived Article]
A news release summarizing Anthony Fauci, M.D.'s lecture on pathogenesis research at AIDS 2004.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Risk Factors Associated With Delayed Entry to Care (July 12, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In The XV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
- Researchers Identify Mutations That Help HIV Avoid Immune Detection; Implications for Vaccine Development (June 2, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Keystone HIV Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development Report (May/June 2004)
[Archived Article]
Highlights from the Keystone Symposia on Molecular Mechanisms of HIV Pathogenesis (X7) and HIV Vaccine Development (X8), April 12-18, 2004.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Rapid Clearance of HIV After Acute Infection Linked to Lower Risk of Disease Progression (May 11, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- COX-2 Inhibitors and CD4 -- Drug-Disease Interaction? (March/April 2004)
[Archived Article]
Research presented at CROI 2004 suggests that treatments for arthritis and chronic inflammatory conditions may have a deleterious effect on CD4 cells.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Filgrastim (Neupogen) May Stimulate HIV Disease Progression (March/April 2004)
[Archived Article]
Research from CROI 2004 suggests that this white blood cell stimulator may also increase viral replication.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- HIV More Vulnerable to Vaccine During Acute Infection, Study Suggests (March 26, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Stable Partnership and Progression to AIDS or Death in HIV Infected Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: Swiss HIV Cohort Study (January 3, 2004)
[Archived Article]
Abstract of a study finding that, from a health standpoint, relationships matter.
In British Medical Journal
- Three Dimensional Model of HIV (December 2003)
From Physician's Research Network
- VPR Gene in HIV "Hijacks" White Blood Cell Replication (August 25, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Immune System Genetics Determine HIV Progression to AIDS (August 22, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Understanding the Immune System (July 2003)
From The Well Project
- Researchers Have New Theory on Origin of AIDS Virus (June 13, 2003)
[Archived Article]
Some experts now think that chimps contracted an earlier form of HIV by eating monkeys -- and we got it by eating the chimps.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Viral Protein Explains Why Some HIV-Positive People Stay Healthy (May 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Study Links Alcohol Intake to HIV Progression (May 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Deceptive Strategy Shields HIV From Destruction (May 13, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV's Ability to Rapidly Evolve Occurs Quicker Than Thought (March 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Captured on Film in Earliest Stages (December 30, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Research From the 42nd ICAAC: Predicting Rebounds, Predicting Death (December 2002)
[Archived Article]
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- The Immune System: A Primer (1995)
[Archived Article]
In The Immune Power Personality, from Penguin Books USA, Inc.
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