Research on HIV Long-Term Nonprogressors and Elite Controllers

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General Research | Gene Mutations & Disease Progression

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General Research

Insights From People Who Keep HIV in Check Naturally (Spring 2008)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
APOBEC3G/F Mutation Not Responsible for HIV Viremia Control in Most Elite HIV Suppressors (February 6, 2008)
From The Body PRO
Elite Controllers May Experience Higher Immune Activation Levels Than Other HIV-Infected Patients, Spurring Concerns of CD4+ Decline (February 6, 2008)
From The Body PRO
Researchers Discover "Switch" Responsible for Turning Off the Immune System's Response Against HIV (September 30, 2007)
Potential treatment target needs further investigation before clinical testing.
From Massachusetts General Hospital
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
In Retraction, Researchers Say CD8 Antiviral Factor Not Attributable to Alpha-Defensins (January 23, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Scientist Admits Error in Study on HIV Survival (January 23, 2004)
Details of Dr. David Ho's retraction of a major finding regarding long-term HIV nonprogressors.
In San Francisco Chronicle
Research From the 42nd ICAAC: Alpha-Defensins, Non-Progressors and Vaccines (December 2002)
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
Researchers Identify Anti-HIV Proteins (October 23, 2002)
Another report on Dr. David Ho's new findings regarding HIV non-progressors.
In Journal of the American Medical Association
New Insight on Why Some With HIV Can Control Virus (October 8, 2002)
HIV-specific CD8 cells proliferate far more rapidly in HIV non-progressors than in patients with normally progressing HIV, researchers say.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Shows Why Some Immune Systems Control HIV (October 6, 2002)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Human Alpha-Defensin-1, Alpha-Defensin-2, and Alpha-Defensin-3, Account for the Anti-HIV-1 Activity of CD8 Antiviral Factor (September 29, 2002)
In 42nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, from The Body PRO
New AIDS-Fighting Chemicals Identified (September 27, 2002)
Three antibodies may help explain why some immune systems naturally hold off progression to AIDS.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Immune Responses in Long-Term Non-Progressors -- Lessons for Immune Reconstitution (July 10, 2002)
In The XIV International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
An Antibody Called IgG2 (April 2002)
Parisian immunologist Brigitte Autran discusses long-term non-progression at Retrovirus 2002.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
The Role of IL-10 in Long-Term Non-Progressors (Winter 2001/2002)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Wondering Aloud: Theories of One (Quasi) Long-Term Non-Progressor (Winter 2001/2002)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
The Intriguing Story of the Viruses and Bacteria that Live Within Us, Balancing our Immune System (November 2001)
GB virus C may slow HIV progression.
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
Effect of Hepatitis G Coinfection on Response to Antiretroviral Treatment in HIV-Infected Patients (October 27, 2001)
In 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, from The Body PRO
NIAID Researchers Discover Why Some HIV-Infected People Don't Develop AIDS (March 15, 2000)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Immune Control (March 1999)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
The Body Fights Back -- Immune Responses and Reconstitution in HIV Infection (July 1-3, 1998)
In The 12th International AIDS Conference, from The Body PRO
Viral Immunology Advances Suggest Treatment Strategies (December 5, 1997)
In AIDS Treatment News
HIV Resurrection (November 1997)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Mutant Gene Not Sole Explanation for HIV Non-Progression (September 15, 1997)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Gene Mutations & Disease Progression

Study Finds Genetic Influence on Pace of HIV/AIDS Progression (October 22, 2007)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Scientists Identify Genes That May Slow HIV Progression (July 23, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
The Role of the FUT2 Gene in HIV Non-Progression (September 29, 2006)
In 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Gene Pattern Helps Postpone AIDS Progression (July 26, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Changes to Hide From Immune Cells (May 29, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV-Specific Cellular Immune Responses in Patients With Immunologic Control of Viral Replication (December 17, 2001)
In 41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, from The Body PRO
Coreceptorology Comes of Age: Deluge of Mutant Coreceptor Discoveries Pave Way for Therapeutic Advances in HIV, Allergy, Arthritis (December 1998)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
Scientists Report New Lead in the Regulation of HIV Coreceptor (October 8, 1998)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
NIAID Scientists Discover HIV Disease-Slowing Mutation (September 23, 1998)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Mutant Gene Not Sole Explanation for HIV Non-Progression (September 15, 1997)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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