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The Basics

Immune Therapies in Development (November 3, 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
Advances in Immune-Based Therapies for HIV Disease (March 2005)
In PRN Notebook, from Physician's Resarch Network
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

Other Research

Experimental Treatment Lengthens Lifespan of Monkeys With Simian Version of HIV, Study Says (December 12, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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
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
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

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