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By Bill Freeman Asia-Pacific countries should fight the spread of the HIV/ AIDS by integrating prevention and treatment of the disease into maternal and child health care, United Nations officials have said. “Linking HIV prevention efforts with reproductive health care can strengthen and improve access to both,” Chaiyos Kunanusont, HIV/AIDS regional adviser for the United …
By Bill Freeman The first test of a potential new gene therapy for HIV The first test of a potential new gene therapy for HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — was encouraging enough for researchers to launch a more extensive trial. “The goal of this phase I trial was safety and feasibility, and …
By Bill Freeman June’s team tried a new gene therapy approach, first crippling the HIV virus, they report in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “The virus is gutted so that it only has half the size of the original or pathogenic virus,” June said in a telephone interview. …
By Bill Freeman The slow pace of AIDS research can be pinned, in no small part, on something akin to the square-peg-round-hole conundrum. The HIV-1 virus won The slow pace of AIDS research can be pinned, in no small part, on something akin to the square-peg-round-hole conundrum. The HIV-1 virus won’t replicate in monkey cells, …
By Bill Freeman I received a thought provoking email this morning from a lady who was diagnosed with both CFIDS or Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome and HIV-Negative AIDS. While her case may be something extremely rare, it might also be more common than we believe. Indeed, she believes that there is a connection between …
By Bill Freeman Smokers may be at greater risk of HIV infection than non-smokers, reveals an analysis of published research issued ahead of print in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. Cigarette smoking has already been linked to a higher than normal chance of contracting other infections generally, including those that have been sexually transmitted. Smokers …
By Bill Freeman OHSU researchers have published a new study this week suggesting an important component of the immune system damaged by AIDS can possibly be replaced. Specifically, the researchers have been able to promote T-cell regeneration in a study involving rhesus macaque monkeys. The research involved a combination of interleukin-15 (IL-15) given in conjunction …
By Bill Freeman A California hospital was contacting some 300 morbidly obese patients after learning they may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV by poorly cleaned instruments used in stomach-reduction operations. A California hospital was contacting some 300 morbidly obese patients after learning they may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV by poorly …
By Bill Freeman Thailand and China plan to distribute an herbal drug that researchers say can boost the immune systems of HIV-positive people and help manage the virus, health officials said on Wednesday in Thailand, AFX / Forbes reports. The drug, called SH Instant, combines three medicinal herbs from China and two from Thailand and …
By Bill Freeman Sunflowers can produce a substance which prevents the AIDS pathogen HIV from reproducing, at least in cell cultures. This is the result of research carried out by scientists at the University of Bonn in cooperation with the caesar research centre. For several years now the hopes for a completely new group of …