AIDS Weekly articles from February 2000

AIDS Weekly archives from February 2000

Discovery of HIV Shedding Patterns and Viral Site Has Implications for AIDS Vaccines, Treatments.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have found that viral secretion in HIV positive men follows 1 of 3 patterns, which are in turn related to different sources of HIV in the body....

Abundant Intracellular Zidovudine Triphosphate Found in Cord Blood.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recent findings may shed some light on the success of zidovudine in reducing vertical transmission of HIV-1, according to researchers in the United States. J. H. Rodman and colleagues determined systemic...

Diketo Acids May Be New Candidate for HIV Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have identified a class of HIV suppressing compounds that might be a means for treating patients that don't respond to other therapies. Existing drugs stop the virus from reproducing itself...

Expanding Use of Potent HIV Therapies Will Limit Infections and AIDS Deaths, New Model Shows.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Expanding the use of the most potent anti-retroviral drug therapies would help limit new HIV infections and AIDS deaths among gay men in San Francisco, California, over the next 10 years even if drug...

Vinblastine Is Effective at Non-Toxic Doses.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vinblastine may have promise as an antiangiogenic agent to treat a variety of pathogenic angiogenesis diseases, according to researchers in Italy. A. Vacca and colleagues tested the effects of vinblastine...

Ciprofloxacin Is An Effective Single-Dose Treatment.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although ciprofloxacin is effective as a single-dose treatment for chancroid, high treatment failure may occur because of herpes simplex virus infection, according to a recent report. I. M. Malonza and...

The Road from SIV to HIV and the AIDS Epidemic.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- After 2 decades of work analyzing and attempting to subdue the HIV virus, the AIDS epidemic is "... evolving, expanding, and posing ever greater challenges," according to a review in the January 28, 2000,...

Neurological Disease Possibly Related to Immune Cell Infiltration into Brain.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- There is some concern that protease inhibitor treatment could leave HIV infected individuals vulnerable to HIV dementia, since these clinically important antiviral drugs are unable to penetrate the brain and...

Parallels Between Seat Belts and Condoms in Risk-Taking Behavior.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- A viewpoint published in the January 29, 2000, issue of The Lancet suggests that there may be a parallel between the increased risk behavior of car drivers associated with seat belt laws and an increased risk...

AIDS Drugs During Pregnancy and Cesarean Delivery May Lower Maternal HIV Transmission.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Pregnant women infected with HIV may have 2 weapons for reducing the risk of transmitting the AIDS virus to their baby: taking a combination of AIDS drugs and opting to give birth by cesarean section,...

DNA Vaccine Induced Mucosal and Systemic Immune Response.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- A SIV DNA vaccine induced mucosal and systemic immune responses, reported researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom. "A major goal in the development of an effective HIV vaccine is the...

HIV Travels on Microtubules To Reach Nucleus of Infected Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Salk Institute researchers David McDonald, Thomas J. Hope, and colleagues at Salk and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, have developed a method to label HIV, allowing them to...

Treatment Failure May Be Due Partly to Suboptimal Drug Potency.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Loss of HIV suppression during potent antiretroviral therapy may be connected to a number of factors, including suboptimal drug potency, according to a study published in the January 12, 2000, issue of the...

HIV(+) Women Pose Setback for AIDS Vaccine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- The discovery that 6 Kenyan women are infected with the HIV virus could prove a serious setback for an experimental AIDS vaccine, New Scientist magazine said on January 26, 2000. The vaccine, developed by...

Cooperative Agreement for Candidate HIV/AIDS Vaccine Announced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Avant Immunotherapetics, Inc., announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) for the use of...

Professional and Patient Groups Join to Advocate for Safer Blood.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Calling for stepped up efforts to protect blood transfusion recipients from serious and deadly diseases like AIDS and hepatitis, the Committee of Ten Thousand, the Hepatitis B Foundation, and other...

Researchers Test 'Marijuana Patch'.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists are planning research on whether a "marijuana patch" similar to the patches that help smokers kick the habit could help ease the suffering of cancer patients. The American Cancer Society is...

NIH Funds STD Topical Microbicide Project.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has approved funding, to be distributed over a 5-year-period, for an interdisciplinary research grant at Emory University School of Medicine, Emory College, the...

WHO Outlines Three-Pronged Attack Against AIDS Epidemic.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS is the "most dramatic" of the world's health problems and calls for "unprecedented responses" from the world community, World Health Organization director-general Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland said at the...

NIH Program Grant Awarded To Develop Innovative HIV Vaccine Strategies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 7, 2000... 2000 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com) -- The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded investigators in the Emory University Vaccine Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia, a 5-year program project grant to develop promising new vaccine...

HIV Does Not Increase Infectivity of M. tuberculosis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Being HIV infected does not increase the likelihood that a patient will transmit Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) to others, reported researchers from the Dominican Republic. "Previous studies concerning...

Combination of Antibodies Shown To Block Transmission of HIV-Like Virus Across Mucous Membranes.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- In Africa, where tens of thousands of children infected with the AIDS virus are born each year, a drug or vaccine capable of preventing the virus from passing from mother to infant has the potential to save...

Combination Therapy Evaluated in HIV(+) Children.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from the United States evaluated antiretroviral therapies including Ritonavir in HIV infected children. "Although protease inhibitors are used routinely in adults with human immunodeficiency...

Bird Fungus May Threaten People.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- People with weakened immune systems who come in contact with birds may be putting themselves at risk for developing life-threatening illnesses, according to a study. The meningitis death of 72-year-old...

HIV Adversely Affects Synthesis of Th1 Cytokines in Women with Active HPV Infection.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV infection adversely affects the synthesis of Th1 cytokines by CD4(+) T cells of women with active human papillomavirus infection, researchers say. To investigate whether coinfection with HIV affects...

Angiogenesis Growth Factors Critical to Pathogenesis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor stimulation of vascular permeability may play a key role in the pathogenesis of primary effusion lymphomas, according to a recent report. ...

Crixivan Lowers Viral Load in Early HIV Infection.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Merck & Co., Inc., said a new analysis showed that a greater proportion of HIV patients treated early with Crixivan in combination therapy achieved durable viral suppression than those patients treated in...

Nevirapine Effective in Long-Term Suppression in Patients with Extremely High Levels of HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results demonstrating the significant potency of Viramune (nevirapine, NVP) were presented at the 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, held in San Francisco, California, January 30 -...

New Drugs Show Promise Against Resistant HIV Strains.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers in San Diego, California, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have found that two new drugs they developed can inhibit HIV strains highly resistant to drugs...

Studies of Norvir Combined with Other Protease Inhibitors Show Promise in HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, announced data from three studies of Norvir (ritonavir), in combination with several other protease inhibitors (PIs), that show promise against HIV. Data...

Number of Pills May Be Just as Important as the Type of Medication.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Based on an analysis of more than 3,000 patients involved in triple-drug combination trials to treat HIV infection, Duke University Medical Center researchers say that patients who take fewer pills tend to do...

Stronger Form of Ganciclovir Offers Simpler Treatment in Immune-Compromised Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of a new experimental oral form of the drug ganciclovir to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, a blinding disorder that is the most common...

Valganciclovir Provides Comparable Results to Intravenous Cytovene.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Data from a Phase III study comparing 2 treatments for newly diagnosed patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis show that in each treatment group, only 7 of 73 patients experienced progression of CMV...

Acute Diarrhea Associated with Morbidity and Mortality in African Infants.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- There is a high incidence of acute diarrhea in African infants born to HIV infected mothers, which frequently leads to death, researchers say. Between November 1997 and November 1998, P.M. Adcock and...

Attention Focused on Phenotypic HIV Drug Resistance Testing and PhenoSense HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Two late breaker abstracts and nine other presentations employing ViroLogic's PhenoSense HIV assay were presented at the 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in San Francisco,...

Test Helps Doctors Pick AIDS Drugs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Doctors say they can improve the chance of successfully treating AIDS by measuring how each patient's virus stands up to the drugs intended to kill HIV. Through evolution, HIV can grow resistant to any of...

Survival of Genetically Engineered Blood Cells in HIV-1 Human Study Reported.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Enzo Biochem, Inc., reported the survival in circulation of genetically engineered blood cells in an HIV-1 human study. The study, a Phase I clinical trial sponsored by Enzo Therapeutics, is being...

Novel Assay May Be Helpful in Treating Diseases.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- A novel assay should be useful for detecting inhibitors between human herpesvirus 8 polymerase and processivity factor, according to researchers working in the United States. Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8)...

Cytomegalovirus May Increase Death Risk in AIDS Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS patients may be at significantly greater risk of death when cytomegalovirus, CMV, circulates in their blood, new research at the University of North Carolina suggests. The new findings were presented...

Target for HIV-1 Vif Action May Be Cellular.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- The immediate target for HIV Vif action may be cellular, not viral, according to a report from the United States. The Vif protein of HIV-1 is necessary for virus replication to take place in cultured...

Danger HIV through Oral Sex High.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Many gay men consider oral sex a safer alternative to intercourse, but a new study finds it carries a real risk of spreading AIDS. Even without condoms, oral sex is widely regarded to be safe sex, even...

Cohort of Exposed Prostitutes May Have Mucosal Immunity.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- A small group of HIV resistant female prostitutes remains seronegative, despite frequent exposure to the virus, researchers reported. Rupert Kaul and colleagues studied the mechanisms of HIV resistance...

AIDS May Date Back to 1930.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- The worldwide AIDS pandemic has been traced to a single viral ancestor who emerged perhaps around 1930. Earlier research had suggested that the outbreak began in the first half of the 20th century, but...

Data Reported of Advanced-Generation Protease Inhibitor.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Data presented at the 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in San Francisco, California, January 30 - February 2, 2000, suggest that Abbott Laboratories', Abbott Park, Illinois,...

First Human Data from Phase I/II Study of DAPD in Infected Patients Reported.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, reported initial results of a Phase I/II 14-day monotherapy study. The study was designed to assess the anti-HIV activity, tolerability, and...

NDA Submitted for New Formulation of Once-Daily Didanosine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb announced it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new formulation of Videx(R), also known as ddI. The new capsules contain...

PRO 542 Reduces HIV Viral Load in Children.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Francisco, California, presented new data on the company's HIV programs at the 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in San Francisco, California....

Results of Combination Therapy Study in Pregnant Women and Newborns Reported.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced results from the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG) study 353 of the HIV protease inhibitor Viracept (nelfinavir mesylate) in combination therapy specifically...

Triple Class Anti-HIV Therapy Provides HIV Reduction in Viral Rebound Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that among HIV infected patients who failed exclusive treatment with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), those patients switching to a triple class...

Triple Nucleoside Therapy Data Presented.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Immune system and resistance data from a study comparing a triple nucleoside regimen of Ziagen (abacavir sulfate) and Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine) to a regimen of indinavir sulfate (Merck) in combination...

Updated HIV Treatment Guidelines for Adults, Adolescents Available on the World Wide Web.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- An updated version of the "Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV Infected Adults and Adolescents" has been posted to the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service (ATIS) World Wide Web site... .

Phase II Trial Initiated Evaluating Treatment for Fungal Infection.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- InterMune Pharmaceuticals announced that it has initiated a Phase II clinical trial evaluating the safety, efficacy, and dosing of Actimmune (interferon gamma-1b) in the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis,...

Collaboration on HIV Medical Education Program Announced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- The US National Association of AIDS Education and Training Centers (NAAETC) announced a collaboration with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) to create an in-depth educational program that...

Synthetic Peptide Vaccine Developed.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- United Biomedical, Inc. (UBI), Hauppauge, New York, has developed a synthetic peptide vaccine "p2249f" which evokes potent antibodies effective against a broad range of HIV primary isolates. This is the...

Agreement To Obtain HIV-1 Subtype Collection Announced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Boston Biomedica, Inc. (BBI), West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, announced the signing of a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA) with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Department of Defense...

Researchers Assess Effects of Laughter on Immune Systems of Ill Children in First-of-its-Kind Study.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- In a first-of-its-kind study focusing on ill children and adolescents with depressed immune systems, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, Jonsson Cancer Center will try to determine if...

Researchers Comment on Merck's Potential AIDS Breakthrough.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists have become increasingly frustrated in the hunt for novel ways to attack the AIDS virus, but now they're getting some encouraging news: drug giant Merck & Co. has mapped the way toward a...

Breastfeeding Reduces Infectious Disease Infant Mortality.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 14, 2000... 2000 FEB 14 - (NewsRx.com) -- The reported observation of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 through breastfeeding has resulted in policies that recommend avoidance of breastfeeding by some HIV-1 infected women. Because breastfeeding...

Patterns and Viral Site Change Direction of Vaccine and Treatment Research.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have found that viral secretion in HIV positive men follows one of three patterns, which are in turn related to different sources of HIV in the...

HIV-1 gp140 Protein Has Potential Use in Multivalent Vaccine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- gp140 protein may be worth evaluating for immunogenicity as a component of a multivalent HIV-1 vaccine, suggested research from the United States. "The few antibodies that can potently neutralize human...

St. John's Wort Can Interact Dangerously with HIV and Heart Transplant Drugs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Two research letters published in the February 12, 2000, issue of The Lancet illustrate how the popular herbal remedy St. John's wort can interact dangerously with the pharmacological processes involved with...

Study Shows Breast Milk and Semen Overcome Natural Defense Against Oral HIV Transmission.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- A year ago, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) showed that, thanks to its low saltiness compared to other bodily fluids, saliva kills blood cells that find their way into...

HIV Infected Adults Face High Rates of Partner Violence.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Men and women with HIV infection are prone to physical abuse from their partners or intimates, and nearly half report their HIV status as a cause of the violence. Overall, 20.5% of the women, 11.5% of the...

Agenerase Levels in Bloodstream Raised by Ritonavir.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- New studies to determine the interaction of Agenerase (amprenavir; Glaxo Wellcome) + ritonavir (Abbott) were presented at the 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in San Francisco,...

Capravirine Demonstrates Anti-HIV Activity in Clinical Trials.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., reported that the investigational drug capravirine (formerly AG1549) showed antiretroviral activity and was well-tolerated in a short course monotherapy trial of HIV infected...

Crixivan Regimen Achieves Viral Suppression in Early Stage HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- A retrospective analysis showed that a greater proportion of HIV infected patients treated early with a combination including Crixivan (indinavir sulfate), zidovudine (ZDV), and lamivudine (3TC) achieved...

Phenotypic Resistance Testing Might Improve Response to Anti-HIV Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study has suggested that phenotypic testing improves HIV treatment choices by physicians and significantly improves the viral suppression seen with antiviral medications. The study examined the role...

Protease Inhibitors Cause Endothelial Dysfunction.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a recent study, the use of human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors (HIV PIs) may impair endothelial function. HIV PIs are known to provide immunologic and clinical benefits; however,...

Protease Inhibitor Therapy Does Not Show Increased Risk of Heart Attack.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that, in a 12-month follow-up analysis of patients in three HIV protease inhibitor trials, antiretroviral combination therapy containing protease inhibitors plus reverse...

Female Patients with HIV More Likely to Have Non-albicans Candida.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Women who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are more susceptible to being colonized by non-albicans Candida species, researchers say. In a cohort study presented at the 7th Conference on...

Medication for Patients with HIV and Tuberculosis May Interact.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Many complications arise when trying to treat patients with both tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. For example, many of the new medications used to treat HIV may have a negative effect on TB therapy, according...

Combined (alpha)-Interferon, Ribavirin Therapy Effects Sustained Reponse.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study prepared by researchers in Spain has determined that a combined therapy of (alpha)-interferon ((alpha)-IFN) and ribavirin in patients with both chronic hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus...

Study of HIV Positive Homosexual Men Finds Higher Rate of Associated Virus.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Homosexual men who are positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a greater chance of also being positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) than homosexual men who are HIV negative. This is...

Antibody-Based Therapies Target Cell Interaction.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Insights into HIV-1/target cell interaction facilitate development of antibody-based therapeutic strategies, reported researchers from the United States. "The push for an effective AIDS vaccine has been...

Some Cord Blood Stem Cells Are Not Susceptible to HIV-1 Infection.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- It may be possible to use certain human placental cord blood stem cells and their progeny to design gene therapy for perinatal HIV-1 infection, according to researchers in the United States. The AC133 is...

Early Mortality in HIV(+) Women Prevented with HAART.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- In seeking to determine the cause of death in HIV infected women, scientists have come upon three factors which contribute to early mortality: lack of antiviral treatment, insufficient hepatitis vaccination,...

HCV RNA May Predict HIV Clinical Progression.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- In patients with hemophilia, the presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA may be an independent predictor of HIV clinical progression, according to researchers in the United States. HCV/HIV co-infection is...

HIV Impacts Liver Disease in Patients Exposed to Hepatitis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- End-stage liver disease occurred earlier and more frequently in the HIV positive patients with hemophilia. Hepatitis C virus (HCV)/HIV co-infection is the major co-morbid condition in hemophilia. However,...

HAART Causes HPV Regression.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, recently presented findings of a study that showed that highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may cause a regression of human...

Interleukin-12 Is Well Tolerated.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients with Kaposi's sarcoma tolerated administration of the cytokine interleukin-12 well, according to early results of a pilot study performed in the United States. Interleukin-12 (IL-12) inhibits...

Alphavirus Vaccine Efficient for Gene Delivery.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Novel alphavirus vaccine vectors are efficient tools for gene delivery to dendritic cells (DCs), researchers from the United States reported. "DCs are the most potent antigen presenting cell population...

Rabies Virus Developed as Potential Vaccine for HIV-1.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recombinant rabies virus (RV) has potential as a live-viral vaccine for HIV-1, reported researchers from the United States. "Recombinant, replication competent RV vaccine strain-based vectors expressing...

STRL33 May Play Pathogenic Role in Maternal/Infant Transmission.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- Orphan receptor, STRL33, was characterized for its role in maternal-infant transmission of HIV-1 by researchers from the United States and Germany. "CCR5 and CXCR4 are the major coreceptors that mediated...

Genomics Alliance Seeking Targets for Anti-HIV Drugs Announced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 21, 2000... 2000 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com) -- PPD Discovery, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., La Jolla, California, announced an exclusive four-year alliance to identify new targets for therapeutic agents against HIV. ...