AIDS Weekly articles from February 2003

AIDS Weekly archives from February 2003

Antiretroviral therapy heightens long-term hepatitis C virus diversity.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV treatment can exacerbate long-term hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, researchers in California warn. Jennifer M. Babik and colleagues at Stanford...

Novel molecular adjuvant improves anti-Env antibody responses.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel molecular adjuvant can improve the performance of DNA-based HIV vaccines, researchers in North Carolina report. "DNA vaccines expressing the...

Cyclin-dependent kinases may be therapeutic targets.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Canada have identified a novel set of potential therapeutic targets in HIV and other viruses. "Cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks) are required for replication of viruses that replicate...

hVIP/mov34 protein critical for HIV-Vpr interaction and glucocorticoid-mediated signaling.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1) vpr is a highly conserved gene among lentiviruses," according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. "The diverse functions of Vpr support...

Anti-R7V antibodies effective for patients failing HAART.(highly active antiretroviral therapy)
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in France have identified a novel method for treating drug-resistant HIV infection. "Many attempts to use therapeutic antibodies to treat HIV have been unsuccessful owing to the high...

Ritonavir has anticancer effects.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Ritonavir is an HIV protease inhibitor used in the therapy of HIV infection. Ritonavir has also been shown to inhibit the chymotrypsin-like activity of isolated 20S proteasomes," according to recent...

New technologies spur renewed growth in HIV diagnostics and monitoring market.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The development of revolutionary techniques, such as viral load monitoring, genotyping, and phenotyping that enable better disease management, are stimulating renewed growth in the HIV diagnostics and...

Former WebMD executive producer joins NewsRx.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A former WebMD executive producer and medical editor has joined Atlanta-based NewsRx, along with three board-certified editors. Dominique Walton Brooks, MD, with WebMD until 2001, will serve as...

Blood banking systems improving in China, but more progress needed.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After years spent analyzing blood banking and transfusion practices in China, a Johns Hopkins-led research team says that major improvements are needed to ensure the safety and reliability of the blood...

Complement receptor 1 assay effective with stored erythrocytes.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Scotland, "The mean number of complement receptor 1 (CR1) molecules on erythrocytes differs between normal individuals within the range of 100-1000 molecules per cell....

U.N. envoy: Bangladesh faces AIDS epidemic unless it acts now.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bangladesh could face an AIDS epidemic in the next decade if it does not take action now, a U.N. envoy has warned. "The time for action is today," Nafis Sadik, the U.N. Secretary-General's Special...

Real-time PCR assay enables human herpesvirus 8 DNA quantitation in biological fluids.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Accurate laboratory tests for the diagnosis of active human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection are becoming essential to study the pathogenesis of HHV-8-associated tumors," such as Kaposi's sarcoma, "and...

Ribosomal frameshift signal characterized.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Canada have proposed a new model for the RNA structure responsible for a key step in HIV Gag-Pol protein synthesis. This process "requires a programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting...

Cell surface CCR5 density determines postentry efficiency of R5 HIV infection.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of CCR5 HIV coreceptors on helper T cells strongly affects the rate of viral proliferation, researchers in France report. "We have recently reported that the mean number of CCR5...

HIV Nef inhibits T cell migration.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in the United States have shed new light on the activity of the HIV Nef protein. This regulatory protein "has been shown to contribute to disease progression," according to E. Y. Choe...

Impaired cytotoxic T cell maturation may underlie antiviral immune failure.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytotoxic T cells may not mature fully during HIV infection, researchers in the Netherlands report. "Despite readily detectable virus-specific CD8+ T cells in most HIV-infected patients, immune...

NFAT binding motifs in CD3 gamma gene linked to T-cell function loss.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Belgium have identified regions in the CD3gamma gene linked to HIV-induced functional impairment of T cells. Infection of CD4+ T cells with HIV "progressively abrogates T cell...

Education effective in rural Uganda.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health education has been effective at slowing the spread of HIV infection in rural Uganda, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine say. J. A. G. Whitworth and colleagues...

Novel microbicidal contraceptives safe, effective in animals.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in the United States have identified a pair of novel microbicidal contraceptives that proved safe and effective in a preliminary study. According to O. J. D'Cruz and colleagues at the...

Strand transfer in retroviruses occurs through a pause-initiated two-step mechanism.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Rochester have elucidated the mechanisms underlying genetic recombination in retroviruses such as HIV. "Recombination promotes retrovirus evolution," explained R....

Home testing useful in rural Uganda.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Home HIV testing and counseling has proven beneficial in rural areas of Uganda, researchers there report. "During the initial survey ( April 1999-January 2000) of an ongoing Community HIV...

Informed patients more likely to accept screening at genitourinary medicine clinics.(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Supplying genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic patients with information on HIV testing may improve the chance of test acceptance, researchers in the United Kingdom say. "To identify factors...

Cimetidine may boost saquinavir levels.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cimetidine treatment may increase levels of the HIV protease inhibitor saquinavir, researchers in England warn. M. Boffito and colleagues at the University of Liverpool "evaluated the effect of...

AIDS in Africa can be beat with adequate resources, UN envoy says.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The top United Nations envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa says that his recent 2-week tour of the southern part of the continent had reinforced his fundamental conviction that a concerted effort between the...

Health experts urge China to contain the spread of AIDS.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Visiting U.S. AIDS experts have urged immediate action by China to prevent further spread of the disease, while Chinese health officials said the number of cases and deaths throughout the country had...

SAS grant enables more efficient data access.(Sas Institute)
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dr. Joseph J. Eron, core clinical director of the Center for AIDS Research at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, used to spend hours scanning individual patients' paper medical records,...

Chlamydia patients should receive routine STI screening.(sexually transmitted diseases)(Brief Article)
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chlamydia patients should be routinely tested for other infections, researchers in England argue. V. Harinda and colleagues at St. Mary's Hospital in Hants assessed the utility of "testing patients...

HIV and herpesviruses DNA levels elevated in semen after vasectomy.
February 3, 2003... 2003 FEB 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Semen from vasectomized animals infected with sexually transmissible viruses carries easily detectable levels of viral DNA, researchers in Switzerland say. "Ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2), a member...

Multicomponent protein vaccine prevents simian disease.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A multicomponent vaccine protects animals from the effects of the simian version of HIV (SIV), researchers say. "Recombinant protein subunit AIDS vaccines...

Virion-based vaccine protects animals against disease.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A DNA vaccine containing viral particles prevents many symptoms of infection in primates exposed to the simian version of HIV (SIV), researchers in Maryland...

Vpr protein docking to nuclear envelope mediated by interaction with the nucleoporin hCG1.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The HIV-1 genome contains several genes coding for auxiliary proteins, including the small Vpr protein," according to recent research from France. "Vpr affects the integrity of the nuclear envelope...

Co-electroosmotic capillary zone electrophoresis useful for drug level monitoring.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Austria have identified a novel and effective method for simultaneously monitoring levels of multiple antiretroviral drugs in HIV patients. W. Gutleben and coauthors working at...

Naive CD4 cells act as viral resevoirs in antiretrioviral-treated patients.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent report, researchers in France conducted a study "to investigate the phenotypic features of infected lymphocytes in patients on prolonged and effective highly active antiretroviral therapy...

Combined intrarectal/intradermal inoculation boosts M. bovis-based vaccine efficacy.(Mycobacterium)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Japan have identified a method for improving the protection afforded by Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (rBCG)-based HIV vaccines. An effective rBCG-based vaccine will...

Synthetic AIDS vaccine targets HIV coreceptors.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "A class of synthetic peptide immunogens for the cell surface HIV receptor complex has been developed to elicit antibodies that block viral entry by inhibiting gp120-CD4 interaction," according to...

HIV/AIDS is leading cause of death for African American, Latinas women in Pennsylvania.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium (TPAC) announced the release of their recent study "The AIDS Crisis in Pennsylvania: The Hidden Epidemic Among African American and Latina Women." The study calls...

AIDS vaccine developed at Emory, NIH moves to clinical trials.(Emory University Vaccine Center, National Institutes of Health)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A vaccine aimed against AIDS, developed at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, the Emory Vaccine Center, and the Laboratory of Viral Diseases at the National Institute of...

U.N., sex workers hold first-ever talks to find ways to halt spread of HIV/AIDS.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Representatives from governments and sex workers associations joined United Nations officials in Geneva January 22, 2003, for unprecedented talks aimed at identifying strategies to halt the spread of...

U.S. launches HIV education program in Vietnamese workplaces.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an effort to slow the spread of HIV and AIDS in Vietnam, the United States has launched a $600,000 program to promote education in the workplace about the disease. The program aims to prevent...

High prevalence of antifungal resistance in northern Thailand.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the Peoples Republic of China, "Although Candida albicans is the most common human yeast pathogen, other Candida species such as C. krusei are now recognized as...

New genetic immunodeficiency syndrome defined in humans.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Rho GTPases including Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 act as intracellular molecular switches to control cellular responses such as actin cytoskeleton rearrangement,...

Premature ageing of the immune system may be the true cause of AIDS.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The reasons for the failure of the immune system to control HIV-1 infection, and the resulting immunodeficiency, remain unclear. HIV-1 persists in its host despite vigorous immune responses,...

T cell dynamics explain differential CD4(+) depletion.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "deuterated glucose labeling was used to measure the in vivo turnover of T lymphocytes. A realistic T cell kinetic model, with populations of...

Phase III trial for IL-2 transferred to investigators.(interleukin-2)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chiron Corporation (CHIR) announced that the company and the Scientific Committee for SILCAAT, conducting a phase III study for recombinant human interleukin-2 (IL-2, aldesleukin) in patients with HIV,...

AIDS-associated lymphomas are efficiently lysed by rituximab.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Rituximab (Mabthera) and alemtuzumab (Campath, Mabcampath) are non-conjugated IgG1 therapeutic monoclonal antibodies directed against the CD20 and CD52 surface antigens respectively. They are...

Relationship power for women leads to higher rates of condom use.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in the United States have confirmed long-standing assumptions about relationship power structures and safe sex. "Women's ability to negotiate safer sexual practices, particularly...

Voluntary counselling and rapid testing for HIV effective in rural South Africa.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) programs can help slow the spread of HIV infection in rural South Africa, researchers there report. Expanding VCT availability "is an important first step in...

Electron paramagnetic resonance dynamic signatures elucidate TAR structure.(transactivation response element)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in the United States have used a novel spectroscopy technique to characterize the structure of HIV transactivation response element (TAR) RNA. "Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)...

Gemfibrozil marginally effective in protease inhibitor-associated hypertriglyceridemia.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Hypertriglyceridemia is common in patients with HIV, especially those taking protease inhibitors or with lipodystrophy, frequently observed at levels associated with accelerated cardiac disease,"...

Novel emivirine analogs show improved antiviral activity.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Denmark have identified a series of emivirine analogs with enhanced anti-HIV activity compared with their parent drug. N. R. El-Brollosy and colleagues at the University of Southern...

Adenovirus vectors effectively deliver MHC class I and II antigens.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Dendritic cells (DCs) are highly specialised antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that are essential for the initiation and modulation of T cell-mediated immune responses," according to recent research...

Pharmacia allows generics of low-demand AIDS drug for poor nations.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacia Corp. has announced it would allow generic drug companies to manufacture cheap copies of its AIDS drug to sell in poor countries - a novel approach aimed at breaking the logjam over access to...

Budget crunch means Texas could cut off HIV medicine.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bill Cooksey of Houston has lived with the AIDS-causing virus for 6 years thanks to the cocktail of expensive medicine the state helps him buy. He is among dozens of HIV-positive patients who say...

Prolonged HAART may cause higher hepatitis C load in HIV coinfected.(highly active antiretroviral therapy)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Long-term use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may be responsible for raising hepatitis C virus (HCV) loads in patients coinfected with human...

Evolutionary phage peptide library yields Cryptococcus vaccine.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Cryptococcus neoformans causes a life-threatening meningoencephalitis in a significant percentage of AIDS patients," according to a study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City....

Bezafibrate improves glucose uptake and endothelial function in HIV patient.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Sweden, "Protease inhibitors used as therapy for HIV-1 infection have been associated with metabolic side-effects such as peripheral fat wasting, central adiposity,...

HIV infected cell's virotoxins produce continuous cell loss and dementia.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection of the nervous system is unique when compared with other viral encephalitides. Neuronal cell loss occurs in the absence of neuronal infection. Viral...

Juvenon launches delivers anti-aging supplement.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Juvenon, Inc., announced that its Juvenon Energy Formula dietary supplement is now available for purchase online. The Juvenon Energy Formula consists of two mitochondrial-activating components...

HIV serostatus affects rearrest rates of ex-prisoners.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Former prisoners are more likely to have further trouble with the law if they are infected with HIV, researchers in the United States argue. "Correctional facilities have become collection and...

HIV-positive immigrants usually infected after arrival.(Brief Article)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-positive immigrants to the United States usually become infected after their arrival, researchers say. N. T. Harawa and colleagues working at the Los Angeles County Department of Health...

Sexual risk reduction should be part of programs for injection drug users.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Programs to reduce the risk of HIV among injection drug users should target other high-risk behavior as well, researchers in San Francisco argue. K.P. Shafer and colleagues at the University of...

HIV patients with greater pain, poor coping skills suffer more.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV patients who live in pain and use poor coping strategies to handle the stress of their illness also report that they have less energy and more limits on their physical, social and work activities,...

Vaccine candidates in to prevent and treat STDs reviewed.(sexually transmitted diseases)
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from France, "Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are caused by organisms that infect the mucosal surfaces of the genitourinary tract. In spite of its public health...

Flt3 ligand safe as adjuvant, but only moderately effective.
February 10, 2003... 2003 FEB 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ftl3 ligand is well-tolerated as a vaccine adjuvant, but has little effect on immunization efficacy, researchers at the University of California, Davis report. "A phase I/II clinical trial was...

Salmonella-based priming improves mucosal antiviral response.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A Salmonella-based antigen delivery system may enhance the performance of HIV vaccines, researchers say. "Nearly all human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Effects of viral protein modifications on immunogenecity characterized.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have provided new insight into the effects of HIV protein modifications on vaccine performance. Indresh K. Srivastava and...

Terminalia triflora extract inhibits reverse transcriptase activity.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Buenos Aires have identified a novel inhibitor of the key HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme. "Dichloromethane, methanol and aqueous extracts from the leaves of...

Novel recombinant strains found in China.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Japan have discovered what may be the first in the "second generation" of naturally recombinant HIV strains. R. G. Yang and colleagues at Tokyo's National Center for Infectious...

Viral Vpr protein upregulates Survivin.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The anti-apoptotic protein Survivin may be used by HIV to protect infected cells, according to a recent study from the University of Utah. "The human survivin gene belongs to the family of...

CD4 binding site antibodies block gp120-CCR5 interaction.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in the United States have identified a group of antibodies which disrupt key interactions between the HIV coat protein and cellular receptors used for viral entry. The HIV "gp120...

Annan welcomes Bush's $15 billion pledge for global fight against HIV/AIDS.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, welcomed the announcement by United States President George W. Bush of a total of $15 billion in funding to help in the global fight against HIV/AIDS....

Bush plan, defying some political supporters, includes condoms and generic drugs.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- President George W. Bush prices his commitment to AIDS relief in Africa at $15 billion - but that doesn't include the political capital he could lose for including condoms and generic AIDS drugs in the...

Researchers take antibody production from cell culture to plants to stop HIV.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epicyte Pharmaceutical, Inc., a San Diego biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of human monoclonal antibodies, is growing the first greenhouse plant lines to yield an...

Treatment to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Mozambique.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The government of Mozambique will begin providing a key AIDS drug to HIV-infected pregnant women to help prevent the spread of the virus to their babies during childbirth, the Mozambique news agency...

Vietnam develops nation's first long-term strategy to combat HIV.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Vietnamese government is developing the communist nation's first long-term strategy to combat the spread of HIV and will work closely with infected people to help break down stigmas attached to the...

Chinese company distributes anti-AIDS "cocktail".(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Chinese company has begun distributing generic drugs that mix into a potent anti-AIDS "cocktail," the first time a low-cost version of the treatment has been available in China. Trucks carrying...

VaxGen hopes AIDS vaccine trial results warrant FDA filing but skeptics abound.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the maker of what would be the first vaccine for AIDS prepares to release key test results, some stock traders are betting against its success. AIDS activists have been debating its merits for a...

Angiostatin inhibits extracellular HIV-Tat-induced inflammatory angiogenesis.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Italy's National Institute for Cancer Research say angiostatin can ameliorate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protein-induced angiogenesis. "The HIV-Tat protein can be released...

Two Emory scientists receive biotech growth award for drug research.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Georgia biotechnology industry has bestowed its top honor on two Emory scientists, Dennis Liotta, PhD, and Raymond Schinazi, PhD, for their contributions to AIDS and cancer research that have been...

Oxandrolone, exercise, nutrition boost weight and lean tissue gain in patients.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results show oxandrolone, exercise, and nutrition increased weight and lean tissue as well as improved scores on assessments of quality of life and activities of daily living in patients...

Feline immunodeficiency virus integration in B-cell lymphoma reveals tumor suppressor gene.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Infection with immunosuppressive lentiviruses is associated with increased cancer risk, but most studies have implicated indirect mechanisms as the tumor cells generally lack integrated viral...

Organization praises U.S. Senate action on global AIDS fight.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest AIDS organization in the U.S., praised the recent work of the U.S. Senate on global AIDS, and singled out for praise amendments by two key Senators in the...

Pilot program launched to expand access to medicines in poorest countries.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In conjunction with a panel discussion sponsored by the World Economic Forum's Global Health Initiative, Pharmacia Corp. announced the launch of a pilot program as a model for expanding access to...

MSH derivatives may serve as leads for antiviral therapeutics.
February 17, 2003... 2003 FEB 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase (HIV-1 IN) is an essential enzyme for effective viral replication. Therefore, IN inhibitors are being...