AIDS Weekly articles from July 2000

AIDS Weekly archives from July 2000

Patient Subset Indicates Remune and Antiviral Drugs May Stimulate 'Killer' T-Cell Activity.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR), Carlsbad, California, announced preliminary interim clinical results that indicate Remune (HIV-1 Immunogen) may stimulate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) or "killer" T-cell...

RNA-Based Strategy Inhibits HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States have developed a RNA-based gene therapy strategy for the control of HIV. "We have developed multiple inhibitory RNA-based strategies targeted to various steps of the HIV...

DNA Vaccine Reverts Anergy in HIV Infected Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vaccination with DNA or protein immunogens can revert anergy in HIV infected patients. "Recent studies have highlighted the importance of T-helper and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) to contain the early...

Phase III Trials Underway in Several Countries.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Phase III trials of multivalent gp120 HIV vaccines are underway in several countries. "Virus variation is one of the greatest challenges in HIV-1 vaccine development," observed P. Berman and colleagues...

Recombinant Yeast Delivers Antigen to Dendritic Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recombinant yeast vaccine efficiently delivers antigen (Ag) to dendritic cells (DC), researchers in the United States have found. "Vaccine strategies that primarily elicit cellular immune responses are...

AIDS Activists, Legislators Demand Access to Immune-Based Therapies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Adanti Acosta, International HIV Immune Based Therapies Working Group, based out of the Brooklyn Medical Arts AIDS CARE Center, New York, and other AIDS activists joined together in an effort to accelerate the...

Hairstylists Get Serious About Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Atop a candy vending machine in Tom Jacobs' barber shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, sits a glass jar with freebies for customers. But it's not filled with free combs or candy. Jacobs is giving away...

United Effort Urged to Fight HIV/AIDS Epidemic in African-American Community.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The following statement was issued by Beny Primm, MD: [helv] I recently facilitated a summit to develop new and effective ways to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African-American community here in the...

Notice of Allowance Received for Key Patent Addition to C31G Antiviral Technology Platform.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Biosyn, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for its patent entitled "Method for Inactivating Sexually...

AmeriCorps Serving HIV/AIDS Communities.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Philadelphia AIDS Consortium (TPAC) announced that it has been selected as a National AmeriCorps site. Luciano Orsini, Consortium's Board of Directors, said, "We are thrilled to have been chosen in...

People at Risk for HIV Urged To 'Take the Test and Take Control'.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- To help identify nearly 250,000 people in the United States who do not know they are infected with HIV, the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) announced the sixth annual National HIV Testing Day,...

Outbreak Contained in Los Angeles.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A syphilis outbreak primarily among gay men in Los Angeles County, California, has been contained, officials report. No new cases were reported since the first week of April, said Diane Goodwin,...

Promoting Condoms in Motel Rooms: An HIV Prevention Strategy for Latin America?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Making condoms discreetly available in motel rooms in Latin America is the most effective strategy to increase condom use, with important implications for HIV prevention programs, according to research...

Serum Albumin Predicts Survival in HIV Infected Women.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Serum albumin can be used a predictor of survival in HIV infected women. "The level of serum albumin is associated with mortality in a wide variety of chronic diseases," said J.G. Feldman and colleagues,...

Short-Course Antiretroviral Therapy Could Help Reduce HIV-1 Substantially, But is Still Unaffordable.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The limited use of antiretroviral drug therapy could have an immediate and substantial impact on sub-Saharan Africa's AIDS epidemic, according to research published in the The Lancet. Nevertheless, the...

World AIDS Series: Hit HIV-1 Hard, But Only When Necessary.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- When should drug therapy to treat HIV-1 infection be initiated? This is the subject of the fourth in a series of six articles published by The Lancet in the build-up to the World AIDS 2000 Conference in...

Interferon-(alpha)2b and Ribavirin Evaluated in HCV/HIV Infected Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in France have found that combination therapy is useful in hepatitis C virus (HCV)/HIV coinfected patients. They conducted a safety and efficacy study of a "combination therapy of...

Clinical Course of Cardiomyopathy in HIV Patients Examined.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Italy found that encephalopathy worsens the clinical course of cardiomyopathy in HIV infected patients. The aim of the study was "to define whether the development of encephalopathy...

Science Issue Focuses on AIDS Research in Africa.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A special June 23 AIDS issue of the international journal, Science - including research-based articles and an editorial by leading experts, plus an investigative report - documents the agonizing human toll of...

Herpesvirus Sabotages Immune System with a New and Unusual Strategy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- The virus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma sabotages the body's immune system in a novel and previously unsuspected way, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), scientists report. When the...

Older Persons with HIV/AIDS Face Greater Odds of Depression, Suicide.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study published in the July issue of Psychiatric Services found that older persons with HIV/AIDS are more likely to experience depression and have thoughts of suicide than do younger persons living with the...

Empathetic, Knowledgeable Physicians Can Improve HIV Patient Satisfaction.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV patients who see their primary care physician as empathetic or knowledgeable about the disease are more likely than other HIV patients to express satisfaction with their physician. "Continuity of care...

Increased Illness and Health Care Use Found in Abused Women.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 3, 2000... 2000 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com) -- Physical and sexual abuse are common and associated with increased medical disease and health care use among HIV infected women according to a study in the June 12 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine....

AIDS Chief Says Nonoxynol-9 Not Effective Against HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- An international multi-site trial of the spermicide nonoxynol-9 in gel form has shown that the product is not effective in protecting women from HIV infection. The spermicide studied is on the market in...

Scientists Re-Affirm that HIV is the Cause of AIDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- More than 5,000 scientists and medical doctors have signed a statement in the July 1 issue of Nature declaring that there is overwhelming evidence that the virus HIV causes AIDS, and that recognition of this...

Multivalent Component DNA Vaccines Examined in vivo.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Sweden have evaluated multivalent component DNA vaccines against HIV-1 in vivo. "DNA vaccination shows great potential for creation of multivalent component vaccines capable of evoking both...

HIV Infected Patients Have Successful Outcomes.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV infected patients have successful renal allograft transplantation outcomes, according to a study presented at the Transplant 2000 conference. "National statistics are presented for patient survival...

FDA Authorizes Advanced Study in Multi-Drug Resistant HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (HEB; HEBws), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said it has just received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization to conduct a major Phase II/III clinical study in HIV...

HIV/AIDS an Epidemic Among Aboriginal Communities in Canada.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic among Aboriginal people in Canada has become a serious concern. The proportion of HIV and AIDS cases attributed to Aboriginal persons has been climbing steadily. By 1999, Aboriginal...

Japan's HIV Infection Hits Record High in 1999.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- A record 530 people tested HIV positive in Japan last year, and another 300, also a record, newly developed full-blown AIDS symptoms, figures from the country's Health and Welfare Ministry show. Of those...

U.N.: AIDS Likely to Kill Half of Teens in Worst-Hit Nations.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS has killed 19 million people worldwide, but the worst is yet to come, the United Nations predicted June 27, 2000. The disease is expected to wipe out half the teen-agers in some African nations,...

U.S. Government Agency to Fund Vaccine Development Efforts.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced four public-private partnerships to accelerate development of promising HIV/AIDS vaccines for use around the world. The...

Solvent/Detergent Virus Inactivated Plasma Can Cause Fibrinolysis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The use of solvent/detergent virus inactivated plasma (ESDEP) in liver transplantation can cause fibrinolysis. "To minimize the risk of transmission of lipid coated viruses (hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C...

Experts: AIDS Epidemic Won't Halt Until Stigmas are Removed.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The stigma and silence surrounding AIDS must be broken if the epidemic is to be controlled in South Africa, now home to more HIV infected people than any other nation, experts said June 27, 2000. ...

HIV Diagnosis Changes Sex Behavior.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The vast majority of people diagnosed with the AIDS virus begin using condoms or curtail their sexual activity after testing positive, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...

Peace Corps Announces Anti-AIDS Campaign.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- All Peace Corps volunteers in Africa will be trained in methods necessary to slow the spread of AIDS, the agency announced June 27 in launching a worldwide campaign against the disease. Peace Corps...

Red Cross Report Says Disease is on the Increase as Services Fail.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Earthquakes and other natural disasters may have captured donations and headlines, but preventable diseases killed 13 million people in 1999, according to a report published June 28, 2000, by the...

Three-Drug Regimen Controlled HIV for Three Years.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Twenty-one of 33 HIV infected people receiving a three-drug regimen of indinavir, zidovudine, and lamivudine continued to have a low viral load throughout a three-year study period. A short report of the...

Immediate Treatment with Anti-HIV Drugs Prevented Infection in Girl.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a Brief Communication in the July 4 Annals of Internal Medicine, a young girl who received a transfusion containing HIV positive blood began treatment with three powerful antiretroviral drugs...

Epidemiology of HBV Infection in HIV(+) Intravenous Drug Users Studied.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Prior hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common in HIV infected intravenous drug users (IDUs), researchers in Spain report. "HBV and HIV share common routes of transmission," wrote M.L. Rodriguez-Mendez...

Researchers Create Strong New Molecule in the Fight Against AIDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have created a new molecule that appears to survive in cells longer than existing treatments to combat the virus that leads to AIDS, according to a new study reported in the June 21 edition of the...

Modified HIV May Be Effective for Delivering and Regulating Gene Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, may be adapted for use in gene therapy to treat genetic diseases and disorders of the immune system, even including AIDS, according to a scientist at the University of North...

Study Evaluates Intravaginal Microbicide Gel in Healthy, Sexually Inactive Women.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Belgium conducted a Phase I study to evaluate the novel intravaginal microbicide, PRO 2000, in healthy, sexually inactive women. "Although the male condom provides a reliable means of...

Screening Benefits Vary with Different Risk Factors.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tuberculosis screening for prevention and treatment is not an exact science, an investigator at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine. "The benefits of...

International Conference Broadcasted on World Wide Web.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- People with HIV and healthcare professionals from around the world were able to view sessions from the XIII International AIDS Conference on the World Wide Web, held in Durban, South Africa, during July 2000....

Study Uncovers Alarming Increase Among Gay Men.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The gay community is on the brink of a new epidemic, according to a study conducted by GayHealth.com co-founder Stephen E. Goldstone, MD. The study, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society...

Epstein-Barr Virus Infection Places HIV(+) Children at Risk for Smooth Muscle Tumors.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Lack of immunity to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) places HIV infected children at higher risk of smooth muscle tumors, according to researchers in the United States and The Netherlands. "HIV infected children...

Gender is Crucial Issue in Slowing the Spread of HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- Gender inequality is a fundamental driving force of the AIDS epidemic and therefore must be addressed centrally in responding to the epidemic, according to Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint United...

Study Warns of AIDS Catastrophe for Workers and Employers Worldwide.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- The International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland, warns of catastrophic consequences of HIV/AIDS for workers and employers worldwide, projecting a severe decline in the size and quality of the...

HIV-1 Inhibited by Vector Expressing Antisense mRNA.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV-1 replication can be inhibited by a lentiviral vector expressing antisense env mRNA, researchers say. "We are developing conditionally replicating HIV-based lentiviral vectors that express an...

Intracellular Immunization Approach Harnesses Diphtheria Toxin A-Chain.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 10, 2000... 2000 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com) -- An intracellular immunization approach to AIDS therapy harnesses the diphtheria toxin A-chain in a recombinant adenoassociated virus (rAAV) vector under HIV control, researchers in the United States reported....

First Vaccine Designed for Africa Cleared for Testing in Humans.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- The first AIDS vaccine candidate designed specifically for Africa will enter human trials this summer. The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced on July 11 at the 13th International AIDS...

NIAID Presents Data on Structured Intermittent Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- For some HIV infected patients whose plasma levels of virus have fallen to undetectable levels while on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), it may prove feasible to move from a continuous HAART...

Impact of HAART on AIDS-Related Death Examined.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- The advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has resulted in fewer deaths due to opportunistic diseases in patients with late-stage AIDS, researchers report. Deaths from certain chronic...

Interleukin 2 Treatment Plus Antiretroviral Therapy Significantly Increases CD4 Cell Counts.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- The addition of interleukin 2 therapy to antiretroviral therapy for patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increases CD4 cell counts significantly more than antiretroviral therapy...

Researchers Find Antiretroviral Drugs Require 95% Adherence to Work.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- A computerized medication monitoring system has shown that HIV patients must be at least 95% adherent to antiretroviral therapy for the drugs to work, report investigators from the University of Pittsburgh...

Primary Caregivers of HIV(+) Often Postpone Seeking Treatment for Themselves.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- A U.S. study of HIV positive patients found primary caregivers often postpone their own medical treatment because of the competing needs of persons for whom they care - information that is particularly...

Test Measures Neutralization of HIV-1 Subtype B and E Primary Isolates.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Flow cytometry can be used to detect intracellular HIV-1 p24 to assess neutralization of HIV-1, researchers in Thailand suggest. "Clinical trials testing candidate human immunodeficiency virus type 1...

Psychiatric Disorders Bring HIV Patients into Treatment Sooner.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV infected patients with psychiatric disorders have more favorable admission characteristics because they tend to be admitted to care earlier in their disease process, according to a recent report. J.L....

Survival of Children with Perinatal HIV Infection Improves with Combined Antiretroviral Therapies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Antiretroviral combination therapy reduces the risk of death in human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) perinatally (occurring around the time of birth) infected children, according to an article in the...

Do Current Viral Load Thresholds Put Women at Risk?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Helping to clarify a long-standing issue, a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, shows that women carry lower levels of HIV in their blood than men, especially during early...

New Class of Drugs Stops HIV from Entering Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- An entirely new class of AIDS drugs on the horizon may offer just-in-time help to many patients whose treatment options are running out, researchers said July 13. The latest data suggest these drugs may...

Preliminary Study Suggests Plasma Levels of Amprenavir are Raised by Low-Dose Ritonavir.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Preliminary results of a study of the protease inhibitor (PI) Agenerase (amprenavir) suggest that plasma levels of amprenavir are raised by adding a low dose of the PI ritonavir. The research was...

Treatment Combination Comparable to Protease Inhibitor-Based Regimen.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Findings from the Atlantic Study indicate that Viramune (nevirapine) plus two nucleoside analogues has shown similar efficacy to indinavir plus two nucleoside analogues. The multi-center, international...

HIV RNA in Sample Tubes Affected More by Temperature than Time.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Temperature, rather than time, causes more fluctuations in HIV RNA levels in Vacutainer brand Plasma Preparation Tubes (PPT) collection tubes, a recent study showed. "PPT tubes were used to examine...

Viral RNA Stable When Blood Sample Stored Below 25(degree)C.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus (HCV) viral RNA is stable in whole blood and plasma specimens when stored in temperatures up to 25(degree)C, according to industry researchers. Research results were presented...

Patients with Early Stage HIV Infection are Resistant to TB.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Alveolar macrophages (AM) from patients with early HIV infection are resistant to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, researchers in the United States report. "HIV infected individuals are predisposed...

Risk Factors for M. avium Complex Disease in AIDS Patients Re-evaluated.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has changed the risk factors associated with disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex disease (DMAC) in AIDS patients. "DMAC in patients with AIDS has...

TB Worsens After Antiretroviral Therapy in Some AIDS Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Antiretroviral therapy (ART) correlates with the worsening of tuberculosis (TB) in some AIDS patients, researchers in the United States have found. "We have previously reported the paradoxical worsening...

Emerging HIV Drug Resistance Identified in Africa.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Two studies using Virco's HIV drug resistance monitoring systems as part of the UNAIDS Drug Access Initiative have revealed the development of high levels of resistance in African countries pioneering the use...

HIV Increasing at Brazilian Test Site, with Evidence of Transmission of Resistant Virus.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- University of California, San Francisco, researchers and Brazilian colleagues report that analysis of blood samples taken at an anonymous test site in Santos, Brazil, from 1995 to 1999 shows an increase in the...

Experts Stress that HIV Causes AIDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- David Ho, one of the world's leading AIDS researchers, stood in front of thousands of experts at the International AIDS Conference and made a statement few would have thought necessary a few months ago: "HIV...

QS-21 Adjuvant Maintains Immune Response of HIV Vaccine at Low Antigen Doses.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from the University of Rochester reported on a human study demonstrating that Aquila Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (AQLA) proprietary vaccine adjuvant, QS-21, and substantially reduced amounts of the...

Study: Common Spermicide May Increase Risk of HIV Infection, Not Lower It.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- The widely used spermicide nonoxynol-9, long recommended as a way to stop the spread of HIV, may actually increase one's risk, at least among women who use it frequently, according to the surprising findings...

HIV Infected Patients Treated with Multikine Show Evidence of Improved Cell-Mediated Immunity.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cel-Sci Corp. (CVM), Vienna, Virginia, announced that Stephen Brown, MD, AIDS ReSEARCH Alliance, West Hollywood, California, presented data at the 1st International Conference on Vaccine Development and...

AIDS Treatment Activists Rally for Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS treatment activists from around the world rallied for acceleration of HIV vaccine research at the 13th International AIDS Conference, held in Durban, South Africa, July 9-14, 2000. "The successful...

FDA Approves AmBisome to Treat Cryptococcal Meningitis in HIV Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc., Deerfield, Illinois, and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD), Foster City, California, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the antifungal drug AmBisome...

HIV Drug Resistance Testing Available in Japan Through Collaboration with SRL.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Virco announced an agreement with SRL Inc., a leading provider of laboratory services, under which the company is to provide Virco's HIV drug resistance monitoring services in Japan. It is estimated that...

Group Calls for More Funding for Microbicide Research.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- "Increased funding for microbicide research could cut development time in half, potentially saving millions of lives," said George F. Brown, MD, vice president of the Population Council's international...

Presentations Available on the Web through December 2001.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 24, 2000... 2000 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- People with HIV disease and health care professionals from around the world can view sessions from the XIII International AIDS Conference on the World Wide Web, according to organizers of this global meeting....

Protease Inhibitor Use Associated with Metabolic Disorders.(Brief Article)
July 31, 2000... 2000 JUL 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- The use of protease inhibitors (PI) is associated with the development of hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and lipodystrophy in HIV infected patients, researchers have verified. "Although HIV related...

EuriSUDA Study Looks at Long-Term Effects of HAART on AIDS-Defining Illnesses.(Brief Article)
July 31, 2000... 2000 JUL 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Highly active antiretroviral therapy has been attributed to a decline in AIDS-defining illnesses in Europe during the period 1994-1998. During 1996 and 1997, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)...

HIV Infected Hemophiliacs Respond Well to Antiretroviral Therapy.(Brief Article)
July 31, 2000... 2000 JUL 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV infected men with hemophilia respond well to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), indicate data from a two-decade-long study in England. "Many hemophilic individuals infected with HIV died...

Routine HIV-1 Test Misses Preseroconversion in Blood Donation.(Brief Article)
July 31, 2000... 2000 JUL 31 - (NewsRx.com) -- Routine HIV-1 tests may not be sensitive enough to detect all infectious window-period donations, according to a study in the July 12, 2000, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Cases...