AIDS Weekly articles from July 2002

AIDS Weekly archives from July 2002

Viral gp120 not needed for infection.
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have shed new light on the means used by HIV to infect both CD4 and non-CD4 cells. "Infection of CD4[superscript]- cells by...

Nevirapine tolerance induction safe, effective.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Allergic reactions to the antiretroviral agent nevirapine can be prevented in high-risk patients, researchers in France report. "The most frequent...

Cost-effectiveness of African intervention programs scrutinized.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have reached some surprising conclusions about the cost-effectiveness of African programs to control HIV infection. "African...

Opioid-induced immune suppression can be prevented.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Europe may have found to a way to prevent the mediating effects of opioids on HIV proliferation. "Opioids potentiate...

Hebrew University student develops method to check if AIDS patients developed resistance to drugs.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lital Alfonta, a PhD candidate in the faculty of science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has developed a fast, inexpensive test to determine if an AIDS patient has developed resistance to the...

Viral Th2 cytokine expression can enhance infection.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Expression of T helper (Th) type 2 cytokines by HIV may potentiate viral proliferation, researchers in Japan report. Dr. Iouri L. Kozyrev and colleagues at...

HIV/AIDS experts call for end of economic sanctions against Haiti.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Members of the Haitian health community met with international HIV/AIDS experts to discuss the current status of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Haiti. The group set out to identify solutions to a...

Euroscreen announces CCR5 licensed to Pfizer.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Euroscreen s.a. has completed a license agreement with Pfizer, Inc., of New York for access to Euroscreen's CCR5 patent rights. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. The license...

Altachem Pharma's proposed joint venture With Erdos Cashmere Group.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The proposed joint venture to be located in Beijing, China, between Altachem Pharma, Ltd., and Erdos Cashmere Corp., is in the process of regulatory approval by the necessary Chinese government...

Project teaches South African inmates awaiting release about HIV.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a country with one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world, groups of South African inmates are being taught methods of HIV prevention and substance abuse prevention. The H.I.S. (Health...

Bush will propose new initiative for fighting AIDS in poor.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2002... 2002 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. Senate Republicans decided to seek less money for fighting AIDS in Africa and elsewhere after White House officials said they would unveil a new plan to combat the disease abroad, a lawmaker...

HIV targets virus-specific CD4 cells.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV appears to specifically target cells that aid in the immune response to HIV infection, researchers say. "HIV infection is associated with the...

Minority and HMO-insured patients poorly represented in HIV drug trials.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in California argue that participants in HIV clinical trials are not representiative of the population at large. "Although there is concern...

Line probe assay can predict treatment outcome.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Luxembourg have identified a new tool for predicting the outcome of antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection. Dr. Jean Servais and...

Lopinavir can enhance safety, efficacy of antiretroviral regimens.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that a novel HIV protease inhibitor could make a valuable addition to antiretroviral drug regimens. Dr. Akhteruzzaman...

Study concludes benefits of anti-HIV therapy during pregnancy outweigh risks.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study found no association between the use of an anti-HIV treatment that uses a combination of drugs during pregnancy and an increased risk of such birth complications as premature delivery,...

Researchers develop HIV fighter.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A form of RNA developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology silences genes that play a role in HIV infection, potentially showing a new way to combat the virus that causes AIDS....

The Immune Response Corp. releases results for new vaccine candidate.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Citing an important step in ongoing research in the ability to trigger immune responses specific to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR) announced preliminary results...

Mucosal antibodies offer no protection.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antibody-mediated mucosal immune mechanisms are almost completely useless at controlling the simian version of HIV, researchers in Germany say. "Little is...

ViroLogic launches viral fitness assay for HIV patient testing.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc., (VLGC) announced the launch of the first-ever commercial laboratory test to evaluate the "replication capacity" (or viral "fitness") of HIV. ViroLogic's new Replication Capacity...

AIDS Weekly May 27, 2002, Headline Error.(Correction to May 27, 2002 issue appeared in June 20, 2002 issue. Correction notice was in error and is corrected here.)(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- We regret that a typographical error appeared in the correction in AIDS Weekly on June 20, 2002. The correction should have read: A headline appearing in the May 27 issue of AIDS Weekly incorrectly...

International Red Cross: Food giant Nestle boosts AIDS fight with donation.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Swiss food and drinks company Nestle has provided a financial boost to the fight against AIDS in Africa, the international Red Cross said June 13, 2002. The International Federation of Red Cross...

Clinicians should consider influenza A and B when diagnosing a febrile respiratory illness during the summer.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The 2001-02 influenza season was mild to moderate in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Influenza A (H3N2) viruses predominated, but influenza B...

African religious leaders meet to discuss AIDS crisis, insist that abstinence is best.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Religious leaders from across Africa opened a conference in Kenya's capital June 10, 2002, to discuss how best to prevent the spread of HIV. All readily agreed that abstinence and fidelity, not...

Clinton urges Bush to come up with $2.4 billion annually to fight AIDS.(Brief Article)
July 8, 2002... 2002 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At an anti-AIDS gala that drew both celebrities and protesters, former President Bill Clinton urged the Bush administration to come up with $2.4 billion annually to fight the disease around the world....

Unsuccessful antiretroviral therapy can lead to brain damage.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Unsuccessful antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection can trigger a severe neurological disorder, researchers in the United States warn. T. Dianne...

Effects of tuberculosis and HIV-2 coinfection elucidated.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Like its more common cousin, HIV-2 infection has significant effects on tuberculosis risk, researchers in Europe and Africa report. "HIV-1 infection is...

Ritonavir can reduce Kaposi sarcoma risk.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The antiretroviral agent ritonavir may help prevent the development of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) in HIV patients, researchers in the United States report. ...

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (gamma) agonists show promise.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Agents which improve the function of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (gamma) (PPAR(gamma)) may be valuable for treating HIV infection, according to...

Antibody-resistant infection poorly controlled after DNA prime/boost regimens.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Potential HIV vaccines effective against some simian strains may not provide similar protection from the human version, researchers warn. "In the rhesus...

Large-scale testing of new AIDS vaccine postponed.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Large-scale testing of two combined AIDS vaccines scheduled to begin August has been postponed until the end of the year. The tests, involving thousands of volunteers, were delayed as more time...

U.N. report says 'dramatic changes' in sexual behavior needed in many poor countries.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A year after the 189-nation U.N. General Assembly adopted a plan to halt the AIDS epidemic, a U.N. report issued Sunday said "dramatic changes" in sexual awareness and behavior are still needed in many...

Pharmacor, Inc., receives U.S. patent for HIV protease inhibitor.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pharmacor, Inc., has been issued U.S. Patent Application No. 09/526,209, relating to its antiretroviral program. The small-molecule compounds described in the patent, entitled "Amino acid derivatives...

Study shows promising results for development of preventive vaccine.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corporation (IMNR) announced results of a study published in the journal Vaccine (2002;20(21-22):2684-2692), which suggested a combination of Remune and immunostimulatory DNA was...

Caspase inhibitors may help eradicate viral reservoirs.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Agents that disrupt caspase signaling may be valuable for flushing out viral reservoirs in HIV patients with latent infection, researchers in Germany say. ...

Epimmune receives FDA clearance to initiate phase I/II therapeutic vaccine trial.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epimmune, Inc., (EPMN), a biotechnology company focused on the development of pharmaceutical products using multiple, specific epitopes to activate the body's immune system, announced that it has...

PEGASYS data support new disease management consensus reached by U.S. NIH.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche announced that data on PEGASYS (peginterferon alfa 2-a 40 kDa), a new generation pegylated interferon for the treatment of hepatitis C, has been included in the new U.S. National Institutes of...

Nanogen expands genetic content patent portfolio.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nanogen, Inc., (NGEN) announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,355,425 (the '425 patent) entitled "Mutations Associated with Iron Disorders" relating to methods for the detection of certain...

Triangle Pharmaceuticals announces final settlement of Coviracil patent dispute.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (VIRS) announced the final settlement among Emory University, GlaxoSmithKline and Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc of longstanding patent disputes involving lamivudine...

Synergy Vaccines announces issuance of U.S. patent for SynerVax technology.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synergy Vaccines, Inc., announced issuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,403,092, entitled "Immune Response Modulator Alpha-2- Macroglobulin Complex" to Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, for inventions...

Cardiac differences in infants born to HIV-positive mothers may persist.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hearts of children whose mothers are infected with HIV show subtle differences in cardiac structure and function by echocardiogram regardless of whether the children are born infected with HIV. ...

Bush proposes spending $500 million to stop spread of HIV abroad.(Brief Article)
July 15, 2002... 2002 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Calling on other world leaders to help "save children from disease and death," President Bush has proposed spending $500 million to keep mothers in parts of Africa and the Caribbean from passing the...

P-glycoprotein inhibitors can increase antiretroviral CNS delivery.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Agents that block the effects of P-glycoprotein can enhance the delivery of HIV drugs into the brain, researchers report. "Most of the existing anti-human...

Successful antiretroviral treatment has little effect on overall immune function.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Successful antiretroviral therapy has surprisingly meager effects on overall immune function in HIV patients, researchers say. Dr. Christopher G. Lange...

Noncytotoxic antiviral mechanisms contribute to persistent infection resistance.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Italy have elucidated factors contributing to the strong resistance to HIV infection seen in some repeatedly exposed individuals. "In...

Interleukin-7 increases risk of naive T-cell infection.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The immunomodulatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-7 potentiates HIV infection of some cells thought to be safe from the virus, researchers in the United States...

Isotretinoin has little impact on cervical cancer risk.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The retinoid isotretinoin offers little benefit to HIV[superscript]+ women with precancerous cervical lesions, researchers in the United States argue. ...

Loss of lean body mass in HIV-infected men linked to immunological processes.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AIDS and HIV infection have long been known to cause weight loss, a condition called AIDS wasting. With the advent of new medications, catastrophic wasting is no longer very common. However, what is...

Greater prevention efforts could be cure for rising cost of HIV treatment.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A greatly expanded HIV prevention program could pay for itself by averting unnecessary medical expenses, according to a new study. Although the annual number of newly diagnosed HIV cases in the...

African program needs $233 million, WHO says.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- African scientists, multilateral and donor organizations, research agencies and industry met in Cape Town in June 2002, to accelerate research and testing for the development of an AIDS vaccine for...

Epstein-Barr virus levels have limited prognostic utility.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) level seem to be a poor predictor of EBV-associated disease development in HIV patients, researchers in the Netherlands report. ...

Rapid viral resistance seen in response to fusion inhibitor treatment.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A novel and promising HIV inhibitor may be subject to rapid viral resistance when administered alone, researchers in the United States warn. "The...

Zidovudine amino acid phosphoramidate monoesters improve pharmacokinetics.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that amino acid phosphoramidate monoesters of the antiretroviral drug zidovudine offer improved pharmacokinetics for HIV...

Abbott, OraSure enter distribution agreement for OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 test.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and OraSure Technologies (OSUR) announced agreements for the coexclusive distribution of OraSure Technologies' OraQuick rapid test for the detection of antibodies to the human...

African AIDS infection rates slightly down, according to new health ministry figures.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The AIDS infection rate among young South Africans appears to have dipped slightly and overall infection rates appear to be stabilizing, according to new figures released by the health ministry. ...

MedMira closes $3.25 million private placement.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedMira, Inc., announced that it has completed a private placement financing originally announced in a press release dated May 14, 2002. As announced, the private placement involved the issuance of...

The Immune Response Corp. completes $4 million private financing.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR) announced that it privately placed a $4,000,000 convertible note and warrant to Oshkim Limited Partnership (Oshkim). The investment was made pursuant to the note...

USF/TGH site for national study testing HIV vaccine in healthy, uninfected volunteers.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine has begun the human trial for a new experimental HIV vaccine at the Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Clinical Research Center. The national...

New boosted saquinavir regimen to treat HIV receives CPMP positive opinion in the E.U.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Roche announced that the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) has granted a positive opinion for both Invirase and Fortovase (saquinavir) to include coadministration with a low dose of...

Scientists explore role of STDs, malaria, and TB in Africa AIDS epidemic.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The effect of HIV-1 on other infectious diseases in Africa is an increasing public health concern. In a review in the June 22, 2002 issue of the Lancet, Elizabeth Corbett from the London School of...

Europe becoming complacent over HIV prevention.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rising levels of gonorrhea and syphilis across western Europe since 1995 imply that complacency over HIV prevention efforts may have set in among individuals and some governments, argue researchers in...

Abbott to provide free HIV test to assist mother-to-child transmission prevention.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Abbott Laboratories announced a donation of its HIV rapid test, Determine HIV, to programs aimed at preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in the 68 African and Least-Developed...

Telik's insulin receptor activator shown to reverse HIV protease inhibitor-induced insulin resistance in preclinical tests.(Brief Article)
July 22, 2002... 2002 JUL 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Telik, Inc., (TELK) announced the presentation of preclinical results demonstrating that one of its insulin receptor activator small molecule drug candidates reversed insulin resistance induced by a...

Matrix proteins can modulate infectivity.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that matrix protein such as fibronectin may be involved in the pathogenesis of HIV infection. "We previously reported...

High CD38 expression by CD8 cells is poor prognostic factor.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A group of researchers in South Africa and the United States have elucidated the significance of heightened CD38 expression by cytotoxic T cells in pediatric...

New drug combinations help patients whose HIV develops resistance after several different treatments.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cocktails of anti-AIDS drugs have dramatically increased survival of individuals infected with HIV. But the virus often develops resistance to the drugs in people who previously have taken multiple...

Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells increases viral replication in macrophages.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Apoptotic cell consumption by HIV-infected macrophages promotes enhanced viral replication, researchers in Brazil report. "Clearance of apoptotic cells...

Symptoms of depressed HIV patients not just psychological.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study suggests that physicians could be making a lethal mistake if they fail to give the same credibility and treatment to depressed patients with HIV that they give to nondepressed patients with...

New method of turning off viruses may help control HIV infection.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A natural method of disarming some types of viruses may enable scientists to someday treat HIV, according to a virologist at Jefferson Medical College. Taking the lead from the common fruit fly,...

European research yields guidelines for treatment of HIV-positive pregnant women and infants.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New guidelines for the treatment of HIV-positive women and children are emerging from European research. The guidelines, aimed at reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, were published June 28,...

Successful implementation of pilot study for HIV antiretroviral therapy in Uganda.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a study in the July 6, 2002, issue of the Lancet report on the successful implementation of a UNAIDS/Uganda Health Ministry initiative to provide antiretroviral treatment to people with...

Cocaine use linked to poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV patients.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the Montefiore Medical Center in New York City measured adherence to antiretroviral drug regimens in 85 HIV-infected current and former cocaine users. The study's lead...

Gary A. Weber named vice president of finance and administration.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synthetech, Inc., (NZYM) has announced the appointment of Gary A. Weber to the position of vice president of finance and administration. Effective upon the retirement in July 2002 of the company's...

Reduction in HIV-1 incidence among rural Ugandans gives hope to other African countries.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study in the July 6, 2002, issue of the Lancet highlights a reduction in both HIV-1 incidence (the number of new cases) and prevalence (the number of cases in the population) from the beginning to...

Serono announces outcome of three clinical studies.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serono S.A. (SRA) announced the outcome of three randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. A study of Serostim [somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection] in 228 patients with...

Multiple nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors may be counterproductive.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The use of more than one nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) in antiretroviral regimens may actually degrade their effectiveness against HIV...

Tight-binding reverse transcriptase inhibition needed for effective agents.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The mode of reverse transcriptase inhibition is a key factor in the virus-killing efficacy of nonnucleoside HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors, researchers...

Two-year price freeze on HIV/AIDS medicines announced.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that it has implemented a two-year freeze in the U.S. list price of the company's entire portfolio of anti-HIV products through January 2004. GSK will continue to...

New U.N.-backed survey provides data for poor countries on more affordable AIDS drugs.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aiming to help close the AIDS treatment gap in the developing world, a new United Nations-backed report was released June 26, 2002, to help poor countries track HIV medicines, testing kits and...

OPEC backs U.N. efforts to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa's worst-hit countries.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) have signed an agreement in Geneva paving the way for a series of joint initiatives...

Powell: U.S. business overseas must not stigmatize those with AIDS.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. companies with overseas operations must not stigmatize people with the AIDS virus by refusing to hire them, Secretary of State Colin Powell says. "They are just like anyone else," said Powell,...

Award will boost HIV/AIDS research in China.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded a Comprehensive International Program for Research on AIDS (CIPRA) grant to China's Center for Disease Control and...

Experts see dangerous trend in use of Viagra with 'party pills'.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dr. Jeffrey Klausner realized he had to do something when he walked through one of San Francisco's sex clubs and heard pill wrappers crunching beneath his feet. "I picked one up, and it was a...

Nonoxynol-9 ineffective in preventing HIV infection.(Brief Article)
July 29, 2002... 2002 JUL 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spermicides containing nonoxynol-9 do not protect against HIV infection and may even increase the risk of HIV infection in women using these products frequently, according to a World Health...