AIDS Weekly articles from July 2003

AIDS Weekly archives from July 2003

Murine cytomegalovirus vector shows promise.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) vectors could be the basis for an effective HIV vaccine, researchers say. "Dendritic cells (DC) are potent antigen-presenting...

Novel antiviral DNA enzyme identified.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel DNA enzyme with potential anti-HIV activity has been identified. "A quick identification of a cleavage site in the target RNA molecule to obtain sequence-specific cleavage by either...

Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 protects brain cells from Tat-induced toxicity.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 can protect brain cells from HIV-induced apoptosis. "Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated dementia is often characterized by chronic inflammation,...

No increase in complication risk during Caesarean section.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pregnant women infected with HIV do not have an increased risk of complications during Caesarean section delivery. According to published research from Thailand, "a study of maternal complications...

Combination drug counseling program reduces infection risk.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A program combining individual and group counseling is effective at reducing cocaine use and HIV infection risk. In a study from the United States, "HIV risk was evaluated among 487...

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-based strategies ineffective over long term.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV vaccine strategies based on inducing antiviral cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses may not be effective over the long term, researchers in the United...

UNAIDS report focuses on HIV, TB in prisons.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prison conditions in most countries of the world are ideal for the transmission of HIV. "They are frequently overcrowded. They commonly operate in an atmosphere of violence and fear. Tensions...

Pakistani injection drug users twice as likely to donate blood.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thirty percent of injection drug users in Pakistan are paid to donate blood, which could contaminate the global blood supply and increase the spread of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C, according to a...

People in rural areas less likely to use CAM for pain, HIV patients more likely.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to results of an eastern Michigan survey, while urban, suburban, and rural residents report having equally severe pain, suburban and urban dwellers were more likely than rural residents to use...

Drinking while on medication may speed up HIV's advance.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV infection may progress faster in patients who drink moderate-to-high amounts of alcohol while taking antiretroviral medications, according to new research. Patients who drank while taking the...

Concern expressed over uncontrolled use of anti-HIV drugs.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Uncontrolled use of antiretroviral drugs in developing countries could accelerate HIV resistance, warn researchers in an article in the British Medical Journal. Most people in developing countries...

Men who have sex with men could worsen China's HIV-1 epidemic.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from China and the U.S. suggest in the June 20, 2003, issue of the Lancet that men who have unprotected sex with men might worsen China's emerging HIV-1 epidemic because they form a sexual...

Organization helps fund fight against AIDS, TB, and malaria in Kenya.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Government of Kenya and the Global Fund have signed an agreement for grants worth US $52 million to battle AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, Global Fund reported on June 18, 2003. The three...

HIV Vpr could be used for DNA delivery.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV viral protein R (Vpr) may be useful as a gene therapy vector. Vpr "is a small protein of 96 amino acids that is conserved among the lentiviruses human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1),...

Women's coalition on HIV/AIDS launched in Ethiopia.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ethiopia's prime minister Meles Zenawi urged a major change in his countrymen's sexual behavior patterns to tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He said relying on protective measures like condoms was not...

Function, not quantity of retinal cytotoxic T cells determines cytomegalovirus protection.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The function - and not the quantity - of retinal cytotoxic T cells determines the degree of protection against cytomegalovirus. "AIDS-related human cytomegalovirus retinitis continues to be an...

High-resolution computed tomography useful for PCP diagnosis.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-resolution computed tomography (CT) is useful for diagnosing HIV patients with suspected Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Researchers in Spain conducted a study "to assess the value of...

Dendritic cell DC-SIGN used in different ways by HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dendritic cell DC-SIGN is used in different ways by HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. "Dendritic cells (DCs) are vital in the defense against pathogens. However, it is becoming increasingly clear...

CDC threatens program over workshops.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. federal health officials have warned an HIV/AIDS prevention program that its federal funding will be cut if it does not stop offering classes that "encourage or promote sexual activity." The...

Antiretroviral treatment helps resolve lymphoid interstitial pneumonia.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antiretroviral treatment helps resolve lymphoid interstitial pneumonia (LIP). "To analyze the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy" on LIP, scientists in France "reviewed the medical...

Lopinavir has paradoxical effects on P-glycoprotein expression.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The HIV protease inhibitor lopinavir has paradoxical effects on P-glycoprotein expression. In a study from the United States, "the effect of lopinavir on P-glycoprotein-mediated rhodamine 123...

Low rate of virologic failure found among patients taking Viread.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gilead Sciences, Inc., (GILD) announced 96-week data from an ongoing clinical trial demonstrating that resistance to Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) among treatment-naive patients occurs...

New HIV antiretroviral treatment interruption study begins in Spain.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corporation (NASDAQ:IMNR) announced the initiation of a treatment interruption study in Spain (REMIT-2102) to determine whether patients who have demonstrated sustained control of...

New genetic pathway of HIV resistance to stavudine found.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have discovered a novel genetic pathway of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 resistance to stavudine, which is mediated by the K65R mutation. "Stavudine (d4T) and zidovudine (AZT) are...

Optimism in Western Cape, South Africa, over possible antiretrovirals rollout.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People in the Western Cape province of South Africa are optimistic about provision of antiretroviral medications to all residents with HIV/AIDS. Health officials say the success rate in treating...

Resistance mutations can emerge during treatment interruption.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Resistance mutations can emerge in HIV patients during structured treatment interruptions. Scientists in the United States "studied 14 patients acutely infected with wild-type HIV, who underwent...

Ribavarin and stavudine safe in patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ribavarin and stavudine can be safely combined in HIV/hepatitis C patients, although their efficacy is questionable. According to published research from France, "a randomized, open-label trial was...

Low treatment adherence rates contribute to outpatient mortality.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low treatment adherence by outpatients strongly contributes to the high tuberculosis mortality rate in HIV patients. "Adherence to antituberculosis treatment, a major determinant of outcome, is of...

Tuberculin skin test detects latent infection during antiretroviral therapy.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The tuberculin skin test can be used to diagnose latent tuberculosis in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy. According to published research from the United States, a "cross-sectional study of...

DNA vaccine and microparticle boost produce potent anti-HIV immune response.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Broad and potent anti-human immunodeficiency virus immune responses were obtained in rhesus macaques by priming with a DNA vaccine and boosting with protein-adsorbed polylactide coglycolide...

Immunodominant epitopes found in tat-vaccinated volunteers.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunodominant epitopes have been identified in inactivated tat-vaccinated healthy and HIV-1-infected volunteers. According to a study from Italy and France, "We analyzed the epitopes and the...

Structure of RNA aptamer with high Tat affinity determined.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The structure of an aptamer with potential anti-HIV activity has been determined. According to published research from Japan, "an RNA aptamer containing two binding sites exhibits extremely high...

Novel cell line enables high-level production of KSHV DNA polymerase.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel cell line enables high-level production of a key DNA enzyme involved in Kaposi's sarcoma pathogenesis. "The DNA polymerase (POL) of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is...

Medication reminders marketed to HIV/AIDS treatment providers.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ALR Technologies, Inc., (ALRT) has begun an aggressive marketing campaign for its products to clinics and other providers of treatment to HIV/AIDS patients. It is sending a packet containing a...

Guidelines for workplace TB control activities issued.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On the occasion of the World Economic Forum Africa Summit, a new effort to protect the health of millions of workers was launched June 12, 2003, by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the...

Pathogen combinations may underlie chronic periodontitis in HIV patients.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pathogen combinations may underlie chronic periodontitis in HIV patients. "Many putative periodontal pathogens associated with periodontal disease in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected...

New negotiations lower prices of HIV drugs in 10 countries of the Americas.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Mirta Roses Periago, praised 10 Latin American countries on June 12, 2003, for their successful negotiation to reduce the prices of...

Food aid for provided to HIV/AIDS-affected in Central African Republic.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) will provide enriched food rations to HIV/AIDS infected or affected people from July 2003 to help them resist opportunistic diseases, the agency's representative in the...

FDA seizes dietary supplement claimed to cure diseases, including AIDS, cancer.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. government has seized more than 132,000 bottles of a dietary supplement promoted with allegedly deceptive claims it could cure hundreds of diseases, including AIDS and cancer, federal...

Lack of STD awareness challenges growth of diagnostic market.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Growth of diagnostic markets are directly dependent on an increasing awareness of the symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which in turn spur the demand for routine screening facilities....

Prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases updated.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases have been updated. According to a study from the United States, "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Etiology in chimpanzees discovered.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The origin of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1), responsible for the global AIDS pandemic, has been a live issue in the scientific community for many years. It is now recognized that HIV-1 in...

Adjuvants interleukin-12 and cholera toxin enhance immunity to HIV-1.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin-12 and cholera toxin subunit B act as adjuvants to enhance mucosal and systemic immunity to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 glycoproteins. According to recent research published in...

Manufacturing of BlockAide/CR commences.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biokeys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BKYS) announced that it has initiated manufacturing of its viral entry inhibitor for HIV, known as BlockAide/CR, in order to prepare pharmaceutical grade product to dose...

Early detection business to grow following FDA clearance of test.
July 7, 2003... 2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DiaSys Corporation (DYX) announced that the Leishmania RapidTest product, marketed and sold by DiaSys for visceral leishmania (VL), has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance...

Vpr mutation linked to long-term nonprogression.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A mutation in the HIV gene coding for viral Vpr protein is linked to nonprogressive infection. "The absence of immune defects that occurs in the syndrome of long-term nonprogressive (LTNP) HIV...

Autologous virus-based reagents needed for accurate measure of T-cell responses.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Reagents based on autologous HIV strain sequences are needed for accurate measurements of antiviral T-cell activity, researchers write in the Journal of...

Interleukin-15 can enhance virus-specific immunity in children.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin-15 can enhance anti-HIV cellular immunity in children. "Cellular immune responses play a central role in controlling HIV-1 infection," researchers in the United States explained. ...

Extremely low viral RNA levels present in exposed seronegative individuals.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Extremely low HIV RNA levels are present in highly exposed but seronegative patients. "Some individuals remain inexplicably seronegative and lack evidence for human immunodeficiency virus type 1...

Peripheral blood neutrophils can express CD4.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Peripheral blood neutrophils can express CD4, and may play a role in the pathogenesis of HIV infection. "CD4, the primary receptor for entry of HIV, is known to be expressed on T cells and...

Kunjin virus vectors show promise.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Kunjin virus vectors could be the basis for an effective HIV vaccine, researchers in Australia report. "We have previously demonstrated the ability of the...

Phase II trial with PRO 2000 to prevent HIV transmission begins in Africa.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (IDEV) announced the initiation of a phase II clinical trial in Africa assessing the safety of PRO 2000, a topically administered, vaginal microbicide designed to prevent...

Australian research on immune system rejuvenation leads to international trials.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Norwood Abbey, Ltd., (NAL) announced that Australian research on rejuvenating the immune system, which could significantly help HIV/AIDS patients, has been seized upon by a team of international...

More aggressive identification and treatment needed to improve outcomes.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anemia is associated with increased risk of mortality and morbidity and has an independent impact on quality of life in chronically ill patients, according to a review article published in the June 23,...

Immune system genetics determine HIV progression to AIDS.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genes underlying HIV infected patients' immune systems can predict their risk of progressing to AIDS, a new study shows. The finding represents the first application of a novel statistical...

Services, supply agreement signed with NIH.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc., (BJCT), a developer of needle-free drug delivery systems, announced that it has entered into a services and supply agreement with SAIC-Frederick, Inc., a subsidiary...

Androgens increase strength but not muscle quality.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Men who take supplemental androgens - the male hormone testosterone or similar medications - increase their strength by adding muscle mass, but androgens alone do not pack more might into the muscles,...

Generex announces third quarter financial results, positive results on Oralin.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Generex Biotechnology Corp. (GNBT) announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2003. The company reported a net loss for the quarter ended April 30, 2003, of $2.6...

Grant supports structural proteomics study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has awarded a Euro3.5 million grant for a structural proteomics study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The support is part of the government's...

First human Phase I clinical trials approved in South Africa.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- South Africa's Medicines Control Council (MCC) has approved a Phase I clinical trial in humans of an HIV vaccine, Pretoria's BuaNews reported. "This is the first HIV vaccine trial to be approved in...

Technique may enable screening for early signs of cognitive impairment.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study using a cutting edge research technique called "proteomics protein fingerprinting" shows that HIV patients with dementia have distinct protein patterns in their blood, setting them apart...

Herpes simplex virus interactions characterized.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Herpes simplex virus has paradoxical effects on HIV replication. "It was proposed recently that CEM CD4+ T cells infected chronically by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and human...

HIV-1-positive female migrants in Northrhine-Westphalia studied.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study on the characteristics of HIV-1-positive female migrants in Northrhine-Westphalia has been released. "Data of 204 HIV-1-positive female migrants from Subsaharan Africa, Asia, and European...

B-cell dysfunction characterized.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The mechanisms of B-cell functional loss during HIV infection have been described. "HIV infection induces a wide array of B cell dysfunctions," researchers in the United States explained. S....

Total energy expenditure and carbohydrate oxidation elevated in patients.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Total energy expenditure (TEE) and carbohydrate oxidation are elevated during HIV-associated lipodystrophy. To determine if TEE "is increased in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...

Dendritic cells are infection target.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dendritic cells are targets of HIV infection, which reduces their functional capacity. "Recently it has been shown that the two populations of blood dendritic cells (DCs), termed plasmacytoid...

Disbelief in AIDS hampers prevention efforts in Mali.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Widespread skepticism about the existence of AIDS hampers prevention efforts in Mali. In a study from England, "qualitative research was carried out in the Malian cities of Sikasso and Bamako with...

Mannose-binding lectin gene mutations do not increase risk for Colombians.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutations in the mannose-binding lectin (MBL) gene do not affect HIV risk in Colombians. MBL "is a calcium-dependent lectin shown to play an important role in innate immunity to infection by...

Discordant results returned by corticotropin-based adrenal dysfunction tests.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Different corticotropin-based tests for adrenal dysfunction in AIDS patients often yield discordant results "Many patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have symptoms suggestive...

Molecular screening feasible for dried blood, plasma spots.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dried blood and plasma specimens are suitable for molecular HIV screening. In a study from the United States, "eleven laboratories evaluated the use of dried blood and plasma spots for quantitation...

Novel protocol automates AMPLICOR MONITOR screening.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel processing method enables automated HIV screening with a widely used test. Researchers in the United States "developed and verified an automated sample processing protocol for use with the...

FDA approves first once-daily protease inhibitor as part of combination therapy.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted marketing clearance for Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate), an azapeptide protease inhibitor...

Intravenous immunoglobulins ameliorate toxic epidermal necrolysis.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Intravenous immunoglobulins can be used to treat drug-induced dermatological morbidity in AIDS patients. "Individuals with AIDS are at higher risk of developing severe cutaneous adverse drug...

Protease inhibitors linked to lipodystrophy in children.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV protease inhibitors produce lipid distrubances in children similar to those seen in treated adults. Scientists in the United States "conducted a prospective evaluation for evidence of the...

Scrub typhus may not suppress infection.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Overall, scrub typhus does not have an inhibitory effect on HIV replication. "While a number of microbial infections induce a transient burst in viral load in individuals infected with human...

Novel mycobacterial antigens useful for diagnosis.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pair of mycobacterial antigens are useful for diagnosing tuberculosis in HIV patients. "There is a need for rapid diagnostic methods to identify tuberculosis among human immunodeficiency...

Listeria HIV gag immunization induces antigen-specific T cell response.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunization with recombinant Listeria monocytogenes HIV gag induced HIV gag-specific CD8+ T cells in the spleen and gut-associated lymphoid tissue. According to recent research published in the...

Efficacy results of the current generation of AIDS vaccines due this year.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Strategies for AIDS vaccines now undergoing clinical testing involve the optimization of antibody and cellular immune responses, according to a...

Past, present, and future perspectives of pediatric HIV vaccines reviewed.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The past trials, present plans, and future perspectives of HIV vaccines in infants and children have been summarized in a recent issue of Current Molecular Medicine. According to a study from the...

Subunit protein vaccines evaluated for HIV-1 treatment.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A review of subunit protein vaccines for HIV-1 treatment has been published recently. "With the spread of AIDS still rampant in many parts of the world, there is a global urgency to develop a...

GB virus genotype may influence protective effects.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GB virus genotype may influence the protective effects of co-infection in HIV patients. "Several recent studies have indicated that patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exhibit...

CSI Health Stations unveiled in central Los Angeles.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The JWCH Institute unveiled Computerized Screening, Inc.'s, (CSI) patented Health Stations in central Los Angeles, an area commonly referred to as "Skid Row." Bringing this innovative technology...

First pediatric HIV/AIDS center to open in Botswana.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A unique partnership between a government, a corporation, and an academic institution has led to the opening of the first center in Africa focused exclusively on caring for children with pediatric...

Wrangle delays $91 million package to fight HIV/AIDS in Cote d'Ivoire.
July 14, 2003... 2003 JUL 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has delayed the disbursement of a US$91 million grant to Cote d'Ivoire because of a dispute between government departments in Abidjan over...