AIDS Weekly articles from March 1994

AIDS Weekly archives from March 1994

Discovery may lead to new type of AIDS vaccine. (Rev protein required for HIV replication) (University of Virginia)
March 7, 1994... University of Virginia A new discovery has allowed researchers to generate an attenuated strain of HIV-1 that may serve as a prototype for an AIDS vaccine. The finding - that a previously undescribed element from a "simple" monkey...

NIAID begins trial of TBC-3B AIDS vaccine. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) (Therion Biologics Corp.)
March 7, 1994... Therion Biologics Corp. Therion Biologics Corp., Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is beginning a Phase I clinical trial with the Company's candidate AIDS...

HIV vaccine will also bring new public policy dilemmas, says ethicist. (Bernard Lo) (University of California, San Francisco)
March 7, 1994... University of California, San Francisco When and if an effective preventive HIV vaccine is developed, it will not be the "magic bullet" many are hoping, and policymakers in the United States will face complex and controversial decisions,...

Entertainment-education approach to HIV/AIDS prevention recommended. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
March 7, 1994... U.S. CDC At a conference convened by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, entertainment industry executives and academic experts urged the CDC to officially request the regular airing of condom...

Clinton administration needs to focus on big picture. (preventing the spread of AIDS) (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
March 7, 1994... University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill The Clinton administration must do more than "just show dancing condoms on television" if it wants to stop the spread of AIDS, says a leading expert on sexually transmitted diseases. In an...

AZT findings spark debate about HIV testing. (North Carolina)
March 7, 1994... North Carolina A report that the drug AZT reduces transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their newborns was hailed by North Carolina researchers, who say the study results suggest all pregnant women should be tested for HIV. ...

AIDS panel advises against telling mothers of HIV tests. (New York AIDS Advisory Council)
March 7, 1994... New York All pregnant women in New York state should be counseled about AIDS and strongly urged to be tested for HIV, a state panel has recommended. But a subcommittee of the state AIDS Advisory Council has rejected a proposal that...

Routine HIV screening of "questionable utility," study says. (screening trauma patients) (Kansas)
March 7, 1994... Kansas The routine screening of trauma patients for HIV infection proved to be a waste of scarce healthcare dollars, researchers from the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita concluded ("The Questionable Utility of Mandatory...

Allergy may be co-factor for progression of HIV infection. (Greece)
March 7, 1994... Greece Allergy may be a co-factor for HIV/AIDS disease progression, a team of French and Greek researchers reports ("Clinical Manifestations of Allergy and Their Relation to HIV Infection," International Archives of Allergy and...

Discovery of a new antiviral ISIS 5320 announced. (Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
March 7, 1994... Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Carlsbad, California, announced the publication of a scientific paper describing a new anti-HIV compound, ISIS 5320, now in preclinical testing. ISIS 5320 was discovered through...

IGIV removed from world market. (immune globulin intravenous implicated in transmission of hepatitis) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
March 7, 1994... U.S. FDA In response to inquiries regarding an action by Baxter Healthcare Corporation to remove an immune globulin intravenous (IGIV) product, Gammagard, from the market, on February 25, 1994, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

HIV blood battle widens. (France)
March 7, 1994... France Shielded by dark glasses, erect posture and sense of purpose, Claire Duplessis is fighting two battles: against HIV, and the politicians she blames for her infection. In 1983, her physician husband, Marcel, underwent cancer...

Firm to continue to seek justice for people affected by tainted blood. (Siskind, Cromarty, Ivey & Dowler) (Canada)
March 7, 1994... Canada The London, Ontario, law firm of Siskind, Cromarty, Ivey & Dowler will continue to represent the interests of people who acquired HIV as a result of the tainted blood supply in Ontario. While the Ontario Court denied...

Urgent need exists for HIV prevention programs among the mentally ill. (Medical College of Wisconsin)
March 7, 1994... Medical College of Wisconsin There is an urgent need for HIV prevention programs among urban, chronically mentally ill adults, report researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee ("Factors Associated with Risk for HIV...

Sex with multiple partners associated with severity of schizophrenia. (New York)
March 7, 1994... New York Sexual activity and having multiple partners associated with more severe illness in a population of schizophrenics examined by researchers from Columbia University, New York ("Sexual Activity and Risk of HIV Infection among...

Homosexual men run high risk of depression. (North Carolina)
March 7, 1994... North Carolina Both HIV-infected and uninfected homosexual men have a high risk of major depressive disorder, report researchers from the University of Florida, Gainesville, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ("Mood...

Psychosis associated with higher mortality in HIV-infected patients. (California)
March 7, 1994... California Among HIV-positive patients, new-onset psychosis is associated with a higher mortality rate, a team of California researchers reports ("HIV-Associated Psychosis: A Study of 20 Cases," American Journal of Psychiatry, February...

Study: more psychiatric morbidity in HIV-positive prisoners. (Ireland)
March 7, 1994... Ireland HIV-positive prisoners segregated from the rest of the prison population demonstrated greater psychiatric morbidity and more depressive symptoms than did ordinary prisoners in a recent Irish study ("Psychiatric Morbidity in...

NIAID HIV/AIDS pathogenesis research agenda. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) (Research Report)
March 7, 1994... AUTHORS: M.I. Johnston and J.M. Killen. U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of AIDS, Bethesda, Maryland. According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the Keystone...

Genetic variation and phenotypic characteristics of HIV-1 strains at the moment of primary HIV-1 infection: relationship to rate of CD4+ cell decline and time to AIDS diagnosis. (Research Report)
March 7, 1994... AUTHORS: J. Goudsmit 1, S. Jurriaans 1, M. Cornelissen 1, E. Baan 1, G.-J. Weverling 2, B. Van Gemen 3, M. Koot 4, R. Coutinho 5, H. Schuitemaker 4 and C. Kuiken 1. 1Human Retrovirus Laboratory, AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2NATEC,...

Domains of retroviral glycoproteins involved in oligomer assembly and fusion. (Research Report)
March 7, 1994... AUTHORS: E. Hunter 1, H. Bernstein 1, J. Dubay 1, D. Einfeld 1, S. Tucker 1, C. Wild 2 and T. Matthews 2. 1University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama; and 2Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. According to an abstract presented by...

Biological and molecular features of HIV-1 pathogenesis. (Research Report)
March 7, 1994... AUTHORS: C. Cheng-Mayer, L. Stamatatos, A. Koito, and E. Sawai. University of California, Cancer Research Institute, San Francisco, California. According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the Keystone...

Molecular evolution of West African primate lentiviruses. (Research Report)
March 7, 1994... AUTHORS: F. Gao 1, L. Yue 1, J. Jin 1, H. Hui 1, D.L. Robertson 2, P.N. Fultz 1, P.M. Sharp 2, G.M. Shaw 1 and B.H. Hahn 1. 1University of Alabama, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Birmingham, Alabama; and 2Trinity College,...

Rapid protection against HIV-1 replication mediated by high efficiency non-retroviral delivery of genes interfering with HIV-1 tat and gag. (Research Report)
March 7, 1994... AUTHORS: F. Lori 1, J. Lisziewicz 1, J. Smythe 1, A. Cara 1, T.A. Bunnag 1, D. Curiel 1 and R.C. Gallo 1. 1U.S. National Cancer Institute, Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, Bethesda, Maryland; and 2University of Alabama, Comprehensive Cancer...

Retroviral vectors as directly administered therapeutics for HIV infection. (Research Report)
March 7, 1994... AUTHORS: D.J. Jolly, J.F. Warner, B. Merchant, S. Mento and the Viagene HIV Project Team. Viagene, Inc., San Diego, California. According to an abstract presented presented by the authors during a plenary session of the Keystone Symposia...

Computer interview for screening blood donors for risk of HIV transmission. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 7, 1994... SOURCE: M.D. Computing, January-February 1994;11(1):26 -32. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in M.D. Computing, "To test the ability of a computer-based interview to detect factors related to the risk of the...

Median time from seroconversion to AIDS in Italian HIV-positive haemophiliacs - different parametric estimates. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 7, 1994... SOURCE: Statistics in Medicine, January 30, 1994;13(2):163-175. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Statistics in Medicine, "The purpose of this study was to estimate the median incubation time between human...

Co-infection and synergy of human immunodeficiency virus-1 and herpes simplex virus-1. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 7, 1994... SOURCE: Lancet, January 29, 1994;343(8892):255-258. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the Lancet, "The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) uses the CD4 molecule, expressed by T -helper cells and activated...

Diversity and virulence thresholds in AIDS. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 7, 1994... SOURCE: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, January 18, 1994;91(2):544-548. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of...

Envelope glycoprotein gp120 of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 alters ion transport in astrocytes - implications for AIDS dementia complex. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 7, 1994... SOURCE: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, January 18, 1994;91(2):494-498. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of...

AIDS risk behaviors among late middle-aged and elderly Americans - the National AIDS Behavioral Surveys. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 7, 1994... SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, January 10, 1994;154(1):57-63. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Archives of Internal Medicine, "Objectives: Although 10% of all acquired immunodeficiency syndrome...

Blood in saliva of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - possible implication in sexual transmission of the disease. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 7, 1994... SOURCE: Journal of Medical Virology, January 1994;42(1):38-41. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the Journal of Medical Virology, "The presence and concentration of haemoglobin in saliva of anti-human...

HHV-6 linked to AIDS. (human herpes virus 6) (Medical College of Wisconsin)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Medical College of Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin researchers have shown an important link between human herpes virus 6 (HHV*6) and AIDS. In a study reported in the March 5, 1994, issue of the Lancet, doctoral...

$30 million worth of testing finds no blood with HIV-2. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: U.S. FDA In the summer of 1992, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took a resoundingly uncontroversial step in the war on AIDS: It ordered all blood banks to test for a virus called HIV-2. Even though the virus...

Couple claims daughter got AIDS from polio vaccine. (Anita and Bruce Williams; Orimune vaccine) (Illinois)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Illinois An Illinois couple claims their 12-year-old daughter got AIDS from the oral polio vaccine she received as an infant, although many scientists have discounted any such link. At issue is whether the vaccine, using a...

Study finds merit in switching to ddI when AZT benefits decrease. (didanosine, zidovudine) (University of Utah)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: University of Utah AIDS patients showing signs of disease progression while taking AZT may temporarily benefit from switching to another drug, according to the Utah authors of a clinical study. "We've known for some time...

Italian study supports clinical benefit to early therapy with AZT. (zidovudine) (Burroughs Wellcome Co.)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Burroughs Wellcome Company The progression of HIV infection may be delayed by more than two years in patients who begin therapy with Retrovir brand zidovudine (AZT) before developing symptomatic HIV disease, a new epidemiologic...

Long-term foscarnet not associated with resistance in AIDS. (Australia)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Australia Extended treatment with foscarnet did not appear to be associated with the development of foscarnet-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in an AIDS patient treated at an Australian research center....

Zidovudine-resistance in CSF not independent of blood. (cerebrospinal fluid) (Germany)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Germany A report from a German research center suggests that the development of zidovudine resistance in cerebrospinal fluid does not occur independently from that in the blood. Several mutations are associated with...

Anti-CMV susceptibility assay developed. (cytomegalovirus) (Cornell University)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Cornell University A susceptibility test of cytomegalovirus blood isolates using shell vial assay methodology appears to produce susceptibility results within days after primary isolation, according to a report from researchers...

Study finds significant HIV risk-taking among the elderly. (University of California, San Francisco)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: University of California, San Francisco Significant numbers of Americans aged 50 years and older routinely engage in unsafe sexual practices, according to a recent report ("AIDS Risk Behaviors among Late Middle-Aged and Elderly...

Youth, low income associated with HIV risk behavior. (Canada)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Canada Youth and annual incomes below $10,000 were among the sociodemographic variables that characterized homosexual men indulging in behavior placing them at risk for HIV in a recent Canadian study ("Sociodemographic...

CD4 count a poor indicator of PCP risk in HIV-infected infants. (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) (European Collaborative Study Group)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: European Collaborative Study Group CD4 cell counts are a poor indicator of when to begin Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis in infants whose mothers are infected with HIV, according to a report from the European...

Study shows AIDS prevention needs of "men of color." (California)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: California The first multi-ethnic, multi-geographical study of AIDS prevention needs of homosexual and bisexual "men of color" shows programs aimed at these groups are severely underfunded, the authors said. The survey,...

Immune Reconstitution Cell-Transfer Therapy clinical trials announced. (Health Professionals Inc.)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Health Professionals Inc. Health Professionals Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Center for Special Immunology (CSI), has received permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a Phase I clinical...

Agouron-Japan Tobacco alliance expands into anti-viral drugs. (Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Japan Tobacco Inc.) (California)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: California Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced it will expand its strategic alliance with the pharmaceutical division of Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) into the field of anti-viral drugs. In connection with the expanded alliance,...

Thymosin alpha 1 combination study suggests CD4+ response. (Maryland)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Maryland Alpha 1 Biomedicals Inc. announced the publication of a clinical trial in which patients who completed one year of treatment with the company's thymosin alpha 1 drug plus AZT and alpha interferon had the greatest...

Imreg files orphan drug applications. (Imreg-1 for HIV infection & tuberculosis) (Louisiana)
March 14, 1994... DATELINE: Louisiana Imreg Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, announced that it had filed Orphan Drug Applications with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of its investigational biopharmaceutical Imreg-1, and synthetic...

Appendicitis and the AIDS patient. (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: S.E. Wilson, R.A. Williams and A.R. Rafatjoo. University of California, College of Medicine, Irvine, California. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the Western Section American Federation for...

Surgical outcome in AIDS patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract. (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: S. Dutta, M. Ryan, A. Levine, A. Ortega, G. Anthone and R. Beart. University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the...

Role of CD4+ T cells in murine acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: L.A. Donaldson, R. Cheng, S.M. Savage and M.L. Sopori. University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the Western Section American...

Rheumatic diseases and human immunodeficiency virus infection. (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: J. Petrin, G. Gardner, D. Paauw and A. Collier. University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the Western Section American Federation...

Disease stage and depression affect coping in HIV-1 infection. (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: B. Fahy-Chandon, K. Syndulko, E. Singer and W. Tourtellotte. University of California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the Western Section...

The effect of antibody affinity on the sensitivity of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to cryptococcal antigen. (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: K.R. Albe and T.K. Kozel. University of Nevada, School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the Western Section American Federation for Clinical Research, Western...

Interleukin-2 receptor in coccidioidomycosis. (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: M. Ficinski, H. Affentranger, A.S. Ragland and E.L. Arsura. University of California, Kern Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the Western Section...

Why do wasted AIDS patients without opportunistic infections have a poor quality of life? (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: D. Waters 1, J. Danska 1, D. Nickell 1, N. Gesundheit 2, L. Jackson 2, F. Koster 1 and D.S. Schade 1. 1University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and 2Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California. ...

Fungal sinusitis in AIDS, report of four cases. (Research Report)
March 14, 1994... AUTHORS: R.D. Meyer, C.G. Gaultier, J.T. Yamashita, R. Bapapour, H.E. Pitchon and P.R. Wolfe. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to a joint meeting of the Western...

Nurses fear of contagion - a functional-measurement analysis. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 14, 1994... SOURCE: Medical Decision Making, January-March 1994;14(1):40-45. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Medical Decision Making, "The amounts of fear of contagion aroused in nurses by 15 unnamed diseases were...

HIV infection and risk behaviors among heterosexuals in alcohol treatment programs. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 14, 1994... SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, February 16, 1994;271(7):515-518. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, "Objective: To measure the...

Rochalimaea henselae infection - a new zoonosis with the domestic cat as a reservoir. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 14, 1994... SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, February 16, 1994;271(7):531-535. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, "Objective: To determine the...

Estimation of time since infection using longitudinal disease-marker data. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 14, 1994... SOURCE: Statistics in Medicine, February 15, 1994;13(3):231-244. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Statistics in Medicine, "We propose a method to estimate the usually unknown time since infection for...

Diarrheal morbidity during the 1st 2 years of life among HIV-infected infants. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 14, 1994... SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, February 9, 1994;271(6):448-452. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, "Objective: To determine the...

Relation of the course of HIV infection in children to the severity of the disease in their mothers at delivery. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 14, 1994... SOURCE: New England Journal of Medicine, February 3, 1994;330(5):308-312. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, "Background: Among infants with maternally transmitted...

Pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with AIDS - clinical and radiographic correlations. (Periodical Report) (Abstract)
March 14, 1994... SOURCE: Chest, January 1994;105(1):37-44. According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Chest, "Objective: To evaluate the clinical and radiographic features of pulmonary aspergillosis as they present in AIDS...

HIV serotypes may be as numerous as infected individuals. (California)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: California A longitudinal study of antibody responses to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in infected individuals suggests that an AIDS vaccine will have to be very complex in order to encompass a sufficient number of viral...

Zalcitabine as effective as didanosine in the AZT-intolerant. (Treatment Options)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Treatment Options Zalcitabine is at least as effective as didanosine in delaying the progression of HIV disease and death among patients who have not responded to zidovudine (AZT), according to a report from a multicenter team...

Agency to fund Centers for AIDS Research. (U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: U.S. NIAID The U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will award grants for three new and eight continuing Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) at leading research institutions in the United States. In...

Agency warns China it faces AIDS epidemic. (World Health Organization)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned China that unless it takes emergency preventive action, the country is facing a serious epidemic of HIV. The executive director of WHO's global AIDS program, Michael...

New AIDS cases double in 1993. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: U.S. CDC The number of new AIDS cases unexpectedly more than doubled in 1993 under a broader definition of the disease and boosted by a sharp increase in the number of infections among heterosexuals. The U.S. Centers for...

Heterosexuals have greatest AIDS rate increase. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: U.S. CDC People who were infected with HIV through heterosexual contact accounted for the largest proportionate increase in AIDS cases in the United States over the past eight years, researchers said. A report released by...

Human clinical trials of oral GS 840 for HIV begin. (Gilead Sciences Inc.)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Gilead Sciences Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, California, announced that it has begun Phase I human clinical testing of its product candidate GS 840 in patients infected with HIV. This study is designed to determine...

AIDS sufferers prefer sanatorium to home. (Cuba)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Cuba A small group of HIV-positive Cubans has left the Santiago de las Vegas sanatorium in the outskirts of Havana to go back to their families and rejoin the country's economic and social mainstream, under a new national...

Study says blood banks a health hazard. (Philippines)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Philippines Philippine health authorities are scrambling to overhaul the country's blood bank system after a study found some of the blood being distributed was contaminated with diseases including hepatitis B and HIV. ...

Tank-Automotive Command issues medical alert. (about HIV-contaminated blood products in German civilian hospitals) (U.S. Army)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: U.S. Army The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command released the following medical alert on possible HIV-positive contamination in Germany: Recent news reports relate that a German pharmaceutical firm, UB Plasma, allegedly...

Heterosexual HIV transmission higher in Thailand than in West.
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Heterosexual Transmission The probability of transmission of HIV-1 from women to men is significantly greater in Thailand than in the West, according to a recent report ("Probability of Female-to-Male Transmission of HIV-1 in...

Substantial rate of HIV infection found among alcoholics. (Substance Abuse and HIV)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Substance Abuse and HIV Interventions aimed at the prevention of HIV should become a standard part of alcoholism treatment programs, California researchers write ("HIV Infection and Risk Behaviors among Heterosexuals in Alcohol...

Aspergillosis can be fatal for AIDS patients. (Opportunistic Infections)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Opportunistic Infections Although removed from the list of AIDS-defining illnesses in 1984, pulmonary Aspergillus infection can have severe consequences for AIDS patients, according to a recent report ("Pulmonary Aspergillosis...

PCP should be considered in infants with respiratory distress. (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) (Opportunistic Infections)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Opportunistic Infections Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) should be included in the differential diagnosis of all infants suffering from acute respiratory distress, British researchers argue in recent case reports...

State will get new drugs for AIDS. (Kentucky Consortium for AIDS Research)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Kentucky A newly formed doctors' research consortium will make it possible for Kentucky to receive the latest drugs for treating patients who have tested positive for HIV. The Kentucky Consortium for AIDS Research has two...

Bill requires notification when sex offender tests positive. (Mississippi)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Mississippi The House sent the Mississippi governor a bill to require victims and offenders to be notified when individuals convicted of sex crimes test positive for HIV. The bill passed 121-0. It already passed the...

Needle-exchange program to fight AIDS starts in Boston. (Massachusetts)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Massachusetts Addicts who inject their drugs can now, without fear of arrest, take part in a state-sponsored needle-exchange program that began in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, to help fight the spread of AIDS. ...

Collaboration to develop products from cell separation technology. (Amgen Inc., Amcell Corp. and Miltenyi Biotec GmbH)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: Amgen, Amcell and Miltenyi Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California and Amcell Corporation, Los Altos, California, announced a collaboration to develop and commercialize products based upon proprietary cell separation and...

Pasteur Institute researcher joins ImmuDyne Inc. (Peter W.A. Mansell) (California)
March 21, 1994... DATELINE: California ImmuDyne Inc., Houston, Texas, announced that Dr. Peter W.A. Mansell joined the company as vice president of research and development, effective February 1, 1994. Mansell is an acknowledged authority on the immune...

The meaning of grieving for families living with HIV/AIDS. (Research Report)
March 21, 1994... AUTHORS: W.K. Cody. University of North Carolina, College of Nursing, Charlotte, North Carolina. According to an abstract submitted by the author to the HIV/AIDS Nursing Care Summit, held January 27-29, 1994, in Washington, D.C., "The...