WASHINGTON -- Like a general whose direct attacks aren't working, scientists are now trying to outflank the HIV/AIDS virus. Unsuccessful at developing vaccines that cause the body's natural immune system to battle the virus, researchers are testing inserting a gene into the muscle that can cause it to produce protective antibodies against HIV.
NEW DELHI - Far fewer people than previously thought are living with the virus that causes AIDS, United Nations experts acknowledged Tuesday, saying the prevalence rate for the deadly disease had been falling for nearly a decade. Today about 33 million people are infected with the AIDS virus worldwide, down from an overstated 2006 estimate of 39.5 million, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization said in the report issued Tuesday. About 2.5 million people a year are now contracting the virus, the report said, a more than 40 percent drop from last year's estimate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a list of leaders honored for their achievements in combating the AIDS virus (2 of 2): -- Garnet F. Coleman, Texas State Representative
Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said in a communiqué, and picked up by Ruther's, that a drug resistant version of the AIDS virus has been found that is passed from mother to child.
WASHINGTON - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease. Finding that hide-out is a first step, but years of research lie ahead.
By Ed Stannard Register Metro Editor NEW HAVEN -- One reason the AIDS virus is so deadly is because it travels quickly from one cell to another, reproducing at a high rate at the point where the cells meet, Yale scientists have shown.
WASHINGTON - Like a general whose direct attacks aren't working, scientists are now trying to outflank the HIV/AIDS virus. Unsuccessful at developing vaccines that cause the body's natural immune system to battle the virus, researchers are testing inserting a gene into the muscle that can cause it to produce protective antibodies against HIV.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of World AIDS Day 2010, the editors and publishers of Mediaplanet and POZ join together to ask readers, "Are you tuned into the truth about your sexual health?" Today, more people are living with HIV/AIDS than ever before - including an estimated 1.2 million in the United States and 33 million people worldwide. Surviving the Virus, a guide to preventing, treating and living with HIV/AIDS, is available today within USA Today in select markets and on Mediaplanet.com. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100820/CG52983LOGO)
Associated Press August 25, 2009 www.ap.org ATLANTA - Circumcision, which has helped prevent ALDS among heterosexual men in Africa, doesn't help protect gay men from the virus, according to the largest U.S. study to look at the question. CDC doctors and many experts believe there is a good argument for recommending that baby boys and heterosexual men at a higher risk for HIV be circumcised.
IN THE 3-D model on the computer screen, the AIDS virus resembles a deformed head of broccoli, its clustered surface constantly shifting. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Vaccine Research Center in Washington attribute moral characteristics to their enemy; it is "deceptive" and "diabolical. The virus is covered in a cloak of sugars that mimic natural proteins, making it invisible to the immune system. Its true nature is only revealed to the body when the virus needs to get into a cell - latching on to a protrusion and injecting its genetic poison with a spring-loaded harpoon. It protects itself by constantly changing its genetic sequence. A person infected by one version of the virus, in a matter of weeks, can carry a million small mutations.
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