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Penicillin, Not the Pill, May Have Launched the Sexual Revolution
January 28, 2013 — The rise in risky, non-traditional sexual relations that marked the swinging '60s and advent of readily available contraception actually began as much as a decade earlier, during the conformist '50s, ... > full story -
HIV-Like Viruses in Non-Human Primates Have Existed Much Longer Than Previously Thought
January 24, 2013 — Viruses similar to those that cause AIDS in humans were present in non-human primates in Africa at least five million years ago and perhaps up to 12 million years ago, according to new study. Until ... > full story -
Fast, Low-Cost Device Uses the Cloud to Speed Up Diagnostic Testing for HIV and More
January 24, 2013 — Biomedical engineering professors have taken their innovative lab-on-a-chip and developed a way to not only check a patient's HIV status anywhere in the world with just a finger prick, but also ... > full story -
'Achilles Heel' of Key HIV Replication Protein Found: Could Potentially Stop HIV from Progressing to Full-Blown AIDS
January 24, 2013 — Researchers may have found an "Achilles heel" in a key HIV protein. They showed that targeting this vulnerable spot could stop the virus from replicating, potentially thwarting HIV infection from ... > full story -
Retrovirus in the Human Genome Is Active in Pluripotent Stem Cells
January 23, 2013 — A retrovirus called HERV-H, which inserted itself into the human genome millions of years ago, may play an important role in pluripotent stem cells. The discovery, which may help explain how these ... > full story -
Immune Cells Engineered in Lab to Resist HIV Infection, Study Shows
January 22, 2013 — Researchers have found a novel way to engineer key cells of the immune system so they remain resistant to infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The new approach, a form of tailored gene ... > full story -
Stopping Smoking Reduces Risk of Bacterial Pneumonia in People With HIV
January 21, 2013 — Bacterial pneumonia is one of the commonest and most serious infections occurring in people infected with HIV. A metanalysis of cohort and case control studies finds that current smokers with ... > full story -
How Cells' DNA Repair Machinery Can Destroy Viruses
January 21, 2013 — Researchers have decoded a system that makes certain types of immune cells impervious to HIV infection. The system’s two vital components are high levels of a molecule that becomes embedded in ... > full story -
Molecular Switch Enabling Immune Cells to Better Fight Disease
January 20, 2013 — Scientists have discovered the mechanism that enables CD4 helper T cells to assume the more aggressive role of killer T cells in mounting an immune attack against viruses, cancerous tumors and other ... > full storyMore: -
Handheld Mobile Device Performs Laboratory-Quality HIV Testing
January 18, 2013 — A new handheld mobile device can check patients’ HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records. This technology takes a step ... > full story
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