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Nanoparticles Loaded With Bee Venom Kill HIV
March 7, 2013 Nanoparticles carrying a toxin found in bee venom can destroy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while leaving surrounding cells unharmed, researchers have shown. The finding is an important step ... > full story -
Fatty Acids Could Lead to Flu Drug
March 7, 2013 Flu viruses are a major cause of death and sickness around the world, and antiviral drugs currently do not protect the most seriously ill patients. A new study reveals that a compound derived from ... > full story -
New Data Show Countries Around the World Grappling With Changing Health Challenges
March 4, 2013 Alzheimer's disease is the fastest growing threat to health in the US. HIV/AIDS and alcohol are severely eroding the health of Russians. Violence is claiming the lives of young men in large swaths of ... > full story -
Daily-Use HIV Prevention Approaches Prove Ineffective Among Women, Study Suggests
March 4, 2013 Three antiretroviral-based strategies intended to prevent HIV infection among women did not prove effective in a major clinical trial in Africa. For reasons that are unclear, a majority of study ... > full story -
AIDS Journal Publishes Findings of Two Important Studies in March 2013 Issue
March 4, 2013 The results of two important studies have been published in the March issue of AIDS, the official journal of the International AIDS Society. One study notes that screening for HIV should be performed ... > full story -
Studies Advance Knowledge of HIV Impact on Hepatitis C Infection and Genes That May Thwart Hepatitis C Infection
March 4, 2013 Infectious disease experts have found that among people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), co-infection with HIV, speeds damage and scarring of liver tissue by almost a ... > full story -
Researchers Describe First 'Functional HIV Cure' in an Infant
March 4, 2013 A team of researchers describe the first case of a so-called "functional cure" in an HIV-infected infant. The finding, the investigators say, may help pave the way to eliminating HIV infection in ... > full storyMore: -
Mechanisms Regulating Inflammation Associated With Type 2 Diabetes, Cancer Identified
March 1, 2013 A new study has identified epigenetic mechanisms that connect a variety of diseases associated with ... > full story -
Sexually Transmitted Infections: Researchers Find a Protein Link to STI Susceptibility
February 28, 2013 Scientists have found a protein in the female reproductive tract that protects against sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia and herpes simplex ... > full story -
Progesterone May Be Why Pregnant Women Are More Vulnerable to Certain Infections
February 28, 2013 Women who are pregnant or using synthetic progesterone birth control injections have a vulnerability to infections including malaria, Listeria, HIV, and herpes simplex virus. New research shows that ... > full story
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