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Seeing Through HIV's Disguises
February 27, 2013 Studying HIV-1, the most common and infectious HIV subtype, scientists have identified 25 human proteins "stolen" by the virus that may be critical to its ability to infect new cells. The researchers ... > full story -
Ability to Recognize Emotions in Others Impaired by AIDS
February 26, 2013 People with HIV are less able to recognise facial emotion than non-infected people finds a new study. Reduction in their ability to recognize fear in others is linked to a similar loss in immediate ... > full story -
Discovery in HIV May Solve Efficiency Problems for Gene Therapy
February 14, 2013 A research team has discovered an approach that could make gene therapy dramatically more effective for patients. The scientists discovered that the process of gene therapy is missing essential ... > full story -
TB Infection Rates Set to 'Turn Clock Back to 1930s'
February 11, 2013 Tuberculosis looks set to defy concerted efforts to treat it successfully with powerful drugs, turning the clock back to the 1930s, warn ... > full story -
Newly Identified Natural Protein Blocks HIV, Other Viruses
February 11, 2013 Researchers have identified a protein with broad virus-fighting properties that potentially could be used as a weapon against deadly human pathogenic viruses such as HIV, Ebola, Rift Valley Fever, ... > full story -
HIV Exploits a Human Cytokine in Semen to Promote Its Own Transmission
February 7, 2013 A new report suggests that the concentration of one human cytokine, interleukin 7 (IL-7), in the semen of HIV-1-infected men may be a key determinant of the efficiency of HIV-1 transmission to an ... > full story -
Immune Systems of Healthy Adults 'Remember' Germs to Which They've Never Been Exposed
February 7, 2013 It's established dogma that the immune system develops a "memory" of a microbial pathogen, with a correspondingly enhanced readiness to combat that microbe, only upon exposure to it -- or to its ... > full story -
Social Media May Be Useful in Prevention of HIV, STDs
February 7, 2013 Facebook and other social networking technologies be effective tools for preventing HIV infection among at-risk groups. African American and Latino men who have sex with men voluntarily used ... > full story -
Unique Peptide Has Therapeutic Potential Against Cancers, Neurological Disorders, and Infectious Diseases
February 7, 2013 Scientists have synthesized a peptide that shows potential for pharmaceutical development into agents for treating infections, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer through an ability to induce a ... > full story -
Enzyme Behind Breast Cancer Mutations Identified
February 6, 2013 Researchers have uncovered a human enzyme responsible for causing DNA mutations found in the majority of breast cancers. The discovery of this enzyme -- called APOBEC3B -- may change the way breast ... > full story
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