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Some Brain Cells Are Better Virus Fighters
March 7, 2013 — Natural immune defenses that resist viral infection are turned on in some brain cells but switched off in others, scientists have ... > full story -
New Tool Better Estimates Pandemic Threats
March 5, 2013 — A simple new method better assesses the risks posed by emerging zoonotic viruses (those transmissible from animals to humans), according to a new study. Scientists have shown that the new tool can ... > full story -
West Nile Virus Passes from Female to Eggs, but Less So from Larvae to Adults
March 5, 2013 — California researchers monitored WNV in mosquitoes in the field and in the lab, and observed how the virus is transmitted between generations and between insect ... > 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: -
'Defective' Virus Surprisingly Plays Major Role in Spread of Disease
March 1, 2013 — Defective viruses, thought for decades to be essentially garbage unrelated to the transmission of a virus, now appear able to play a much more important role in the spread of disease, biologists ... > 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 -
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Uncovering How Deadly Bacteria Trick the Immune System
February 28, 2013 — A new study demonstrates how bacteria can pretend to be a virus and trick the immune system into sending out the wrong type of defense. Such manipulation sheds light on how the flu may make us more ... > full story
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