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LIJ Study Compares Virulence Of Penicillin-Resistant Vs. Penicillin-Susceptible Pneumococci
June 6, 1997 Penicillin-resistant pneumococci are less virulent than penicillin-susceptible pneumococci, according to research at Long Island Jewish Medical ... > full story -
Combination Therapy In HIV+ Children
June 6, 1997 A combination of stavudine (d4t), didanosine (ddI), and indinavir was well-tolerated in HIV-positive children and showed powerful anti-viral effects, according to research out of the Baylor College ... > full story -
New Drug For Deadly Infection Shows Favorable Results In Preliminary Trials
June 4, 1997 A new drug may help prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which hospitalizes over 90,000 infants each year in the United States. Preliminary testing took place at Georgetown University Medical ... > full story -
Limited Course of Thalidomide Effective in Treating AIDS-Related Mouth Ulcers
May 22, 1997 Thalidomide effectively heals severe mouth and throat ulcers in people with HIV infection, according to a study supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). ... > full story -
Study Provides Baseline Measurements of Viral Load in Pediatric AIDS
May 8, 1997 The amount of HIV in the blood of perinatally infected infants peaks at 1 to 2 months of age and then declines slowly to level off at 24 months at relatively high concentrations compared to those ... > full story -
CD4+ T Cell Diversity, Lost in Late-Stage Disease, Is Not Immediately Restored by Therapy
April 30, 1997 The immune system's army of CD4+ T cells not only declines in overall size during the course of HIV disease, but also becomes progressively less diverse according to NIAID ... > full story -
University Of Washington Discovery May Point The Way To New Treatment For Hepatitis C Cases That Do Not Respond To Interferon Therapy
April 15, 1997 Researchers at the University of Washington report in the April 14, 1997 issue of Virology that they may have an explanation for why the currently approved drug treatment for hepatitis C, interferon, ... > full story -
Virus May Be Linked To Obesity
April 8, 1997 A virus that can cause obesity in animals may be linked to some cases of obesity in humans, researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical School have ... > full story -
NIAID Evaluates N-9 Film as Microbicide
April 3, 1997 An NIAID-supported study showed that vaginal contraceptive film containing nonoxynol-9 had no effect on transmission of HIV/AIDS, gonorrhea or chlamydia infections when provided as part of an overall ... > full story -
Il-2 Injections Safely Boost CD4+ T Cell Levels in HIV-Infected Patients
March 24, 1997 NIH investigators have found that self-administered injections of IL-2 can produce prolonged, dramatic increases in CD4+ T cell levels in some HIV-infected ... > full story -
Drug Slows Blindness In AIDS Patients
March 13, 1997 AIDS patients facing blindness from a virus infection may respond to the drug cidofovir, according to results of a multicenter study led by a Johns Hopkins ... > full story -
NIAID Funds Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group
February 25, 1997 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded 23 four-year grants to continue the work of the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials ... > full story
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