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HIV Causes Rapid Aging in Key Infection-Fighting Cells, Study Suggests
January 27, 2011 A new study suggests that HIV pushes a specific subset of the CD4+ "helper" T-cell toward more rapid aging by as much as 20 to 30 years over a three-year period. These findings could partially ... > full story -
New Anti-HIV Gene Therapy Makes T-Cells Resistant to HIV Infection
January 26, 2011 An innovative genetic strategy for rendering T-cells resistant to HIV infection without affecting their normal growth and activity is described in a new research ... > full story -
Patients Infected With HIV Have Higher Drop-out Rate for Liver Transplantation, Study Finds
January 25, 2011 Researchers have determined that infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) impaired results of transplant surgery for liver cancer, with more HIV infected patients dropping off the ... > full story -
Young Minority Women Screened at Higher Rate for Chlamydia Than Young White Women
January 24, 2011 A new study has found that Black and especially Hispanic young women are screened for chlamydia at a significantly higher rate than young white women. This discrepancy in screening rates may ... > full story -
Unexpected Find Opens Up New Front in Effort to Stop HIV
January 23, 2011 HIV adapts in a surprising way to survive and thrive in its hiding spot within the human immune system, scientists have learned. The the finding helps explain why HIV remains such a formidable foe ... > full story -
Genetic Variety of Virus Causing AIDS as a Time Indicator
January 20, 2011 Researchers in Switzerland have identified a simple method to establish when a patient contracted the virus causing AIDS. The time of infection can be of importance for the treatment of the illness ... > full story -
Stroke Rate Rises for Patients With HIV Infection
January 19, 2011 While the overall hospitalization rate for stroke has declined in recent years, the numbers have jumped dramatically for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus, suggesting they may be up ... > full story -
HIV-Positive Head and Neck Cancer Patients Benefit from Radiation Therapy, Study Finds
January 19, 2011 HIV-positive head and neck cancer patients respond well to radiation therapy treatments and experience similar toxicity rates as non-HIV-positive patients, despite prior reports to the contrary, ... > full story -
New Method to Correct Mortality Rate Biases in HIV Treatment Programs
January 18, 2011 HIV treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa should routinely report mortality rates among patients who remain in the programs and those patients lost to follow-up, according to a study by ... > full story -
New Research Examines How HIV Infections Occur on the Molecular Level
January 18, 2011 New research about the structure of an HIV-1 protein could help to develop new drugs to stop the virus infecting healthy ... > full story
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