STD News

Posted January 4, 2012:

• Progress Made Toward a Genital Herpes Vaccine
• Guidelines Stress Caution When Combining Anti-Epileptic, HIV Drugs
• Experimental Vaccine Partially Protects Monkeys from HIV-Like Infection

Posted January 3, 2012:

• Females May Be More Susceptible to Infection During Ovulation

Posted December 23, 2011:

• HIV Study Named '2011 Breakthrough of the Year' by Science

Posted December 21, 2011:

• Global View of How HIV/AIDS Hijacks Cells During Infection
• Pathogenic Landscape of HIV: Hundreds of Connections Between Viral and Human Proteins Identified in Work That May Reveal New Drug Targets

Posted December 20, 2011:

• Skeletons Point to Columbus Voyage for Syphilis Origins

Posted December 14, 2011:

• Human Proteins That May Fuel HIV/AIDS Transmission Identified

Posted December 8, 2011:

• Changing the Locks: HIV Discovery Could Allow Scientists to Block Virus's Entry Into Cell Nucleus

Posted December 7, 2011:

• Researchers Suggest Unconventional Approach to Control HIV Epidemics

Posted December 6, 2011:

• Mayo Clinic Makes Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Available to HIV-Infected Patients

Posted December 1, 2011:

• HIV Uncertainty Pushes Malawians to Want Children Earlier
• Children With HIV/AIDS Falling Through the Cracks of Treatment Scale-Up Efforts
• Danish HIV Patients Can Live as Long as the General Population When Treated Optimally

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Hope for More Options in Couples Where One Partner Is HIV Positive

Posted November 7, 2011:

• HIV Study Identifies Key Cellular Defence Mechanism

Posted October 28, 2011:

• Specific Gene Linked to Cold Sore Susceptibility, Study Finds

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Clinical Trial Shows First Evidence That Anal Cancer Is Preventable

Posted October 25, 2011:

• Innovative Transdermal Patch for Delivery of HIV Medicine

Posted October 24, 2011:

• Non-Targeted HIV Testing in Emergency Departments Identifies Only a Few New Cases, French Study Finds
• HPV Linked to Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Posted October 20, 2011:

• For Patients With Both HIV and Tuberculosis the Timing of Drug Therapies Is Critical

Posted October 18, 2011:

• New Acute Hepatitis C Screening Strategy for HIV-Infected Patients
• Expanding HIV Treatment for Discordant Couples Could Significantly Reduce Global HIV Epidemic

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Significant Breakthrough in Study of Chlamydia
• Potential New Drugs Plug Brain's Biological 'Vacuum Cleaner' and Target HIV

Posted October 10, 2011:

• Experimental Vaccine Protects Monkeys from Blinding Trachoma

Posted October 6, 2011:

• HIV: Ancient Gene Found to Control Potent Antibody Response to Retroviruses
• Earlier Male Circumcision May Help to Slow Rates of HIV, HPV Transmission in South Africa
• Changes in Brain Function in Early HIV Infection: A Reliable Indicator of Disease Prognosis?

Posted October 4, 2011:

• Efforts to Defund or Ban Infant Male Circumcision Are Unfounded and Potentially Harmful, Experts Argue

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Hormonal Contraception Doubles HIV Risk, Study Suggests

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Major HIV Prevention Trial in Women to Drop Oral Tenofovir Arm
• Pediatricians in Appalachia, US, Less Likely to Recommend HPV Vaccine

Posted September 26, 2011:

• New Study Adds Further Guidance on When to Start Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV

Posted September 23, 2011:

• Targeting HIV's Sugar Coating: New Microbicide May Block AIDS Virus from Infecting Cells

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Could Engineered Fatty Particles Help Prevent AIDS? Liposomes Block HIV Infection in Early Tests
• Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Needs Urgent Action, Experts Urge
• Elite Controllers Block Integration of HIV DNA Into Host Genome
• Breast Milk Antibody Fights HIV but Needs Boost, Study Finds

Posted September 13, 2011:

• IUD Reduces the Risk of Cervical Cancer, Study Suggests

Posted September 11, 2011:

• Researchers Team With Glowing Cats Against AIDS, Other Diseases; New Technique Gives Cats Protection Genes

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Researchers Discuss Challenges to Developing Broadly Protective HIV Vaccines
• Global Fight Against Non-Communicable Diseases Should Take Lessons from HIV-AIDS, Say Experts

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Protecting Adolescent Girls from Unwanted Unprotected Sex
• Screening for HPV Persistence and Cervical Cancer Risk

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Why HIV Infection Rates Are on the Rise

Posted August 24, 2011:

• New Factor in HIV Infection Uncovered

Posted August 19, 2011:

• Researchers on the Trail of a Treatment for Cancer of the Immune System

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