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One-third Of Sexually Active Older Adults With HIV/AIDs Has Unprotected Sex (April 26, 2007) -- One out of three sexually active older adults infected with HIV has unprotected sex, according to a recent study. A survey of 260 HIV-positive older adults found that of those having sex, most were ... > full story

Resistance To Anti-HIV Drugs In Uganda Developed Due To Drug Supply Problems (April 23, 2007) -- Some HIV-infected patients in Uganda who self paid for their antiretroviral medications experienced interruptions in drug supply due to either financial demands or supply logistical disruptions. ... > full story

Natural Ingredient Of Human Blood Effectively Blocks HIV (April 20, 2007) -- A new study has pinpointed a natural ingredient of human blood that effectively blocks HIV-1, the virus predominantly responsible for human AIDS, from infecting immune cells and multiplying. The ... > full story

Worldwide AIDS Initiative: Developing A Quick Immune System Test (April 9, 2007) -- Researchers are working to develop a simple, affordable and rapid test to measure the immune systems of people infected with HIV/AIDS in developing ... > full story

Rabies-based Vaccine Could Be Effective Against HIV (April 4, 2007) -- Rabies, a relentless, ancient scourge, may hold a key to defeating another implacable foe: HIV. Scientists have used a drastically weakened rabies virus to ferry HIV-related proteins into animals, in ... > full story

Antiviral Protein May Inhibit Ebola And Marburg Virus, New Study Suggests (March 21, 2007) -- Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) belong to the Filoviridae family and cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates. Filovirus infections are characterized by high fever, ... > full story

New Generation Of HIV/AIDS Drugs Could Prevent Initial Infection (March 10, 2007) -- Due to discoveries in a key compound made by chemistry Professor Thomas Bell, a new generation of HIV/AIDS drugs is in the offing, and a new drug could be used to prevent initial ... > full story

Half Of HIV Spread By Newly Infected (March 7, 2007) -- A new study led by McGill University researchers shows that half of all HIV transmissions happen when newly infected people don't know they are carrying the virus and may not even test positive for ... > full story

Widely Used Hepatitis B Drug Spurs HIV Drug Resistance (March 2, 2007) -- A Johns Hopkins study has proven false established medical practice that an antiretroviral drug widely used to treat hepatitis B liver infections was safe to use on its own in patients co-infected ... > full story

Anti-herpes Treatment Reduces HIV Levels In Women Infected With Both Viruses (February 26, 2007) -- Treating women who are infected with both the HSV-2 and HIV viruses with anti-herpes treatment can reduce the amount of HIV in the blood and genital secretions, according to the results of a trial ... > full story

Are We Spending Too Much On HIV? (February 19, 2007) -- Billions of pounds are being spent on the fight against AIDS in developing countries. In this week's British Medical Journal, two experts go head to head over whether we are spending too ... > full story

Penn Study Suggests New Model For Testing And Discovery Of Anti-HIV Drugs (February 13, 2007) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are the first to show that a mouse protein, whose human equivalent is related to defense against HIV-1, inhibits the infection and ... > full story

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