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Anti-herpes drug acyclovir inhibits HIV replication, but with a price

The anti-herpes drug acyclovir can also directly slow down HIV infection by targeting the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme, researchers report in this week's JBC.

7 Nov 2008

New HIV-reduction initiative takes to the fields

Education has found its way onto the soccer fields of North Carolina - in the form of a social experiment that may have all the right ingredients to change the direction of Latino health in the United States.

6 Nov 2008

Flu shot still best protection against flu

The failure of the flu vaccine to protect many Americans against the virus last year shouldn't prevent you from getting your annual flu shot this year.

6 Nov 2008

Largest analysis of differences between human and chimpanzee genomes

Researchers have carried out the largest study of differences between human and chimpanzee genomes, identifying regions that have been duplicated or lost during evolution of the two lineages.

6 Nov 2008

New HIV-reduction initiative takes to the fields

5 Nov 2008

Tibotec presents interim findings for TMC435, investigational hepatitis C treatment

New clinical data show antiviral activity of TMC435, an investigational protease inhibitor (PI) being developed by Tibotec BVBA for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

4 Nov 2008

Substance abuse and other psychiatric disorders are common among French prisoners

Substance abuse disorders (SUDs) and other psychiatric disorders are common among prison populations.

4 Nov 2008

New findings on STEP HIV vaccine trial

The study is the result of the collaboration between scientists at the Institut de Genetique Moleculaire de Montpellier, Universite Montpellier I & II, Montpellier, France, the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and at the Swiss Vaccine Research Institute, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

4 Nov 2008

Study finds fears of HIV transmission in families with infected parent

Despite ongoing efforts to educate the public about HIV, a new study by researchers from UCLA, the RAND Corp., Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has found that two-thirds of families with an HIV-infected parent experience fears about spreading HIV in the home.

4 Nov 2008

Scientists step closer to finding a defense against superbugs

A discovery from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has put scientists are one step closer to finding a defense against dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria, sometimes called "superbugs."

4 Nov 2008

Study shows how HIV-1 vaccine trial could have enhanced HIV infection

In September 2007, a phase II HIV-1 vaccine trial was abruptly halted when researchers found that the vaccine may have promoted, rather than prevented, HIV infection.

4 Nov 2008

Persistent bacterial infection exploits killing machinery of immune cells

A new study reveals an important and newly discovered pathway used by disease-causing bacteria to evade the host immune system and survive and grow within the very cells meant to destroy them. This discovery may lead to new treatments and vaccines for tuberculosis (TB) and certain other chronic bacterial and parasitic infections.

3 Nov 2008

Discovery of new pathway used by disease-causing bacteria to evade host immune system and survive

2 Nov 2008

New grant for blood substitutes

Researchers in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Essex have been awarded almost £115,000 to develop a life-saving blood substitute.

29 Oct 2008

FDA grants tentative approval for 75th generic anti-retroviral drug

The Food and Drug Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reached the milestone of the 75th anti-retroviral generic drug approved or tentatively approved as part of President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

29 Oct 2008

Starpharma's VivaGelR patent approved in Japan

Starpharma Holdings Limited today announced that one of its key patents relating to the use of dendrimers to protect against sexually transmitted infections has been approved in Japan.

29 Oct 2008

New small device able to counts viruses in minutes

Scientists in New Zealand have invented a small device able to count in a matter of minutes how many viruses are in a sample.

29 Oct 2008

Novel cell division mechanism discovered

A novel cell division mechanism has been discovered in a microorganism that thrives in hot acid. The finding may also result in insights into key processes in human cells, and in a better understanding of the main evolutionary lineages of life on Earth. The study is published today in the online version of the journal of the American National Academy of Sciences, PNAS.

28 Oct 2008

New tuberculosis vaccine safer, more effective than BCG vaccine for HIV-positive people

A new tuberculosis vaccine could be safer and more effective than the currently available BCG vaccine, particularly for HIV-positive people, according to a study to be published in the November issue of Infection and Immunity, IANS/Times of India reports (IANS/Times of India, 10/24).

28 Oct 2008

Students at Missouri High School tested for HIV following concern of exposure to virus

Students at a suburban St. Louis high school are being tested for HIV after an HIV-positive individual told health officials that as many as 50 students might have been exposed to the virus, the AP/Google.com reports.

28 Oct 2008