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New microbicide gel formulation shows promise for safe vaginal and rectal administration to prevent HIV

Researchers developed a first-of-its-kind microbicide gel formulation that shows promise for safe vaginal and rectal administration to prevent the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

15 Nov 2013

HIVMA's updated HIV care guidelines show doctors should focus on common health conditions

The HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America has updated its HIV care guidelines to reflect the fact that people with HIV are now living normal life spans, and their physicians need to focus on preventive care, including screening for high cholesterol, diabetes and osteoporosis.

15 Nov 2013

Small molecule compound shows significant success in controlling polyomaviruses

A team of scientists reports that a small molecule compound showed significant success in controlling the infectivity and spread of three polyomaviruses in human cell cultures. To date there has been no medicine approved to treat such viruses, which prey on transplant recipients, people with HIV, and others whose immune systems have been weakened.

15 Nov 2013

Taiwan scientists confirm world’s first case of wild avian influenza A H6N1 virus in human

Scientists from Taiwan report on the world’s first confirmed case of human infection with a wild avian influenza A H6N1 virus in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

14 Nov 2013

Mount Sinai researchers successfully test SUMO-1 gene therapy to reverse heart failure

Researchers at the Cardiovascular Research Center at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have successfully tested a powerful gene therapy, delivered directly into the heart, to reverse heart failure in large animal models.

14 Nov 2013

Research findings could help decrease risk of dengue

A study by an international team of researchers led by Anna M. Stewart Ibarra, Ph.D., of the Center for Global Health and Translational Science at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has provided public health officials with information that will help decrease the risk of dengue, a life-threatening mosquito-borne viral disease that is now one of the fastest spreading tropical diseases globally.

14 Nov 2013

Flublok influenza vaccine for the 2013-14 season now available

Protein Sciences Corporation, the manufacturer of Flublok, the new, pure influenza vaccine containing no egg proteins, influenza virus, preservatives (e.g., thimerosal), antibiotics, gelatin or latex, announced today that doses for the 2013-14 season have been released by the FDA and are now available.

14 Nov 2013

Researchers call for public and schools across the UK to sign up to online flu project

Are Northerners really more likely to get flu? Does regular exercise help you to recover faster? And what impact will the new childhood flu vaccinations have on the spread of the virus in schools? These are just some of the questions scientists from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine want to explore as they launch the annual nationwide Flusurvey, collecting data from men, women and children of all ages around the country.

13 Nov 2013

Researchers create intravaginal ring using MPT to protect women from HIV and unintended pregnancy

A new intravaginal ring (IVR) has been developed for the sustained 90-day co-delivery of tenofovir and levonorgestrel, an anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drug and a contraceptive.

13 Nov 2013

European Medicines Agency awards orphan drug designation to NanoViricides' DengueCide

NanoViricides, Inc. announced today that the European Medicines Agency, has awarded orphan drug designation to DengueCide, the Company's drug candidate for the treatment of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.

11 Nov 2013

Genovate, ScinoPharm to jointly develop new-generation oral Hepatitis B drug Livepro

Genovate Biotechnology Co. Ltd. and ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd. announced today that they have jointly developed the highly potent oral generic drug Livepro (Entecavir), representing a new generation of drugs for the treatment of Hepatitis B. It is expected to be commercially available by the end of the year in Taiwan, accounting for more than NT$2 billion (US$70 million) worth of market opportunity.

11 Nov 2013

FOXO3 transcription factor may protect against alcohol-induced liver injury

New data suggest that the transcription factor FOXO3 may protect against alcohol-induced liver injury. Researchers determined that alcohol given to mice deficient in FOXO3 caused severe liver injury resembling human alcoholic hepatitis.

11 Nov 2013

Researchers launch clinical trial of investigational vaccine designed to prevent genital herpes disease

Researchers have launched an early-stage clinical trial of an investigational vaccine designed to prevent genital herpes disease. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is sponsoring the Phase I trial, which is being conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md.

11 Nov 2013

New outbreak of polio in Syria may endanger neighbouring regions, warn experts

Two infectious disease experts have written to The Lancet warning that a new outbreak of polio (due to infection with wild-type polio virus 1, WPV1) in Syria, recently confirmed by WHO, might endanger neighbouring regions, including Europe.

8 Nov 2013

Gladstone-led study sheds light on critical molecular process

One of biology's most fundamental processes is something called transcription. It is just one step of many required to build proteins-and without it life would not exist. However, many aspects of transcription remain shrouded in mystery. But now, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes are shedding light on key aspects of transcription, and in so doing are coming even closer to understanding the importance of this process in the growth and development of cells-as well as what happens when this process goes awry.

8 Nov 2013

Researchers, clinicians discuss recent findings that could bring hope for people with HIV

Since the onset of the AIDS pandemic more than three decades ago, researchers from the lab and physicians in the clinic have been working toward one shared goal: an AIDS-free world. This week, a conference hosted by the journals Cell and The Lancet brought leading researchers and clinicians together to discuss recent findings that could bring hope to the estimated 35 million people world-wide who live with HIV.

7 Nov 2013

University of Adelaide research uses special adult stem cells to treat Hurler's syndrome

University of Adelaide research using special adult stem cells is promising new hope for better treatments for the devastating genetic disease Hurler's syndrome.

7 Nov 2013

New treatment option for patients with most difficult-to-treat forms of hepatitis C

A novel single-pill combination drug could present a new treatment option for patients with the most difficult-to-treat forms of hepatitis C, according to the results of a Phase 2 trial, published in The Lancet.

6 Nov 2013

Probiotics may help keep bad germs at bay

Microbes are everywhere - thousands of species are in your mouth, and thousands are in a glass of tap water. The ones in your mouth are mostly harmless - as long as you brush and floss so they don't form a biofilm that allows gum disease a path into the blood stream.

4 Nov 2013

Boehringer Ingelheim's Phase II trial of interferon-free hepatitis C treatment shows promising results

Interim data presented today show that all patients (13/13) who reached their 4-week post-treatment follow-up have undetectable levels of hepatitis C virus (SVR4) after completing a 12-week regimen of faldaprevir, deleobuvir, PPI-668 and ribavirin.

4 Nov 2013

Virology News and Research

Latest Virology News and Research

New microbicide gel formulation shows promise for safe vaginal and rectal administration to prevent HIV

HIVMA's updated HIV care guidelines show doctors should focus on common health conditions

Small molecule compound shows significant success in controlling polyomaviruses

Taiwan scientists confirm world’s first case of wild avian influenza A H6N1 virus in human

Mount Sinai researchers successfully test SUMO-1 gene therapy to reverse heart failure

Research findings could help decrease risk of dengue

Flublok influenza vaccine for the 2013-14 season now available

Researchers call for public and schools across the UK to sign up to online flu project

Researchers create intravaginal ring using MPT to protect women from HIV and unintended pregnancy

European Medicines Agency awards orphan drug designation to NanoViricides' DengueCide

Genovate, ScinoPharm to jointly develop new-generation oral Hepatitis B drug Livepro

FOXO3 transcription factor may protect against alcohol-induced liver injury

Researchers launch clinical trial of investigational vaccine designed to prevent genital herpes disease

New outbreak of polio in Syria may endanger neighbouring regions, warn experts

Gladstone-led study sheds light on critical molecular process

Researchers, clinicians discuss recent findings that could bring hope for people with HIV

University of Adelaide research uses special adult stem cells to treat Hurler's syndrome

New treatment option for patients with most difficult-to-treat forms of hepatitis C

Probiotics may help keep bad germs at bay

Boehringer Ingelheim's Phase II trial of interferon-free hepatitis C treatment shows promising results

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