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added 2007 Mon Jun 11 0:30:37 by majda88
Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS , a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections).
added 2007 Mon Jun 4 19:02:41 by darkbreed
Over the past two decades there have been only a handful of other physicians and health professionals who have had the courage to alert the public to evidence that AIDS is man-made. In general, their research have been ignored by the CDC, the NIH, the AIDS establishment, the major media, etc. Now an CIA insider speaks out.
added 2007 Mon May 7 18:53:53 by vaness
Taking daily selenium supplements may block the build up of HIV in a patient's blood, research suggests.
added 2007 Tue Apr 17 21:41:25 by STONERS
Lower prices for HIV drugs have significantly improved access to treatment for people in poor countries, but figures are still far off target for the United Nations' long-term goal of universal coverage by 2010, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
added 2007 Mon Apr 2 7:52:21 by STONERS
The American Academy of Pediatrics says more child-friendly HIV drugs are needed, including smaller pills and three-in-one tablets for kids, to help address a crisis affecting more than 2 million youngsters globally.
added 2007 Sun Apr 1 4:16:26 by david_nwpa
A new campaign to raise awareness about HIV infection uses shock tactics to get its message across. The foundation behind it says the pictures are meant to provoke in order to bring the issue of HIV back into focus.
added 2007 Tue Mar 27 17:57:30 by capn_caveman
A Cornell researcher is working to develop a quick, simple and cheap immune-system test for people in the developing world. It could help HIV/AIDS sufferers in the poorest countries get appropriate treatment to extend their lives, possibly by as much as 10 to 15 years.
added 2007 Sat Mar 10 15:11:18 by TimALoftis
The trouble with making a cautionary film about a social problem is that it can get preachy and start to look like an after-school special. What's good about "Life Support" is that it doesn't. It makes its points within the context of a stirring family family drama.
added 2007 Mon Mar 5 21:39:42 by capn_caveman
Researchers have discovered that cells in the mucosal lining of human genitalia produce a protein that "eats up" invading HIV -- possibly keeping the spread of the AIDS more contained than it might otherwise be.

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added 2007 Sun Feb 25 21:57:25 by Ousama
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor in Libya accused of making false claims of torture have pleaded not guilty to charges of slander.
added 2007 Wed Jan 31 19:47:31 by STONERS
Researchers have halted two studies of a vaginal microbicide in Africa and India that doctors had hoped would prevent HIV infection after results suggested the gel might raise rather than lower that risk.
added 2007 Mon Jan 8 4:16:25 by capn_caveman
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a highly sensitive test for identifying which drug-resistant strains of HIV are harbored in a patient's bloodstream.
added 2006 Tue Aug 22 19:16:46 by Ousama
A team of researchers from the University of Montreal and the Centre hospitalier de l'University de Montreal (CHUM) have announced an important breakthrough in fighting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). For the first time, scientists have identified a defect in the immune response to HIV and found a way to correct the flaw.
added 2006 Mon Aug 21 19:19:32 by stephend
American and South African scientists working at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa have discovered how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) "exhausts" killer T cells that would otherwise attack the virus. The researchers found that HIV can simply "turn off" fully functional T cells by flipping a molecular switch on the cells.
added 2006 Mon Aug 21 17:21:12 by msaleem
We may have evolved beyond monkeys, but if we could produce one of their proteins, our bodies might be able to effectively fight HIV.
added 2006 Thu Aug 17 1:56:02 by wayjer
As many as one in 300 HIV patients never get sick and never suffer damage to their immune systems and AIDS experts said on Wednesday they want to know why.
added 2006 Wed Aug 16 1:42:37 by capn_caveman
Researchers are launching a project to discover how certain people, dubbed “elite controllers”, are successfully able to fend off the HIV virus without using drugs.
added 2006 Mon Aug 14 20:23:45 by blink
A cream, gel or pill that women can use to protect themselves from the AIDS virus is key to stopping the AIDS pandemic, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who has given hundreds of millions of dollars to HIV programs, said on Sunday.