AIDS study challenges conventional treatment guidelines for HIV patients
...be viewed as a simple consequence of the amount of virus circulating in the blood. "The results of this... thought of as a mere consequence of the amount of virus circulating in the blood. Instead, the findings suggest rather more complex scenarios of disease pro...Study shows how herpes infects cornea, evades immune cells
Herpes virus has an unusual strategy for infecting cornea cells...rnal of Cell Biology. Both strains of the herpes virus -- HSV-1, the strain that causes cold sores on the mouth, and HSV-2, genital herpes -- can infect th...Bird flu vaccine additive may stretch supply
... inactivated H9N2 influenza vaccines--not the H5N1 virus currently feared as a potential pandemic strain. H...6 days. "Antibody in the blood to the influenza virus that you're trying to protect against is what protects people from getting the flu," said Robert Atm...H9N2 avian flu vaccine paired with adjuvant provokes strong human immune response at low doses
...--much higher than the 3.75 micrograms of H9N2 flu virus contained in the lowest dose vaccine tested in this trial. Furthermore, he adds, a single dose of the adjuvanted H9N2 vaccine was as good as two doses of the vaccine without adjuvant. Currently, MF59 is licensed for use as a vaccine adjuvant in Eu...Tulane researcher reports on origin of deadly fever outbreak
...rchers identified multiple genetic variants of the virus in the outbreak, meaning the fever may have been s...very of multiple different genetic variants of the virus indicates that the two-year outbreak was fueled by repeated new introductions of the virus into huma...SARS: No evidence that any of the treatments worked
The SARS virus set alarm bells ringing across the world when it f...us; the main symptoms are pneumonia and fever. The virus is passed on when people sneeze or cough. In 2003 there were over 8,000 cases and 774 deaths worldwi...Live H5N1 avian flu virus vaccines show protection in animal studies
...s of different strains of the H5N1 avian influenza virus were well-tolerated and protected the animals from...ine based on one particular strain of the H5N1 flu virus that could potentially protect against different emerging H5N1 flu strains. Senior investigator Ka...Mayo researchers discover HIV dependence on a human protein
...ar today in the journal Science. "How an incoming virus co-opts the cell's assistance as it proceeds to es...rovocative findings, what they meant for the whole virus was unclear. The Mayo team then developed a highly effective version of a technique called "RNA int...Early trial shows H5N1 influenza vaccine safe and effective in humans at low doses
... vaccine in development against the H5N1 influenza virus can produce a safe immune response in healthy peop...icrograms of a vaccine containing part of the H5N1 virus given in two doses with an adjuvant (an additive that can increase effectiveness) produced a good im...Depression, risky sex behavior linked in African-American youth
...ounting for half of all new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. African Americans are at particular risk. In 2003 African Americans represented approximately twelve percent of the U.S. population, but, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), made up fifty percent of HI...Combined therapies may boost immune response and long-term protection against brain tumors
...d from the patient's bone marrow are attached to a virus engineered to express interleukin-23 (IL-23), a recently discovered cytokine, a protein that regulates immune responses. The dendritic cells are then injected directly into an existing tumor. IL-23 allows dendritic cells to recognize antigens, such ...NDRI receives Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation grant
...valuation of a training program on the hepatitis C virus for clinical and non-clinical staff in 5 New York City outpatient drug treatment programs. NDRI investigators have been active in the development of evidence-based training programs intended to enhance the services delivered in drug treatment progra...Unique results from Swedish study of HIV vaccine
...nown as a genetic vaccine, which uses parts of the virus DNA to stimulate the rapid endogenous production o...fourth dose of a vaccine in which parts of the HIV virus DNA had been integrated into another virus (vaccinia = the cowpox virus). This vaccine-based HIV vac...Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space
...ponse. They are a target of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which suppresses them. When an HIV patient's T-cell count falls below 200, he or she is susceptible to the dangerous infections that are the symptoms of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The problem of immunosuppression in microgra...Analysis of Spanish flu cases in 1918-1920 suggests transfusions might help in bird flu pandemic
... to WHO, resulting in 141 deaths. WHO says H5N1 virus is widespread in birds, particularly poultry which...the Asian infections. Widespread prevalence of the virus in birds increases the chance of transmission from bird to human. When human cases become transmissi...Quick diagnosis of flu strains possible with new microchip test
... to determine the type and subtype of an influenza virus within several hours. However, only the CDC and a ...etermine the geographic origin of a newly emergent virus and whether its source is human or nonhuman; learn how closely related a new virus is to ones that c...Researchers discover gut tissue to be a major reservoir harboring HIV
...uman gut to be a major reservoir harboring the HIV virus -- holding almost twice as much as a person's blood. In addition, the virus stored in the gut does not decay or reduce over time, as is also the case with blood-related reservo...HIV drug could be used to prevent cervical cancer, say University of Manchester researchers
...ng a topical treatment against the human papilloma virus (HPV) which is responsible for pre-cancerous and cancerous disease of the cervix as well as other genital malignancies. In the UK many thousands of women undergo surgery to remove precancerous lesions of every year. Instead they may be able to appl...Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in US decreasing
...end in the increasing prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in the U.S. has been reversed, with a reported decrease in the number of people with the virus in recent years, according to a study in the August 23-30 issue of JAMA. The prevalence of herpes si...Montreal researchers make a major strategic breakthrough in controling the AIDS virus
...reakthrough in fighting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). For the first time, scientists have identif...ating this protein, we succeeded in preventing the virus from making immune system cells dysfunctional," he added. The findings were simultaneously reprod...