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Vol. 2, No. 7, 12 April 2002
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AIDScience Perspective:
Eat your corn flakes — and get vaccinated?
Interview with John Howard from ProdiGene, a company that is developing an edible HIV vaccine.
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Reduction of mother to child HIV-1 transmission. Introduction of short-course regimens to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in less-developed countries should be accompanied by interventions to minimise the risk of subsequent transmission via breastfeeding.
Lancet 359, 1178 (2002). [Go to free paper]
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NeuroAIDS: Progression of HIV-Associated Dementia Treated With HAART. In a study of 96 patients with HIV-associated dementia treated with HAART, of 30 patients meeting the inclusion criteria with adequate follow-up, 60% improved neurologically and 40% progressed. Improvement was associated with plasma viral suppression, whereas progression was strongly associated with injection drug use history (see related study below).
AIDS Reader 12(2) (2002). [Go to paper] (Free registration required)
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NeuroAIDS: HIV in the CNS: still a cause for concern? Studies in Edinburgh have shown that HIV encephalitis was much more common in drug uses (60%) than in homosexual men (15%) with AIDS, which may be caused by drug use induced activation of microglia.
Presented at the Society for General Microbiology meeting in Warwick, England, 8-12 April 2002.
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From Medscape: Gag protein and p24 capsid subunit would optimize anti-HIV-1 vaccine. HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell responses to HIV Gag are inversely correlated with viral RNA loads and directly correlated with absolute CD4+ T cell counts. Major histocompatability complex class I presentation of Gag peptides could be essential for an optimally designed HIV-1 vaccine.
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Latest News Headlines:
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Elton John plays the U.S. Capitol, for AIDS money. New York Times. April 12, 2002
| Irish government makes blood deal. Yahoo! News. April 12, 2002
| Book: Blood and thunder from AIDS labs. New York Times. April 12, 2002
| Clinical trials want you, but is it worth the risk?. San Francisco Chronicle. April 12, 2002
| Drug users face higher risk of HIV brain problems. Yahoo! News. April 12, 2002
| Vaccine for HIV-like monkey virus has some success. Yahoo! News. April 12, 2002
| China announces sharp rise in AIDS. BBC News. April 11, 2002
| Romania: Parents claim AIDS children are dying due to shortage of drugs. Yahoo! News. April 11, 2002
| Company reports edible AIDS vaccine milestone. Yahoo! News. April 11, 2002
| U.S. government announced grants totaling $923 million to provide HIV/AIDS care. HHS release. April 11, 2002
| Abbott Labs is back in the black. Sun-Sentinel.com. April 10, 2002
| HIV infection rate high among Amazon gold miners. Yahoo! News. April 10, 2002
| Burmese migrants face HIV test. BBC News. April 10, 2002
| Botswana's Mogae says AIDS medicine must be handed out. The Nando Times. April 10, 2002
| Congressional delegation criticizes South Africa's AIDS policy. Yahoo! News. April 9, 2002
| Quebec: HIV infections must be declared. Yahoo! News. April 9, 2002
| Pennies a day can stop spread of AIDS. Los Angeles Times. April 8, 2002
| Mandela tells Chretien the west needs to help Africa with AIDS crisis. Yahoo! News. April 8, 2002
| Tijuana: Sickness without borders. San Francisco Chronicle. April 7, 2002
| A new kind of recycling: unused AIDS drugs. Boston Globe. April 7, 2002
| Pediatric AIDS down but not out. Yahoo! News. April 6, 2002
| Study: HIV-TB cases decline, survival increasing. Yahoo! News. April 6, 2002
| Breast-feeding may counter HIV prevention efforts. Yahoo! News. April 6, 2002
| Elderly 'bear brunt of Aids care'. BBC News. April 5, 2002
| HIV vaccine trial extended. BBC News. April 5, 2002
| South Africa must offer HIV drug. Boston Globe. April 5, 2002
| AIDS vaccine moves ahead in trials. MSNBC. April 5, 2002
| Short AIDS therapy shown to cut child infection. Yahoo! News. April 5, 2002
| Jamaican governor general cites HIV/AIDS as top priority. Yahoo! News. April 5, 2002
| U.S. pledges to help South Africa fight AIDS. Yahoo! News. April 5, 2002
| East Timor hopes to avoid AIDS epidemic. Yahoo! News. April 5, 2002
| Condom as a problem word: Iran grapples with a surge in AIDS. New York Times. April 4, 2002
| South Africa court: govt. must supply anti-AIDS drug. New York Times. April 4, 2002
| Condom-free anal sex keeps virus on increase. San Francisco Chronicle. April 4, 2002
| Study: New HIV infections on the rise in San Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle. April 4, 2002
| Syringes for sale. San Francisco Chronicle. April 4, 2002
| Task force will consider condoms for jails. Yahoo! News. April 4, 2002
| U.S. Study: Rural black women not worried about HIV. Yahoo! News. April 4, 2002
| New breed of activist braves China's AIDS crisis. San Francisco Chronicle. April 4, 2002
| Federal study looks at rise of "barebacking". Yahoo! News. April 3, 2002
| The Immune Response Corporation announces fourth quarter and 2001 financial results. Immune Response Corporation Release. April 2, 2002
| Technique may improve safety of donated blood. New York Times. April 2, 2002
| Courts nip at South Africa AIDS policy. Sun-Sentinel.com. April 2, 2002
| HIV research backs triple-drug therapy. Yahoo! News. April 2, 2002
| Parents say hemophiliac needlessly died of AIDS. Boston Globe. April 2, 2002
| U.S. FDA: eggs with antibodies need rules. New York Times. April 2, 2002
| Honduras: court orders to pay damages to a woman who contracted HIV at a public hospital. Yahoo! News. April 2, 2002
| U.S. CDC: intentional unsafe sex among gay men common. Yahoo! News. April 2, 2002
| HIV positive nurse sparks concern. New York Times. April 1, 2002
| AIDS vaccine developer VaxGen hedging bets with new venture. San Francisco Chronicle. April 1, 2002
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| HIV-1 polymorphism: A challenge for vaccine development - A review. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. (Posted: April 11, 2002) | | Gag protein and p24 capsid subunit would optimize anti-HIV-1 vaccine. Journal of Virology. (Posted: April 11, 2002) | | Dynamics of T cell responses in HIV infection. Journal of Immunology. (Posted: April 11, 2002) | | Outcome of SIV strain 89.6p challenge following vaccination of rhesus macaques with HIV Tat protein. Journal of Virology. (Posted: April 11, 2002) | | Tat-vaccinated macaques do not control simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac239 replication. Journal of Virology. (Posted: April 11, 2002) | | Does a history of trauma contribute to HIV risk for women of color?. American Journal of Public Health. (Posted: April 11, 2002) | | Immunization with recombinant MVA can modify mucosal SIV infection and delay disease progression. Journal of General Virology. (Posted: April 11, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: Destabilization of neuronal calcium homeostasis by macrophage cultures in response to FIV. Neurobiology of Disease. (Posted: April 11, 2002) | | Vertical HIV transmission in South Africa: translating research into policy and practice. Lancet. (Posted: April 5, 2002) | | HIV-associated histories, perceptions, and practices among low-income African American women. American Journal of Public Health. (Posted: April 5, 2002) |
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