HIV / AIDS
Study Sheds Light on Residual Viral Load
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Tuesday, 05 July 2011 12:04
Residual low-level HIV plasma viremia correlates with size of the CD4 T-cell reservoir, but not immune activation markers. 
Monkey T-Cells Don't Express Co-receptor
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- Category: HIV Basic Science
- Published on Tuesday, 05 July 2011 11:59
Sooty mangabey monkeys with SIV do not experience disease progression because their CD4 T-cells express little of the CCR5 co-receptor the virus requires to enter cells. 
CDC Reports Extended HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data
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- Category: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 06:40
More than 1.1 million people in the U.S. were living with HIV at the end of 2008, with 20% not knowing their status. But the burden is unevenly distributed, with 50% of cases among gay men and higher incidence among African-Americans. 
HIV Coreceptor Tropism Affects Treatment Outcomes
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- Category: HIV ART Response Predictors
- Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 06:44
HIV strains that use the CXCR4 co-receptor are associated with higher risk of virological failure on antiretroviral therapy than those using CCR5, according to a recent Spanish study. 
New HRSA Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care
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- Category: HIV Treatment Guidelines
- Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 06:37
An updated version of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Guide for HIV/AIDS Clinical Care is now available free online.
Tobira Starts Phase 2b Cenicriviroc Trial
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- Category: Experimental HIV Drugs
- Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 06:41
Tobira Therapeutics recently opened a middle-phase trial of its dual CCR5/CCR2 inhibitor cenicriviroc (TBR-652).
WHO Issues First Gay and Transgender HIV Prevention Guidelines
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- Category: Gay & Bisexual Men/MSM
- Published on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 06:34
The World Health Organization (WHO) for the first time has developed pubic health guidelines for HIV prevention and care focused on men who have sex with men and transgender people. 
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