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Vol. 2, No. 10, 24 May 2002
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AIDScience Perspective:
An issue with serious implications for both HIV prevention and vaccine development: Research has confirmed what many gay men and HIV prevention workers have known for a while: the practice of intentional unsafe sex is becoming more common.
Paradigm shift for HIV prevention in the United States
by Gordon Mansergh, from the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, U.S. CDC.
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Science Classic Papers:
HIV changes to hide from immune detection. The fact that HIV is an astounding escape artist has now been confirmed at a population level. This is worrying news for long-term immune control of HIV infection and for vaccine development.
Science's Compass: HLA leaves its footprints on HIV
Science 296(5572), 1410, 24 May 2002. [Free full-text article]
Research Article: Evidence of HIV-1 adaptation to HLA-restricted immune responses at a population level
Science 296(5572), 1439, 24 May 2002. [Free full-text article]
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Hot News:
New HIV reservoir detected in HAART patients. A subset of non-T cells with NK markers are persistently infected and suggest that HIV infection of NK cells is important for virus persistence.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99(10), 7015 (2002) [Read abstract]
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Another crack in the code?
Unstimulated CD8+ T lymphocytes from HIV-exposed-uninfected individuals inhibit HIV-1. CD8+ T cells from exposed-uninfected (EU) individuals exert a strong, broad-spectrum HIV-suppressive activity, suggesting a role of non-cytotoxic antiviral mechanisms in resistance to HIV-1 infection.
AIDS 16(7), 1003 (2002) [Read abstract]
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From Medscape: Protease inhibitor combination therapy and decreased condom use among gay men. Among men who had sex with men, treatment with protease inhibitors was associated with never using condoms and with inconsistent use of condoms. See Medscape link (free one time registration required).
Southern Medical Journal 95(4), 421 (2002) [Read article]
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Latest News Headlines:
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Caught in a web of AIDS. Philadelphia Inquirer. May 24, 2002
| Maverick AIDS researchers spark funding debate—They favor prevention over treatment. San Francisco Chronicle. May 24, 2002
| Needle-sale bill approved by California senate. San Francisco Chronicle. May 24, 2002
| South Africa acknowledges AIDS. Nando Times. May 24, 2002
| Preventing HIV saves more than lives. Yahoo! News. May 24, 2002
| HIV changes to hide from immune cells. Yahoo! News. May 24, 2002
| Missouri toughens HIV infector penalties. Yahoo! News. May 24, 2002
| Lipsticks raise $23 million for AIDS cause. Sun-Sentinel.com. May 22, 2002
| Brazil says it is taming AIDS with needles, condoms. Yahoo! News. May 22, 2002
| HIV survival increases in triple-therapy era. Yahoo! News. May 22, 2002
| To combat AIDS, help the few to save the many. Los Angeles Times. May 21, 2002
| HIV patients try to remedy gaunt appearance. New York Times. May 21, 2002
| Immune Response's future questioned. New York Times. May 21, 2002
| Study to examine risky sex and gay chat. Yahoo! News. May 21, 2002
| The Immune Response Corporation announces first quarter 2002 financial results. Immune Response Corp. release. May 21, 2002
| Wyeth receives $22.8 million NIH grant for AIDS work. Philadelphia Inquirer. May 20, 2002
| Ghana changing its tune on condoms. San Francisco Chronicle. May 20, 2002
| Vaccine theory on AIDS upset. Washington Post. May 20, 2002
| Council calls on Bush for HIV battle plan. Washington Times. May 19, 2002
| Candlelight vigil To remember victims of AIDS. Yahoo! News. May 19, 2002
| Singaporeans call for AIDS-drug subsidies. Yahoo! News. May 19, 2002
| Biotechnology seeks end to slump. New York Times. May 19, 2002
| Jail is AIDS education opportunity for women. Yahoo! News. May 17, 2002
| Company-trial results good for new T-20 HIV drug. Yahoo! News. May 17, 2002
| A jihad against AIDS. The Guardian. May 17, 2002
| Drug makers' stocks fall on news of FDA investigations. Los Angeles Times. May 16, 2002
| U.S. seeks cash to help Myanmar fight AIDS. Yahoo! News. May 16, 2002
| World Bank: AIDS epidemic may hit Russian growth. Yahoo! News. May 16, 2002
| Poorer countries press for changes to AIDS fund. Yahoo! News. May 16, 2002
| Thailand to lend hand to African nations with AIDS drug technology. Yahoo! News. May 16, 2002
| Panel crafts blunt AIDS warning in open letter to gays. The Seattle Times. May 16, 2002
| AIDS bill would lift US global aid by $1b. Boston Globe. May 15, 2002
| Wealthy Singapore should fund AIDS drugs like other rich countries. Yahoo! News. May 15, 2002
| Papua New Guinea faces AIDS epidemic. BBC News. May 14, 2002
| Remune: Stronger immune responses and possible control of viral replication. Immune Response Corporation release. May 14, 2002
| South African AIDS activists see new government attitude. Philadelphia Inquirer. May 14, 2002
| OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test has received preliminary approval. New York Times. May 13, 2002
| More evidence refutes HIV link to polio vaccine. Yahoo! News. May 13, 2002
| Scientists find new HIV hiding place. Yahoo! News. May 13, 2002
| Soweto HIV transmission success. BBC News. May 12, 2002
| Maker of drug for AIDS tells of tampering. New York Times. May 12, 2002
| A city combats AIDS complacency. Washington Post. May 12, 2002
| China 'faces AIDS timebomb'. BBC News. May 12, 2002
| Global AIDS fight enlists diverse army. San Francisco Chronicle. May 12, 2002
| World Bank: Education is best 'vaccine' for AIDS. Yahoo! News. May 12, 2002
| New face of AIDS getting older. Yahoo! News. May 11, 2002
| Unlikely coalition stirs congress in AIDS battle. New York Times. May 11, 2002
| India wants to share technology to fight against AIDS. Yahoo! News. May 11, 2002
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| Persistent HIV-1 infection of natural killer cells in patients receiving HAART. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. (Posted: May 24, 2002) | | Protease inhibitor combination therapy and decreased condom use among gay men. Southern Medical Journal. (Posted: May 24, 2002) | | Highlights from the 2002 STD Conference. Medscape Infectious Diseases. (Posted: May 24, 2002) | | Better Remune response in patients with low viral loads and high CD4 cell counts. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. (Posted: May 24, 2002) | | Time to AIDS from 1992 to 1999 in HIV-1-infected subjects with known date of infection. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. (Posted: May 22, 2002) | | Fusion-competent vaccines (Retraction of vol 283, pg 357, 1999). Science. (Posted: May 20, 2002) | | Acute phase cytotoxic T lymphocyte escape is a hallmark of simian immunodeficiency virus infection. Nature Medicine. (Posted: May 20, 2002) | | Prevalence of and risk factors for HIV infection in Ethiopia. Epidemiology and Infection. (Posted: May 20, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: Involvement of brain cytokines in the neurobehavioral disturbances induced by HIV-1 gp120. Brain Research. (Posted: May 20, 2002) | | Mother-to-child HIV type 1 transmission in Argentina. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. (Posted: May 20, 2002) |
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