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Vol. 3, No. 1, 10 January 2003
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AIDScience Report:
Current HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among the general population in China: Implications for action. Relatively little is known about the AIDS epidemic in China. Results from a recent survey indicate that the general population is very often uninformed about basic issues, and suggest the need for widespread HIV prevention measures.
by Deborah Holtzman et al.
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Hot News:
Epicyte advances production of human HIV antibodies in plants. Epicyte Pharmaceutical, Inc., announced that it is growing the first greenhouse plant lines to yield an antibody product for the prevention of HIV. The Plantibodies™ technology allows Epicyte to produce large quantities of antibodies at substantially reduced capital and manufacturing costs.
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Enhancement of antibodies to HIV-1 Env by using the molecular adjuvant C3d. Murine and human homologues of the complement component, C3d, were used in a DNA vaccine to enhance the titers of antibody to Env.
Journal of Virology 77(3), February 2003 [Read abstract]
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Latest News Headlines:
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WHO sought to help resolve deal over developing nations' access to medicine. Nando Times. January 10, 2003
| Grant funds microbicide development. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. January 10, 2003
| Kaleidos Pharma advances intellectual property for cancer and AIDS. Business Wire. January 9, 2003
| Flu surpasses AIDS as killer in U.S.. Yahoo! News. January 9, 2003
| Rich nations failing to do their part to stop AIDS, U.N. official says. Yahoo! News. January 9, 2003
| VaxGen says AIDS trial affected by disease spread. Reuters. January 9, 2003
| Calypte receives exemption from FDA lot release testing. Business Wire. January 8, 2003
| Study: Response to AIDS drugs equal across race. Yahoo! News. January 8, 2003
| OraSure begins shipment of OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test. OraSure Technologies release. January 8, 2003
| AIDS: China's state secret. The Guardian. January 8, 2003
| Pregnancy may not imperil HIV-negative prostitutes. Yahoo! News. January 8, 2003
| A lost generation. Boston Globe. January 7, 2003
| No time to let up in the AIDS battle (editorial). Bangkok Post. January 7, 2003
| Viacom aims to place AIDS back into awareness. Yahoo! News. January 6, 2003
| The network effect — Why Senegal's bold anti-AIDS program is working. Boston Globe. January 5, 2003
| NHS staff 'face HIV tests'. BBC News. January 3, 2003
| The importance of patent remedies (editorial). Financial Times. January 3, 2003
| Swaziland has world's highest AIDS rate. The Guardian. January 3, 2003
| U.S. seeks aid to fight AIDS, terror wars. New York Times. January 3, 2003
| Kofi Annan: To save Africa, we must save Africa's women (opinion). The Independent. January 2, 2003
| Bankok: Infection rate for teens rises by 6%. Bankok Post. January 2, 2003
| Swaziland acknowledges AIDS infections spiraling. Yahoo! News. January 2, 2003
| WHO: Elderly shoulder AIDS care burden in Africa. Yahoo! News. January 2, 2003
| New drug application submitted to U.S. FDA for Atazanavir. Bristol-Myers Squibb release. January 2, 2003
| Ignorance, misconceptions fuel Kenya AIDS crisis. Yahoo! News. January 1, 2003
| Study: HIV 'blip' not harbinger of drug failure. Yahoo! News. December 31, 2002
| Iran medics 'must confront AIDS'. BBC News. December 31, 2002
| AIDS battle advances on two fronts. Los Angeles Times. December 30, 2002
| African AIDS pills hit black market. Washington Times. December 30, 2002
| Chronic immune activation: a lethal factor in HIV infection?. The Lancet News. December 30, 2002
| Moment of truth draws near for humanity's best hope to date in the battle against AIDS. The Independent. December 30, 2002
| In Africa, AIDS has a woman's face (opinion). New York Times. December 30, 2002
| Hong Kong experts help tackle mainland China's growing HIV/AIDS problem. The Lancet News. December 30, 2002
| Tackling Ghana's AIDS threat. BBC News. December 28, 2002
| China plans to mass-produce four AIDS drugs. San Francisco Chronicle. December 27, 2002
| HIV urine tests useful in high-risk communities. Yahoo! News. December 27, 2002
| France launches graphic anti-AIDS campaign. Yahoo! News. December 27, 2002
| Study looks at sexual dysfunction, HIV drugs. Yahoo! News. December 27, 2002
| Study looks at sexual dysfunction, HIV drugs. Yahoo! News. December 26, 2002
| A rainmaker in pursuit of a cure for a modern plague. Financial Times. December 24, 2002
| AIDS patients' forgetfulness means skipped medication. Yahoo! News. December 24, 2002
| Denial here at home (editorial). Washington Post. December 24, 2002
| Fight fire with fire: using HIV to prevent itself. Yahoo! News. December 24, 2002
| Anticipation grows for AIDS vaccine. Boston Globe. December 23, 2002
| AIDS group seeks rejection of 'abstinence-based' education funds. Yahoo! News. December 23, 2002
| A Haitian doctor's success in the fight against disease. New York Times. December 23, 2002
| Cell vaccine tackles HIV. BBC News. December 23, 2002
| Professor has devoted life to AIDS prevention. The State. December 23, 2002
| U.S. FDA faults Red Cross' handling of blood supply. Los Angeles Times. December 21, 2002
| World Bank approves US$60 million loan to help Ukraine fight tuberculosis, AIDS. Yahoo! News. December 21, 2002
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| Travel and the spread of HIV-1 genetic variants. Lancet Infectious Diseases. (Posted: January 9, 2003) | | A truncated form of Nef selected during pathogenic reversion increases viral replication. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 9, 2003) | | HIV-1, hepatitis B virus, and risk of liver-related mortality in the Multicenter Cohort Study (MACS). Lancet. (Posted: January 9, 2003) | | Course and outcome of pregnancy in 54 persistently HIV-1-seronegative sex workers and their infants. Journal of Reproductive Medicine. (Posted: January 8, 2003) | | Comparing the ex vivo fitness of CCR5-tropic HIV-1 isolates of subtypes B and C. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 6, 2003) | | Two HIV vaccinal lipopeptides follow different cross-presentation pathways in human dendritic cells. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 6, 2003) | | Prevention of disease induced by a partially heterologous AIDS virus in Rhesus monkeys. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 6, 2003) | | Control of viremia and prevention of SHIV-induced disease in immunized Rhesus macaques. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 6, 2003) | | Association between virus-specific T-cell responses and plasma viral load in HIV-1 C infection. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 6, 2003) | | Increased mucosal transmission but not enhanced pathogenicity of SHIV SF162P3 maps to envelope gp120. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 6, 2003) | | Immunization with SIV vaccines prolongs survival after oral challenge with virulent SIVmac251. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 3, 2003) | | NeuroAIDS: Role of microglial cells in selective replication of SIV genotypes in the brain. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 3, 2003) | | Ontogeny and specificities of mucosal and blood HIV-1-specific CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 3, 2003) | | Importance of B-cell responses for immunological control of variant strains of SIV. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 3, 2003) | | CD4 binding site antibodies inhibit HIV gp120 envelope glycoprotein interaction with CCR5. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 2, 2003) | | Heterogeneity of envelope molecules expressed on primary HIV-1 particles. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 2, 2003) | | Fine mapping of the interaction of neutralizing and nonneutralizing monoclonal antibodies with gp120. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 2, 2003) | | A potential gp41 binding site in gp120 and mechanisms of primary virus neutralization resistance. Journal of Virology. (Posted: January 2, 2003) | | Primary HIV-1 infection in African children infected through breastfeeding. AIDS. (Posted: January 1, 2003) | | The epidemiological and control implications of HIV transmission probabilities within partnerships. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. (Posted: December 30, 2002) | | Cell surface CCR5 density determines the postentry efficiency of R5 HIV-1 infection. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. (Posted: December 30, 2002) | | HIV Nef inhibits T cell migration. Journal of Biological Chemistry. (Posted: December 30, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: Searching for clues: Tracking the pathogenesis of HIV central nervous system disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Posted: December 30, 2002) | | Rapid induction of apoptosis in CD8(+) HIV-1 envelope-specific murine CTLs. Journal of Immunology. (Posted: December 30, 2002) | | Why are CD4(+) but not CD8(+) T cells depleted?. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. (Posted: December 30, 2002) | | Implications for vaccine design of peptide structural conformation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. (Posted: December 30, 2002) | | Haemophilus ducreyi infection and its relevance to HIV-1 acquisition. Journal of Immunology. (Posted: December 30, 2002) | | Willingness to participate and enroll in a phase 3 preventive HIV-1 vaccine trial. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. (Posted: December 26, 2002) | | Inactivation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by porphyrins. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. (Posted: December 26, 2002) | | Inhibiting HIV-1 infection in human T cells by lentiviral-mediated delivery of small interfering RNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. (Posted: December 24, 2002) | | Therapeutic dendritic-cell vaccine for simian AIDS. Nature Medicine. (Posted: December 24, 2002) |
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