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Potential HIV therapy prevents virus from multiplying after treatment is stopped

In alternative therapeutic approach to antiretroviral therapy may be effective in improving the condition of people with the HIV virus, scientists have said. They have developed new inhibitors called LEDGINs, which have...

23 May, 2016

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Antibody infusions provide long-term defence against HIV-like infection

Specialized proteins can protect monkeys against the virus for months. The finding provides further evidence that antibodies — specialized proteins that the body produces to fight infections — could one day be used as a...

6 May, 2016

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Effective vaccine against AIDS in the offing

Scientists are developing a new AIDS vaccine capable of inducing naturally produced antibodies in HIV patients to prevent the deadly infection. Some people infected with HIV naturally produce antibodies that effectively...

14 April, 2016

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Report: New treatment rids monkeys of HIV-like virus

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University primate center say that a new treatment destroyed an HIV-like virus in two newborn monkeys in only two weeks. Monkeys cannot get HIV, so the scientists had to...

14 April, 2016

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Combined HIV and hepatitis C virus vaccination a possibility

A combined vaccination against Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV moved a step closer, with the results of a study* presented at The International Liver Congress™ 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. An estimated 2.3 million people...

14 April, 2016

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Findings in humans provide encouraging foundation for upcoming AIDS vaccine clinical trial

Engineered vaccine protein binds key immune cells that exist in nearly everyone Some people infected with HIV naturally produce antibodies that effectively neutralize many strains of the rapidly mutating virus, and...

28 March, 2016

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The rare super-antibodies that destroy HIV

A recent study sheds new light on a rare immune response to the virus—and could bring researchers a step closer to developing a vaccine. When a person becomes infected with HIV, the immune system kicks into gear: Immune...

11 March, 2016

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Scientists piggyback experimental HIV vaccine on cold viruses

Scientists report progress in their bid to develop ways to piggyback an HIV vaccine on germs that cause colds. In the new study, Harvard researchers said they successfully used cold viruses to deliver an experimental...

19 February, 2016

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ART reduces HIV in the female reproductive tract

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) affects the way HIV disseminates and establishes infection in the female reproductive tract, which could have significant implications for future HIV prevention, vaccine and cure studies...

11 February, 2016

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HIV antibody infusion safely suppresses virus in infected people

A single infusion of a powerful antibody called VRC01 can suppress the level of HIV in the blood of infected people who are not taking antiretroviral therapy (ART), scientists at the National Institutes of Health report...

24 December, 2015

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