Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a virus related to HIV in the genetic makeup of the Madagascar grey mouse lemur, a finding that could provide new evidence about the origins of HIV, according to a study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IRIN/PlusNews reports. [...]
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Researchers Find Evidence About Evolution Of Hiv In Lemurs
Published at Dezember 20th, 2008los Angeles Times Examines Recommendations For Hiv Testing As Part Of Routine Medical Care
Published at Dezember 8th, 2008The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined new practice guidelines issued recently by the American College of Physicians recommending routine HIV testing for all patients beginning at age 13, regardless of whether they engage in high-risk behaviors. CDC in 2006 also released recommendations for HIV screening as part of routine medical care.Bernard Branson of the [...]
Bush, Obama Mark World Aids Day, Discuss Hiv/aids Fight
Published at Dezember 2nd, 2008President Bush on Monday in honor of World AIDS Day highlighted “his dramatic and widely praised overhaul of U.S. efforts to combat the deadly disease, particularly in Africa,” AFP/Google.com reports. President-elect Barack Obama on Monday also praised the Bush administration for its involvement in global HIV/AIDS efforts and pledged to continue the fight against the [...]
A Novel Target For Therapeutics Against Staph Infection
Published at November 29th, 2008Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology, and the University of Edinburgh have uncovered how a bacterial pathogen interacts with the blood coagulation protein fibrinogen to cause methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, a finding that could aid in developing therapeutics against [...]
The Benefits Of Multiple Mates
Published at November 23rd, 2008New research could explain why females of many species have multiple partners. Published on Friday 21 November 2008 in leading journal Science, the study was carried out by a team from the Universities of Exeter (UK), Okayama (Japan) and Liverpool (UK). Females of most species, including many mammals, mate with multiple partners.[click [...]
Obama Likely To Reverse Some Bush Administration Hiv/aids Prevention, Family Planning Policies, Adviser Says
Published at November 12th, 2008President-elect Barack Obama likely will undo U.S. family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention efforts that long linked funding to antiabortion and abstinence-only policies, Susan Wood — co-chair of Obama’s advisory committee for women’s health and a professor at George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services — said recently, Bloomberg reports. Wood said that [...]
Obama’s Campaign Discusses Candidate’s Plans For Addressing Hiv/aids In U.s.
Published at Oktober 21st, 2008Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s (Ill.) campaign on Thursday during a conference call discussed the candidate’s plans to combat HIV/AIDS in the U.S., the Advocate reports. According to the Advocate, Obama’s plans include increasing funding for research, care and prevention and developing a national strategy within the first year of his administration. Rep. [...]
Researchers At Global Hiv/aids Vaccine Conference Express Concerns About Funding Levels
Published at Oktober 16th, 2008Experts at the AIDS Vaccine 2008 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday expressed concerns that the current global economic situation could damage funding for AIDS research and vaccine development, the AP/Los Angeles Times reports. The economic situation has “added to the gloom among experts deeply frustrated by … setbacks” in HIV/AIDS vaccine [...]
Winners Of Nobel Prize For Medicine Voice Concern For Future Of Hiv/aids Funding; Montagnier Discusses Therapeutic Vaccines
Published at Oktober 10th, 2008Luc Montagnier and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, two French scientists who jointly were awarded half of the Nobel Prize for medicine earlier this week, spoke with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday about the effect that the world financial crisis could have on global funding for HIV/AIDS, the AP/Hartford Courant reports. Both scientists voiced their concerns that [...]
Nobel Prize For Medicine Awarded To Discoverers Of Hiv
Published at Oktober 7th, 2008French scientists Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier were awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their work in the discovery of HIV, AFP/Yahoo! Asia News reports. The award was shared with Harald zur Hausen, who discovered the human papillomavirus (AFP/Yahoo! Asia news, 10/6). The Nobel Assembly of the Nobel Foundation in a [...]