Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 24th, 1997
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Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - "Reason for Hope Amid Hype"
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Flu Vaccine Doesn't Increase HIV In Children
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Glaxo Heavy Hitters Tested in PI/NARTI Combo
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Low Anti-HIV Antibodies Linked to Heterosexual Transmission
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - New Therapeutic HIV Vaccine Safe So Far
Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Study Probes Women's Anti-HIV Mucosal Immune Responses
AIDS Therapies (Anticort) - IND Filed with FDA for AIDS Treatment
AIDS Therapies (Clinical Trials) - GEM 91 Moves Into Confirmatory Trial in Advanced HIV Patients
AIDS Therapies (Clinical Trials) - Phase II Trial Uses Combination of Antiviral Drugs and Remune
AIDS Therapies (Protease Inhibitors) - AIDS Clinical Trial Group Begins Study of 141W94/VX-478
AIDS Therapies (Remune) - Vanderbilt Joins National AIDS Drug Trials
Alternative Medicine - Herbal Medicine: Pharmaceutical Versions Developed
At-Risk Populations - Valentine's Day Study Assesses HIV Risk Among Gay Couples
Cryptosporidiosis - Expanded Orphan Drug Designation for NTZ Announced
Drug Development - Isis Pharmaceuticals Touts New Drug Therapies
Education and Prevention - ABC's of AIDS Are Slow To Be Taught in the American Workplace
Education and Prevention - Maryland Legislators Advance Continuation of Program
Education and Prevention - Needle Exchanges and Sex Education Effective Against AIDS
Euthanasia - AIDS Physicians Assist Terminally Ill to End Their Lives
HIV Testing - Home Access Test as Accurate as Physician Testing
HIV Testing - New York Hospitals Test Newborns
HIV Testing - Tests Verify Accu-Sorb Saliva Recovery Collection System
Immunology - Enzyme Linked to Immune Response in HIV and Other Diseases
Immunology (HIV) - Loss of Hematopoietic Cells in HIV Patients Is Not Due to Infection
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Gene Therapy-Based HIV Immunotherapeutic Trials Expanded
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Gastrointestinal Disorders Drug Patent Announced
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Patent Application Covers HIV T-cell Inhibiting Compounds Use
International (Africa) - Kenyan Government Bans Sale of Pearl Omega AIDS Drug
Internet - Chemtrak Internet Service Launched
Legal Issues - Feds Reject Compromise on Doctors Recommending Medical Pot
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - FDA Approves Cancer Study, Preliminary HIV Trial Results Announced
Prisons - Officials Test Inmates for AIDS
Sexually Transmitted Disease - New Venereal Diseases Strengthen Case For Safer Sex
Therapy (TB) - IL-12 May Benefit Immunosuppressed MDR-TB Patients
Antiviral Therapy (Diagnostics) - "What Should We Be Monitoring Immunologically in Antiviral Trials Other than CD4+ T Cell Counts."
Antiviral Therapy (HBV) - "Long-Term Evaluation of Lamivudine Efficacy Against Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Replication in HIV Infected Patients."
Disease Associations - "The Prevalence of Malignancy in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Positive Patients Admitted to a Community Hospital."
Disease Associations (Prognosis) - "HIV Associated Non Hodgkin's Lymphomas With Good Prognosis Factors."
Drug Resistance (HIV) - "HIV Drug Resistance - An Overview."
Drug Resistance (HIV) - "Zidovudine-Resistant Variants of HIV-1 in Lung."
HIV Vaccine (Clinical Trial) - "Multicenter Study of Safety and Immunogenicity of HIV-1 rgp160 Candidate Vaccine in Seropositive HIV-1 Volunteers."
HIV Vaccines (Clinical Trial) - "Therapeutic Vaccination: A Randomized Controlled Study of the Effect of rgp160 on Progression of Immune Deficiency and Viral Burden."
Immunology (HIV) - "Short-Term Changes In Plasma HIV RNA Following Chemotherapy for Lymphoma."
Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "DOX-SL (Stealth Liposomal Doxorubicin HCL) Maintenance Therapy After Response in AIDS Related Kaposi's Sarcoma."
Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "Role of G-CSF in AIDS Patients with Kaposi's Sarcoma Treated with Bleomycin and Vincristine."
Pathogenesis (Malaria) - "Role of Malarial Antigen-Induced Immune Stimulation on HIV-1 Replication."
Vertical Transmission (Antiviral Therapy) - "Intrapartum Zidovudine (ZDV) Infusion Alone Failed to Reduce Maternal HIV-1 Viremia and Vertical Transmission in HIV-1 Infected Pregnant Women with No Prior Antenatal Care."
Viral Shedding (HIV) - "Antiretroviral Treatment and Shedding of HIV in Semen."
Candida albicans - "Infection Due to Fluconazole-Resistant Candida in Patients with AIDS: Prevalence and Microbiology."
Cytomegalovirus - "Cytomegalovirus as a Primary Pulmonary Pathogen in AIDS."
Cytomegalovirus - "Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp120 Stimulates Cytomegalovirus Replication in Monocytes: Possible Role of Endogenous Interleukin-8."
Drug Resistance (TB) - "Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Review of the Worldwide Situation and the WHO/IUATLD Global Surveillance Project."
Emergency Medicine - "Symptomatology of HIV-Related Illness and Community-Acquired Illness in an HIV-Infected Emergency Department Population."
Fungal Disease - "Fluconazole as Prophylaxis Against Fungal Infection in Patients with Advanced HIV Infection."
Hemophilia - "Emotional Adjustment of Children and Adolescents with Haemophilia in Relation to the HIV Threat."
Hemophilia - "Liver Failure and Mortality in HIV-Positive Haemophiliacs: Fourteen-Year Experience and Literature Review."
Immunology (HIV) - "HIV Antigens and T-Cell Receptor Variable beta Chain Families."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Characterization of Ribonucleoprotein Complexes Containing an Abundant Polyadenylated Nuclear RNA Encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (Human Herpesvirus 8)."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Human Herpesvirus KSHV Encodes a Constitutively Active G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Linked to Cell Proliferation."
Sexual Behavior - "Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Behavior among White and Asian/Pacific Islander High School Students in the United States: Does Culture Make a Difference?."
Sexual Behavior - "Sexual Behavior among Adolescents Reporting Chronic Conditions: A French National Survey."
Transmission (Vertical) - "Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Involving Five Envelope Sequence Subtypes."
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