Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . November 24th, 2003
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Drug Development - Novel HIV protease inhibitor effective against PI-resistant strains in vitro
Drug Development - Pyridine oxide derivatives have dual-mode anti-HIV activity
Drug Development - Easily generated HIV protease inhibitors derived from carbohydrate alditols identified
Drug Development - HIV Tat-TAR RNA antagonist strongly inhibits replication in vitro
HIV/AIDS Gene Therapy - Treatment with multiple small interfering RNAs augments gene silencing
HIV/AIDS Therapy - HAART lowers levels of HIV-enhancing antibodies
AIDS Co-infections - Data: Hepsera associated with sustained reductions in hepatitis B virus
AIDS Prevention - New CDC-funded HIV program at UNC integrates treatment with prevention
AIDS Prevention - Researchers discover the mouth's defenses against AIDS
AIDS Therapy - Doctors announce first NIH-funded AIDS treatment research in Africa
AIDS Therapy - Dried blood-spot test shows promise in monitoring AIDS treatment
AIDS Therapy - HDL increases observed in study of new protease inhibitor Lexiva
AIDS Therapy - Human trial of HIV vaccine in South Africa under way
AIDS Therapy - Patients taking injectable fusion inhibitor satisfied with ease of injection
AIDS Therapy - Phase II data of tipranavir-based Antiretroviral therapy presented
Addiction Medicine - Social support reduces depressive symptoms in HIV-positive drug users
Antiretroviral Therapy - Heart disease is a leading cause for hospitalization in HIV/AIDS patients
Awards - NewsRx wins 2003 eHealthcare Leadership awards
Cardiovascular Disease - Cardiovascular disease leading cause for HIV/AIDS patients' hospitalization
Dementia - Canadian discovery promises treatment for HIV dementia
Depression - Seeing HIV in positive light boosts patients' mental health
Finance - Smallpox vaccine maker gives clinical update, reports DKK 414.3M in revenue
HIV Rates - African Americans have higher HIV rates and AIDS mortality
HIV Therapeutics - Pharmaceutical company reports positive data on HIV drug to FDA
HIV/AIDS DNA Research - G-quartets direct HIV nucleocapsid protein assembly along single-stranded DNA
HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Novel RT-based assay simplifies HIV viral load measurement
HIV/AIDS Dyslipidemia - HIV protease inhibitor treatment linked to abnormal apolipoprotein B metabolism
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Experiences of Puerto Rican family with an HIV-positive member related
HIV/AIDS Immunology - CTL epitope specificity determines extent of HIV suppression
HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - CCL2 may play key role in virion production by HIV-infected cells
HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Epstein-Barr virus infection may increase T-cell susceptibility to HIV
HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV Vif disrupts APOBEC3G translation and intracellular stability
HIV/AIDS Therapy - High-dose oral hydroxyurea produces effective CSF drug levels
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Link between long-tern HIV PI use and cardiovascular disease confirmed
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Nadir CD4 cell count in HIV patients predicts response to subcutaneous rIL-2 treatment
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Simultaneous HPLC assay for several HIV protease inhibitors suitable for use with children
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Structured HIV treatment interruptions have no impact on salvage regimen efficacy
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Studies on tenofovir DF therapy for HIV infection reviewed
HIV/AIDS Treatments - Viramune can replace drug that causes central nervous system side effects
HIV/AIDS Vaccine - New gene-based approaches for AIDS vaccine reviewed
Healthcare Use Patterns - Children with HIV more likely to use health services than infected adults
Herpes Simplex - Genital ulcers increase during and after HIV infection
Human T-Lymphotropic Virus - Interferon-alpha therapy creates a reduction in some CD4 cell subsets in HAM/TSP
Infectious Disease - European fund accelerates fights against AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria
Infectious Disease - Valacyclovir reduces genital herpes recurrence in HIV patients
Lymphoma - Murine model of human anaplastic large-cell lymphoma developed
Opportunistic Infection - Visceral leishmaniasis rate in HIV patients dropped after HAART introduction
Perinatal AIDS - Placental malaria increases mother-to-child HIV transmission
Personnel - Dr. Luc Montagnier to serve on scientific advisory board
Protease Inhibitor Resistance - No resistance reported in HIV patients taking Kaletra-based regimen
RNA Research - Apical loop of HIV TAR RNA hairpin characterized
Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Chest radiography unnecessary to identify TB among HIV patients
Virology - Simian virus 2 and other simian picornaviruses represent new genus
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