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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . November 24th, 2003

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Related Areas: Other Issues in AIDS Weekly | Other Publications

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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