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AIDS Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 28th, 2005

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Related Areas: Other Issues in AIDS Weekly | Other Publications

HIV/AIDS Drug Monitoring - Genotypic inhibitory quotient predictive of virological response to SQV/RTV

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV-1-RT Gln145Met/leu change confer drug resistance/impair virus replication

HIV/AIDS Therapy - New findings in the area of HIV/AIDS therapy described

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Coreceptor-independent HIV transfer induced by contacts between CD4 cells

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Metabolic abnormalities less with atazanavir than with other protease inhibitors

HIV/AIDS-Related Tuberculosis - AIDS-related mycobacterial reactivation may result from T-cell immunity loss

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Research finds new evidence of retroviral involvement in brain disease

Cancer Research - U.S. government releases updated list of cancer-causing agents

Chlamydia Pneumoniae - Levofloxacin does not eliminate C. pneumoniae from infected macrophages

Contraception - Combined OC/HIV association may be due to CCR5 upregulation on lymphocytes

Cytomegalovirus - Treatment for AIDS-related cytomegalovirus receives positive recommendations

Diagnostics - Findings advance knowledge in diagnostics research

Dioagnostics - qRT-PCR used to predict CMV disease and monitor onset of pre-emptive therapy

Disease Transmission - Risk factors for HIV transmission among black women studied

Drug Development - Three-year agreement with GSK supports drug discovery and development efforts

Epstein-Barr Virus - Epstein-Barr virus pathogenesis may depend on length of HIV infection

Finance - Biopharmaceutical company focused on viral disease reports 2004 sales results

Finance - Dutch development agency renews TB organization's funding

HIV/AIDS Diagnosis - Studies show expanding HIV screening is cost-effective

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - CDC clarifies behavior differences in infected, noninfected populations

HIV/AIDS HAART - HAART optimism associated with sexual risk behavior among gay/bisexual men

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - A-catenin links HIV-1 CCR5 and CXCR4 co-receptors to the cytoskeleton

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Fitness costs limit viral escape from CTLs at structurally constrained epitope

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HLA-G's short cytoplasmic tail confers resistance to Nef-induced downregulation

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Incubation period of acute retroviral syndrome is a multistep process

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Macrophage tropism of HIV-1 depends on efficient cellular dNTP utilization by RT

HIV/AIDS Prevention - India's first-ever preventive AIDS vaccine trial begins

HIV/AIDS Research - Constrained "molecular tongs" designed to dissociate HIV-1 protease dimer

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV-1 Nef produces survival signals through Erk-mediated Bcl-X-L induction

HIV/AIDS Research - Parallel tempering method predicts HIV accessory protein structure

HIV/AIDS Research - Researchers' findings advance HIV/AIDS research

HIV/AIDS Research - Researchers' work adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS Research - SIV-HIV chimera expressing HIV-1-RT used to study evolution of viral resistance

HIV/AIDS Screening - Group supports call for increased HIV screening, particularly for women

HIV/AIDS Testing - HIV testing campaign targets African American and Latina women

HIV/AIDS Testing - Researchers urge routine HIV testing for virtually all Americans

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Lovastatin potentiates antitumor effects of saquinavir against lymphoma cells

HIV/AIDS Therapy - New findings in HIV/AIDS therapy described

HIV/AIDS Therapy - New findings in the area of HIV/AIDS therapy detailed

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Next-generation NNRTI active against NNRTI-resistant HIV-1

HIV/AIDS Therapy - PAF antagonist with anti-HIV-1 activity crosses blood-brain barrier

HIV/AIDS Transmission - HIV-infected parents report limiting physical contact with their children

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - HIV and children reviewed

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Nonstructural HIV proteins as vaccine targets reviewed

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - gp120-depleted HIV plus adjuvants stimulates cellular and humoral immunity

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - Research in HIV/AIDS vaccines provides new insights

Hematology - Antivirals treat hemophiliacs who acquired hepatitis C through blood products

Hepatitis C Therapy - PEGASYS combination therapy approved for hepatitis C/HIV coinfection in Europe

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Cidofovir used to provide insight into KSHV replication and pathogenesis

Legal Issues - AIDS activist charged in death of Chicago cabdriver

Papillomavirus - Cryotherapy used for the treatment of anogenital warts

Personnel - Medical advisory board member named to U.S. National Advisory Eye Council

Personnel - Pharmaceutical company appoints senior vice president

Pharmaceutical Research - Pharma company reports on drug development for tsunami survivors

Retrovirus - Human retroviruses in leukemia and AIDS reviewed

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus - SIV cell tropism in culture is not predictive of in vivo tropism or pathogenesis

TB Therapy - Promising anti-TB compound finally can be synthesized with ease

West Nile Virus - License application submitted for West Nile Virus assay for blood screening

Wilms Tumor - Beta-catenin target gene in WT1-mutant Wilms tumor identified

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