AIDS Weekly

HIV/AIDS HAART - Low-cost assays can monitor HAART patients in developing countries

HIV/AIDS Heart Disease - Ritonavir impairs vasomotor function/reduces coronary artery eNOS expression

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - APOBEC3G ubiquitination by HIV-1 Vif-BC-Cul5 is essential for Vif function

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Data advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis research

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Fitness differences of 2 HIV-1 isolates related to cell binding/entry efficacy

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV Nef establishes superinfection immunity by downregulating CCR5 and CD4

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV without polypurine tract mutations can replicate at low level

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 Tat concomitantly downregulates caspase-10/upregulates c-FLIP in T cells

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Mutant Vif proteins incapable of modulating viral infectivity

HIV/AIDS Postexposure Prophylaxis - TDF-3TC-d4T most tolerated regimen for nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis

HIV/AIDS Prevention - New findings in HIV/AIDS prevention described

HIV/AIDS Prevention - U.S. FDA approves new anti-HIV drug Aptivus for use in combination therapy

HIV/AIDS Prognosis - Baseline CD4 count strongest predictor of short-term disease progression in Asia

HIV/AIDS Prognostics - CD4+ T cell count monitors HIV progression & antiretroviral therapy

HIV/AIDS Research -  D. melanogaster complementary system to study HIV-1-related genes/proteins

HIV/AIDS Screening - Rapid HIV testing strategies feasible in under equipped laboratories

HIV/AIDS Testing - Diagnostic test developer expands HIV/AIDS testing in Latin America

HIV/AIDS Testing - Maker of HIV rapid tests announces donation valued at $1,000,000

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Phase 3 trial of ThGRF for treating HIV-associated lipodystrophy launched

HIV/AIDS Vaccine -  Ulex europaeus agglutinin targets mucosal vaccine against HIV-1 envelope

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - HIV gp120 immunogenicity enhanced when combined with recombinant DNA priming

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cell epitopes presented by HLA-A*2601 characterized

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Vaccine-induced CD4 T cells lose reactivity after SIV/HIV challenge

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - New findings in the area of HIV/AIDS vaccines detailed

HIV/AIDS-Related Dementia - AIDS dementia complex remains a problem in the era of HAART

HIV/AIDS-Related Drug Side Effect - Ritonavir affects basal and catecholamine-stimulated lipolysis in adipocytes

HIV/AIDS-Related Lipodystrophy - Intermittent HAART may reduce incidence or slow development of lipoatrophy

HIV/AIDS-Related Mental Health - Trauma and stress in HIV patients accounted for by increases in PTSD symptoms

HIV/AIDS-Related Nutrition - Reduced micronutrient intake accentuates premature death in murine AIDS

Kaposi Sarcoma-Related Herpesvirus - KSHV lytic replication cycle promotes downregulation of cell-surface CD1d

Legal Issues - U.S. trade representative's office urged to condemn Brazilian TRIPS threat

Papillomavirus - DNA methylation may force HPVs into latency with repressed transcription

Patents - Gene therapy company granted patents for vectors derived from lentiviruses

Personnel - TB partnership names director of policy

Philanthropy - ExxonMobil announces new community investment initiative

Reproductive Medicine - Success factors for semen cleansing in men coinfected with HIV and HCV vary

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Pharma company signs license agreement with Arrow Therapuetics

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Cytokine profile shifts in HIV-1/HIV-2/dual infection with disease progression

Toxoplasma Gondii - Aureobasidin A blocks T. gondii replication w/o affecting host metabolism

Transplant Medicine - Mitochondrial toxicity hampers liver transplants in HIV-HCV coinfected patients

Tuberculosis Prevention - Preventive TB therapy in HIV-infected persons can impact morbidity & mortality

Vaccine Development - Life science company awarded global license for Parvovirus B19 vaccine

Virology - Hepatitis C coinfection boosts liver failure risk in patients with HIV