AIDS Weekly

HIV/AIDS Lipoatrophy - HAART-associated facial lipoatrophy corrected by polylactic acid implants

HIV/AIDS Prognosis - Higher set point HIV-1 RNA and more-severe acute illness predict mortality

HIV/AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma - Kaposi sarcoma remission associated with HIV suppression and is independent of PI therapy

Business Update - Constella Group convenes advisory board led by Tommy G. Thompson

Business Update - Female Health Company receives initial order from Indian government for female condoms

Collaborations - Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead submit NDA for Sustiva, Truvada for HIV treatment

Collaborations - Pfizer and Monogram to make HIV coreceptor tropism assay available globally

DNA Research - Interfering RNA silences genes in slippery immune cells, giving researchers a new tool

Disease Associations - HCV-HIV coinfection can be associated with cryoglobulinaemia vasculitis

Disease Associations - Hepatitis C virus protease gene diversity exists in HIV coinfection

Drug Development - Abbott's new formulation of Kaletra receives positive opinion in Europe

Epidemiology - HIV epidemic is not significantly impacting TB transmission in Tanzania

Finance - Immune Response Corporation issues notice to end equity distribution agreement with Cornell

Finance - Lipid Sciences reports $3 million net loss in Q1 2006 compared to $2.4 million a year ago

Finance - Progenics Pharmaceuticals reports first quarter 2006 revenues of $11 million

HIV Co-Infection - Hepatitis C virus/HIV co-infection mortality displays racial difference

HIV Therapy - Incyte begins phase I study of new HIV drug in healthy volunteers

HIV/AIDS & Prison Health - Predictors of condom use determined among male prison inmates

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - HIV integrase inhibited by carbazolone-containing alpha,gamma-diketo acids

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Healthcare utilization and costs among perinatally HIV-infected children were estimated

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV strains from cluster of adult film worker infections in U.S. was identified

HIV/AIDS HAART - Lopinavir-ritonavir associated with significant hypertriglyceridemia

HIV/AIDS Knowledge - HIV/AIDS-related knowledge is low among migrants and nonmigrants in rural China

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1 Tat regulates endothelial cell cycle progression via Ras/ERK cascade

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - TRIM5 alpha restricts HIV-1 infection by recognizing capsid and promoting disassembly

HIV/AIDS Prevention - HIV infection among young immigrant Latino men may be prevented via community-based networks

HIV/AIDS Prognostic Indicator - IDU and lower alpha-HDL associated with brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Research - 7SL RNA is abundant in infectious HIV-1 and virus-like particles

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - HIV risk associated with socioeconomic-related stressors in South Africa

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - HIV risk factors differ among male and female intravenous drug users in China

HIV/AIDS Testing - Chembio supports CDC's recommendation for routine HIV testing

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Amino acid-glucose infusion improves leucine imbalance in PI-treated HIV/AIDS patients

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Baseline protease genotype affects HIV response to atazanavir/ritonavir

HIV/AIDS Therapy - IFN-gamma secretion is impaired in T cells during HIV infection despite HAART

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Perceived psychosocial support may be central to medical adherence for HIV/AIDS patients

HIV/AIDS Transmission - HIV transmission risk factors determination is needed to prevent spread of HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - ALVAC-HIV-1/protein boost vaccine strategy reduces SHIV RNA levels

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV increasing RNA levels may be influenced by time and alcohol use

Immunotherapy - Research uncovers signaling pathways in brain-immune system links

Liver Disease - Liver foundation urges Americans to get tested and treated for hepatitis

Malaria Therapy - Combination therapy and bednets reduce malaria in HIV-1-infected adults in Uganda

Nosocomial Infection - Vancomycin-resistant enterococci are an emerging problem in susceptible hosts