Anti-Infectives Week

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - HIV-1-induced macrophage gene expression includes the p21 gene

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - JM4 is a four-transmembrane protein binding to CCR5 receptor

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Kinetic factors control HIV-1 cell entry efficiency/entry inhibitor efficacy

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Rad3-related protein and GADD45 alpha mediate HIV-1 Vpr-induced apoptosis

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - TFII-I regulates induction of HIV-1 LTR in cooperation with USF

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - TNF-alpha stimulates HIV-1 production in adipocytes

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Most rural health institutions in Ethiopia report reusing needles/syringes

HIV/AIDS Research - Inverse relationship between heparin binding by HIV gp120 and its thiol content

HIV/AIDS Therapy - U.S. FDA grants traditional approval status to 3-medication tablet for HIV

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

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - U.N. report on combating AIDS in developing countries recently released

HIV/AIDS-Related Disorder - HIV-related pulmonary hypertension does not worsen with HAART interruption

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection -  Acinetobacter baumannii folliculitis detected in patient with AIDS

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection -  Mycobacterium peregrinum infection identified in AIDS patient

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Rarely diagnosed cardiac aspergillosis is fatal in HIV-infected patients

Hepatitis B Virus - U.S. FDA approves Pegasys for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B

Hepatitis C - Study examines two approaches for liver disease treatment

Human Papillomavirus - Papillomavirus studied, protein-mediated endosomal pH alteration revealed

Infectious Disease Research - NIAID-supported research combats/elucidates emerging infectious diseases

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Recent findings in kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus described

Leukemia - Survival of a child with ALL and Scedosporium prolificans infection examined

Lung Cancer -  M. tuberculosis infection associated with FHIT gene LOH in lung cancer

Malaria - Reports describe recent advances in malaria research

Malaria Therapy - Azithromycin and chloroquine effective in combination

Meningitis - Distinct lineage of echovirus 30 probable cause of aseptic meningitis outbreak

Mergers & Acquisitions - Respiratory-focused healthcare company to acquire Pulmonetic Systems, Inc.

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - Soap-sharing/pre-existing cuts caused recurring MRSA infections in football team

Mycobacterium Smegmatis -  M. smegmatis mutants unable to grow at low pH in the presence of CCCP

Mycobacterium Smegmatis -  M. smegmatis re1A homolog affects cell appearance/viability/gene expression

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - MTB mycolic acid elicits pathogen-associated host innate immune responses

Norovirus - Factors identified with bovine norovirus seropositivity in veterinarians

Norovirus Outbreaks - GII/5 was dominant genotype in norovirus outbreak in Japan

Nosocomial Infections - National medical agency grants special compassionate use for diarrhea therapy

Nucleopolyhedrovirus - Nucleopolyhedrovirus epizootics initiate decline of N. abietis populations

Personnel - Biology corporation appoints Ulrich M. Grau, PhD, to board of directors

Pharmaceutical Research - Data about wound healing presented at annual meeting

Prions - Prion transmission analyzed, cross-species conformation revealed

Rabies - Stochastic special model predicts spatial dynamics for raccoon rabies emergence

Retroviruses - TRIM5 alpha proteins block retrovirus infections across primate species

SARS Coronavirus - Anti-SARS-coronavirus activity of cepharanthine determined

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus - Active SIV CNS infection correlates with neurological disease

Staphylococcus Aureus -  Staphylococcus aureus analyzed, proteome analysis reported

Staphylococcus Aureus -  Staphylococcus aureus studied, endocarditis role for teichoic acid revealed

Tuberculosis - Ipr1 gene mediates innate immunity to tuberculosis

Tuberculosis - Multiple factors influence inability to control tuberculosis in China

Tuberculosis - PI3P retention different in phagosomes containing live or dead mycobacteria

Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis decline in Netherlands over the past decade result of cohort effect

Tuberculosis Drug Development - Quinoxaline-2-carboxylate 1,4-dioxide derivatives have anti-MTB activity

Vaccine Development - Biopharma company begins studies of vaccine to produce antistaph antibodies

Yersinia Pestis -  Y. pestis CRISPR elements acquire new repeats by bacteriophage DNA uptake