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DUBLIN, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "HIV-AIDS Testing Markets" report to their offering. There are an estimated 33.3 million people living with HIV (the virus which causes AIDS) worldwide and approximately 2.6 million people are newly-infected each year. While the Asian and African regions account for more than 90% of the HIV-infected population (with the highest number in Sub-Saharan Africa), the U.S. and European regions make up...
These findings will help inform vaccine design and interpretation of vaccine trials, and provide new insights into the basic biology of viral/host dynamics of infection. A new study by Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Pennsylvania scientists defines previously unknown properties of transmitted HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS. The viruses that successfully pass from a chronically infected person to a new individual are both remarkably resistant to a powerful initial human...
RESTON, Va. and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Clinical Care Options (CCO), the leader in the development of innovative online, print, and live HIV medical education for healthcare professionals, is pleased to announce its continued partnership with the International AIDS Society (IAS) at the 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013). IAS 2013 will be the seventh consecutive year that CCO will publish official online...
SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bankers Healthcare Group, a leading provider of financing solutions to healthcare professionals, announced their sponsorship of the 25(th) annual AIDS Walk Miami benefiting those who have been infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Funds raised from the event will go to Care Resource, South Florida's oldest and largest HIV/AIDS community organization serving 15,000 South Floridians suffering with the disease. (Logo:...
Innovative fundraiser supports programs by AIDS Project Los Angeles to improve the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Concrete Hero announced the 2013 Urban Obstacle Challenge will be held at Los Angeles State Historic Park and will feature several new LA-themed obstacles and an extended five-mile route through the streets and alleyways of downtown. Funds raised through Concrete Hero support a range of care and prevention...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis Science, Inc. (NASDAQ OTC: CBIS) Cannabis Science announced today the appointment of Dr. Michael McGrath MD, PhD, Professor, Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, and Medicine at The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) to the Company's Scientific Advisory Board. He has authored over 100 scientific articles in the fields of AIDS, cancer and neurological disease since joining UCSF in 1985 and has...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issues medical guidelines recommending genotypic testing to aid HIV therapy selection MADISON, N.J., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new test based on gene sequencing may be used to assess a patient's suitability for treatment with CCR5 antagonists, a class of HIV antiretroviral therapies, under new medical guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The new genotypic test performs comparably to the...
HIV study by University of Pennsylvania finds the TM® technique reduces stress and improves immune function PHILADELPHIA, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- A first-of-its-kind University of Pennsylvania study found that the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique can help improve vitality and other quality-of-life factors in patients with the HIV virus. The six-month, randomized controlled trial involved 22 subjects and compared the TM technique with a health education...
Every month 1,000 young people are infected with HIV and over 73,700 young people are currently living with HIV across the country. On April 10, young people across the country will host a variety of activities to foster awareness and spur action to invest and engage young people impacted by HIV and AIDS. Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 Despite the recent scientific progress in getting closer to cure for AIDS, the HIV and AIDS epidemic is not over. Today’s young people are the...
Congress Passes Bill Maintaining Full Support for Global Fund WASHINGTON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Today Congress reinforced the United States' commitment to global health, passing a continuing resolution (CR) that secures robust funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Despite a constrained budget environment, the bill recognizes the critical needs met by the Global Fund and its partners, providing $1.65 billion for the fight against these...
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AIDS is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published 18 times yearly by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, London, UK. It was established in 1987 and is the official journal of the International AIDS Society. It covers all aspects of HIV and AIDS research, including basic science, clinical trials, epidemiology, and social science. As of May 2012, the editor-in-chief is Jay A. Levy. AIDS has been cited as the most read journal in its area of science and has the highest impact of all...
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), also known as African Green Monkey virus, is a retrovirus able to infect at least 33 species of African primates. SIV has been present in monkeys and apes for at least 32,000 years, probably longer. Strains from two of these primate species have crossed the barriers into humans resulting in HIV-2 and HIV-1. Contraction involves contact with the blood of chimps that are often hunted for bushmeat in Africa. SIV infections appear in many cases to be...
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) one of seven currently known human cancer virus, is also the eighth human herpesvirus. Kaposi's sarcoma, caused by the virus, is common in AIDS patients, primary effusion lymphoma, and some types of multicentric Castelman's disease. Moritz Kaposi discovered the blood vessel tumor, in 1872, which would eventually be names Kaposi's sarcoma. It was originally though that KS was of Jewish and Mediterranean origins until it was found to be common...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a lentivirus, causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) which is a condition in humans were the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections. Infection is transferred through bodily fluids where HIV is present as both free virus particles and within infected immune cells. The four most common routes of infection are unsafe sex, contaminated needles, breast milk, and transmission from an infected mother to her...
