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Sunday, May 19, Minnehaha Park MINNEAPOLIS, May 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Sunday, May 19, 2013, join the Minnesota AIDS Project (MAP) at Minnehaha Park for the 26th year of the Minnesota AIDS Walk. Donations to the AIDS Walk help the Minnesota AIDS Project prevent new HIV infections and keep people living with HIV in Minnesota healthy. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130518/DC16602) The day's events will begin at 9:00 a.m. with registration, activities in...
‘Ripping the Veil’ examines the cruel treatment of HIV/AIDS patients across the world. Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) May 18, 2013 A doctor embarks on a quest against violence, corruption and greed that takes her from posh, Caribbean resorts to the depths of the Venezuelan jungles in Jan Smolders’ latest novel, “Ripping the Veil” (published by iUniverse). “The Dominican Republic has anti-discrimination laws for HIV/AIDS but they are poorly enforced,” Smolders writes, explaining the...
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that incorporating a peer-referral program for HIV testing into emergency departments can reach new groups of high-risk patients and brings more patients into the hospital for testing. Co-author and assistant professor of emergency medicine Michael Lyons, MD, says public health officials study multiple approaches to increasing early diagnosis of HIV. These approaches include a recent emphasis on expanding testing in health care...
Unprecedented Immune Reconstitution Drives HIV Viral Reservoir Depletion RICHMOND, Calif., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO) announced today the presentation of new clinical data from its program to develop a ZFP Therapeutic(®) for HIV/AIDS. The data, which demonstrate that SB-728-T treatment results in a reduction in the HIV reservoir in HIV-infected subjects, are being presented at the 16(th) Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene and...
Kingdom Ridge Capital will provide a college scholarship to Hekima Place orphan Colletta Mwangi. Hekima Place is a home for girls orphaned primarily due to HIV/AIDS. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kingdom Ridge Capital announced today it will provide a college scholarship to Hekima Place orphan Colletta Mwangi. Founded in 2005 by Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania native Kate Fletcher, Hekima Place is a home for girls orphaned primarily due to HIV/AIDS. Hekima Place is...
The Banyan Tree Project hosts a series of Twitter chats premiering videos from “Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community” in honor of National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Follow @BTPMay19 and #BTPchat on Twitter to talk about HIV #withoutshame. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 To commemorate May 19th, 2013—the 9th annual National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day—the Banyan Tree Project is hosting a series of Twitter chats throughout...
47-year-old Texan is cycling 3,456 miles from California to Massachusetts to remember lost family and friends and help people suffering with hemophilia in developing countries. Georgetown, MA (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Cyclist Barry Haarde commenced his second cross-country bike tour, “Wheels for the World 2013: Fast and Furious,” in Costa Mesa, California on April 20 to raise funds for Save One Life. Save One Life supports over 1,000 impoverished children and adults with hemophilia in 11...
Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is feasible for HIV-infected patients, with no differences in post-transplant survival or HCC recurrence rates compared with liver transplantation for HCC in HIV-uninfected patients. The study, published in The Oncologist, was led by Dr. Fabrizio Di Benedetto, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, and represents the largest multicenter study of liver transplant for HCC in...
Through the serendipity of science, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have discovered a potential treatment for deadly, drug-resistant bacterial infections that uses the same approach that HIV uses to infect cells. The National Institutes of Health-supported discovery will be described in the June issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. It is especially promising in the development of a potential treatment for lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis....
Amplification of RCC RNA Evaluated Using Newly Developed Techniques DURHAM, N.C., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Argos Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of fully personalized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases using its Arcelis(TM) technology platform, today announced the publication of key findings on its proprietary RNA amplification process. The study confirms the Company's improved RNA...
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The sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) is an Old World Monkey that can be found throughout the area stretching from Senegal to eastern Ghana. Its other common names include the white-naped mangabey, the white-crowned mangabey, and the white-collared mangabey, which causes some confusion with the collared mangabey. There are currently two recognized subspecies of this mangabey, although they can be considered distinct species. The sooty mangabey resides in forests within its range, preferring...
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...
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...
The common cold is a viral disease of the upper respiratory system, caused primarily by rhinoviruses and coronaviruses. Symptoms usually include a cough, sore throat, runny nose, and a fever. There is no known treatment to shorten the duration of the virus yet the cold normally dissipates after 7 to 10 days. It is the most common infectious disease in humans who on average are infected two to four times a year in adults. It can also be called a upper respiratory tract infection. Other...
The African Swine Fever virus, ASFV, is a double-stranded DNA virus that replicates in the cytoplasm of infected cells. It can affect most pigs, wild and domesticated, as well as soft ticks. It is the only virus with a DNA genome that is transmitted by arthropods. The virus causes a lethal hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs which sometimes leads to death in as little as a week. In every other species the virus causes no discernible disease. The virus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa...
