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New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests compounds that stimulate the cannabinoid type 2 receptor in white blood cells, specifically macrophages, can weaken HIV-1 infection A new use for compounds related in composition to the active ingredient in marijuana may be on the horizon: a new research report published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that compounds that stimulate the cannabinoid type 2 (CB2) receptor in white blood cells, specifically...
-- TMC310911 is Third Product in Growing Ascletis Pipeline of Infectious Disease and Cancer Therapeutics -- HANGZHOU, China and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascletis today announced that the company has licensed development, manufacturing and commercialization rights from Janssen R&D Ireland to TMC310911, a next-generation HIV protease inhibitor (PI). The agreement provides Ascletis with exclusive rights to develop and commercialize TMC310911 in...
Therapeutic Discovery Program initiated in the Netherlands, executed along U.S. guidelines for regulatory submission AMSTERDAM, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTC: CBIS) announced today the initiation of preclinical development characterization of CS-TATI-I following the execution of contractual retention of vendor labs located in the Amsterdam Life Science Cluster. Under the direction of Richard Ogden, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, and Christopher...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online On Thursday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) stopped clinical trials of an HIV vaccine after an expert review panel found the drug is largely ineffective in stopping the contraction of HIV. The vaccine was intended to stimulate the immune system into preparing a defense against three sub-types of HIV. However, it instead showed a "non-statistically significant increase in HIV acquisition among volunteers in the investigational...
- HarborPath Partners Now Include Gilead Sciences, Merck and ViiV Healthcare - COLUMBIA, S.C., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HarborPath, an organization which provides a single point of access to HIV/AIDS medications through patient assistance programs, welcomes Gilead Sciences as a participating company. Gilead joins Merck and ViiV Healthcare as the third pharmaceutical company to support HarborPath since its launch in July 2012. "With Gilead's support of this pilot program, we...
TITUSVILLE, N.J., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP, today announced the 16 organizations that will receive a charitable contribution from its Linking In-Need Communities to Care (LINCC(TM)) Initiative. The LINCC(TM) Initiative is part of the Janssen Therapeutics commitment to improving access to care in underserved communities for those whose lives are impacted by HIV/AIDS. The recipients for the 2012-2013 cycle each received...
Targeted education, prevention and testing critical MINNEAPOLIS, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to statistics released by the Minnesota Department of Health, 315 confirmed new cases of HIV were reported in Minnesota during 2012. The 315 new cases represent an 8 percent increase from 2011, which was the first year of decline in nearly a decade. The Minnesota AIDS Project, the leading source for HIV information and services in Minnesota, believes that this data...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The psychoactivity of an antiretroviral (ARV) drug commonly used to treat HIV has been linked to its recreational use, according to research presented during the Experimental Biology 2013 conference in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday. The medication efavirenz (which is also known under the brand names Sustiva and Stocrin) has become popular as a treatment for the virus that causes AIDS due to its ability to suppress replication of...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Last month, Oklahoma state health officials found unsanitary conditions at a Tulsa dental surgery practice that may have left thousands of patients exposed to HIV and Hepatitis C. Now, blood tests have confirmed at least 60 of those patients have tested positive for either of the diseases, according to a statement from the Tulsa Health Department (THD). The THD is working closely with the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH)...
NEW YORK, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing, the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), and DKBmed, LLC, has announced the creation of an application (app) that brings essential features of the SCALE HIV(TM) program to iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. The app can be found at www.dkbmed.com/scale. The goal of the app is to enhance the ability of healthcare...
Latest HIV Reference Libraries
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...
