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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...
Earvin "Magic" Johnson Helps Kick Off Awareness Campaign, Encouraging and Inspiring Others to Share their Story About their Decision to Test for HIV LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSUR), maker of the OraQuick® In-Home HIV Test, announced today the launch of a nationwide awareness campaign to encourage everyone to learn their HIV status. The campaign, "Make Knowing Your Thing Today" asks people across the country to share their story...
WILL FORCE STATES TO DISENROLL CURRENT ADAP CLIENTS WASHINGTON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented action by the federal government, the spending bill about to be passed by the United States Senate does not include funding needed to continue lifesaving medications to nearly 8,000 low-income people with HIV. As part of the bill that will fund the federal government through the end of September, both the House of Representatives and the Senate have failed to...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Administering early treatment shortly after HIV infection could lead to a so-called functional cure in approximately one out of every 10 patients infected with the virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS Pathogens. Lead researcher Asier Sáez-Cirión of the Institut Pasteur in Paris and colleagues discovered that 14 patients who were treated within the first two months following infection...
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of Japan has awarded Dr. Alex Coutinho the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for Medical Services. The prize recognizes individuals or organizations who are committed to combating infectious disease in Africa and who have made a substantial contribution to medical research or medical services. This is the second time Japan has honored an individual with the prestigious prize. Born in Uganda, Dr. Coutinho has been working...
Models could improve the treatment of HIV patients in countries with limited resources Results of a study published online in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy today (Thursday), demonstrate that computer models can predict how HIV patients whose drug therapy is failing will respond to a new treatment. Crucially for patients in poorer countries, the models do not require the results of expensive drug resistance tests to make their predictions. The study also showed that the models...
APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE HEARD DANGERS OF SEQUESTRATION WASHINGTON, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, in testimony before the House Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, The AIDS Institute urged Congress to continue to adequately fund domestic HIV prevention, care and treatment, and research programs. In the testimony offered by Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director of The AIDS Institute, Schmid described the remarkable...
More frequent screenings would be cost-effective for high- and low-risk groups Early HIV treatment can save lives as well as have profound prevention benefits. But those infected with the virus first must be identified before they can be helped. In a new study, two Northwestern University researchers report that current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV screening guidelines are too conservative and that more frequent testing would be cost-effective in the long run for...
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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...
