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A human DNA-associated protein called LEDGF is the first such molecule found to control the location of HIV integration in human cells, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. This study, published in this week’s early online edition of Nature Medicine, describes the first clear target for […]

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A new United Nations report says women living with HIV and AIDS have increased in each region of the world over the past two years.
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Progressive disease after HIV infection is inversely correlated with the presence of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs), a subset of the dendritic cell family and the major producers of type 1 interferon in the body. High numbers of pDCs is related to successful control of HIV. In a paper appearing online on October 13 in advance […]

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New phage display technique successful in identifying compounds that show potential to overcome drug resistance
A simple, harmless virus might hold the key to the more effective and efficient development of HIV and anti-viral drugs, UCI chemical biologists have found.
In order to better identify compounds that can outmaneuver a virus’ effort to mutate and multiply, Gregory […]

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London - Scientists traced the source of the HIV virus to wild chimpanzees in Cameroon. Researchers who analyzed wild chimpanzee doo doo said they had shown how the HIV virus originated in wild apes, tracing the spread to humans in Africa and eventually the world.Beatrice Hahn of the University of Alabama, who led the study […]

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