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Nevada Hepatitis C Outbreak Tied to Las Vegas...t Risk for Hepatitis, HIV
Hepatitis C and other blood borne diseases now threaten thousands of people in Nevada, thanks to the unsafe way anesthesia was administered at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. At least six people who received treatment at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada have already tested positive for Hepatitis C, but health officials in the state have urged another 40,000 to be tested for the virus, as well as HIV. CNN - 40K exposed to hepatitis, HIV |
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HIV 'hides from drugs for years
HIV can survive the apparently effective onslaught of antiviral drugs for years by hiding away in the body's cells, research shows. The US National Cancer Institute found low levels of dormant HIV in patients seven years after they started - and responded well to - standard therapy. The finding confirms patients must take drugs indefinitely, and that any break runs the risk of rekindling infection....... |
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Gene targeting raises cure hopes
A more efficient way to shut down rogue genes raises hopes of new therapies for conditions like diabetes and HIV. Systematically knocking out single genes potentially gives scientists unprecedented control over the processes which cause disease..... |
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Will doctors one day be able to test drugs on digital patients?
University College London scientists recently reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society that they used supercomputing power to create "virtual physiological humans" (VPH) to serve as test subjects for the new HIV drug saquinavir (designed to block one of the virus's key proteins). Their goal: to one day be able to create a unique VPH for each HIV patient on which doctors could test different meds to determine their potential effects (on the organs, tissues and cells of real patients) and use the info to tailor the best treatments. Needless to say, such a move would be a dramatic improvement over today's testing methods, which largely involve trial and error because doctors have no way to match the drugs to the profile of the virus as it changes in individual patients. The human body is so complex that the scientists say they had to tap into several supercomputers running off national computer networks comprising both the U.K.'s National Grid Service and the U.S. TeraGrid to summon enough juice for the task. No word on when this testing method might be available for everyday use, though it's unlikely it will be anytime soon. http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jacsat/2008/130/i08/abs/ja0779250.html |
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Researchers discover how stealthy HIV protein gets into cells
Scientists have known for more than a decade that a protein associated with the HIV virus is good at crossing cell membranes, but they didn’t know how it worked. A multidisciplinary team from the University of Illinois has solved the mystery, and their findings could improve the design of therapeutic agents that cross a variety of membrane types. A paper describing their findings appears this month in Angewandte Chemie..... |
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Infection With A Mutated HIV Strain Results In Better Survival:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080320205213.htm Genetic 'on-off' switch promises anti-HIV therapy: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14623378 |
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Scientists Uncover How HIV Hides Inside Cells
Study says protein helps virus conceal itself from body's defenses read about it here: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_62884.html |
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Here is a new anti-protease compound - - unfortunately too weak to be an effective drug. Maybe a stronger variation can be found?
19 May 2008 Science Daily 'Compound Has Potential For New Class Of AIDS Drugs': http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080514171758.htm |
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