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Coverage of the 14th European AIDS Conference
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Sunday, 20 October 2013 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
HIVandHepatitis.com coverage of the 14th European AIDS Conference, sponsored by the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS), October 16-19, 2013, in Brussels.
Conference highlights include antiretroviral therapy strategies and new HIV drugs, new treatment for hepatitis C, biomedical HIV prevention, HIV cure research, and the epidemic in Eastern Europe.
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EACS 2013: Experts Debate Whether HIV Cure Is "Hype or Hope"
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Is a functional cure for HIV feasible within the foreseeable future, or is it a hopeless quest robbing resources from more practical approaches to improve the lives of people living with HIV? This question was the crux of a mock trial held Wednesday on the opening day of the 14th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2013) in Brussels.
San Francisco Forum Discusses Progress Towards a Cure for HIV
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Thursday, 03 October 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Experts discussed the latest news on HIV cure research at a well-attended town hall forum in San Francisco on October 1, covering approaches including "shock and kill," allogeneic and autologous stem cell transplantation, and gene therapy to protect cells from infection.
AIDS Policy Project Declares October 5 First HIV/AIDS Cure Day
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Friday, 04 October 2013 00:00
- Written by Kate Krauss
The AIDS Policy Project has declared Saturday, October 5, 2013, to be the first annual AIDS Cure Day, an opportunity to celebrate recent advances and recognize the researchers and people with HIV who have made them happen. Kate Krauss, APP Executive Director, shares her thoughts on progress made to date and what is needed to move forward.
Ciclopirox and Deferiprone Inhibit HIV Gene Expression and Restore Apoptosis
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Wednesday, 25 September 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A pair of drugs approved for other uses were shown to inhibit HIV replication and trigger death of HIV-infected cells in laboratory cell cultures, researchers reported in the September 23, 2013, edition of the open-access journal PLoS ONE. These findings suggest a potential new approach for eradicating the virus from cells, but it likely will be years before it can be used as part of a practical cure strategy.
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