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CROI 2015: Retrovirus Conference Now Underway in Seattle
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Monday, 23 February 2015 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
The 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) takes place this week, February 23-26, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. CROI focuses on HIV treatment, prevention, and basic science. For the past several years it has also included substantial hepatitis C content, and this year will feature presentations on Ebola virus. HIVandHepatitis.com is on site in Seattle all week bringing you news coverage and Twitter updates (@HIVandHepatitis).
CROI 2015: Retrovirus Conference Starts Monday in Seattle
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Friday, 20 February 2015 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
The 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) takes place next week, February 23-26, at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. CROI focuses on HIV treatment, prevention, and basic science. For the past several years it has also included substantial hepatitis C content, and this year will feature presentations on Ebola virus. HIVandHepatitis.com will be on site in Seattle all week bringing you news coverage and Twitter updates (@HIVandHepatitis).
New Clues about Viral Rebound in Mississippi Child Thought Cured of HIV
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Friday, 20 February 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Clinicians involved in the care of a child many once hoped was cured of HIV have published details about the case in the February 15 New England Journal of Medicine. The authors found that the virus that eventually returned after the girl had been off antiretroviral therapy for more than 2 years was identical to her mother's viral strain.
Progress and Problems in the Search for a Cure for HIV
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Friday, 20 February 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Leading experts discussed the latest developments in the search for an HIV cure at a January 13 Center for AIDS Research symposium in San Francisco, following a year of disappointing setbacks in the field. Researchers are increasingly focusing on a "functional cure" -- or remission -- that would allow people with HIV to remain off antiretroviral therapy (ART) for prolonged periods, as the hopes for true viral eradication have dimmed.
Novel Entry Inhibitor May Provide Vaccine-like Protection Against HIV
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- Published on Thursday, 19 February 2015 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
A potential new therapy using a molecule that mimics both the CD4 receptor and the CCR5 co-receptor can stop an HIV-like virus from entering host cells, researchers reported in the February 18 online edition of Nature. Monkeys given gene therapy to produce the eCD4-Ig protein did not become infected after repeated virus exposures, suggesting it may be an effective HIV vaccine alternative as well as a long-acting therapy.
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