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CROI 2014: Retrovirus Conference Starts Monday in Boston
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Friday, 28 February 2014 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
The 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2014) will take place next week, March 3-6, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. HIVandHepatitis.com will be on site all week to bring you the latest news coverage about HIV, hepatitis C, and related topics.
Vacc-4x Therapeutic Vaccine May Lower HIV Viral Load Set-point
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Thursday, 20 February 2014 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
An experimental therapeutic vaccine did not slow CD4 T-cell decline or enable study participants to safely interrupt antiretroviral therapy (ART) longer, but it did appear to leave HIV viral load at lower levels, researchers reported in the February 11 advance edition of Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Low Drug Levels in Lymphatic Tissue May Underlie Low HIV Viral Load
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Tuesday, 28 January 2014 00:00
- Written by University of Minnesota
HIV continues to replicate in the lymph nodes of people taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) that suppresses viral load in peripheral blood, according to a small study in the January 27 early online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Several commonly used antiretroviral drugs reached lower concentrations in lymphatic tissue compared with blood, allowing ongoing virus production that may contribute to increased inflammation and immune activation in people with apparently well-controlled HIV.
amFAR Announces Initiative to Find Cure for HIV by 2020
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- Category: Search for a Cure
- Published on Tuesday, 04 February 2014 00:00
- Written by amFAR
This week amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, launched a new research initiative, Countdown to a Cure for HIV/AIDS, with the goal of finding a broadly applicable cure for HIV/AIDS by the year 2020.The foundation hopes to raise $100 million to support this effort.
HIVandHepatitis.com Complete 2013 Conference Coverage
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Monday, 30 December 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
HIVandHepatitis.com 2013 conference and meeting coverage.
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