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Initiation of Antiretroviral Treatment Protects Uninfected Sexual Partners from HIV Infection (HPTN Study 052) |
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Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners through initiation of oral antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to findings from a large multinational clinical study conducted by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), a global partnership dedicated to reducing the transmission of HIV through cutting-edge biomedical, behavioral, and structural interventions.
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HIV/AIDS: RV144 vaccine trial - what happens next? |
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Scientists could not explain how two infection-fighting proteins in humans affected the rate of HIV infection in participants of the vaccine trial in Thailand known as RV144 - until now.
The six-year clinical trial was the first to produce evidence of an HIV vaccine that had shown some protective effect against HIV infection. Volunteers who received a vaccine combination were 31 percent less likely to be infected than those who did not, according to findings reported in 2009.
Barton Haynes, from Duke University in the US, the coordinator of the follow-up study, said: "Without knowing what immune responses might be involved... we have uninformed clues. Now we have informed hypotheses, we have directions."
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Redpeg Training Schedule 2011 |
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Redpeg is offering the following fully accredited public HIV/AIDS training programmes from October-November 2011. Please contact Sandra Ncube at 011 476 5355 or sandra@redpeg.co.za for a quotation if you are interested in Redpeg's HIV/AIDS training programmes. To access the calendar, please click on the link below:
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| Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years |
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In just three weeks, gamers deciphered the structure of a key protein in the development of AIDS that has stumped scientists for years. According to a study published Sunday in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, the findings could present a significant breakthrough for AIDS and HIV research.
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UNAIDS launches report on HIV in Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific's AIDS epidemic is at a critical juncture and UNAIDS released a report on HIV in the region at 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia in Busan, South Korea. The following video news release explores the ever changing face of the epidemic in the region.
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