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Posts tagged "vaccine"

Experimental vaccine found to "clean" body of HIV

Would you exchange the herpes virus, a variant of which you probably already carry, to erradicate HIV? An experimental vaccine could potentially swap one virus for another – well not really swap, more like use one virus to eradicate HIV. The vaccine works with Cytomegalovirus (CMV) which is a member of the herpes family, interestingly enough the... Read more »
By Michael Lehet,
May 13, 2011 at 10:40 am
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Stem Cells can kill HIV

Photo Credit:fboyd via Flickr CC UCLA Medical Center announced in a recently published article on PLoS One that Stem Cells could be used to target and eradicate HIV at the genetic level. A recent publication at PLoS One, a peer-lead and reviewed scientific website, provides a proof of concept that scienctists could modify stem cells to create... Read more »
By Michael Lehet,
December 8, 2009 at 11:39 am
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HIV vaccine trial in Thailand shows success

Photo credit: 3D Science.com A recent HIV vaccine study in Thailand has show to cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV. The first time ever that any type of experimental vaccine has shown to prevent the infection of HIV!! The vaccine is a combination of two previously unsuccessful vaccines, but together they showed that... Read more »
By Michael Lehet,
September 24, 2009 at 8:19 am
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HIV+ people should get vaccinated this year!

Earlier this month in a “Health Roundup” it was reported that AIDSmeds.com had said that HIV was not a mortality risk factor in regards to the Swine Flu – aka H1N1. But now, the Bay Area Reporter is reporting that California health officials are recommending those people who are HIV Positive to make sure to... Read more »
By Michael Lehet,
September 10, 2009 at 6:52 pm
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Link to HIV found in gorillas

Photo Credit: alvaroparis via Flickr For the first time scientist have connected the dots to the HIV-1 virus, the most prevalent strain in humans, to gorillas. A Cameroon woman, living in Paris, was recently found to have a strain of HIV that more closely resembles SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus) than HIV and it is the first time... Read more »
By Michael Lehet,
August 3, 2009 at 9:52 am
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