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| SCI | Engineered Protein-like Molecule Protects Cells Against HIV Infection
With the help of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and molecular engineering, researchers have designed synthetic protein-like mimics convincing enough to interrupt unwanted biological conversations between cells. (Embargo expired on 17-Aug-2009 at 13:00 ET.)
PNAS, 17-Aug-2009 | 17-Aug-2009
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| MED | AIDS Research Center Earns $7.5 Million Grant Renewal
The grant enables investigators to focus, expand their research goals and explore new ideas through collaboration and shared resources available to HIV teams. The UAB CFAR supports research on disease prevention and treatment in AIDS patients and also strengthens the capacity for HIV research in developing countries such as Africa, said the center director. | 12-Aug-2009
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| SCI | Anthrax Bacteria Conspire with Viruses to Stay Alive
New research suggests that anthrax-causing bacteria conspire with viruses to extend each other’s lifespan. The work reveals a previously unknown relationship between Bacillus anthracis and viruses and opens up new possibilities for the treatment and prevention of outbreaks. (Embargo expired on 11-Aug-2009 at 20:00 ET.)
PLoS ONE, Aug-2009 | 11-Aug-2009
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| SCI | Discovery Could Help Stem Infections of Parasitic Roundworms
Working with researchers in China, biologists at UC San Diego have discovered how a Chinese drug effective in killing parasitic roundworms works. (Embargo expired on 10-Aug-2009 at 20:00 ET.)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 10-Aug-2009
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| MED | AIDS-Blocking Gel for Women is a New 'Molecular Condom'
University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of “molecular condom” to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women would insert a vaginal gel that turns semisolid in the presence of semen, trapping AIDS virus particles in a microscopic mesh so they can’t infect vaginal cells.
Advanced Functional Materials | 09-Aug-2009
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| MED | New Tuberculosis Blood Test Is Often 'Indeterminate' in Children
A new type of blood test for tuberculosis has important limitations for use in children—especially very young children and those with abnormal immune function, reports a study in the August issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Aug-2009 | 07-Aug-2009
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| SCI | Scientists Find Key to Strengthening Immune Response to Chronic Infection
A team of researchers from The Wistar Institute has identified a protein that could serve as a target for reprogramming immune system cells exhausted by exposure to chronic viral infection into more effective “soldiers” against certain viruses like HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B, as well as some cancers, such as melanoma. (Embargo expired on 06-Aug-2009 at 12:05 ET.)
Immunity | 06-Aug-2009
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| MED | Pneumonic Plague Expert at UNC-Chapel Hill
Pneumonic plague expert available for interview at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Expert available | 05-Aug-2009
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| SCI | Deadly Malaria Jumped to Humans from Wild Chimps
Genetic detective work by UMass Amherst’s Stephen Rich and international colleagues reveals the unexpected finding that the parasite causing the deadliest form of malaria jumped from wild African chimpanzees to humans as recently as 10,000 years ago, much more recently than thought possible.
PNAS, Aug-2009 | 04-Aug-2009
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| MED | TB Drugs Under Development Expected to Have Major Impact
The latest drug regimens, vaccines and diagnostic tools under development to combat tuberculosis could have a potentially large impact on the disease once they become available, according to research findings published in the Aug. 3 early edition online of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Embargo expired on 03-Aug-2009 at 17:00 ET.)
PNAS, August 3 2009 | 03-Aug-2009
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