• African scientists say Western aid to fight pandemic is backfiring. (nprillinois.org)
  • The oral polio vaccine (OPV) AIDS hypothesis is a now-discredited hypothesis that the AIDS pandemic originated from live polio vaccines prepared in chimpanzee tissue cultures, accidentally contaminated with simian immunodeficiency virus and then administered to up to one million Africans between 1957 and 1960 in experimental mass vaccination campaigns. (wikipedia.org)
  • He and Robert Eisinger have an article in the March 2018 issue of the EID journal and it has the rather optimistic title of Ending the HIV/AIDS Pandemic.µ The very first sentence of the paper says that ending that pandemic is theoretically achievable. (cdc.gov)
  • AIDS was without doubt the defining epidemic of the late 20th century. (newscientist.com)
  • UCLA AIDS Institute researchers have predicted that widespread use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs can eventually stop the HIV epidemic in its tracks -- even in African nations where a high percentage of people are infected. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Abdool Karim, a world leader in AIDS research, plays an active role in guiding the global response to the HIV epidemic. (caprisa.org)
  • Actor Zachary Quinto, known for portraying Spock in the 2009 blockbuster film Star Trek, has publicly come out as a gay man.In an interview with New York Magazine published on Sunday, Quinto recalled a stage play he performed in last year, Angels in America, which was set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic and the toll it took on him personally. (ibtimes.com)
  • AIDS Epidemic: Is an End Possible? (livescience.com)
  • NEW YORK CITY - More than 30 years after the discovery of the AIDS virus, experts are optimistic that a cure for the disease will be found, and that an end to the AIDS epidemic is possible. (livescience.com)
  • Three methods that are being explored to end the AIDS epidemic are drugs, vaccines and gene therapy. (livescience.com)
  • The targeted diseases include but are not limited to: vaccine-preventable, tropical, zoonotic and epidemic-prone diseases, excluding HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. (who.int)
  • American Behavioral Scientist , 42, 1102-1116. (bvsalud.org)
  • Created in 2015, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Scientist, Victor Balaban, PhD, this image depicted a youth counselor, teaching adolescents about HIV, and STD prevention at the Dimbaza Community Health Clinic, which is part of the Center for AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) eThekwini Clinical Research Site, located at the Prince Cyril Zulu Communicable Disease Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • Collaborating scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Weill Cornell Medical College have determined the first atomic-level structure of the tripartite HIV envelope protein-long considered one of the most difficult targets in structural biology and of great value for medical science. (scripps.edu)
  • That's part of the basic approach behind efforts at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) to design an AIDS vaccine. (sciencebulletin.org)
  • Although antiviral drugs are now used to manage many HIV infections, especially in developed countries, scientists have long sought a vaccine that can prevent new infections and would help perhaps to ultimately eradicate the virus from the human population. (scripps.edu)
  • Here's some background on the Thai trial , which I reported on extensively a few years ago - on a freelance contract for the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, AVAC - when the results first came out. (humanosphere.org)
  • The Thai government and the AIDS vaccine research community learned a lot from the RV 144 trial, both about expecting the unexpected and about the critical importance of gaining and retaining public support for these studies. (humanosphere.org)
  • The evidence indicates an AIDS vaccine is possible. (humanosphere.org)
  • The skepticism may be gone, Kublin said, but many of the donors and aid agencies that once supported HIV vaccine research have drifted away in search of more certain, short-term success stories. (humanosphere.org)
  • Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), has been awarded an A-rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF) for her seminal scientific contributions in HIV prevention research. (caprisa.org)
  • A quarter of gay urban men have unprotected sex with casual partners, despite millions of dollars spent on HIV/ AIDS prevention strategies, according to new research published Thursday. (ibtimes.com)
  • Dr. Peck is the Lead Health Scientist for the Applied Prevention Science Team in the Division of Overdose Prevention at CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • These products describe each physical, biological, or chemical hazard and provide steps for prevention and basic first aid recommendations. (cdc.gov)
  • Prevention services targeted at burden is believed to be higher due to undiagnosed and high-risk groups have been intensified since 2003 with untreated cases, cases treated but not reported through support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis private-sector facilities and those self-treated through and Malaria. (who.int)
  • The discovery will reportedly help researchers in their quest to treat retroviral conditions like HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which can lead to AIDS. (time.com)
  • Gene editing recently gained FDA approval for treating cancer and one type of blindness, and some researchers are hoping that HIV/AIDS can soon be added to the list. (naturalnews.com)
  • Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center warned last year that this is a distinct possibility with methods like CRISPR and urged scientists to consider the potential dangers of off-target mutations . (naturalnews.com)
  • Acting Chief Executive Officer of the NRF, Dr Beverley Damonse, explained that A-rated scientists are 'researchers who are unequivocally recognised by their peers as leading international scholars in their field for the high quality and impact of their recent research outputs. (caprisa.org)
  • The method could, in theory, lead to a permanent cure for AIDS, though researchers warn there is still a long way to go. (rt.com)
  • It will be published in full on a public database used by researchers and scientists working on solutions to the coronavirus outbreak worldwide. (vighneshworld.com)
  • CAPE TOWN - A world-class molecular biologist whose research on HIV and anti-retrovirals (ARVs) could dramatically improve the treatment of HIV/Aids in South Africa. (krisp.org.za)
  • A team of scientists at the Universities of Bath and Bristol took a protein fragment, or peptide, from one end of the alpha-synuclein protein strand and mixed it with samples of the full-length alpha-synuclein protein. (sflorg.com)
  • A team of scientists from Bath and Bristol have identified a protein fragment that could be a template for new therapeutics for dementia. (bath.ac.uk)
  • In 2021 alone, 1,400 U.S.-trained scientists have left their corporate positions or relinquished tenured positions at top-tier American universities such as Harvard, MIT and Princeton. (latimes.com)
  • 6-8 gonorrhoea and trichomoniasis, as well as syndromically a Mongolia National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD), AIDS/STI Surveillance and Research Department. (who.int)
  • The Meet the Scientist series brings you conversations with NCEH/ATSDR scientists. (cdc.gov)
  • Interested in other Meet the Scientist conversations and NCEH/ATSDR accomplishments? (cdc.gov)
  • Thus, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) requested that ATSDR conduct a rapid response evaluation (Epi Aid) to investigate the community's health. (cdc.gov)
  • Both ATSDR scientists listed above will be stationed at the Warren City Health Department. (cdc.gov)
  • At a public meeting Aug. 23, scientists from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will announce preliminary results of a study of hydrogen sulfide emissions from the Warren Recycling Landfill in Warren, Ohio, and health effects reported by people living and working nearby. (cdc.gov)
  • The solution represents a significant step forward in the quest to cure retroviral diseases like AIDS. (time.com)
  • AIDS treatments are improving, but no cure is likely in this decade, David D. Ho told a New York audience after accepting a newly created prize for medical research. (the-scientist.com)
  • Some scientists in Australia believe they have discovered what could possibly be a new cure for AIDS and they are already underway testing it. (memphisrap.com)
  • Scientists believe the modified protein can potentially lead to a cure for AIDS. (memphisrap.com)
  • There remains no cure for HIV and AIDS, although it is not the death sentence that it used to be. (naturalnews.com)
  • There have been triumphs and setbacks in the quest to find a cure, and now scientists are considering revisiting a past disaster in hopes of emerging victorious this time around. (naturalnews.com)
  • It has been the closest thing to a cure for Chappell, who has gone from taking the strongest AIDS drugs available for more than a decade to not needing the medications at all for more than three years. (naturalnews.com)
  • While his remarkable recovery is proof that AIDS is possible to cure, the process is extremely difficult and not yet practical to administer to all patients. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • The answer to the question, as it turned out, was that there is a cure for AIDS, money. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • Perhaps if they figure out what it is the mutation that prevents HIV infection is, then they can distribute that to infected people and effectively cure HIV and AIDS. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • This is an important step on the path toward a permanent cure for AIDS. (rt.com)
  • Scientists have been struggling to find a cure for HIV for more than three decades, but the virus' ability to " replicate unrelentingly despite everything the immune system can throw at it ," have made a cure an elusive goal, according to virologist Ron Desrosiers. (rt.com)
  • That will cure AIDS. (rt.com)
  • Peter Staley, an AIDS activist, said he expects a cure within his lifetime, perhaps within the next 15 years. (livescience.com)
  • At that point there was no known cause, no known tests, and no known treatments for AIDS. (medscape.com)
  • The study was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the UCLA AIDS Institute. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Scientists have identified a molecule that can prevent tangling of a brain protein that is linked to diseases such as Parkinson's. (sflorg.com)
  • Scientists are doing more research with marijuana and its ingredients to treat many diseases and conditions. (medlineplus.gov)
  • But Env's structure is so complex and delicate that scientists have had great difficulty obtaining the protein in a form that is suitable for atomic-resolution imaging. (scripps.edu)
  • How amazing is this: Gamers playing a protein-folding game called Foldit have helped unlock the structure of an AIDS-related enzyme that the scientific community had been unable to unlock for a decade. (time.com)
  • The scientists say that they discovered a way to take an HIV protein that the virus needs to grow and turn the protein against the virus. (memphisrap.com)
  • Enlaza is seeking a Computational Scientist/ Senior Scientist / Principal Scientist to help design and develop first-in-class covalent protein therapeutics. (enlazatx.com)
  • The scientist will rationally design novel protein-based therapeutics integrating structural, chemical and biological data, and using cutting-edge computational methodologies, artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques. (enlazatx.com)
  • This work is intended to advance the field of dissemination and implementation research by aiding scientists in the identification of existing measures and highlighting methodological issues that require additional attention. (cdc.gov)
  • I have been fortunate to be part of a great team of scientists in CAPRISA. (caprisa.org)
  • The war on HIV infection wages as fiercely as ever, but if research into a class of drugs known as a fusion inhibitors turns out to be as promising as results presented this month to an international AIDS conference in Buenos Aires suggest, clinicians may soon have a powerful new addition to their armamentarium. (the-scientist.com)
  • Ho, director and chief executive officer of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center at Rockefeller University, received the Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medical Research on Thursday (October 30) at the New York Academy of Medicine and delivered a lecture titled, HIV in 2010: What Will the Science Allow? (the-scientist.com)
  • The prize awarded to Ho was in recognition of his research on subjects including antiretroviral therapies, which have dramatically extended lifespans for AIDS patients by limiting viral multiplication. (the-scientist.com)
  • SWORD research will also investigate the space between Earth and the moon generally outside the protective shell of Earth's magnetic field, to aid NASA's Artemis program in its lunar exploration plans. (alaska.edu)
  • Typically, scientists have only known a fraction of the energy and momentum of quarks when they're in a proton," said Joe Karpie, postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University and leading author on the paper. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Scientists at Mississippi State University's Forest and Wildlife Research Center, along with colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service, have made a breakthrough with the discovery of an antibiotic-producing bacterium. (msucares.com)
  • This information is provided for scientists of research institutions interested in validating the rule in their settings under strict research conditions. (who.int)
  • Research is critical to helping scientists and persons living with ALS better understand the disease. (cdc.gov)
  • To help identify these potential risk factors, the Registry's Research Notification Mechanism connects individuals with ALS with scientists who are recruiting participants for their ALS studies and clinical trials. (cdc.gov)
  • Aid, Kultur Skåne, the Danish Cultural Institute and the Swedish in our research seminars. (lu.se)
  • Over 1,000 sequences of the coronavirus genome have now been produced as part of work done by scientists and clinicians from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. (vighneshworld.com)
  • In 2014, scientists removed some of Matt Chappell's blood cells, disabled a gene in order to help the cells resist the HIV virus, and then returned the edited cells to his body. (naturalnews.com)
  • Now, the scientists are using gene editing tools to edit the patient's own T cells instead. (naturalnews.com)
  • This additional "decision aid" allows the cells to differentiate between an acute and potentially lethal infection and a benign infection that can be ignored. (analytica-world.com)
  • US scientists have physically cut the HIV virus out of infected cells by using enzymes. (rt.com)
  • It is now part of the job description if you are going to be a scientist working in a socially relevant area like human-caused climate change ," he said. (motherjones.com)
  • By now he and other climate scientists have been in the trenches longer than the US army has been in Afghanistan. (motherjones.com)
  • This climate makes many Chinese scientists and professionals feel pessimistic about their prospects in the United States. (latimes.com)
  • As a CDC scientist, what does Cynthia find most rewarding about her work? (cdc.gov)
  • The pair are recognized as the discoverers in 1983 of the virus that can expose people to AIDS. (cnn.com)
  • The scientists claim by doing this, they can defeat the virus by simply preventing it from replicating during growth, therefore preventing the virus from turning into AIDS. (memphisrap.com)
  • He has HIV, the virus that can lead into AIDS. (unexplained-mysteries.com)
  • But just because infection with HIV is no longer a near-certain path to developing AIDS, that doesn't mean living with the virus is problem-free. (uexpress.com)
  • And while the antiretrovirals do prevent an HIV infection from progressing to full-blown AIDS, the individual's immune system remains affected by the presence of the virus and, consequently, is less robust. (uexpress.com)
  • Other scientists are looking into topical medications that can stop the virus at the site of infection. (uexpress.com)
  • Scientists from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia have pioneered a technique which uses a targeting strand of RNA (called guide RNA, or gRNA) that locates the virus. (rt.com)
  • By mapping the COVID-19 genome, the scientists can monitor changes in the virus at a national and global scale, furthering understanding of how it is spreading and mutating-informing clinical care of patients and even saving lives. (vighneshworld.com)
  • De Oliveira recently made news as part of an international team of scientists that analysed samples of the HIV virus found in 400 Libyan children, allegedly infected by six medical workers. (krisp.org.za)
  • There are already drugs that can prevent AIDS , which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (livescience.com)
  • Montagnier was credited with discovering the virus and Gallo for linking it to AIDS. (medscape.com)
  • Montagnier was an expert in retroviruses, and many physicians were beginning to suspect AIDS was caused by a retrovirus - an RNA virus that replicates by inserting a DNA copy of its genome into a host cell. (medscape.com)
  • But others say these drugs will not be enough to stop AIDS spread. (livescience.com)
  • MSAV, VPA Inc and AHP are the only unions in Victoria which specifically look after the industrial interests of medical scientists, dietitians, audiologists, clinical perfusionists, medical physicists, and genetic counsellors. (msav.org.au)
  • The study aim was to develop a clinical decision aid that could guide early triage at primary health care level of children exposed to organophosphates / carbamates, identifying those requiring referral to higher level facilities. (who.int)
  • World-class scientist due to join UWC team tackling HIV/Aids treatment in SA. (krisp.org.za)
  • The team reported the landmark results in the May 20, 1983, issue of the journal Science , concluding that further studies were needed to prove that LAV caused AIDS. (medscape.com)
  • The Education and Information Division (EID) of NIOSH is developing educational materials for employers and workers about these health hazards in collaboration with scientists internal and external to NIOSH. (cdc.gov)
  • AIDS is the stage of HIV infection at which damage to the immune system is profound, and patients are unable to fight off a host of opportunistic infections. (uexpress.com)
  • For people with AIDS, infections that a healthy immune system would brush off become potentially deadly. (uexpress.com)
  • Prior to operating this online news site, he reported on science, medicine, health policy, aid and development for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . (humanosphere.org)
  • Along with working in the Marine Science Department at the University of Otago, Prof Fraser is part of a group of scientists across New Zealand studying the Antarctic. (odt.co.nz)
  • Prof Fraser will be among a group of scientists who will speak at the New Zealand International Science Festival event ''Snippets from the Sea: Seaweed Secrets'' tomorrow from 3pm, at the Marine Studies Centre in Portobello. (odt.co.nz)
  • But now comes the unauthorized release of documents showing how a libertarian think tank, the Heartland Institute, which has in the past been supported by Exxon, spent millions on lavish conferences attacking scientists and concocting projects to counter science teaching for kindergarteners. (motherjones.com)
  • The next year, the laboratory run by Gallo, at the National Institutes of Health, published four articles in one issue of Science confirming the link between a retrovirus and AIDS, the Times reports. (medscape.com)
  • The trials will compare the effect of Nevirapene with zidovudine on people who are HIV-positive and progressing towards AIDS. (newscientist.com)
  • With immediate effect, the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin) / Berlin School of Economics and Law is implementing concrete aid measures, which might be extended later on, to support Ukrainian students and scientists, and calls on its members to provide personal assistance to the Ukrainian people. (hwr-berlin.de)
  • That's why Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA (APHEDA stands for Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad) was established in 1984. (msav.org.au)
  • Since the first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981, more than 25 million people worldwide have died of AIDS . (livescience.com)
  • There are currently 33 million people living with AIDS, including 1 million in the United States. (livescience.com)
  • A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist will have a role in a new NASA center that aims to greatly improve space weather forecasting and preparedness for adverse events. (alaska.edu)
  • The new data provide the most detailed picture yet of the AIDS-causing virus's complex envelope, including sites that future vaccines will try to mimic to elicit a protective immune response. (scripps.edu)
  • Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA has over 40 training projects, working through 30 separate project partners in 15 countries, assist many different communities in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, Southern Africa and the Caribbean. (msav.org.au)
  • Mongolia Global Fund-supported project on AIDS and TB. (who.int)
  • AIDS ushered in an era of patient activism and brought money, health and politics together in ways that have changed the face of global health. (newscientist.com)
  • 1.6 million died from AIDS related illnesses in 2012 - most of them in the third world, where treatment is not as advanced or available, according to the World Health Organization. (rt.com)
  • For more information, community members can contact Preethi Rao in the Division of Health Studies at 404-432-8943 or Environmental Health Scientist Lynn Wilder on-site at 330-841-2612. (cdc.gov)
  • They see scientists like me who are trying to communicate the potential dangers of continued fossil fuel burning to the public as a threat. (motherjones.com)
  • Our findings sharply contrast the gloomy predictions that came out of the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona last month," said Sally Blower, UCLA professor of biomathematics and a member of the UCLA AIDS Institute. (sciencedaily.com)
  • It is almost possible to dismiss Michael Mann's account of a vast conspiracy by the fossil fuel industry to harrass scientists and befuddle the public. (motherjones.com)
  • A new drug for AIDS has begun trials in patients in Australia, Italy and the Netherlands. (newscientist.com)
  • These drugs treat nausea caused by chemotherapy and increase appetite in patients who have severe weight loss from AIDS . (medlineplus.gov)
  • The magazine published a clarification which praised Koprowski and stated: The editors of Rolling Stone wish to clarify that they never intended to suggest in the article that there is any scientific proof, nor do they know of any scientific proof, that Dr. Koprowski, an illustrious scientist, was in fact responsible for introducing AIDS to the human population or that he is the father of AIDS. (wikipedia.org)
  • Meanwhile, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania are working on a two-pronged approach. (naturalnews.com)
  • A lifelong fascination with walking along a beach or rocky shore and exploring the creatures and objects found there has led University of Otago marine scientist Ceridwen (Crid) Fraser to write a book in celebration of beachcombing. (odt.co.nz)
  • Since the 1930s, scientists have been using particle accelerators to gain insights into the structure of matter and the laws of physics that govern our world. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Therefore, it passes on information about aid initiatives, which collect donations for Ukrainians in need, for example those published by the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel and the public broadcast corporation Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). (hwr-berlin.de)
  • As HIV continues to develop resistance to the present antiretrovirals a new class of drugs offer hope for the treatment of AIDS. (the-scientist.com)
  • Scientists have still not found a way to deliver the DNA snipping enzymes to every cell, and there are concerns that the treatment could lead to unexpected side effects like cell mutations. (rt.com)
  • Those statistics calculated that AIDS would claim 65 million lives by 2020. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To make things worse, many of these Chinese scientists are returning to China to compete against the United States. (latimes.com)
  • Many scientists of Chinese descent have been falsely accused of spying for China, and many of them have been interrogated by FBI agents. (latimes.com)
  • Lattice QCD gives scientists the ability to study quarks and gluons - the elementary glue-like particles that hold quarks together - on a computer by representing space-time as a grid or a lattice on which the quark and gluon fields are formulated. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Religious belief is determined by a person's genetic make-up according to a study by a leading scientist. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Op-Ed: The quandary of U.S.-trained Chinese scientists: Stay or leave? (latimes.com)
  • Yet this is what's happening now in the U.S., with a rising number of U.S.-trained Chinese scientists leaving this country. (latimes.com)
  • The departure of U.S.-trained Chinese scientists and the reduced numbers of Chinese students could hinder the plan to revitalize domestic semiconductor manufacturing and electric vehicle manufacturing. (latimes.com)
  • Why would these U.S.-trained Chinese scientists give up their secure and prestigious positions in this country? (latimes.com)