The issue of AIDS and strategies used to reduce the sexual transmission came back in the limelight during the recent visit of Pope Ratzinger in Africa. In fact, a recent work of Professor Cohen, presented to the International AIDS Society in 2008, suggests a variety of prevention opportunities that apply to: 1) the general population, 2) the exposed persons, and 3) the infected subjects.
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The issue of AIDS and strategies used to reduce the sexual transmission came back in the limelight during the recent visit of Pope Ratzinger in Africa. In fact, a recent work of Professor Cohen, presented to the International AIDS Society in 2008, suggests a variety of prevention opportunities that apply to: 1) the general population, 2) the exposed persons, and 3) the infected subjects.
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March 22, 2009 – Philadelphia, PA) -- The clinically approved AIDS drug ABC (Abacavir) can reduce proliferation and induce differentiation of human medulloblastoma cells through the downregulation of telomerase activity, which may make it an effective therapeutic strategy for the treatment of the highly malignant primary brain tumors, according to research published in the International Journal...read
(March 22, 2009 – Philadelphia, PA) -- The clinically approved AIDS drug ABC (Abacavir) can reduce proliferation and induce differentiation of human medulloblastoma cells through the downregulation of telomerase activity, which may make it an effective therapeutic strategy for the treatment of the highly malignant primary brain tumors, according to research published in the International...read
A little less than 28 years since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, we can sum up some basic thoughts on the spread of HIV infection worldwide, and how it influences the living conditions, the quality of life, and the development of various countries. Using a medical jargon, we can say without a doubt that there are 2 forms of AIDS. The first form could be described as "the AIDS of the rich" which...read
In the past 14 years we have seen a gradual and steady decrease in the mortality rate from AIDS in industrialized countries. This new reality is obviously in close correlation with the improvement of therapeutic strategies that, since then, have included the use of highly active triple therapy (HAART), which today provide a number of new drug classes (integrase inhibitors, CCR5 inhibitors etc.)...read
Thanks to the success of antiretroviral therapies, the HIV / AIDS has been transformed into a chronic condition, and has assured HIV patients undergoing treatment with diligence, a quality of life and a survival that was unthinkable a few years ago.
However, these advances obtained in the therapeutic field generated in the public the false belief that the "problem HIV / AIDS" was entirely, or...read
Thanks to the success of antiretroviral therapies, the HIV / AIDS has been transformed into a chronic condition, and has assured HIV patients undergoing treatment with diligence, a quality of life and a survival that was unthinkable a few years ago.
However, these advances obtained in the therapeutic field generated in the public the false belief that the "problem HIV / AIDS" was entirely, or...read