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Vol. 2, No. 19, 27 September 2002
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From Science:
The identity of the CD8 antiviral factor (CAF), a soluble factor secreted by CD8 T lymphocytes from certain HIV-1-infected individuals who are immunologically stable, has been elusive since its discovery in 1986. A New York team claims to have found the culprits.
Contribution of human a-defensin-1, -2 and -3 to the anti-HIV-1 activity of CD8 antiviral factor
By Linqi Zhang et al.
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But other researchers who have been digging for the anti-HIV factor and have seen the new data say they're not throwing away their shovels.
Mystery anti-HIV factor unmasked?
By Jon Cohen
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More evidence the spermicide nonoxynol-9 could cause toxic effects enhancing HIV-1 infection. The study did not show a protective effect of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission in high-risk women.
The Lancet 360, 917, 28 September 2002 [Read full report (free)]
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Trends in sexual risk behaviors among high school students—United States, 1991-2001. To examine changes in sexual risk behavior that occurred among high school students in the United States during 1991-2001, the U.S. CDC analyzed data from six national Youth Risk Behavior surveys.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 51(38), 856, 27 September 2002 [Read report]
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Secrets of AIDS 'immunity'. BBC News. September 27, 2002
| China's trouble with AIDS (editorial). Boston Globe. September 27, 2002
| Anti-HIV find is revealed—and quickly disputed. Los Angeles Times. September 27, 2002
| Agency links HIV, syphilis outbreak. Newsday. September 27, 2002
| African food crisis worsens AIDS epidemic. Nando Times. September 27, 2002
| AIDS finding aided by firm in Fremont, California. San Francisco Chronicle. September 27, 2002
| More evidence a spermicide won't halt AIDS. Yahoo! News. September 27, 2002
| Nonoxynol-9 fails to prevents STDs, but microbicide research continues . Lancet commentary. September 27, 2002
| Vanuatu confirms its first AIDS case. Yahoo! News. September 26, 2002
| HIV risk a question of place as well as people. Yahoo! News. September 26, 2002
| Scientists and health groups call for removal of N-9. amfAR News. September 26, 2002
| Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS: What works?. Kaisernetwork.org. September 26, 2002
| Firms 'must wake up to AIDS'. BBC News. September 25, 2002
| With AIDS soaring, China should welcome activism (editorial). Newsday. September 25, 2002
| China to produce generic AIDS drugs. Washington Times. September 25, 2002
| Prison rapes spreading deadly diseases. Washington Times. September 25, 2002
| Egypt: 29 doctors and nurses sentenced to one year in prison after patients contracted AIDS. Yahoo! News. September 25, 2002
| 'Drug holidays' not beneficial for fighting HIV. Yahoo! News. September 24, 2002
| A clue to why gays play Russian roulette with HIV. New York Times. September 24, 2002
| St. Louisan with HIV is fighting off AIDS. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 24, 2002
| World Bank intensifies action on AIDS in Africa. AllAfrica.com. September 23, 2002
| FDA approves viral hepatitis medication, originally an AIDS drug. Washington Post. September 22, 2002
| Estimated worldwide HIV infections: 48,612,664. AllAfrica.com. September 22, 2002
| HIV vaccine trials may be opposed by AIDS victims. Yahoo! News. September 21, 2002
| Meeting spotlights transgender HIV issues. Yahoo! News. September 21, 2002
| Closing in on a 'cure'. ABC News. September 20, 2002
| Chinese AIDS activist released after investigation into leaking state secrets. San Francisco Chronicle. September 20, 2002
| AIDS group files drug price complaint. Newsday. September 20, 2002
| HIV hits Eastern Europe youth. BBC News. September 19, 2002
| Right man, right time. News-Observer.com. September 19, 2002
| UNICEF: AIDS spreading in CIS 'virtually unchecked'. Yahoo! News. September 19, 2002
| Will investments in novel therapies in cancer and AIDS treatment stocks cure your portfolio's ills?. Yahoo! Finance. September 18, 2002
| VaxGen to present at UBS Warburg Life Sciences Conference. VaxGen release. September 18, 2002
| Blocking HIV infection is lab's goal. Sun-Sentinel.com. September 18, 2002
| Bayer gets U.S. approval for HIV test. Yahoo! News. September 18, 2002
| China approves generic form of ddI anti-AIDS drug. Newsday. September 17, 2002
| A look at AIDS statistics in Africa. Yahoo! News. September 17, 2002
| U.N. leader urges war on AIDS in Africa. Miami Herald. September 17, 2002
| Swiss, U.S. firms say they have submitted application for new AIDS drug. Yahoo! News. September 17, 2002
| HIV meds may carry small risk of heart arrhythmias. Yahoo! News. September 17, 2002
| China's looming catastrophe (editorial). New York Times. September 16, 2002
| New AIDS drug will be free to some patients. Los Angeles Times. September 16, 2002
| Arrest of AIDS activist underlines China's impending HIV crisis. Nature news. September 16, 2002
| AIDS vaccine focus shifts to human trials. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 15, 2002
| Emory scientist to forefront in race for vaccine. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 15, 2002
| Herbs help Africa's AIDS fight. BBC News. September 14, 2002
| Gay HIV rates reach record level in U.K.. Yahoo! News. September 14, 2002
| Merck seeks wider coalition on AIDS. Financial Times. September 14, 2002
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| Nonoxynol-9 spermicide for prevention of vaginally acquired HIV and other STIs. Lancet Infectious Diseases. (Posted: September 27, 2002) | | Effectiveness of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission. Lancet. (Posted: September 27, 2002) | | Diversity of receptors binding HIV on dendritic cell subsets. Nature Immunology. (Posted: September 24, 2002) | | Characterization of sexually transmitted disease clinic patients with recent HIV infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: Mixed lineage kinase 3 mediates gp120IIIB-induced neurotoxicity. Journal of Neurochemistry. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Factors associated with HIV testing among HIV-positive and HIV-negative high-risk adolescents. Pediatrics. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Blockade of HIV-1 infection of new world monkey cells occurs primarily at the stage of virus entry. Journal of Experimental Medicine. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: HIV-I-induced production of endothelin-I in an in vitro model of the human blood-brain barrier. Neuroreport. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Novel promiscuous HLA-DQ HIV Nef peptide that induces IFN-gamma-producing memory CD4(+) T cells. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Allo-immunization elicits CCR5 antibodies that inhibit transmission of HIV-1 in women. Clinical and Experimental Immunology. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | HIV-1 integration in the human genome favors active genes and local hotspots. Cell. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Subset of DC-SIGN(+) dendritic cells in human blood transmits HIV-1 to T lymphocytes. Blood. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | HIV testing and high risk sexual behaviour among London's migrant African communities. Sexually Transmitted Infections. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: The central nervous system as a reservoir for simian immunodeficiency virus. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Compartmentalization of HIV-1 between breast milk and blood of HIV-infected mothers. Virology. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Oral administration of recombinant adeno-associated virus elicits HIV-specific immune responses. Human Gene Therapy. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: Clinical implications of CNS penetration of antiretroviral drugs. CNS Drugs. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Blocking of HIV-1 infection by targeting CD4 to nonraft membrane domains. Journal of Experimental Medicine. (Posted: September 23, 2002) | | Continuing increases in sexual risk behavior and STDs among men who have sex with men. American Journal of Public Health. (Posted: September 17, 2002) | | Effectiveness of interventions to prevent STIs and HIV in heterosexual men. Archives of Internal Medicine. (Posted: September 16, 2002) | | Adjuvant effect of multi-CpG motifs on an HIV-1 DNA vaccine. Vaccine. (Posted: September 14, 2002) | | Progression to AIDS, a clinical AIDS condition and mortality. Psychological Medicine. (Posted: September 14, 2002) | | Comparison of the efficacy of early versus late viral proteins in vaccination against SIV. Vaccine. (Posted: September 14, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: HIV-1 associated encephalopathy and myelopathy. Journal of Neurology. (Posted: September 14, 2002) | | NeuroAIDS: Understanding pathogenesis and treatment of HIV dementia: a role for magnetic resonance?. Trends in Neurosciences. (Posted: September 14, 2002) | | Interactions of HIV-1 proteins with neurons. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. (Posted: September 14, 2002) | | Enhancement of antibody responses to an HIV-2 DNA envelope vaccine. DNA and Cell Biology. (Posted: September 14, 2002) | | T-cell response in rhesus macaques immunized with HIV gag DNA vaccines. Journal of Virology. (Posted: September 14, 2002) |
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