Alzheimer’s Protein Tied to HIV Progression
June 29th, 2008 by allsoch
WEDNESDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — A protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease also plays a role in HIV progression by promoting entry of the virus into cells, U.S. researchers say.”The apoE4 protein is the greatest known genetic risk factor to Alzheimer’s disease. However, its role in infectious diseases has been less well-defined,” study author Robert W. Mahley, president of the Gladstone Institutes, said in a prepared statement.
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THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — The herpes drug aciclovir (Zovirax) doesn’t reduce the risk of HIV-1 infection in people who have sex with men infected with genital herpes, a U.S. study finds.Previous research has shown that herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) infection — the most common cause of genital herpes — increases the risk for HIV-1 infection by two- to threefold.
Treating cancer patients with interleukin-7 (IL-7), a small protein that can stimulate the immune system, leads to an increase in lymphocytes, key to the production of effective immune responses, in the body, according to a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The demonstration that IL-7 is able to broaden the possible immune responses in humans could have a wide range of clinical implications. This study was published online June 23, 2008, in The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
To accelerate the translation of basic discoveries about HIV into advances in vaccine design and evaluation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has formed a new Vaccine Discovery Branch within the Vaccine Research Program in the Division of AIDS (DAIDS).
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new analysis of HIV diagnoses among “men who have sex with men” points to troubling signs of increases in new diagnoses among young men who have sex with men, US health officials reported Thursday.Public health experts use the term “men who have sex with men,” or MSM, because many of these men are not strictly homosexual or even bisexual.
(NaturalNews) An FDA advisory panel has said that the drug Avastin should not be used to treat breast cancer, because it fails to provide enough benefit to outweigh the risks.
(NaturalNews) The human body has a high water content; water is an essential medium for transportation of nutrients, biochemicals and oxygen all throughout the human body. This water-based medium may have acidic or alkaline properties that are measured by a graduated scale known as pH (potential hydrogen).
NaturalNews) The health benefits previously believed to come from the lycopene in tomatoes may actually come from different phytocompounds altogether, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and published in the journal Nutrition Research.
SAVE THE DATE, Monday, September 22, 2008 and join us this year at the private Lake Merced Golf and Country Club in Daly City, California to drive Lung Cancer Off the Earth. The 18-hole course features 6,863 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72.