Gene May Foil AIDS Virus, Study Finds
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Researchers now know of 15 genetic traits that make people more or less susceptible to H.I.V., including one very rare one that makes them virtually immune.
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Statins, which are used to treat high cholesterol, may also fight HIV, a study suggests.
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PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a trio of drugs they believe can destroy HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to a published report.
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Some people have a genetic variation that may help them resist the human form of mad cow disease, a study in mice suggests.
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A gene that helps to stave off the effects of multiple sclerosis has been discovered by scientists.
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WASHINGTON : A gene may protect some people from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human brain wasting form of mad cow disease, researchers said on Thursday.
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Scientists refute a longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body's capacity to fight infection.
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The AIDS virus has hideouts deep in the immune system that today's drugs can't reach. Now scientists finally have discovered how HIV builds one of those fortresses Â and they're exploring whether a drug already used to fight a parasite in developing countries just might hold a key to break in.
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A combination of two experimental AIDS drugs can help control the deadly virus in people who are infected with highly resistant forms, an international team of researchers reported on Thursday.
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Some people have a genetic variation that may help them resist the human form of mad cow disease, a study in mice suggests. But when infection does occur the disease takes a different form
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AIDS drug cocktails may be able to restore the ravaged immune systems of some people infected with HIV, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Scientists say they have uncovered an important clue to understanding the origins of the Aids epidemic.
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A single change in a human gene may hold the key to preventing people living with HIV from progressing to full-blown AIDS, researchers said on Monday.
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A gene could explain how parasites which cause malaria escape the action of some antimalaria drugs, say researchers.
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Medical researchers at the Israeli Hadassah University have reportedly developed a new injection that strengthens the body&#39;s immune system against HIV, the cause of AIDS.
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A new AIDS vaccine that is used to treat the disease is able to suppress the virus for at least one year, say researchers of a small trial.
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A drug used to treat people infected with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.