About UsAdult Circumcision Reduces Men's Risk of HIV Infection
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- Category: HIV Prevention
- Published on Tuesday, 27 February 2007 13:15
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Adult male circumcision is emerging as a potentially important public health measure for reducing the risk of HIV transmission to men during heterosexual sex. A previous study in South Africa showed that elective circumcision reduced men's HIV infection rate by 61% (Auvert et al 2005).
SMART Data Confirm Risk of CD4-guided Treatment Interruptions
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- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Tuesday, 05 December 2006 12:30
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Interruption of antiretroviral therapy is a potentially hazardous strategy associated with an increased risk of disease progression or death, according to data from the large international SMART (Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy) study.
AIDS 2006: TNX-355 Produces Significant Reduction in HIV Viral Load at 48 Weeks
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- Category: Experimental HIV Drugs
- Published on Friday, 25 August 2006 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Data on several investigational anti-HIV drug candidates were presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference last week in Toronto, including the latest results from a study of Tanox’s investigational monoclonal antibody, TNX-355. TNX-355 is a recombinant human antibody that binds to domain 2 of the CD4 receptor, thereby blocking the entry of HIV into host cells.
AASLD 2006: Liver Transplantation in HIV Positive Patients
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- Category: Liver & Kidney Disease
- Published on Tuesday, 14 November 2006 00:00
- Written by Marina Nunez
The Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Surgery State-of the-Art Lecture at this year’s American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) annual meeting was devoted to the outcomes following solid organ transplantation in HIV-infected recipients. The speaker, Peter G. Stock, MD, from the University of California at San Francisco, gave a very good update on the topic.
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