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Collection of news compiled by the Conversations With The Living Team.
Origin of HIV transmission among male partners
A team of scientists has discovered the origin of strains of HIV among men who have sex with men.
HIV/TB infections increasingly falling on Hispanic community
Study shows a significant shift in the ethnic makeup of the disease, with the majority of cases now coming from the Hispanic community.
For HIV-infected children, quality of caregiver relationship is crucial
For the growing number of HIV-infected children, the quality of care and the relationship between children and their caregivers play an important role in their development.
Control of herpes symptoms does not reduce HIV transmission
Research from a five-year international clinical study shows that acyclovir, a commonly prescribed drug used to suppress symptoms of the herpes virus, does not affect HIV transmission by people with both viruses.
Alternative Strategy for Preventing HIV Infection
Researchers want to improve drug therapies and develop alternative preventative strategies, such as vaginal gels and creams that contain the same or related compounds used in treatments for people infected with HIV.
HIV infection prematurely ages the brainbrain
HIV infection or the treatments used to control it are prematurely aging the brain, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California-San Diego have found.
Tracing HIV mutations that lead to drug resistance
Chemists at UC San Diego and statisticians at Harvard University have developed a novel way to trace mutations in HIV that lead to drug resistance.
ARV adherence and lower health care costs
High antiretroviral therapy adherence, which has been shown to be a major predictor of HIV disease progression and survival, is now associated with lower health care costs.
Why circumcised men are less at risk for HIV
Circumcision, which substantially lowers HIV risk in men, also dramatically changes the bacterial communities of the penis, according to a study led by scientists at the Translational Genomics Research Institute.
Risks for HIV-infected postmenopausal women
Postmenopausal HIV-infected women have a high prevalence of low bone mineral density and high bone turnover placing them at high risk for future bone fractures.