Times Live Blog: Promising results in blocking HIV during first days of infection: M2010
April 2010
Up one levelSTATEMENT: HIV prevention research focus of International Microbicides Conference May 22-25
(Eurekalert!, Pittsburgh, PA) 14 April 14 2010: HIV prevention researchers, policy makers and community advocates from more than 35 countries will be in Pittsburgh, May 22-25 to attend the 2010 International Microbicides Conference (M2010).
Microbicides, vaccines may need to repel HIV contact at mucosa
Keith Alcorn (Aidsmap) 9 April 2010: HIV can damage the walls of cells in the mucous membranes in the genital tract and the intestines, permitting the virus to pass across these barriers and infect vulnerable cells below, even when the tissue is undamaged, Canadian researchers report this week in the journal PLoS Pathogens.
More clues emerge on how HIV infects women (Business Week)
Virus can invade after breaking down the protective barrier in women's reproductive tract, study finds. Researchers have identified a previously unknown way that women are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Will an AIDS Pill a Day Keep the Virus Away?
Drugmaker Gilead is betting the one-pill PrEP treatment will slow the virus' spread—as are some of the world's top health agencies and philanthropists