Drugresistant HIV set for rapid upsurge New Scientist

Posted by knight in What Is It on October 8, 2009 at 7:03 am

A model of the emergence of drug-resistant forms of the virus in San Francisco suggests they could spread across the worldThe GLObal blog directory Search results for: ZidovudineIn 2007 an estimated 300,000 people were receiving antiretroviral therapy in South Africa as a result of the government’s 2004 large-scale plan for the provision of ART. Outcomes for those on first-line regimens have been good.A genetic marker can predict with a high level of accuracy whether Thai patients receiving antiretroviral therapy that contains d4T will develop lipoatrophy as a result of treatment, researchers from Thailand and Japan report in Clinical Infectious Diseases this week.A drop in the number of HIV and AIDS cases last year in South Dakota reverses an earlier increase and leaves officials hoping that it's a sign of long-term improvement. "It's our lowest in five years. Any time numbers are lower for disease, I'm pleased with that," said Lon Kightlinger, the state epidemiologist in Pierre. South Dakota had 21 new cases of HIV or AIDS in 2009, the Health Department ...
 
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HIV Mutations That Lead To Drug Resistance Traced By Researchers Medical News Today

Posted by leekye in What Is It on October 8, 2009 at 7:03 am

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. Their findings, once expanded to the full range of drugs available to treat the infection, would allow doctors to tailor drug cocktails to the particular strains of the virus found in individual patients. "We want to crack the code of resistance ...A model of the emergence of drug-resistant forms of the virus in gay San Franciscan men suggests they could surge across the worldResearchers have developed a novel way to trace mutations in HIV that lead to drug resistance. Their findings, once expanded to the full range of drugs available to treat the infection, would allow doctors to tailor drug cocktails to the particular strains of the virus found in individual patients.
 
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New findings would allow doctors to tailor drug cocktails for particular viral strains NewsMedicalNet

Posted by hkundur in What Is It on October 8, 2009 at 7:03 am

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. Their findings, once expanded to the full range of drugs available to treat the infection, would allow doctors to tailor drug cocktails to the particular strains of the virus found in individual patients.Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced that a Phase II clinical trial of its investigational integrase inhibitor-based, once-daily, fixed-dose "Quad" regimen of elvitegravir, GS 9350 and Truvada for the treatment of HIV-1 infection met its primary objective. The ongoing study of 71 HIV-infected, antiretroviral treatment-naive adults ...
 
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