AIDS Alert Archives – May 1, 2004
May 1, 2004
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Microbicide advances are ahead of vaccines but still years away
Recent research has shown that the microbicide field is alive with an array of prevention approaches to stopping HIV transmission during sexual intercourse. However, most researchers admit that while the pipeline of microbicide research is further along than the vaccine pipeline, it still could be five to 10 years before the ideal candidate is marketed. -
What’s flowing through the microbicide pipeline
The microbicide research field is varied and diverse, with the potential for products that will include vaginal and/or rectal gels, films, creams, or suppositories to oral medications, which have active ingredients that range from hormones to antiretroviral drugs, fusion inhibitors, or surfactants. -
San Francisco serosorting may explain odd HIV data
About a year ago, it seemed to be a pretty safe assumption that HIV incidence was on the rise in San Francisco due to documented increases in sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk populations, including men who have sex with men who use the Internet to find anonymous sexual partners. -
Vitamins, exercise may help metabolic disorders
While pharmaceutical companies and investigators work for a medication solution to the lipodystrophy and other metabolic disorders that plague some HIV patients, other research is looking into nonmedical solutions, such as vitamin use and exercise. -
Attachment inhibitor may hold promise for future
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) of Princeton, NJ, recently showed through concept data that an attachment inhibitor BMS-488043 can have potent antiviral activity in HIV-1-infected patients. -
Risk taking high in those with resistant strains
A recent study shows that there is no difference in high level of sexual risk-taking behavior between HIV-infected populations who have drug-resistant virus and those that dont, which suggests that a public health problem may worsen unless its addressed through targeted intervention efforts. -
Aids Alert International: Global concerns focus on the powerless women who are living with AIDS in the developing world
UNAIDS and other international organizations have been drawing attention in recent months to the plight of women in nations where HIV infection is pandemic and likely to continue the trend of disproportionately affecting women. -
Aids Alert International: Global HIV epidemic fueled by UN policies
New HIV epidemics in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and China are spreading fast due to injection drug use (IDU) transmission, and these epidemics will continue to escalate unless the United Nations and individual countries make major policy changes, a new report charges.