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The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) has just happened in San Francisco. This meeting is held annually and focuses on the very latest in basic science and clinicalPertaining to or founded on observation and treatment of participants, as distinguished from theoretical or basic science. research. Jo Watson was there and gives us an overview. read more »

A New Zealand company is working on an antiviralA medication or substance which is active against one or more virusesA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell.. May include anti-HIV drugs, but these are more accurately termed antiretroviralsA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV.. agent that utilises the immune system to fight fluA highly contagious and relatively common viral infection of the respiratory system, transmitted by infected droplets of moisture which may be spread through coughing and sneezing. Most people with flu recover but some go on to develop secondary infections such as pneumoniaAn inflammation of the lung, usually caused by infection with bacteria or other microorganisms, in which the air sacs of the lung become filled with inflammatory cells which solidify and inhibit breathing. which may be fatal., hepatitis and HIV. read more »

A team of researchers at University of Alberta have identified a human geneThe most basic unit of genetic information. called TRIM 22 that blocks HIV infection in cell culture by preventing the assembly of the virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell.. read more »

Harvard Medical School researchers have identified a geneThe most basic unit of genetic information. in Asian macaque monkeys may have evolved as protection against a group of virusesA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. that includes HIV, suggesting that the current AIDS epidemic is not unique to humans and that similar epidemics may have affected our primate ancestors. read more »

In a finding that could have profound implications for HIV vaccine research, US scientists say they have found a site on HIV’s outer coating which is vulnerable to antibodies that could effectively neutralise the virusA small infective organism which is incapable of reproducing outside a host cell. and prevent it from infecting human cells. read more »