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Stopping smallpox in its tracks: A new anti-viral approach

...lleagues from Harvard Medical School propose a new antiviral therapy ?a low molecular weight inhibitor of signa... approach to the identification and development of antiviral compounds. This is especially critical at a time when the threat of smallpox as a biological weapon ...

Norovirus, AIDS vaccine and Hepatitis Virus

...hat replication of HBV and HCV is sensitive to the antiviral activities of interferon lambda," say the researchers. "These results suggest the possibility that interferon lambda may be therapeutically useful in the treatment of chronic HBV or HCV infection." (M.D. Robek, B.S. Boyd, F.V. Chisari. 2005. Lambda ...

UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders

...e potential therapeutic example includes inserting antiviral genes into blood-forming stem cells and reintroducing them into the body. As these blood cells develop, the gene protects the mature cell against HIV infection. The UCLA AIDS Institute already has completed a Phase I clinical trial using adult stem c...

Potential Cure for Lymphoma in HIV patients

...e significant because, despite the use ofeffective antiviral drugs such as HAART, lymphoma is still a majorcause of suffering and death in HIV-infected individuals. It’simportant to know that stem cell transplant is an available and highlysuccessful treatment option for these patients,?said Amrita Krishnan,M.D...

Novel antiviral technology inhibits RSV infection in mice

A novel antiviral treatment combiningnanoparticle and gene silencing...ompromised immune systems. Novaccine or widespread antiviral treatment is available for theinfection. Researchersat USF's Joy McCann Culverhouse Airway Disease ...

Scientists Replicate Hepatitis C Virus in Laboratory

...le and biology of this virus and to test potential antiviral compounds, which may lead to new therapies for the liver disease that results from infection with HCV. Scientists at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conduct...

Topical treatment shown to inhibit HIV and herpes simplex virus infection

...ed study among 20 HIV-infected women to assess the antiviral activity of PRO 2000 in cervicovaginal lavage (CVL) fluid collected before and one hour after administration of a single intravaginal dose of PRO 2000 gel or a matched placebo gel. CVL specimens were tested for their ability to prevent HIV and HSV in...

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