Een recente studie in India heeft de vraag weer doen rijzen of het besnijden van de penis
bescherming biedt tegen hiv-infectie. Uit een overzicht van eerdere studies is niet
gebleken dat besnijdenis aantoonbaar bescherming biedt tegen hiv-infectie.2 Sommige
studies suggereren juist een grotere ontvankelijkheid bij besneden mannen.3 Bij de recente
studie in India bleek hiv-infectie acht maal minder voor te komen bij besneden mannen dan
bij onbesneden mannen.
Gene that governs toxin production in
deadly mold found
For the growing number of people with diminished immune systems -- cancer patients,
transplant recipients, those with HIV/AIDS -- infection by a ubiquitous mold known as
Aspergillus fumigatus can be a death sentence.
An image released Thursday by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases reveals a vulnerability in the ever-powerful AIDS virus. Unlike the
rest of the mutating virus, one key portion on the surface of HIV has been found to be
stable and, more important, penetrable by the HIV-fighting antibody b12.
A compound from olive-pomace oil gets 80
percent slowing down of HIV spread
Researchers from the University of Granada and Hospital Carlos III in Madrid, verified
that maslinic acid -- found in wax from olive skin -- inhibits serin-protease, the enzyme
used by HIV to release itself from the infected cell into the extracellular environment.
Drinking green tea could help in the fight against HIV, research suggests. Scientists
found a component called epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) prevents HIV from binding to
immune system cells by getting there first. [Ben Licher]
Transformation for people with AIDS on
the horizon
A major breakthrough for people with AIDS is on the horizon, according to an editorial in
this week's BMJ. Three new drugs are predicted to help transform the long-term prognosis
for people with the AIDS virus, says an editorial in the journal, which points towards
highly promising results from trials of three new drugs.
HIV study prompts call for revision of
breastfeeding guidelines
A study by scientists at the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, South
Africa, has shown that exclusive breastfeeding can significantly reduce the risk of HIV
transmission from mother to child in infants aged under 6 months when compared to those
also given solid foods or replacement feed (i.e. formula milk). The research, published
today in the Lancet, has implications for people in resource poor settings, such as in
rural Africa.
One of the Yerkes Research Center’s foremost scientific goals is the development of
an AIDS vaccine that will help end the global epidemic now affecting more than 42 million
people. An HIV/AIDS vaccine developedby Yerkes researchers shows great promise and
currently is in its second clinical trial in human volunteers. [Leo Bakker]
UCLA AIDS Institute Researchers Find a
Peptide That Encourages HIV Infection
UCLA AIDS Institute researchers have discovered that when a crucial portion of a peptide
structure in monkeys that defends against viruses, bacteria and other foreign invaders is
reversed, the peptide actually encourages infection with HIV.
Male circumcision reduces the risk of
becoming infected with HIV, but does not provide complete protection
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and its Cosponsors, WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF
and the World Bank, note with considerable interest today’s announcement by the US
National Institutes of Health that two trials assessing the impact of male circumcision on
HIV risk are being stopped on the recommendation of the NIH Data Safety and Monitoring
Board (DSMB).
The two trials, funded by the US National Institutes of Health, were carried out in
Kisumu, Kenya, among men aged 18-24 years and in Rakai, Uganda, among men aged 15-49
years. The trials, which completed enrolment of patients in 2005, were stopped by the DSMB
evaluating the results of interim analyses. The role of the DSMB is to assess progress of
the trials and recommend whether to continue, modify or terminate them. Although no
detailed results have been released at this time, the National Institutes of Health
statement makes it clear that the studies are being stopped because they revealed an
approximate halving of risk of HIV infection in men who were circumcised. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2006/s18/en/index.html
Study holds promise for new way
to fight aids
For years researchers have been trying to understand how a few HIV-infected patients
naturally defeat a virus that otherwise overwhelms the immune system.Last year, a research
team at the University of Rochester Medical Center confirmed that such patients, called
long-term non-progressors, maintain higherthan normal levels of the enzyme called
APOBEC-3G (A3G) in their white blood cells, which function to stave off infections. Now,
the same group has teamedup with a structural biologist to provide the first look at the
A3G structure. Such information represents an early step toward the design of a new
classof drugs that could afford to all the same natural protection enjoyed by few,
according to a study published today in The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Homeopathische oplossing voor aids
? Peter Chappell denkt een middel tegen /aids gevonden te hebben. Zijn ervaringen
met hiv/aids in zowel de Westerse Wereld als in Azië en Afrika hebben geleid tot de
revolutionaire ontwikkeling van een middel dat hij PC1 heeft genoemd. http://www.vitalremedies.com
The second simillimum Naast het First Simillimum, de keuze van het homeopatisch middel volgens de
regels van Hahnemann, heeft Peter Chappell voor ernstige ziekten ,die tot nu toe niet of
slecht te behandelen waren, een Second Simillimum ontwikkeld. Het gaat hier om middelen
voor ziekten als HIV, het Chronisch Vermoeidheids Syndroom, Parkinson en vele andere
ernstige ziekten. Inmiddels heeft Peter zo’n 90 verschillende middelen ontwikkeld.
Volgens enkele vooraanstaande homeopaten ligt hierin de toekomst van de homeopathie. http://www.lutravision.com/seminars_downloads/themadagen-2006.pdf
[Marjan Reuvers]
Vaginal Washing Increases Risk of
HIV-1 Acquisition Among African Women: a 10 Year Prospective Study
Sex workers who perform vaginal washing using water have 3 times the risk of acquiring
HIV-1 compared with those that do not perform vaginal washing at all. Those who used soap
for vaginal washing had almost 4 times the risk of becoming infected with HIV-1, reports a
recent AIDS article published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Vaginal Washing and
Increased Risk of HIV-1 Acquisition among African Women.
Kenyan HIV-1 seronegative female sex workers were enrolled in an open cohort study of risk
factors for HIV-1 acquisition. "This is the first prospective study to demonstrate a
significant association between vaginal washing and HIV-1 acquisition. A causal
association between vaginal washing and HIV-1 acquisition seems biologically
plausible," says R. Scott McClelland, International AIDS Research and Training
Program, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Vaginal washing is highly prevalent, having been reported in at least one third of
women from various clinical settings and regions in sub-Saharan Africa. There remains an
urgent need for new initiatives to prevent HIV-1 transmission to women, who account for
the majority of new infections.
McClelland adds, "A thorough understanding of the norms and beliefs surrounding the
use of intravaginal practices in various populations is vital in order to develop
culturally appropriate intervention strategies."
Where intravaginal practices are widespread, even a modest increase in susceptibility
could lead to a significant number of women acquiring HIV-1 as a result of these
practices.
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