Tag: "HIV"
AIDS Researchers Unlock Cell Death Mystery
For nearly 30 years scientists have known that a cell vital to the immune system dies off in patients with HIV, leading eventually to the onset of AIDS. But exactly when and how has remained a mystery – until now.
Post on Dec 01, 2010 by Sheraz Sadiq
Tracing Bad (and Dangerous) Internet Science
A dangerous rumor has been spreading across the web that people with Rh negative blood are resistant or even immune to getting AIDS. They’re not. This is the “everyone is an expert” ethos of the web at its worst.
Post on Oct 25, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
San Francisco Among Top Cities For HIV Testing
New CDC survey shows that San Francisco has been successful in getting HIV-positive men tested.
Post on Sep 24, 2010 by Gabriela Quirós
Science Event Pick – Elizabeth Blackburn: A Life in Science
On October 5, 2009, UCSF molecular biologist Blackburn learned that she had received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for her co-discovery of an enzyme that plays a key role in aging and cancer. Blackburn discusses a life in science. We encourage both scientists and non-scientists to come hear her reflections on an unfettered childhood, skirting the 'safe' scientific projects, the benefits of not listening to naysayers, and the difference between good and bad stress.
Post on Aug 04, 2010 by Kishore Hari
Producer's Notes: Hepatitis C, Hope and Humanity
I came to realize that hope has a lot to do with science. It’s the driving force for those who seek cures, for those who work to protect the environment, for those who search for solutions to the pain and problems facing humanity.
Post on May 11, 2010 by Jon Fromer
Reporter's Notes: The Graying of HIV
Some 30 researchers from the University of California-San Francisco and the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology have come together to investigate why HIV-positive patients, who are now living longer lives thanks to anti-retroviral drugs, seem to be aging faster than their uninfected peers.
Post on Nov 26, 2008 by Gabriela Quirós
Curing AIDS with a Bone Marrow Transplant
Doctors announced in Berlin that a man who received a bone marrow transplant for leukemia was now also free of his HIV infection.
Post on Nov 24, 2008 by Dr. Barry Starr
Reporter's Notes for HIV Research: Beyond the Vaccine
Although African Americans represent one eighth of the U.S. population, they make up half of the people living with HIV in the country, according to the Los Angeles-based Black AIDS Institute.
Post on Oct 14, 2008 by Gabriela Quirós
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