HIV/AIDS Researchers Blog

AIDS Research Front Page General | Tuesday September 23, 2008 | By Amitabha

A recent study published in the September 22 edition of Archives of Internal Medicine by researchers from Stanford found that administering CD4 tests extends life of patients by more than one year and saves health care costs. The study is based on HIV/AIDS...

Tanu's Research Blog General | Saturday September 20, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

Current therapies to prevent viral replication have allowed HIV patients to survive. The new task for medical care providers is in reestablishing their patients into having a fulfilling life. Expert HIV researchers, nutritionists, psychologists and PLWH...

Tanu's Research Blog General | Saturday September 20, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

A Canadian study by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS reveals the substantial impact that increased coverage with HIV therapy could have in reducing HIV transmissions while saving money for health care systems around the globe. According to the...

AIDS Research Front Page General | Sunday August 17, 2008 | By Amitabha

Here is a video from Youtube having clippings from President Clinton's speech at AIDS 2008 conference, concluded last week in Mexico City.

AIDS Research Front Page General | Thursday July 31, 2008 | By Amitabha

President Bush today signed legislation to re-authorize PEPFAR (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief which increases funding from $15 billion up to $48 billion over the next five years. As a result, PEPFAR will save five to seven million lives over...

AIDS Research Front Page General | Friday July 18, 2008 | By Amitabha

An interesting article I read in San Francisco Chronicle (available here discusses how a gene variant which provides malarial resistance may be the reason for higher HIV rate amongst black population. The study by a team based in London and Texas...

Tanu's Research Blog Research | Wednesday June 18, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

In epidemiological studies, the analysis of event-time or survival data aims to describe the risk (hazard) function of event times in a population, the associated survival or cumulative incidence functions, and the effects of covariates on risk. Doubly...

AIDS Research Front Page General | Wednesday June 04, 2008 | By Amitabha

Facebook has a profile for the XVII AIDS conference to be geld in Mexico City in August. They also have a promotional video for his event. There are 80 members part of this group. Facebook would be a nice way for conference attendees to get to know each...

AIDS Research Front Page General | Tuesday May 06, 2008 | By Amitabha

At AIDSResearcher.org we are trying to unify researchers for different fields who are pursuing research related to HIV/AIDS. One of the most prominent research areas is in vaccination. We would like to invite bloggers who can provide updates in this field....

Tanu's Research Blog Research | Tuesday May 06, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

Since the inception of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, different medical outcomes have been examined to assess disease progression and treatment effects. Health related quality of life (QOL) was first introduced into HIV/AIDS research in 1990 to evaluate the effect of...

Tanu's Research Blog Research | Sunday April 20, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

Nutrition plays a crucial role throughout the course of HIV disease. Once infected, malnutrition and HIV work in tandem, creating a classic 'vicious cycle' where each condition worsens the other. The effect of HIV on nutrition begins early in the course of the...

Tanu's Research Blog General | Sunday April 20, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

The XVII International AIDS Conference to be held in Mexico City will be one of the memorable conferences in the 3 years span of my research activities. Not only did three of my paper abstracts received acceptance but at the same time I was offered a full...

AIDS Research Front Page General | Tuesday April 15, 2008 | By Amitabha

This blog is powered by Apache Roller 4.0, an open source project for blog software. We periodically sync up to the latest release to ensure that this blog is free from any known vulnerabilities. Today, courtesy Roller Themes.com , we are adding many new...

AIDS Research Front Page drugs | General | Monday April 14, 2008 | By Amitabha

A recent study, as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, patients who take the widely prescribed AIDS drug abacavir run nearly double the risk of heart attack compared with those who take other antiviral medications. The study was conducted in United...

Tanu's Research Blog Research | Monday April 14, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

HIV is a global health threat of significance to child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry. The rapidly expanding literature on paediatric AIDS and HIV documents the consequences of the epidemic in the care and development of youth infected by HIV and in...

For killing some time game | General | Saturday March 01, 2008 | By Amitabha

Tanu's Research Blog General | Friday February 01, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

The XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) , will be held in México City, México from 3-8 August 2008. AIDS 2008 will be the first International AIDS Conference ever held in Latin America. Call for abstracts is available here and the submission...

AIDS Research Front Page General | Tuesday January 29, 2008 | By Amitabha

Welcome to AIDS Research. We hope to develop this into a community with focussed discussions and blogs on a variety of topics in AIDS/HIV research. Please develop this into a vibrant community of research and encourage your colleagues to participate. In the...

Tanu's Research Blog General | Friday January 25, 2008 | By Tanushree Banerjee

My research work mainly focussed on the vertically transmitted HIV-infected paediatric patients. I have worked extensively with HIV-1-infected children and visited hospitals and care homes to collect data for my research. My research has undertaken exercises...