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Early AZT takes a pounding in French-British 'Concorde' trial

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A trial sponsored by Britain's Medical Research Council and France's National AIDS Research Agency indicates that AZT does not postpone the onset of fullblown AIDS. The finding contradicts the established US practice of prescribing AZT when signs of immune-system damage appear.

Author: Cohen, Jon
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993

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AIDS mood upbeat - for a change

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Findings reported at the 1995 National Conference on Human Retroviruses and Related Infections included promising data on the cause of Kaposi's sarcoma, on combination drug treatments and on the function of the HIV protein Nef.

Author: Cohen, Jon
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
Conferences, meetings and seminars, Causes of, Physiological aspects, HIV (Viruses), HIV, AIDS (Disease), Retroviruses, Kaposi's sarcoma, AIDS research

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New drug shows promise in monkeys

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A research team led by Che-Chung Tsai has found that an anti-HIV drug called PMPA is highly effective in preventing the transmission of SIV in monkeys. Other research indicates promise in treating SIV infection.

Author: Cohen, Jon
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1995
Antiviral agents, AIDS vaccines, Simian immunodeficiency virus

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Subjects list: Research, HIV infection, Drug therapy, HIV infections, Zidovudine
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