1994

'A Ray of Hope': Focusing on long-term survival of some with HIV
Newsday - August 10, 1994
Laurie Garrett. Staff Correspondent
Yokohama, Japan - While most people infected with the AIDS virus have billions of lethal microbes in their bodies, a tiny minority of infected patients have managed to keep the virus in check for well over a decade, delaying or reversing their disease processes. Scientists say the difference for these long-term survivo


Studies: Hope for Some With HIV
Newsday - July 29, 1994
Laurie Garrett. Staff Writer
Two studies announced yesterday offer hope of dramatically longer lives for a significant minority of young adults infected with the AIDS virus. The larger study, based on 111 male hemophiliacs in England, suggests that up to 25 percent of young men who become infected, but who do not have AIDS, can expect to live 20to


French First to Isolate HIV
Newsday - July 12, 1994
Laurie Garrett. Staff Correspondent
Bethesda, Md. - French and American officials announced a historic agreement yesterday intended to ease long-standing tensions over the issue of who first discovered the AIDS virus, and who gets the royalties from tests derived from that discovery. In a dramatic shift, U.S. health officials conceded that a human immuno


New Test to Monitor HIV Found
Newsday - February 2, 1994
Laurie Garrett - Staff Writer
A new way to measure the health effects of HIV in an infected person could dramatically decrease the time it takes to assess experimental AIDS treatments, while offering doctors important clues as to what the virus is doing to people who outwardly appear healthy, researchers said yesterday. At the same time, a second g



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