CSA54 AIDS Cure: - Synthetic compound may block HIV infection

Synthetic compound may block HIV infection
Advocate - Researchers at Vanderbilt University have discovered a synthetic compound that may interfere with HIV s outer membrane and prevent infection with the virus, BBC News reports. Lab tests show the compound, called CSA-54 and culled from a family of

Medical Report
Southern Voice - DENVER, Colo. - Just over half of new infections with the AIDS virus in the United States are in blacks, U.S. researchers reported. A study of detailed data from 33 states shows that of 156,000 new cases of HIV infection between 2001 and 2004, 51

Has BYU prof found AIDS cure
Salt Lake Tribune - Researchers, including a BYU scientist, believe they have found a new compound that could finally kill the HIV/AIDS virus, not just slow it down as current treatments do. And, unlike the expensive, drug cocktails 25 years of research have produced

Gay Rights Invoked at Coretta Scott King Funeral
Gay City News - The funeral of civil rights giant Coretta Scott King, 78, was presided over by anti-gay activists Reverend Bernice King, her daughter and caretaker, and Bishop Eddie Long, pastor of the New Birth Missionary Baptist megachurch where the service took

Chemical may stop HIV
Health 24 - A chemical called CSA-54 is capable of disabling HIV's ability to infect cells, a Vanderbilt University study finds. Researchers say the chemical attacks HIV in a new way - by targeting the membrane of the virus in order to prevent it from locking on

Chemical 'blocks HIV infection'
BBC News - A chemical has been identified which could halt the progress of HIV, US scientists say. Lab tests of the chemical - CSA-54 - at Vanderbilt University show it disables the virus's ability to infect cells. It was shown to attack HIV in a new way