AIDSinfo Launches Mobile Site!

AIDSinfo has a new site optimized for mobile devices. When viewing AIDSinfo on your mobile device, you will be automatically redirected to the mobile site. JavaScript must be enabled on your device for the mobile site to function properly. The AIDSinfo mobile site is available at http://m.aidsinfo.nih.gov.

The following AIDSinfo features are available on the mobile site:

• Guidelines: Federally approved medical practice guidelines related to HIV/AIDS, available in PDF format.
• Clinical Trials: Clinical trials database to help patients and health care providers locate trials studying HIV/AIDS, searchable by topic or keyword.
• Drugs: Database of fact sheets on HIV/AIDS-related drugs, searchable by drug name, drug class, or via an A-Z index.
• Glossary: Database of medical and scientific terms related to HIV/AIDS treatment and research, searchable by keyword or via an A-Z index.
• e-newsletter: AIDSinfo weekly newsletter showcasing the latest on HIV/AIDS treatment and research.
• Twitter: Tweets about HIV/AIDS research and treatment from AIDSinfo, available from the Twitter mobile site.
• HIV Awareness Days: AIDSinfo specialty pages marking annual HIV/AIDS awareness days.
• Questions?: Contact information for the AIDSinfo call center, where information specialists are available to answers questions via online chat, phone, and e-mail.

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Study Suggests New Approach May Cause Apoptotic Cell Death of HIV-Infected Cells

“A correlation between increase in the integration of Human Immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) cDNA and cell death was previously established. Here [study researchers] show that combination of peptides that stimulate integration together with the protease inhibitor Ro 31-8959 caused apoptotic cell death of HIV infected cells with total extermination of the virus. This combination did not have any effect on non-infected cells. Thus it appears that cell death is promoted only in the infected cells. It is [the study researchers'] view that the results described in this work suggest a novel approach to specifically promote death of HIV-1 infected cells and thus may eventually be developed into a new and general anti-viral therapy.”

More information is available:

• PubMed: Study abstract

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AIDSinfo Updates Homework Help Page

AIDSinfo invites you to visit our updated Homework Help page. The new page is intended to assist students in Grades 6 through 12 with school projects on HIV/AIDS. The page is organized into sections, including basic information about HIV/AIDS, images and diagrams of the HIV virus, HIV prevention resources, HIV treatment information, research about HIV, and policy pertaining to HIV/AIDS. The links provided on this page are all from reliable, government-approved Web sites.

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