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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/HIV and AIDS research, politicsen-usMon, 06 Oct 2008 12:03:01 GMT288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-nobel-medicine.RqgA_IO6.htmlwed/at/Uus-nobel-medicine.RqgA_IO6.html1223293488Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:44:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-nobel-medicine.RqgA_IO6.html"></a>STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared by three people for discoveries of viruses causing HIV and cervical cancer, the Swedish organization said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-nobel-medicine.RqgA_IO6.html">Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to three</a><br />STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine was shared by three people for discoveries of viruses causing HIV and cervical cancer, the Swedish organization said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-hivestimate.RqdM_IO2.htmlwed/at/Uus-hivestimate.RqdM_IO2.html1222967688Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:14:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-hivestimate.RqdM_IO2.html"></a>ATLANTA, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- More than 1 million people in the United States had HIV in 2006, but one in five are unaware of their infections, federal health officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-hivestimate.RqdM_IO2.html">CDC: More than 1 million have HIV in U.S.</a><br />ATLANTA, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- More than 1 million people in the United States had HIV in 2006, but one in five are unaware of their infections, federal health officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ah/Uus-riskytv.RygE_IO1.htmlwed/ah/Uus-riskytv.RygE_IO1.html1222842286Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:24:46 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ah/Uus-riskytv.RygE_IO1.html"></a>SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- For those who have not had a one-night stand, viewing this behavior on TV significantly increases expectations of having one, U.S. researchers suggest.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ah/Uus-riskytv.RygE_IO1.html">Risky TV sexual behavior may be modeled</a><br />SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- For those who have not had a one-night stand, viewing this behavior on TV significantly increases expectations of having one, U.S. researchers suggest.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/aq/Uus-teensex.R3Z8_ISQ.htmlwed/aq/Uus-teensex.R3Z8_ISQ.html1222484712Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:05:12 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/aq/Uus-teensex.R3Z8_ISQ.html"></a>BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The media puts a lot of pressure on teens to have sex and teens need adults to help clear up the media message, a U.S. researcher said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/aq/Uus-teensex.R3Z8_ISQ.html">Expert: Media pressures teens to have sex</a><br />BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The media puts a lot of pressure on teens to have sex and teens need adults to help clear up the media message, a U.S. researcher said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/cr/Uus-hiv.RUeT_ISP.htmlwed/cr/Uus-hiv.RUeT_ISP.html1222383288Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/cr/Uus-hiv.RUeT_ISP.html"></a>DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- An Ohio prostitute was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for continuing to ply her trade in spite of being infected with the virus linked to AIDS.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/cr/Uus-hiv.RUeT_ISP.html">Prostitute jailed for soliciting with HIV</a><br />DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- An Ohio prostitute was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for continuing to ply her trade in spite of being infected with the virus linked to AIDS.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bw/Uus-downlow.RM7p_ISO.htmlwed/bw/Uus-downlow.RM7p_ISO.html1222293910Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:05:10 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bw/Uus-downlow.RM7p_ISO.html"></a>INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A study of 30 black New York City men who have sex with men and women found they feared the consequences of disclosing their bisexuality, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bw/Uus-downlow.RM7p_ISO.html">Men 'on the down low' fear disclosure</a><br />INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A study of 30 black New York City men who have sex with men and women found they feared the consequences of disclosing their bisexuality, researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ac/Uus-hiv.RcHC_ISO.htmlwed/ac/Uus-hiv.RcHC_ISO.html1222280688Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:24:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ac/Uus-hiv.RcHC_ISO.html"></a>STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say early initiation of anti-retroviral therapy and immune system monitoring provides cost-effective human immunodeficiency virus monitoring.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ac/Uus-hiv.RcHC_ISO.html">Cost-effective HIV monitoring system found</a><br />STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say early initiation of anti-retroviral therapy and immune system monitoring provides cost-effective human immunodeficiency virus monitoring.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/db/Uus-aids.RcHU_ISM.htmlwed/db/Uus-aids.RcHU_ISM.html1222112687Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:44:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/db/Uus-aids.RcHU_ISM.html"></a>ATLANTA, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a paradoxical discovery might help explain why some species can live with immunodeficiency viruses that never progress to AIDS.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/db/Uus-aids.RcHU_ISM.html">Meek immune response helps AIDS survival</a><br />ATLANTA, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a paradoxical discovery might help explain why some species can live with immunodeficiency viruses that never progress to AIDS.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dm/Ucanada-hivpredator.RZ_p_ISJ.htmlwed/dm/Ucanada-hivpredator.RZ_p_ISJ.html1221851134Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:05:34 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dm/Ucanada-hivpredator.RZ_p_ISJ.html"></a>WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Canadian prosecutors in Winnipeg have asked for a 24-year prison sentence for a man who hid his HIV-positive status from sexual assault victims.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dm/Ucanada-hivpredator.RZ_p_ISJ.html">Long term sought for HIV-secretive man</a><br />WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Canadian prosecutors in Winnipeg have asked for a 24-year prison sentence for a man who hid his HIV-positive status from sexual assault victims.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/am/Uus-hiv.R6rG_ISI.htmlwed/am/Uus-hiv.R6rG_ISI.html1221755694Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:34:54 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/am/Uus-hiv.R6rG_ISI.html"></a>NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've found a recent change to human immunodeficiency virus treatment guidelines recommending genetic screening is cost effective.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/am/Uus-hiv.R6rG_ISI.html">Study evaluates HIV genetic screening</a><br />NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've found a recent change to human immunodeficiency virus treatment guidelines recommending genetic screening is cost effective.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-medicaidfraud.RzrU_ISE.htmlwed/at/Uus-medicaidfraud.RzrU_ISE.html1221425688Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-medicaidfraud.RzrU_ISE.html"></a>MIAMI, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Two Florida doctors have admitted to conspiring to defraud Medicare of $110 million by billing the federal health insurance program for bogus HIV treatments.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/at/Uus-medicaidfraud.RzrU_ISE.html">Florida doctors guilty of Medicare fraud</a><br />MIAMI, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Two Florida doctors have admitted to conspiring to defraud Medicare of $110 million by billing the federal health insurance program for bogus HIV treatments.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/cw/Uus-hiv.RpxM_ISC.htmlwed/cw/Uus-hiv.RpxM_ISC.html1221254088Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:14:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/cw/Uus-hiv.RpxM_ISC.html"></a>ATLANTA, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A study of human immunodeficiency virus -- HIV -- infection in the United States suggests gays, bisexual men and blacks are most at risk of becoming infected.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/cw/Uus-hiv.RpxM_ISC.html">CDC: Blacks, gays most at risk for HIV</a><br />ATLANTA, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A study of human immunodeficiency virus -- HIV -- infection in the United States suggests gays, bisexual men and blacks are most at risk of becoming infected.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ce/Uus-licenseplate.Rwx1_ISA.htmlwed/ce/Uus-licenseplate.Rwx1_ISA.html1221069288Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ce/Uus-licenseplate.Rwx1_ISA.html"></a>SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- California's Department of Motor Vehicles says it will go ahead and allow a motorist to order a vanity plate touting his HIV status.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ce/Uus-licenseplate.Rwx1_ISA.html">Calif. man to get his 'HIV' vanity plate</a><br />SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- California's Department of Motor Vehicles says it will go ahead and allow a motorist to order a vanity plate touting his HIV status.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dt/Unetherlands-stdhiv.RJV8_IS9.htmlwed/dt/Unetherlands-stdhiv.RJV8_IS9.html1221013489Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:24:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dt/Unetherlands-stdhiv.RJV8_IS9.html"></a>AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- People with genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia have an increased risk of being infected if exposed to HIV, Dutch researchers warn.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dt/Unetherlands-stdhiv.RJV8_IS9.html">STDs increase HIV risk if exposed</a><br />AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- People with genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia have an increased risk of being infected if exposed to HIV, Dutch researchers warn.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dr/Uiran-doctors.RL1n_IS9.htmlwed/dr/Uiran-doctors.RL1n_IS9.html1220990090Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:54:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dr/Uiran-doctors.RL1n_IS9.html"></a>BOSTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The arrests in Tehran of two Iranian doctors participating in a U.S.-sponsored anti-AIDS program have chilled scientific exchanges, U.S. officials say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dr/Uiran-doctors.RL1n_IS9.html">Iran arrests chill anti-AIDS exchanges</a><br />BOSTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The arrests in Tehran of two Iranian doctors participating in a U.S.-sponsored anti-AIDS program have chilled scientific exchanges, U.S. officials say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ag/Uus-teencondoms.RXfB_IS9.htmlwed/ag/Uus-teencondoms.RXfB_IS9.html1220985298Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:34:58 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ag/Uus-teencondoms.RXfB_IS9.html"></a>PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Teens who don't use condoms are more likely to believe condoms reduce sexual pleasure and are concerned about partner condom approval, U.S. researchers said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ag/Uus-teencondoms.RXfB_IS9.html">Study: Why U.S. teens don't use condoms</a><br />PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Teens who don't use condoms are more likely to believe condoms reduce sexual pleasure and are concerned about partner condom approval, U.S. researchers said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bd/Uswaziland-king.Rmr2_IS6.htmlwed/bd/Uswaziland-king.Rmr2_IS6.html1220726096Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:34:56 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bd/Uswaziland-king.Rmr2_IS6.html"></a>LUDZIDZINI, Swaziland, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- As the impoverished African kingdom of Swaziland celebrated its 40th year of independence Saturday, dissidents were criticizing its king's lavish lifestyle.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bd/Uswaziland-king.Rmr2_IS6.html">Swaziland king's lavish lifestyle slammed</a><br />LUDZIDZINI, Swaziland, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- As the impoverished African kingdom of Swaziland celebrated its 40th year of independence Saturday, dissidents were criticizing its king's lavish lifestyle.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ci/Uus-astrocytes.RgxV_IS3.htmlwed/ci/Uus-astrocytes.RgxV_IS3.html1220448900Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:35:00 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ci/Uus-astrocytes.RgxV_IS3.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have discovered brain cells called astrocytes radically change their shape and function after contact with anti-viral T-cells.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ci/Uus-astrocytes.RgxV_IS3.html">Brain cells may attack immune system</a><br />LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they have discovered brain cells called astrocytes radically change their shape and function after contact with anti-viral T-cells.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/by/Uus-fracturehiv.RzD4_IaT.htmlwed/by/Uus-fracturehiv.RzD4_IaT.html1220068488Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/by/Uus-fracturehiv.RzD4_IaT.html"></a>BOSTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- HIV infected patients may have a 60 percent higher risk of bone fractures, U.S. researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/by/Uus-fracturehiv.RzD4_IaT.html">Increase in bone fractures linked to HIV</a><br />BOSTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- HIV infected patients may have a 60 percent higher risk of bone fractures, U.S. researchers say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dv/Uus-nychiv.R79c_IaR.htmlwed/dv/Uus-nychiv.R79c_IaR.html1219867517Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:05:17 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dv/Uus-nychiv.R79c_IaR.html"></a>NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Nearly 4,800 New Yorkers contracted HIV in 2006 -- three times the national rate, New York City Health Department officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dv/Uus-nychiv.R79c_IaR.html">NYC HIV spreading at triple the U.S. rate</a><br />NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Nearly 4,800 New Yorkers contracted HIV in 2006 -- three times the national rate, New York City Health Department officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ci/Ucanada-handcuffs.RC06_IaR.htmlwed/ci/Ucanada-handcuffs.RC06_IaR.html1219845911Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:05:11 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ci/Ucanada-handcuffs.RC06_IaR.html"></a>MONTREAL, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Canadian company warned a national police conference in Montreal that dirty handcuffs can transmit herpes, HIV, influenza and hepatitis B.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/ci/Ucanada-handcuffs.RC06_IaR.html">Newest disease-spreading fear: Handcuffs</a><br />MONTREAL, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Canadian company warned a national police conference in Montreal that dirty handcuffs can transmit herpes, HIV, influenza and hepatitis B.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dn/Uus-aidsefficiency.RIbO_IaP.htmlwed/dn/Uus-aidsefficiency.RIbO_IaP.html1219688686Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:24:46 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dn/Uus-aidsefficiency.RIbO_IaP.html"></a>NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say new computer-modeling methods can help resolve drug distribution delays and medical staffing problems in developing nations.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dn/Uus-aidsefficiency.RIbO_IaP.html">New way to aid HIV-AIDS treatment offered</a><br />NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say new computer-modeling methods can help resolve drug distribution delays and medical staffing problems in developing nations.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bj/Uus-van.RskF_IaP.htmlwed/bj/Uus-van.RskF_IaP.html1219676741Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:05:41 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bj/Uus-van.RskF_IaP.html"></a>CHICAGO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Chicago police searched Monday for thieves who stole laptop computers and video equipment from a van used by a traveling Ugandan children's choir.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bj/Uus-van.RskF_IaP.html">Thieves loot children's choir van</a><br />CHICAGO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Chicago police searched Monday for thieves who stole laptop computers and video equipment from a van used by a traveling Ugandan children's choir.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dp/Uswaziland-shoppingtrip.R1Ef_IaL.htmlwed/dp/Uswaziland-shoppingtrip.R1Ef_IaL.html1219363493Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:04:53 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dp/Uswaziland-shoppingtrip.R1Ef_IaL.html"></a>LOBAMBA, Swaziland, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Hundreds of women marched on the streets of Lobamba, Swaziland, in protest of a shopping trip taken by nine of the king's wives, participants said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/dp/Uswaziland-shoppingtrip.R1Ef_IaL.html">Swazi women protest royal shopping trip</a><br />LOBAMBA, Swaziland, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Hundreds of women marched on the streets of Lobamba, Swaziland, in protest of a shopping trip taken by nine of the king's wives, participants said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bw/Uus-hiv.RQbN_IaK.htmlwed/bw/Uus-hiv.RQbN_IaK.html1219240488Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bw/Uus-hiv.RQbN_IaK.html"></a>NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have found evidence that a component of the cell walls of intestinal bacteria help the human immunodeficiency virus enter the brain.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/tw.health.aids/2/wed/bw/Uus-hiv.RQbN_IaK.html">Process of HIV-related dementia is found</a><br />NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have found evidence that a component of the cell walls of intestinal bacteria help the human immunodeficiency virus enter the brain.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)