Nobels awarded for AIDS, cancer virus research

Oct. 6, 2008

Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention in showing a viral cause for cervical cancer shared the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for breakthroughs that have led to lifesaving drugs and a vaccine....

Anti-viral drug shows promise

DALLAS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- An anti-viral drug developed at University of Texas-Southwestern shows potential as a strategy against viral diseases, researchers said.

HPV makes some cancers harder to treat

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The human papillomavirus, HPV, in cervical as well as head and neck cancers makes them resistant to therapy, U.S. researchers said.

Cervical cancer shot gains acceptance

ATLANTA, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- One in four teenage girls received at least one dose of a relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, U.S. health officials said.

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to three

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.

New anti-viral agent is developed

COVENTRY, Faeroe Islands, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- British scientists say they've developed an anti-viral agent using a naturally occurring influenza "protecting virus."

Study: Wealth affects cancer rate

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people while rates of breast cancer and melanoma are higher in the wealthy, British researchers said.

Brain cells may attack immune system

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.

Viral recombination of HIV fools immunity

BOSTON, July 22 (UPI) -- How and where viral strains of HIV swap DNA may be determined by the immune response against the original infecting strain, U.S. researchers said.

Britain planning cervical cancer efforts

LONDON, July 20 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of teenage girls in Britain will receive a vaccination against the disease that can cause cervical cancer, a health official says.

Detailed image of a viral protein created

SAN DIEGO, June 23 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists using electron microscopy and 3-D computer reconstruction say they have produced the most detailed image yet of a viral protein envelope.

Viruses may be linked to lung cancer

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 25 (UPI) -- U.S. and Israeli researchers suggest viruses may have a role in the development of lung cancer.

Stress increases cervical cancer risk

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Daily stress can reduce a woman's ability to fight off human papillomavirus and increase her risk for developing cervical cancer, a U.S. study found.

Effort targets immigrant cervical cancer

HOUSTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Two Texas hospitals are expanding an effort to lower the risks of cervical cancer among Mexican women in U.S. border areas.

New technique may protect against viruses

KINGSTON, Ontario, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Canadian immunologists have discovered how to manipulate the immune system to increase its power to protect the body from successive viral infections.

Meningitis in Britain on the rise

LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Due to the increasing incidence of genital herpes in Britain, cases of meningitis caused by the herpes simplex virus are set to rise.