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US First Lady Arrives in Haiti  -  Mar 13, 2008
The Associated PressThe acronym in French stands for the Haitian Group for the Study of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections. Bush was expected to stop later at a

Non-AIDS-defining cancers now outweigh AIDS-defining cancers in US ...  -  Feb 27, 2008
Aidsmap,There are currently three in the United States: Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and cervical cancer. Many earlier studies have shown markedly

PROFILE: PETER JEPSON-YOUNG  -  Mar 15, 2008
Globe and Mail,In order to make Kaposi's sarcoma, an AIDS-related cancer that causes skin lesions, more understandable to Canadian viewers, he described it as being "like

FDA's blood-donation ban: Does it save or risk lives?  -  Feb 29, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,Gay men have a disproportionately higher rate of syphilis and human herpes virus 8, which causes a skin cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma.

Dr. Antonio M. Gotto and Dr. Herbert Pardes Awarded Austrian Cross ...  -  Mar 6, 2008
Cornell Chronicle,With facilities such as Weill Bugando in Tanzania, the Haitian Study Group on Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections (GHESKIO), and Weill Cornell

The New Age of Molecular Diagnostics for Microbial Agents  -  Mar 5, 2008
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Kaposi's sarcoma–associated herpesvirus (human herpesvirus 8), West Nile virus, and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus.

LegDisorders.org launches a state of the art Clinical Compendium ...  -  Feb 26, 2008
PR Web (press release),The rare disorders are; Piriformis Syndrome, Dystonia, Pseudo Kaposi's Sarcoma, Klippel - Trenaunay Syndrome, Parkes Weber Syndrome, Cystic Adventitial,

Implementing Change  -  Mar 5, 2008
Scientist,With funding from US universities and international aid organizations, Pape cofounded The Haitian Study Group on Kaposi's Sarcoma and Opportunistic

Hax1-mediated processing of HtrA2 by Parl allows survival of ...  -  20 Feb 2008
Nature.com (subscription),K15 protein of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is latently expressed and binds to HAX-1, a protein with antiapoptotic function. J. Virol.

Clone home?  -  20 Feb 2008
WorldNetDaily,My brother Marty, dead over a decade, from Kaposi's Sarcoma and AIDS. Amazing, still no cure. I'd clone Marty from some pre-illness DNA, so he could return

Engineering Warfare: A Close Look at Biological and Chemical Warfare  -  20 Feb 2008
Natural News.com,...and Surgery was affiliated with New York University Medical Centre, where the first cases of AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma were discovered in 1979.

Cancer to hit SA hard  -  Feb 8, 2008
Health24.com,Kaposi's sarcoma, the main cancer contracted by HIV/Aids-patients, will become a "much bigger problem" in South Africa within five years, Cansa has said.

Sex, sweeteners and price-fixing  -  Feb 14, 2008
Health24.com,And in more bad news, the Cancer Association of South Africa (Cansa) has warned that Kaposi's sarcoma is to become "the main fatal cancer" in South Africa

Relapsing Polychondritis-Skin Disorders  -  Feb 17, 2008
American Chronicle,The lesions of AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma differ from those of classical Kaposi's sarcoma in that the former are smaller in size, are violaceous rather

PRIMARY VIEWS Marcus A. Conant  -  Feb 3, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Suddenly, we began to see large numbers of patients with Kaposi's sarcoma, normally a disease found in elderly men of Mediterranean descent.

Deadly skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma Linked To Newly ...  -  Feb 4, 2008
TopCancerNews.com,KSHV, which causes Kaposi's sarcoma, is the most common malignancy in AIDS patients and the most common cancer in Africa. To find KSHV, Drs. Moore and Chang

Skin Cancer: Recognition and Management is a Definitive Clinical ...  -  Feb 15, 2008
Centre Daily Times,...including melanoma, Kaposi's sarcoma and other sarcomas, cutaneous lymphoma, cutaneous metastatic disease and cutaneous markers of internal malignancy,

Lite and Dark  -  Feb 14, 2008
Chicago ReaderAIDS may give people Kaposi's sarcoma but it confers elegiac grandeur on Rent even in a touring production. Larsen's contribution was a sweet,

Cancer: the good news  -  Feb 12, 2008
Health24.com,The Cancer Association of South Africa has warned that Kaposi's sarcoma is to become a major problem in the country over the next five years,

Ectoparasitic Infections  -  Feb 10, 2008
TamilStar.com,Human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) is a recently identified virus that may be transmitted sexually and has been associated with Kaposi's sarcoma (an unusual skin

When was HIV discovered and how is it diagnosed?  -  Feb 10, 2008
TamilStar.com,...infection (pneumonia) called Pneumocystis carinii (now known as Pneumocystis jiroveci) pneumonia (PCP) and rare skin tumors called Kaposi's sarcoma.

Unprotected Sex Between HIV-Infected Partners: What's the Harm?  -  Feb 10, 2008
TamilStar.com,The human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) has been strongly linked to Kaposi's sarcoma (a skin cancer in patients with HIV disease). Therefore, HHV-8 is clearly an

JFK Medical Center testing leg-artery stent dispensing paclitaxel  -  Feb 8, 2008
Palm Beach Daily News,Paclitaxel, an extract of the Pacific yew tree, stops cell division and is used to treat cancers of the breast, ovary and lung, as well as Kaposi's sarcoma,

The New Age of Molecular Diagnostics for Microbial Agents  -  Feb 6, 2008
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Kaposi's sarcoma–associated herpesvirus (human herpesvirus 8), West Nile virus, and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus.

Event at Helix to celebrate the NICB  -  Feb 1, 2008
Biotechnology Ireland,A newly returned Irish scientist, Dr Declan Walsh, is studying viruses including the herpes virus that triggers Kaposi's Sarcoma in HIV patients.

Theater Review | Poor production pulls 'Angels' down to earth  -  Jan 30, 2008
Tufts Daily,As soon as Prior Walter (played by Tyler Reilly), a young New York aesthete, reveals his first Kaposi's sarcoma legion to his partner, Louis Ironson

Pitt researchers link virus to rare type of skin cancer  -  Jan 22, 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,In 1993, the two identified the herpes virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer common in Africa and among patients with weakened immune systems.

More News related to Press Releases  -  Feb 6, 2008
StreetInsider.com (subscription),The cancers included Kaposi's sarcoma, lymphoma, squamous cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma and anal cancer. Most subjects had other risk factors for

Risk for Second Nonlymphoid Neoplasms in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia  -  Dec 27, 2007
Abkhazia,In a study by Hisada and colleagues,[5] the O/E ratio of melanoma in patients with CLL was 3.18, exceeded only by that of Kaposi's sarcoma.

Virus Discovered Using Same Tools As Host Cell  -  Dec 17, 2007
Science Daily (press release)17, 2007) — Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered that the virus which causes Kaposi's Sarcoma encodes a molecule for controlling gene

A Christmas story: Jesus in a shopping mall  -  Dec 23, 2007
Charlotte Observer,And he had large sores, visible on his arms and neck, the telltale lesions -- Kaposi's sarcoma, I'm told they are called -- associated with AIDS.

Regulus reports key findings in microRNA study  -  Dec 13, 2007
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewEvidence from the study suggests that the viral microRNA, which is encoded by the Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus, (KSHV), may represent the first

Marijuana and medical science  -  Dec 14, 2007
Willits News,THC may help the virus causing Kaposi's sarcoma both infect healthy cells and then multiply according to a study conducted by Harvard Medical School

First Global Cancer Figures Released  -  Dec 18, 2007
Voice of AmericaAnd in Africa, Dr. Brawley says doctors are seeing more cases of Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer that is linked to HIV and AIDS, and lung cancer associated with

Poverty problems escalating cancer in developing world  -  Dec 24, 2007
SciDev.net,...associated with cancers, such as human papillomavirus with cervical cancer, viral hepatitis B and C with liver cancer, and HIV with Kaposi's sarcoma.

Watching Wolfson  -  Dec 10, 2007
Scientist,In 2003, Boshoff saw the benefits of this arrangement in his field, which focuses on the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. A PhD student, whose time

Drugs and vaccines by 'special delivery'  -  Dec 8, 2007
Jerusalem Post,...doxorubicin to tumor cells in patients with ovarian and breast cancer, multiple myeloma and Kaposi's sarcoma (a tumor that may appear in AIDS patients).

Living With HIV, Dying Of Cancer  -  Dec 3, 2007
Washington Post,Many people have forgotten that certain rare cancers, such as Kaposi's sarcoma, were recorded in HIV-infected individuals with relatively high frequency in

Scripps Research Discovery Leads to Broad Potential Applications ...  -  Dec 18, 2007
AScribe (press release)In both cases, the hybrid molecules had a profound effect on the size of tumors in mouse models -- shrinking tumors of both Kaposi's sarcoma and colon

Regulus Therapeutics and Duke Univ. Find that Viral miRNAs Mimic ...  -  Dec 13, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The researchers say that the viral miRNA miR-K12-11, which is encoded by the Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV), functions as a mimic of the

Sharp message delivered on World AIDS Day  -  Dec 6, 2007
Bay Area Reporter,That was a time, when, as one attendee put it, AIDS turned people into "walking skeletons" and the purple lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma signaled near certain

Stay HIV free  -  Nov 29, 2007
St. George Daily Spectrum,Researchers ran studies on frozen samples taken from a young man who had died of widespread Kaposi's sarcoma - a type of cancer commonly associated with

botswana: hiv/aids related cancer on the rise  -  Oct 30, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...also known as kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (kshv). it became more widely known as one of the aids defining illnesses in the 1980s.

living longer with hiv  -  Nov 10, 2007
Toronto Star,...diagnoses of opportunistic infections (including kaposi's sarcoma, tuberculosis and mycobacterium avium complex) were missed in many patients and only

gaëtan dugas and the 'aids mary' myth  -  Nov 9, 2007
Xtra.ca,...whom shilts unleashed as the proverbial evil beauty who will stop at nothing to get what he/she wants: joan collins sporting kaposi's sarcoma (ks)

eu panel backs several drugs, extends indications -2  -  Nov 16, 2007
EasyBourse.com,...advanced ovarian cancer and aids-related kaposi's sarcoma. abbott laboratories's (abt) humira, or adalimumab, to add the indication of treatment of

dr. hook- for the better: new hiv, aids treatments working  -  Nov 8, 2007
The Hook,...which was introduced in 1996, there were many hiv+ persons whose illness progressed to aids with many complications. kaposi's sarcoma (ks)'s purple

research rewrites first chapter of aids in us  -  Nov 7, 2007
NBC 11.com,...is where gaetan dugas takes his place in the epidemic's history. after the first notice of gay men with pneumocystis pneumonia and kaposi's sarcoma,

gay men still banned from giving blood  -  Oct 31, 2007
MiamiHerald.com,...men who have sex with men have an increased incidence and prevalence of human herpes virus-8 (hhv-8). hhv-8 causes a cancer called kaposi's sarcoma in

Physicians in San Francisco Identify Kaposi's Sarcoma Cluster ...  -  Oct 15, 2007
Kaiser network.org,Kaposi's sarcoma is a skin disease triggered by a herpes virus, called HHV-8, which causes purple lesions to develop. About 80% people living with HIV/AIDS

Doctors report return of Kaposi's sarcoma  -  Oct 12, 2007
Gay.com,Doctors in San Francisco have reported an outbreak among longterm AIDS patients of Kaposi's sarcoma, the viral skin disease whose purple lesions were a

Unsettling re-emergence of 'gay cancer'  -  Oct 12, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,San Francisco doctors have reported a cluster among gay men of unusual cases of Kaposi's sarcoma, the cancer-like skin disease whose disfiguring purple

Doctors See Return of Kaposi's Sarcoma in Handful of AIDS Patients  -  Sep 26, 2007
U.S. News & World Report,26 (HealthDay News) -- San Francisco doctors say they've seen a small number of longtime HIV patients with mild cases of Kaposi's sarcoma, a potentially

SF Doctors Surprised and Concerned by Return of Kaposi's Sarcoma  -  Oct 12, 2007
Towleroad,Kaposi's Sarcoma, a type of cancer that makes itself known by unsightly purple lesions which was the very chilling manifestation of the AIDS crisis in the

Ozone shuts down early immune response  -  Oct 1, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full story Pot may increase risk of Kaposi's sarcoma (August 1, 2007) -- The active component of marijuana could enhance the ability of the virus that

Barrier For Viral Tumorigenesis Conferred By DNA Damage Response  -  Sep 29, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is a human tumor virus and an etiological agent for Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). KSHV infection is endemic in sub-Saharan

An AIDS-related Virus Reveals More Ways To Cause Cancer  -  Oct 8, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shed new light on how Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus (KSHV)

Study: AIDS-related virus causes cancer  -  Oct 9, 2007
Earthtimes.org,PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9 US medical scientists have discovered how Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus, or KSHV, subverts normal cells into causing cancer.

DNA damage response mechanism inhibits viral tumour growth  -  Sep 28, 2007
Cordis News,The research group of Päivi Ojala from the Genome-scale biology research programme of the University of Helsinki studied the Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus

The Open Hand Project: Serving HIV-positive people with need  -  Oct 12, 2007
Men's News Daily,..."Sometimes people who've had thrush in their mouths need bland foods," Woods says, "Some people with Kaposi's sarcoma can't properly digest foods because of

Scientists Discover How Herpes Viruses Generate Cancer Cells  -  Oct 10, 2007
Associated Content,School of Medicine has been used to discover how the herpes virus Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus (KSHV) causes cancer in AIDS sufferers.

Pregnancy May Slow -- Not Accelerate -- Progression To AIDS  -  Sep 20, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Disease progression was defined as experiencing an AIDS-defining event such as Kaposi's sarcoma, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, or Candida fungal infection

Ingenuity, drive helped him serve those in need  -  Oct 3, 2007
Sacramento Bee,Only later did Flowers learn the blotch was Kaposi's sarcoma, marking the onset of the AIDS epidemic. In 1992, San Francisco officials asked Flowers to

WHO to expand scope of basic surgery skills to save lives and ...  -  Sep 26, 2007
DailyIndia.com,Some complications associated with HIV infection (such as abscesses, anorectal disorders, lymphadenopathies, lipoatrophy or mild forms of Kaposi's sarcoma)

Risk of Non-AIDS-Related Malignancies Higher Among HIV-Infected ...  -  Sep 21, 2007
DG NewsNon-AIDS defining malignancies include all cancers except Kaposi's Sarcoma, lymphoma, cervical, skin and ill-defined cancers.

Pregnancy May Slow Down AIDS Progression  -  Sep 20, 2007
Associated Content,He observed the progression of the disease that was defined by experiencing an AIDS-defining event such as Kaposi's sarcoma, Pneumocystis cannii pneumonia

Zimbabwe: Nation Faces Challenges in Fighting Cancer - Minister  -  10 Sep 2007
AllAfrica.com,In an interview yesterday, Dr Parirenyatwa said cancer had emerged as one of the most deadly killer diseases in Africa, with Kaposi's sarcoma being the most

Staying one step ahead of AIDS  -  Sep 9, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,Within a few years, those troubling-but-isolated victims of emaciation and the lesions caused by Kaposi's sarcoma began turning up at Sarasota Memorial

New study links THC to KS  -  Aug 16, 2007
Bay Area Reporter,...by Bob Roehr THC, the major active ingredient in marijuana, makes cells more vulnerable to infection with the Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus, according to

Penn Researchers Discover New Mechanism for Viral Replication  -  Aug 16, 2007
AScribe (press release)16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a new strategy that Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated

Roche's Tarceva(R) Delivers Longer Life for Lung Cancer Patients  -  Sep 4, 2007
PR Newswire Brasil (liberação de imprensa),Other oncology products include Furtulon (for colorectal cancer) and Roferon-A (for hairy cell and chronic myeloid leukaemia, Kaposi's sarcoma,

PageOneQ Pridelets for August 24  -  Aug 24, 2007
PageOneQ.comYork -- are suffering from an often lethal form of canter called Kaposi's sarcoma or from a virulent form of pneumonia that may be associated with it.

New understanding of how HSV-1 attacks cells  -  Aug 19, 2007
News-Medical.net,Among the related viruses are cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr, Kaposi's sarcoma, varicella-zoster (causes chicken pox and shingles), and several animal herpes

Marijuana Component Opens The Door For Virus That Causes Kaposi's ...  -  Aug 1, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — The major active component of marijuana could enhance the ability of the virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma to infect cells and multiply,

Pot Could Lead to Deadly Cancer  -  Aug 5, 2007
Ivanhoe,KSHV can then lead to the development of a deadly type of cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma. Smoking pot isn't the only way THC could be introduced into the

Addictive Disease  -  Jul 26, 2007
American Chronicle,The collection of opportunistic diseases, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Pneumocystis carinii, Thrush and the others that, taken together, make up Acquired Immune

Battling the 'dirty' disease: AIDS  -  Jul 22, 2007
Dubuque Telegraph Herald,In July 1981, the Centers for Disease Control weekly report began noting cases of young, gay men diagnosed with Kaposi's sarcoma and Pneumocystis Carinii

Zimbabwe: The Drug That's Got Everyone Talking  -  Jul 26, 2007
AllAfrica.com,He singled out the exclusion of Kaposi's sarcoma from the opportunistic infections cited in the research as a glaring omission, saying the condition was so

Filing Agent Orange Claims  -  Jul 24, 2007
Military.comSoft-tissue sarcoma (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma or mesothelioma). I hope this is helpful to your Marine buddy.

Any immune loss increases cancer risk  -  Jul 13, 2007
The Australian,...the body's run-down immune defences - has only been associated with three cancers: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, cervical cancer and Kaposi's sarcoma.

Boehringer Ingelheim Announces First International Head-to-Head ...  -  Jul 23, 2007
Juraforum.de,...weeks before screening, exceptingpatients with a history of progressive multifocalleukoencephalopathy, visceral Kaposi's sarcoma, and/or anymalignancy.

Boehringer Ingelheim Announces First International Head-to-Head ...  -  Jul 23, 2007
ITNews,...before screening, excepting patients with a history of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, visceral Kaposi's sarcoma, and/or any malignancy.

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