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UCLA scientists have shown that temporarily blocking a protein critical to immune response actually helps the body clear itself of chronic infection. Published in the journal Science, the finding suggests new approaches to treating persistent viral infections like HIV and hepatitis C. The research team studied type-1 interferons (IFN-1), proteins released by cells in response to disease-causing organisms that enable cells to talk to each other and orchestrate an immune response against infection. Constant IFN-1 signaling is also a trademark of chronic viral infection and disease progression, particularly in HIV. “When cells confront viruses, they produce type-1 interferons, which trigger …

(As taken from The Huffington Post) WASHINGTON — A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who’s now 2 1/2 and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. There’s no guarantee the child will remain healthy, although sophisticated testing uncovered just traces of the virus’ genetic material still lingering. If so, it would mark only the world’s second reported cure. READ MORE….http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/03/baby-cured-of-hiv_n_2803041.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D278049

Letter from the President, Louis Licitra  Dear Friends, As winter begins to leave us, spring begins with FACT Bucks County continuing to move forward in our commitment to those living with HIV-AIDS.  For over 20 years FACT has been able to serve our communities with individual financial assistance and with grants for education and prevention to those organizations that can provide these services.  With our all-volunteer board, our sponsors, our event volunteers, and with continued public support, we have been able to maintain our funding each year. I am amazed at how we can all work together to help those in need and …

“Small town with big ideas,” and now an App to facilitate official New Hope Celebrates Pride Activities May 12th– 19th 2013  New Hope Celebrates (NHC), the all-volunteer gay and lesbian marketing organization of Bucks County, Pa., announced today that their official New Hope Pride App is now available to download from the iTunes App Store. Through the NHC App, developed in partnership between NHC and EDGE Media Network, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users will be able to keep track of festivities during Pride Week in May as well as all other official New Hope Pride events throughout the year. In …

We are blessed with many friends in our community.  The Bucks Motorcycle Club has donated over $4,000 to FACT from their 2012 Santa Saturday event in Asbury Park.  We deeply appreciate their support and the help that this will give to people in need. Bucks MC’s 37th Santa Saturday, at Paradise in Asbury Park, Raises funds for NJ & PA Charities         Read more at http://www.newyorkqnews.com/2010/11/santasaturday/index.html  BUCKS MC:   http://www.bucksmc.org/

Dr. “G” was our speaker at the Annual FACT AIDS Walk in 2010 FACT would like to recognize Dr. Gugliotta’s accomplishments and give him a big FACT congratulations!  (Information as taken from Hunterdon Health Care posting) Hunterdon Medical Center Infectious Disease Specialist Joseph Gugliotta has helped to identify and successfully treat a new disease, which is transmitted by a deer tick. Joseph Gugliotta, MD, an Infectious Disease Specialist at Hunterdon Medical Center, was published in the New England Journal of Medicine for his work in identifying and successfully treating the first confirmed North American case of a new disease called …

(From Medical News Today) Researchers in the US have identified a natural antiviral protein that stops HIV and certain other deadly viruses like Ebola, Rift Valley Fever, and Nipah, from entering host cells. They hope the discovery will help efforts to develop broad-spectrum antivirals against many of the deadly viruses that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease lists as “priority pathogens” for national biosecurity purposes.  Read more at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256415.php  

(From Medical News Today) Facebook and other social networking technologies could serve as effective tools for preventing HIV infection among at-risk groups, new UCLA research suggests. In a study published in the February issue of the peer-reviewed journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases, researchers found that African American and Latino men who have sex with men voluntarily used health-related Facebook groups, which were created by the study’s investigators, to discuss such things as HIV knowledge, stigma and prevention and ultimately to request at-home HIV testing kits.   Read more at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/256069.php