UCLA researchers identify HIV Vpr gene blocking CD4 cells
Scientists at the UCLA AIDS Institute report that the Vpr gene encodes a protein that interferes with CD4 T cell division, potentially explaining immune decline in AIDS. Experts caution the finding is preliminary and not proof of patient-level depletion, but see possible cancer therapy applications if the mechanism can be mimicked. The study, funded by Amgen, NIH, and others, appears in the Journal of Virology.
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Los Angeles
Journal of Virology
University of Calfornia
Aids Institute
UCLA
Daniel Kuritzkes
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Kuritzkes
Jeremy BM. Jowett
Irvin S.Y. Chen
Ucla Aids Institute
Amgen Inc
Thousand Oaks
Calif
National Institutes of Health and Center For Aids
Leukemia Society of America
American Cancer Society
Gorbachev Forum Draws Global Leaders For Think Tank Event
The Gorbachev Foundation hosts a San Francisco forum to build global consensus for 21st century priorities. Leaders like Bush Thatcher Turner Packard Cranston and others will attend, with sessions on Cold War precedents and future policy. About 500 attendees pay up to $5,000 each for the Fairmont Hotel gathering.
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Bush
Margaret Thatcher
Gorbachev Foundation
New Presidio National Park
San Francisco
Fairmont Hotel
Tion
Ted Turner
David Packard
Alan Cranston
Carl
Ski
Wolfgang Puck
Cold Warra
Levi's pant ad sparks vandalism backlash in New York
An Levi Strauss campaign placing real pants in bus shelter ads drew threats of theft and vandalism, prompting Mayor Giuliani to condemn the concept as a bad message. New York officials and Gannett Interiors pulled the ads by Tuesday night, while San Francisco planned a slower pull with minimal vandalism so far.
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NEW York
Levi Strauss & Co
New York PLC
Rudolph Giuliani
New
Transportation
Lee Sander
San Francisco
Lew Lillian
Gannett Transit
Levi's
Brad Williams
Williams
Lillian
Manhattan
Sander
Rudolph Guuliani
Guilty plea in Chicago child abuse case over Clifford Triplett
Eddie Lee Robinson pleaded guilty to aggravated battery to a child in Chicago. Clifford Triplett, aged five and weighing 18 pounds, was malnourished after being starved and beaten by his mother Aretha McKinney and Robinson. McKinney was sentenced to seven years last year. Sentencing for Robinson, 36, is set for October 6. The case drew criticism of the DCFS after investigators missed abuse signals in 1993.
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Eddie Lee Robinson
Clifford Triplett
Clifford
Aretha McKinney
Robinson
McKinney
Cook County
James Flannery Jr
State Department of Children and Family Services
Michigan Ave
DCFS
Clif
Ford
St Bernard Hospital
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