Barcelona conference daily news links.The next-day reporting from the conference had to focus on individual meetings instead of broader perspectives. Still, some of these reports may be the best source available for particular information you need. You can use these links to read quickly through the dozens of titles, to find what is important for you. Note: Web sites often get reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. , so some of these links may not work when you try them. In that case, go to the home page of the site (usually the part of the address through the .com or .org), and look for the reports from there. The annotations in brackets below are our own. * Medscape [information for medical professionals and patients] http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/l980 also see http://www.medscape.com/pages/editorial/newsbeats/aids * Kaiser Family Foundation The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), or just Kaiser Family Foundation, is a U.S.-based non-profit, private operating foundation headquartered in Menlo Park, California. [general conference news widely syndicated on other sites] http://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2002/ * Health & Development Networks [important international coverage] http://www.hdnet.org/home2.htm * The Body [focus on new drugs and other medical news] http://www.thebody.com/confs/aids2002/aids2002.html * International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC IAPAC International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care IAPAC Iranian American Political Action Committee ), http://www.iapac.org/ [Choose IAPAC AIDScan for their daily newsletter on the conference.] * HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. and Hepatitis.com [many news reports] http://www.hivandhepatitis.com * National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project [occasional medical articles, also strong on hepatitis] http://www.natap.org/ * For a short (6 pages single spaced) overview of the conference, focusing on medical information that will affect patient care over the next several years, see "A Roundup of Barcelona" by Pablo Tebas, available at: http://www.thebody.com/confs/aids2002/tebas10.html. From the Roundup: "The science--at least the clinical part--was very good this time, much better than in Durban or in Retrovirus retrovirus, type of RNA virus that, unlike other RNA viruses, reproduces by transcribing itself into DNA. An enzyme called reverse transcriptase allows a retrovirus's RNA to act as the template for this RNA-to-DNA transcription. this year. Major trials like ACTG ACTG Acting ACTG AIDS Clinical Trial Group ACTG Actuating/Actuator 384, INITIO, Gilead 903, and the TORO Toro may refer to:
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