19 April 2009

Contents

Basic science and immunology

• CD4 T-cell responses to commensal bacteria in the gut

• Accelerated aging of the immune system in HIV infection

• Immune recovery on antiretroviral therapy

• Regulation gone awry? Elevated levels of regulatory T cells linked To disease progression

• Viral resistance to a vaginal microbicide in macaques

Other news

• Nations should reject UN drug policy

• End of the Dr Rath affair in South Africa?

On the web

• BHIVA/CHIVA Consensus Conference: Don’t Forget the Children

• Hepatology: a clinical textbook

• Human rights documentation and advocacy: a guide for organisations of people who use drugs

• Online videos from Treatment Action Campaign, South Africa