Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
In the News
October 9, 2001
The battle against AIDS: A 20-year progress report
It was 20 years ago that AIDS was first diagnosed in a group of San Francisco Bay-area men who had developed a variety of unusual cancers and infections. The rapid spread of the disease — and the discovery that it is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) — spurred a vast expansion of research into viral diseases and the body's defenses against them. The research has revolutionized scientists' understanding of the immune system and has led to the development of new drugs that have literally rescued patients from their deathbeds and given tens of thousands of infected individuals a chance to prolong their lives. read more
September 15, 2001
Dana Gabuzda's AIDS research is bolstered by AmFAR award
The Institute may move a few steps closer to developing new treatments for AIDS, thanks to an American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) award made to Dana Gabuzda, MD, of Cancer Immunology and AIDS. She was chosen based on her work identifying molecules that might play a role in preventing HIV from infecting healthy cells and spreading through the body. read more
September 10, 2001
AIDS
virus's ability to mimic other infections weakens the body's
defenses against disease
New, three-dimensional images from researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute provide the fullest picture yet of how the AIDS virus blunts the immune system's ability to mount an attack against infections and cancer. read more
