News from IAS 2011

The 6th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) took place in Rome, Italy, 17-20th July, with more than 5000 delegates.

As the official online partner for scientific reporting, NAM published six free email bulletins, with original news reporting and links to abstracts.

The conference included an interesting and diverse collection of presentations and sessions, covering a broad range of subjects in the HIV field, including new treatment, prevention and practice research.

This year’s conference had a major focus on treatment as prevention and on the use of antiretrovirals as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

All our news reports from the conference are listed here, for the summary bulletins in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Russian, visit our conference bulletin page.

aidsmap news from IAS 2011

HPTN 052: early treatment reduces serious illness by 40%

Early treatment in the HPTN 052 study of treatment as prevention reduced serious illness by around 40%, delegates at the Sixth International AIDS Society conference (IAS 2011)

Published: 18 July 2011
By: Keith Alcorn

Treatment is prevention: HPTN 052 study shows 96% reduction in transmission when HIV-positive partner starts treatment early

Results from a trial showing that antiretroviral treatment prevents HIV from being passed onto uninfected partners received a standing ovation today at the Sixth International AIDS Society

Published: 18 July 2011
By: Keith Alcorn

Bacterial vaginosis raises women's risk of transmitting HIV

A man who is in a relationship with an HIV-positive woman has a three times higher risk of acquiring HIV if his partner also has bacterial vaginosis,

Published: 18 July 2011
By: Roger Pebody

Doubt remains if HIV therapy increases the risk of fragility fractures

The relationship between HIV therapy and fracture risk is far from straightforward, US research presented to the International AIDS Society conference (IAS 2011) in Rome suggests. An analysis

Published: 18 July 2011
By: Michael Carter

Marker of cardiovascular disease also associated with bone problems in patients with HIV

An important marker of sub-clinical cardiovascular risk is associated with reduced bone mineral density in the hips of HIV-positive patients, according to Italian research presented to the Sixth

Published: 18 July 2011
By: Michael Carter

The research agenda for antiretroviral prevention – now it gets complex

We now know that starting antiretroviral therapy early, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and vaginal microbicides can all have an impact on HIV transmission, Victor de Gruttola told a satellite

Published: 18 July 2011
By: Roger Pebody

Rome IAS conference is 'landmark moment' for HIV science, say experts

The Sixth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) opened on Sunday night in Rome amid great excitement, with scientific

Published: 17 July 2011
By: Keith Alcorn

Antiretroviral prevention methods 'not in competition' with each other

Antiretroviral prevention methods are not in competition, and policy makers and providers need to start to thinking about how antiretrovirals, pre-exposure prophylaxis and microbicides will be provided

Published: 17 July 2011
By: Keith Alcorn

Careful monitoring still needed for patients with undetectable HIV while CD4s remain below 200

Patients whose CD4 cell count does not recover despite achieving virologic control with HIV therapy require continued medical attention, results of a large European study presented to

Published: 01 July 2011
By: Michael Carter

Coverage of the conference from CCO

Clinical Care Options (CCO) is the other official online partner of the conference. It will be providing audio highlights, capsule summaries and downloadable slidesets and we will link to their coverage in our news and bulletins, so you can have the fullest picture of the conference.