Washington, November 7 (ANI): A new study has revealed that the anti-herpes drug acyclovir can slow down HIV infection, but with the risk that treated cells may promote the emergence of multi-drug resistant HIV variants.

Moira McMahon and colleagues at Johns Hopkins used a sensitive infection assay of white blood cells, and observed that acyclovir could directly inhibit HIV replication.

The researchers said that the drug particularly targeted the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme, which converts HIV’s RNA into DNA to enable it to replicate.

However, as early as five days after initial infection, a mutant version of HIV (V75I) appeared in the cells, and spread to comprise over 90 per cent of the viral population within 94 days.

Washington, Nov 7 : It''s not just women who are lucky enough to have the ''fabled'' G spot, the route to sexual satisfaction, for men too are gifted with the ''pleasure zone'' - and the hot spot on the male body is prostate.

Yes, you heard it right. After years of bedroom exploration and debate, an expert has come to the conclusion that when it comes to "male G-spot", the prostate reigns supreme, reports Fox News.

As a man becomes sexually aroused, the prostate begins to swell with fluid, sending pleasurable sensations throughout his loins. These moan-worthy reactions get more and more intense, pulsating throughout a man''s loins as he approaches orgasm.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the salmonella infections from contaminated dry pet food that sickened at least 79 people could be dangerous. The suspected salmonella infection from a pet food plant in Pennsylvania has prompted the closure of the plant and a recall of the affected brands.

The salmonella outbreak is of a rare strain known as Salmonella enterica serotype Schwarzengrund, the CDC said, which causes bloody diarrhea and can make pet food handlers, especially the very young and very old sick.

Washington, Nov 7 : Women who cohabit with more than one partner serially are less likely to marry than females who stick to a single partner, a new study has found.

What’s more, even if serial cohabiters do marry, they are twice as likely to get divorced.

During the study, Daniel T. Lichter of Cornell University and Zhenchao of Ohio State University tracked the experiences of serial cohabiters, or women who have cohabited with more than one partner.

Washington, Nov 7 : The International Energy Agency has predicted a 6-degree Celsius rise in temperatures in the future, which is far more than what climate specialists say the environment can cope with.

European policy-makers have set themselves the goal of keeping temperature rises below 2 degree Celsius relative to what they were before the industrial revolution.

Washington, Nov 7 : In a landmark gesture, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated Barack Obama on his historic win, becoming the first Iranian leader to offered such wishes to the 44th US President elect since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Ahmadinejad sent a message to Obama in which he congratulated the President elect on “attracting the majority of voters in the election,” and said he hopes Obama will use the opportunity to serve the (American) people and leave a good name for history during his term in office.