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Vaccine May Turn HIV Into “Minor Infection” 1 Oct 2011 | 02:19 am
A group of Spanish researchers claims that they have developed a potent vaccine that may reduce HIV into a minor chronic infection similar to the herpes virus. Professor Mariano Esteban of the Spanish...
UNAIDS Head Appeals Not to Cut HIV Funding to China 12 Jul 2011 | 06:45 pm
The head of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS) has cautioned that cutting funds to curb China’s fight against the disease would be a “big mistake.” This comes after critics say the...
30 Years Since AIDS, Much Needs to be Done 10 Jun 2011 | 07:24 pm
On this week 30 years ago, the disease later to be known as AIDS was first diagnosed. From a group of gay men in Los Angeles, the disease has proven that it spares no one as it has spread across the w...
Breastfeeding HIV-Infected Babies May Develop Resistance to ARV Drugs 1 Apr 2011 | 08:10 pm
A recent study shows that two-thirds of breastfeeding infants infected with HIV and born to mothers on antiretroviral therapy (ART) have developed resistance to one or more antiretroviral drugs. The r...
Research Shows Five-Drug Therapy No Different from Standard 4 Mar 2011 | 08:10 pm
Researchers are disappointed in announcing during the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections that an experimental treatment involving intensified antiretroviral drugs had no differenc...
Most Detailed 3D Model of HIV Revealed 22 Feb 2011 | 10:16 pm
A team of engineers, led by Ivan Konstantinov, has created the most detailed three-dimensional model of HIV to date. The model, which was presented through video, won first place in the 2010 Internati...
Link Between Alcohol Ban and STI Decrease Seen 10 Feb 2011 | 08:59 pm
A recently-concluded study in Western Australia shows a clear link between alcohol restrictions and a decrease in the level of sexually transmitted infections. The study, which was commissioned by the...
HPV Vaccine Can Also Benefit Men and Boys 4 Feb 2011 | 11:05 am
While, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has benefited women and girls for many years, but recent research shows that it can also help boys and men. In the February 3 issue of New England Journal...
New Gene Therapy Method Makes T-Cells HIV-Resistant 28 Jan 2011 | 10:52 am
A team of researchers from Japan, Korea, and the United States has developed an gene therapy method that aims to make T-cells resistant to HIV infection without affecting their normal growth and activ...
Doctors Claim Their Patient is Cured from HIV, But… 17 Dec 2010 | 10:02 am
A group of doctors in Berlin, Germany, claimed that a patient of theirs who had both leukemia and AIDS no longer has any HIV cells in his system after he has undergone cell transplant for his leukemia...
