HIV & AIDS
New research boosts search for cure, AIDS meeting told
Fresh data from several small trials presented at an AIDS conference on Wednesday provides encouraging news in the quest for a cure for HIV, scientists said.
Jul 3, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
US approves 1st rapid, take-home HIV test (Update)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter HIV test, allowing Americans to check themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their homes.
Jul 3, 2012
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Neuroscience
Larger belly linked to memory problems in people with HIV
A larger waistline may be linked to an increased risk of decreased mental functioning in people infected with the AIDS virus HIV, according to research published in the February 14, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical ...
Feb 13, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Benefits of HIV drugs rise -- but less than previously believed, study shows
The percentage of HIV patients taking antiretroviral drugs who experienced the full benefit of the drugs jumped from 45 percent of 72 percent during the past decade, a figure that is lower than previous estimates. The findings, ...
Jul 22, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Computer simulations help explain why HIV cure remains elusive
A new research report appearing in the March 2012 issue of the journal Genetics shows why the development of a cure and new treatments for HIV has been so difficult. In the report, an Australian scientist explains how he ...
Mar 15, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Scientists develop technique to decipher the dormant AIDS virus concealed in cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have gotten us one step closer to understanding and overcoming one of the least-understood mechanisms of HIV infection—by devising a method to precisely track the life cycle of individual ...
Sep 11, 2012
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Medical research
Novel communication route discovered between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and human lung cells
New research from Cleveland State University could lead to improved antiviral treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 and similar viruses. An article published this week in the American Society of Microbiology's Journal of Virology ...
Nov 16, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Pandemic vs. pandemic: COVID-19 hampers fight against HIV
As COVID-19 swept through the South, Mel Prince watched with alarm as some of the HIV positive patients she helps in the rural Black Belt stopped showing up for lab tests and doctor's visits.
Sep 14, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
France lifts ban on embalming HIV deceased
France on Thursday lifted a ban on embalming the bodies of HIV-positive people, ending three decades of discrimination in death against people infected with the AIDS virus.
Jul 20, 2017
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HIV & AIDS
Nobel laureate, discoverer of HIV, sees 'hope' for cure
The Nobel laureate who helped to discover HIV says there is hope for an AIDS cure following recent discoveries, in an interview with AFP ahead of a global conference on the disease.
Jul 20, 2012
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