HIV & AIDS
AIDS science at 30: 'Cure' now part of lexicon
Big names in medicine are set to give an upbeat assessment of the war on AIDS on Tuesday, 30 years after French researchers identified the virus that causes the disease.
May 18, 2013
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News tagged with antiretroviral drugs
HIV & AIDS
Nurses can help manage drug interactions in HIV/Hep C treatment
(HealthDay)—Drug interactions between antiretroviral therapy (ART) and direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) pose a clinical challenge in patients with HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection, according to an article published ...
Jan 2, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
NIH modifies 'VOICE' HIV prevention study in women
A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an oral tablet or vaginal gel containing antiretroviral drugs can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the study ...
Sep 28, 2011
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HIV & AIDS
Team identifies molecular compound that shows promise in the fight against HIV
A multi-institutional research group led by researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) has made a significant and promising step forward in our ability to treat human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), ...
Jun 21, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Intestinal bacteria may fuel inflammation and worsen HIV disease
A new study of HIV infection by UC San Francisco researchers points to changes in intestinal bacteria as a possible explanation for why successfully treated HIV patients nonetheless prematurely experience life-shortening ...
Jul 10, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fake malaria drugs threaten crisis in Africa
(Medical Xpress) -- The emergence of fake and poor quality anti-malarial drugs could dash hopes of controlling malaria in Africa, warn experts writing in the Malaria Journal. Millions of lives could be put at risk unless ...
Jan 17, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
'Remission' replaces 'functional cure' in HIV case
(HealthDay)—All babies born with HIV should receive the same rapid medical response as the young Mississippi girl born with the virus who suffered a disappointing relapse last July, despite the fact that the virus later ...
Feb 19, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Two-thirds of Myanmar HIV patients untreated: MSF
International funding cuts threaten to deepen an HIV crisis in Myanmar, where tens of thousands of people are denied lifesaving treatment, an aid agency said Wednesday.
Feb 22, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Early temporary treatment for HIV can delay the time to long-term treatment
A study in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that when people are first infected with HIV (primary HIV infection), temporary treatment with antiretroviral drugs (cART) for 24 weeks can delay the need to restart treatment ...
Mar 27, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Can HIV be cured using gene editing? We may soon find out
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was first identified in 1983. To catch this virus was initially a death sentence, but today, thanks to antiretroviral drugs, it can be kept in check. However, there is still no cure.
Nov 9, 2023
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