HIV & AIDS
Chinese researchers eye anti-AIDS gel
Chinese researchers said Monday they have discovered an HIV-blocking agent that could be developed into a gel to limit the sexual transmission of AIDS.
Apr 23, 2012
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Aids
HIV & AIDS
Giving preventive drug to men at high risk for HIV would be cost-effective, study shows
A once-a-day pill to help prevent HIV infection could significantly reduce the spread of AIDS, but only makes economic sense if used in select, high-risk groups, Stanford University researchers conclude in a new study.
Apr 16, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Treating cancer as a chronic disease
New research from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute and the Rambam Medical Center may lead to the development of new methods for controlling the growth of cancer, ...
Mar 30, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Marijuana-like chemicals inhibit human immunodeficiency virus in late-stage AIDS
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have discovered that marijuana-like chemicals trigger receptors on human immune cells that can directly inhibit a type of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) found in late-stage AIDS, ...
Mar 20, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Trauma drives HIV epidemic in women
Physical violence, sexual abuse and other forms of childhood and adult trauma are major factors fueling the epidemic of HIV/AIDS among American women. Scientists have known for years that traumatized women are at greater ...
Mar 19, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
HIV infection rates lower in high treatment areas: study
A new study shows that people living in areas where uptake of HIV treatment is high are less likely to acquire the virus than in places where few are given care, UNAIDS said Thursday.
Mar 8, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
SIV's natural hosts reveal how humans might better manage HIV infection
Some monkeys can survive infection by SIV, a relative of HIV, and not develop AIDS. Their immune systems appear to display a pattern of "peaceful coexistence" rather than the all-out conflict provoked by HIV when it infects ...
Mar 8, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Cuba to test new AIDS vaccine on humans
Cuba's top biotech teams have successfully tested a new AIDS vaccine on mice, and are ready to soon begin human testing, a leading researcher told a biotechnology conference in Havana on Monday.
Mar 6, 2012
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Medications
Study of patients infected with both HIV and hepatitis shows how the drug interferon works to suppress virus
A drug once taken by people with HIV/AIDS but long ago shelved after newer, modern antiretroviral therapies became available has now shed light on how the human body uses its natural immunity to fight the virus—work ...
Feb 29, 2012
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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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