Investigators from the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have used the revolutionary new gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 to identify three…
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Month: December 2016
Penn study finds link between HIV treatment and neuronal degeneration
Antiretroviral drugs have been life-changing therapies for HIV patients, but they can have significant side effects.
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West African HIV-2 prevalence associated with lower historical male circumcision rates
Cities with substantial uncircumcised populations in 1950 tended to have higher HIV-2 prevalence from 1985.
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'Shock and kill' strategy for curing HIV may endanger patients' brains
Combination drug treatments have become successful at long-term control of HIV infection, but the goal of totally wiping out the virus and curing patients has so far been stymied by HIV’s ability…
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HIV transmission from mother-to-child at all time low in UK and Ireland
The number of mothers passing the HIV virus to their babies has fallen to a new record low in the UK and Ireland thanks to the very high take-up of antenatal HIV screening and treatment which…
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13,500 people living with an undiagnosed HIV infection in the UK
According to new figures released on World AIDS Day (WAD) by PHE, an estimated 101,200 people are living with HIV in the UK. Of these more than 13,500 are living with an undiagnosed infection.
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UNAIDS presents UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with leadership award for his commitment to the response to HIV
UNAIDS has honoured the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, for his unfaltering commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic and for acting as a voice for the voiceless to ensure access to HIV…
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RCGP response to NICE guidelines on HIV testing
Dr Philippa Matthews, Clinical Lead for HIV, sexual and reproductive health for the Royal College of GPs, said: “Treatments for HIV now ensure that it is possible to live a long and healthy life…
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