Approach demonstrated to work directly on HIV-patient material.Researchers at the Medical Faculty of the Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) and the Heinrich Pette Institute (HPI), Leibniz…
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Potential "game changer" in fight to protect women from HIV
A vaginal ring that contains an anti-HIV drug to protect women could transform the response to the AIDS epidemic, says a leading international development charity.
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Charlie Sheen's HIV disclosure may reinvigorate awareness, prevention of HIV
Actor Charlie Sheen’s public disclosure in November 2015 that he has the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) corresponded with the greatest number of HIV-related Google searches ever recorded in the…
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Protein structure illuminates how viruses take over cells
Using cutting-edge imaging technology, Salk Institute and Harvard Medical School researchers have determined the structure of a protein complex that lets viruses similar to the human…
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Scientists discover bird blood cell which destroys fatal fungal infection
Scientists have discovered that a specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy a potentially fatal fungal infection which affects more than one million people every year.
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Study compares tests to detect acute HIV infection
In a study appearing in JAMA, Philip J. Peters, M.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and colleagues evaluated the performance of an HIV antigen/antibody (Ag/Ab)…
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NYU research: A window to prevent HIV/AIDS epidemic in Colombia
NYU study finds high rate of injection-related risk behaviors among young heroin injectors in two cities with emerging drug injecting populations.
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Scripps Florida researchers develop 'LIGHTSABR' — a cheap, portable drug-discovery system
Screening large „libraries“ of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful method for discovering new drugs, but requires a large, expensive and dedicated facility.
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Cutting prison sentences could reduce spread of HIV, study suggests
Reducing incarceration can reduce the number of sexual partners men and women have.
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Researchers find that antiretroviral therapy reduces HIV in the female reproductive tract
Findings have significant implications for future HIV prevention, vaccine and cure studies.
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