Latest hiv-aids News
Newly Discovered Breast Milk Antibodies Help Neutralize HIV
Antibodies that help to stop the HIV virus have been found in breast milk.more
05 22, 2012
Gamers Working to Solve HIV Through Puzzles
Games have solved a molecular biology problem for scientists working on HIV, by using software called 'FoldIt' downloaded from the internet.more
09 20, 2011
Gamers Decipher Mystery in Quest for HIV Cure
Online game players deciphered the molecular structure of an enzyme of a virus that belongs to the same family as HIV, something that had baffled scientists for more than a decade and a breakthrough that would help to develop drugs to fight the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS...more
09 19, 2011
23 Indian Children Get HIV Positive Blood Transfusions
Twenty-three Indian children with thalassemia have contracted HIV after a government-run hospital was accused of giving them blood from HIV-contaminated sources.more
09 12, 2011
Adult Film Industry Resumes; CDC Seeks Wider HIV Campaigns
Los Angeles’ multi-billion dollar adult film industry was shut-down last week after one of its actors, Derrick Burts tested false positive. more
09 07, 2011
Virus Created to Kill HIV-Infected Cells
Researchers at USC have created a virus that hunts down HIV-infected cells.more
08 13, 2011
Credit Card Size Lab Can Diagnose HIV and Syphilis
The mChip is a portable blood diagnostic lab size of a credit card that can now accurately measure and give diagnostic results for HIV and Syphilis within minutes.more
08 03, 2011
NIH scientists reactivate immune cells exhausted by chronic HIV
Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have demonstrated why certain immune cells chronically exposed to HIV shut down, and how they can be reactivated.more
06 03, 2011
1 in 4 new HIV infections in Ontario are among women: Study
Despite significant clinical advances in HIV care, an estimated 25 per cent of new HIV infections in Ontario from 2006 to 2008 were among women, according to a health study by researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and St.more
06 01, 2011
A study opens the possibility of developing a preventive vaccine against HIV/AIDS
A rare genetic disease called dyskeratosis congenita, caused by the rapid shortening of telomeres (protective caps on the ends of chromosomes), can be mimicked through the study of undifferentiated induced pluripotent stem cells, according to new findings from the Stanford University School...more
05 23, 2011

