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Contested theory on why many African Aids victims are women
Nearly 60% of Aids victims in Africa are women and a team of Norwegian infectious disease spec ialists think they may have the explanation....
NFP gets rights for promising HIV medicine
The not-for-profit (NFP) International Partnership for Microbicides has received worldwide rights to a promising HIV prevention medicine, called dapivirine, from Janssen R&D Ireland, reports...
Researchers figure out enzyme’s HIV fighting activity
Johns Hopkins biochemists have figured out what is needed to activate and sustain the virus-fighting activity of an enzyme found in CD4+ T cells,...
Scientists report failure in strategy to reverse latency
Scientists at Johns Hopkins report that compounds they hoped would ‘wake up’ dormant reservoirs of HIV inside immune system T cells – a strategy...
Second baby free of HIV virus raises hopes
The hope that newborns can be ‘cured’ of HIV with early, aggressive drug treatment has been bolstered with the announcement that a second baby...
Studies reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston include…
The rollout of antiretroviral therapy in rural SA has resulted in a rapid recovery of life expectancy for HIV-infected individuals, with women appearing to...