Stopping HIV In Its Tracks
Oak Crest Scientists Develop Novel Subdermal Implant for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS
View ArticleAs Circumcision Wounds Heal, HIV-Positive Men May Spread Virus To Female...
Fast Facts: The World Health Organization’s goal is to circumcise nearly 29 million men throughout sub-Saharan Africa to slow the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
View ArticleScreening for HIV in GP surgeries leads to increased and earlier diagnosis
Training general practices to offer rapid HIV tests leads to increased detection and earlier diagnosis of patients with HIV infection – according to a new study led by Queen Mary University of London...
View ArticleRapid, nurse-led, HIV testing programs in jails can successfully identify new...
According to a recent study by Anne Spaulding, MD, MPH, associate professor of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing in jails provides an...
View ArticleResearchers “un-can” the HIV virus
If the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a bit like a hermetically sealed tin can no one has yet been able to break open, the good news is that researchers at the CHUM Research Centre, affiliated...
View ArticlePatients with AIDS at Increased Risk of Developing Age-Related Macular...
New Study Results Add to Growing Body of Research that HIV-Infected Patients May Experience Age-Related Diseases Earlier in Life
View ArticleResearch for HIV prevention in South Africa
A recent University of Canterbury graduate spent 10 months living in South Africa for her PhD research looking at the negotiation of HIV prevention among 30 rural community HIV educators.
View ArticleGiving HOPE: U.S. Has Nearly 400 HIV-Positive Potential Organ Donors, Penn...
HIV positive donors could offer small but important impact on organ donor list
View ArticleDiabetes drug may reduce heart attack risk in HIV patients
By Jim Dryden - In patients with HIV, a diabetes drug may have benefits beyond lowering blood sugar.
View ArticleOptical tweezers manipulate key protein involved HIV infection
By Bill Hathaway - Using an instrument so sensitive it can fold and unfold a single protein, Yale School of Medicine researchers have manipulated a protein essential for HIV to invade cells.
View ArticleBinational Police Program in Tijuana Targets HIV Reduction
Effort also aims to improve safety of officers
View ArticleNYU Study Suggests Health and Social Inequities may Drive HIV Infection in...
HIV infections continue to rise in a new generation of young, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (YMSM) despite three decades of HIV prevention as well as recent availability of...
View ArticleMicroclinics Help Keep Kenyan HIV Patients in Care
Activating Patients’ Existing Social Networks Reduces Stigma
View ArticleStarting HIV treatment early improves patient outcomes
A major international randomised clinical trial has found that HIV-infected individuals have a considerably lower risk of developing AIDS or other serious illnesses if they start taking antiretroviral...
View ArticleStarting antiretroviral treatment early improves outcomes for HIV-infected...
NIH-funded trial results likely will impact global treatment guidelines
View ArticleWorld-first study finds early HIV treatment halves risk of serious complications
An international study led by UNSW’s Kirby Institute has shown immediate treatment for people who are HIV positive can halve their risk of HIV-related serious disease or death.
View ArticleWild chimps teach scientists about gene that encodes HIV-fighting protein
Part of a gene variant present in some wild African chimps is nearly identical to a section of an analogous gene version found in HIV-infected humans who are uncharacteristically slow to progress to...
View ArticleHIV's Sweet Tooth Is Its Downfall
New strategy to halt HIV growth: block its sugar and nutrient pipeline
View ArticleWhy HIV's cloak has a long tail
A small section of the envelope protein, located on its “tail”, is necessary for HIV Env to be sorted into viral particles.
View ArticleResearch offers a new approach to improving HIV vaccines
In a scientific discovery that has significant implications for preventing HIV infections, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have identified a protein that...
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