RAPID HIV TREATMENT POINTS TO “FUNCTIONAL CURE” FOR AIDS
Treating people with HIV rapidly after they have become infected with the virus that causes AIDS may be enough to achieve a “functional cure” in a small proportion of patients […]
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US HIV BABY ‘CURED’ BY EARLY DRUG TREATMENT
Watch the video: Newsy A baby girl in the US born with HIV appears to have been cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy, doctors say.
QUEENSLAND RESEARCHER DAVID HARRICH DEVELOPS GENE THERAPY WHICH COULD STOP HIV FROM TURNING DEADLY
A Queensland researcher has developed a gene therapy for HIV which has the potential to stop the virus from turning deadly.
BEING CURED OF HIV IS ‘WONDERFUL,’ US MAN SAYS
The only person believed to have been cured of HIV infection through a bone marrow transplant says he feels wonderful and is launching a new foundation to boost research toward […]
US DONATES EXTRA $150 MILLION TO BATTLE AIDS
Science now has the tools to slash the spread of HIV even without a vaccine — and the U.S. is donating an extra $150 million to help poor countries put […]
HIV-PREVENTION DRUG TRUVADA APPROVED BY US
US health regulators have for the first time approved a drug to prevent HIV infection. Truvada can be used by those at high risk of infection and anyone who may […]
FREE HIV TREATMENT ON NHS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS
Foreign nationals are to be offered free treatment for HIV on the NHS under plans backed by the government.
AIDS-RELATED DEATHS ‘DOWN 21% FROM PEAK’, SAYS UNAIDS
Globally, the number of new HIV infections in 2010 was 21% down on that peak, seen in 1997, according to UNAids 2011 report. The organisation says both falls have been […]
ELTON JOHN LAUNCHES ANTI-AIDS PROJECT IN UKRAINE
Singer Elton John has unveiled a charity project to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ukraine, believed to be the worst in Europe.
UK STUDY SHOWS HOW BETTER HIV DRUGS EXTEND LIVES
Life expectancy for people in Britain who have HIV rose by 15 years between 1996 and 2008, thanks largely earlier diagnosis and treatment with better, less toxic drugs, scientists said […]
