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Scientists Say They’re On Verge Of HIV Cure, AIDS Vaccine

Scientists Say They’re On Verge Of HIV Cure, AIDS Vaccine

Scientists in Denmark say they are close to developing a possible cure for HIV, the modern-day plague that has killed millions over the past three decades. By Nathan James Dr.…

Doctor shares research on possible treatment that can kill HIV

Doctor shares research on possible treatment that can kill HIV

TUSKEGEE, Ala. — According to the World Health Organization’s figures for 2011, more than 34 million people worldwide are living with HIV. April 19, visiting scientist, Dr. James E.K. Hildreth…

Body’s anti-HIV ‘training manual’ offers vaccine hopes

Body’s anti-HIV ‘training manual’ offers vaccine hopes

By James Gallagher The body’s own “training manual” for attacking HIV has been recorded by US scientists and it is hoped it can be used to design vaccines. HIV mutates…

Early Detection of HIV leads to ‘Functional Cure’

Early Detection of HIV leads to ‘Functional Cure’

Scientists in France say rapid treatment after HIV infection could lead to a “functional cure” of the virus that causes AIDS. The research, published in the journal PLoS Pathogens, follows…

Mississippi Baby Born With HIV Apparently Cured

Mississippi Baby Born With HIV Apparently Cured

Scientists Say Case Offers Clues To Solving Virus; Cite New Treatment Modality A Mississippi toddler born with HIC has apparently been cured of the disease, scientists announced Sunday afternoon, at…

Duane Cramer Joins ‘Runway’ HIV Initiative

Duane Cramer Joins ‘Runway’ HIV Initiative

Duane Cramer, the critically-acclaimed photographer whose award-winning images of celebrities as well as everyday individuals highlight his unique talents, has joined Project Runway star Mondo Guerra (last year’s campaign spokesman)…

One treatment for HIV and an aggressive form of leukemia?

One treatment for HIV and an aggressive form of leukemia?

Scientists at the Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy at KU Leuven have discovered that a protein that plays an important role in the spread of HIV has the…

Australian Researchers Use HIV to Prevent AIDS

Australian Researchers Use HIV to Prevent AIDS

  SYDNEY — Australian scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research say they have found a way to use the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, to prevent AIDS, describing…

Immune system ‘booster’ may hit cancer

Immune system ‘booster’ may hit cancer

Vast numbers of cells that can attack cancer and HIV have been grown in the lab, and could potentially be used to fight disease.The cells naturally occur in small numbers,…

Anti-gay Stigma Hinders Bid to Lower Côte d’Ivoire’s HIV Rate

Anti-gay Stigma Hinders Bid to Lower Côte d’Ivoire’s HIV Rate

ABIDJAN – When Emmanuel Kokou, a 28-year-old sex worker, moved from his native Togo to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire in 2010, he knew there was a good chance that he had…

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