Mice Model Helps Prevent HIV Transmission
Posted in General Support group on Mon, 20 Jun 2011
The use of humanized BLT mice show promise in the fight to block HIV transmission, reveals study conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. ...Re...
FDA Approves New HIV Drug
Posted in General Support group on Mon, 20 Jun 2011
The US Food and Drug Administration approved a new HIV drug, Edurant. This medication fights HIV in combination with other antiretrovirals. ...Read More
WHO's Member-states Reaffirm Commitment to Fight AIDS
Posted in General Support group on Mon, 20 Jun 2011
By 2015 two million lives could be saved if the World Health Organisation''s 193 member-states achieve stated goals to fight AIDS, says Andrew Ball, an official with the WHO''s HIV/AIDS programme. ......
Australian Soldiers at Risk of HIV
Posted in General Support group on Mon, 20 Jun 2011
Australian soldiers in the Middle East may have been exposed to infections such as HIV after the surgical tools in a hospital near Dubai were not sterilized properly, reveal sources. ...Read More
US Researcher Says We Will 'Ultimately End' AIDS
Posted in General Support group on Mon, 20 Jun 2011
Longtime US leader in the AIDS fight, Anthony Fauci says that thirty years after the AIDS epidemic surfaced, hope of conquering the deadly epidemic has never been greater. ...Read More
Older HIV Carriers Face New Side-effects
Posted in General Support group on Mon, 20 Jun 2011
Many older AIDS survivors are facing new set of side effects and chronic health problems. Grosso, 57, an AIDS survivor suffers from aching joints, memory loss and nerve pain. Of the 14 pills he takes ...
Africa at Forefront of AIDS War
Posted in General Support group on Mon, 20 Jun 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa - home to 22.5 million people with HIV bears the burnt of 30-year-old AIDS pandemic. Millions of lives have been destroyed, yet the war now shows signs of progress: infection rates ...