hiv infection

Study: 10% of Children Have Defense System Against AIDS

According to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine, a 10th of children have a "monkey-like" immune system that…

8 years ago

UNAIDS Meets Goal to Get HIV Treatment to 15 Million People

According to a United Nations AIDS report, the goal to get HIV treatment to 15 million people by the end…

9 years ago

Rare case of female-to-female HIV infection reported in Texas

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has published details of a rare case of suspected female-to-female HIV infection. A…

11 years ago

HIV Breakthrough: Two patients taken off their HIV drugs after bone-marrow transplants

A doctors’ report showed that two patients have been taken off their HIV drugs after bone-marrow transplants seemed to clear…

11 years ago

HIV infection cured in up to 15% of cases after very early treatment

An immediate treatment after HIV infection may be enough to "functionally cure" about a 10th of those diagnosed early, say…

12 years ago

HIV baby girl cured after very early treatment with standard drug therapy

Researchers have announced that a baby girl in the US, who was born with HIV, appears to have been cured after…

12 years ago

Circumcision for Zimbabwe’s MP’s in bid to fight HIV

At least 10 Zimbabwean MP have been circumcised as part of a campaign to reduce HIV and AIDS cases. A…

12 years ago

Truvada, HIV prevention pill, approved by experts for using in healthy people

US Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee, which advises the FDA, has for the first time backed a drug to prevent HIV infection…

12 years ago

Potential breakthrough HIV infection cure developed from genetically engineered human stem cells

UCLA scientists have found that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into “warrior” cells that fight HIV and the…

13 years ago