Feb 10, 2009
New York - For the first time there might be something to help women protect themselves from HIV infection. It appears from a National Institutes of Health study that a vaginal microbial gel might have been able to protect from HIV infection, about a third of the women who used it.
The gel, PRO 2000, made by Lexington-based Pharmaceutical company Indevus, was used in the first trial on about 3,100 women in seven clinical centers across Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, and the ... Read More
Dec 1, 2008
New York - Today is World AIDS Day. This is the twentieth anniversary of World AIDS Day. The goal of World AIDS Day is to come together as a united world and help to end the AIDS epidemic.
World AIDS Day is held every year on December first. Everyone is supposed to come together and try to raise awareness against the AIDS virus. The day is observed in more than one hundred and ninety countries.
The World Health Organization started World AIDS Day twenty ... Read More
Nov 15, 2008
New York - The New York Times reported in a November 14 edition that a rare treatment to cure aids has been reported. The article explains that although the treatment is far from practical for every AIDS patient a Berlin doctor successfully cured AIDS in one patient by giving him blood cells from a donor naturally resistant to the virus.
The news is spreading fast amongst the medical world as doctors finally come one step closer to the day when AIDS will not ... Read More
Nov 13, 2008
New York - A U.S. man living with HIV and leukemia received a bone marrow from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that immunized against most strains of AIDS. The man is now completely cured of both ailments.
Researchers say the man shows no signs of either disease since his transplant over two years ago.
In a statement, Professor Rodolf Tauber from the Charite clinic said: "This is an interesting case for research.
"But to promise to millions of people infected with HIV that ... Read More
