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Scientists lose hope over AIDS vaccine

April 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

A survey of leading U.S. and British AIDS researchers said many scientists see little hope of an effective vaccine against HIV in the near future.


AIDS experts go back to basics

March 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3

The head of the U.S. agency in charge of AIDS research says scientists need to go back to basics to find a vaccine against the HIV virus.


FDA issues alert about HIV drug Prezista

March 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert concerning reports of liver injury in patients taking Prezista.


AIDS vaccine trials may have added risk

March 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

Two field tests of an AIDS vaccine not only failed to protect people from the virus but may have put them at greater risk, U.S. researchers said.


Circumcision may not reduce AIDS risk

February 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A study conducted in Africa suggests male circumcision does not reduce the risk of HIV transmission to female partners.


Long-term AIDS treatment may cause illness

January 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

AIDS-infected patients are living longer, only to discover they are prematurely susceptible to a host of aging-related illnesses.


FDA approves generic AIDS drug

December 20, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given tentative approval for a generic version of the AIDS drug Viread.


Study: Fewer HIV/AIDS cases in India

December 04, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

The 2007 figures for the world's human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS epidemic include a significant reduction in the number of infected people in India.


Puzzling results from HIV vaccine trial

December 03, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A potential HIV vaccine that recently failed a clinical trial in the United States may increase some people's chance of catching the virus that causes AIDS.


$15M allocated to AIDS vaccine research

August 02, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A U.S. scientist who co-discovered the virus that causes AIDS will use a $15 million grant to develop a potential vaccine.


Study: U.S. rule is hurting HIV fight

July 24, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

A new study suggests the United States is hurting the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus with its anti-prostitution rule.


AIDS drugs not stopping epidemic in Africa

June 21, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Doctors say AIDS is spreading in Africa faster than clinics can treat it, despite billions of dollars spent expanding access to antiretroviral drugs.


Men charged with injecting others with HIV

May 31, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Four men are in custody in the Netherlands, suspected of deliberately injecting homosexual men with HIV-infected blood.


British panel knew of HIV risks in 1983

May 26, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet

Documents show a British government panel knew of the HIV risk from imported blood products as early as 1983.


Scientist denies herbal cure for AIDS

April 28, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | No comments yet

A Senegalese scientist has contradicted a claim by Gambian President Yayha Jammeh, who said he had found a cure for AIDS.


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