Alarming Surge in Drug-Resistant HIV Uncovered
The drug-resistant form of the virus has been detected at unacceptable levels across Africa, Asia and the Americas-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Researchers verify new method of HIV transmission among injection drug users and effective prevention technique
(Lawson Health Research Institute) New studies from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University have found for the first time that HIV can be transmitted through the sharing of equipment used to prepare drugs before injection and that a s...
How Calculus Was the Unsung Hero in the Fight against HIV
The story of a differential equation and a medical breakthrough-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Researchers report high rate of viral suppression among people new to HIV care
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Eighty-six percent of individuals who entered HIV care soon after diagnosis maintained viral suppression after 48 weeks during a clinical trial conducted at four National Institutes of Healt...
A Second Person has been Effectively "Cured" of HIV
10 years after the so-called “Berlin Patient,” a second man has been put into sustained remission-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
HIV prevention study finds universal 'test and treat' approach can reduce new infections
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) New HIV infections declined by 30 percent in southern African communities where health workers conducted house-to-house voluntary HIV testing, referred people who tested positive to begin HI...
ACTG presents new research on HIV and TB, co-morbidities, treatment, and cure at CROI 2019
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the world's largest and longest-established HIV research network, funded by NIAID at the U.S. NIH, will make 11 oral and 19 poster presentations at C...
Finding clues to a functional HIV cure
(George Mason University) George Mason University's Yuntao Wu's research team has identified a measurable indicator that could prove instrumental in the fight against HIV.The research recently published in Science Advances, focuses on cofil...