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‘Pep Talk’ Can Revive Immune Cells Exhausted By Chronic Viral Infection
Chronic infections by viruses such as HIV or hepatitis C eventually take hold because they wear the immune system out, a phenomenon immunologists describe as exhaustion. Yet exhausted immune cells can be revived after the introduction of fresh cells that...
Criminalization of Sex Work in Rwanda Hinders HIV Prevention Efforts
Sex workers in Rwanda say the criminalization of their activities, combined with their general isolation from society, means they are often excluded from HIV prevention, treatment and care opportunities.
Targeting HIV’s Sugar Coating
University of Utah researchers have discovered a new class of compounds that stick to the sugary coating of the AIDS virus and inhibit it from infecting cells – an early step toward a new treatment to prevent sexual transmission of the virus. Development...
North West Department of Health to Add More Than 54,000 People on Antiretroviral Treatment in the Next Six Months
The North West Department of Health is to add more than 54,000 people on antiviral treatment in the next six months.
Mayo Clinic Teams with Glowing Cats Against AIDS, Other Diseases
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and illuminate ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The goal is to create cats with intrinsic immunity to the feline AIDS virus. The findings...
Sex Workers Pay the Price for Uganda’s HIV Prevention Gaps
Uganda is short on data on HIV among the country’s sex workers, but a new study shows that in the capital, Kampala, HIV prevalence among female sex workers could be more than four times the city’s average prevalence.
HIV Diagnostic Capacity Strengthened in Malawi
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and Centre for Disease Control (CDC) on Tuesday handed over 10 out 23 BD Fascount CD4 machines and the reagents worth over US$10million to Malawi government towards strengthening HIV diagnostic capacity. How...
Caring About Palliative Care in South Africa
In the run-up to the UN High-Level meeting on HIV/AIDS in June 2011, HIV activists from around the world are meeting in a series of consultations organized by UNAIDS to help set the agenda.
