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Experimental mRNA HIV vaccine shows promise in pre-clinical studies

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, January 14, 2022

A new potential mRNA vaccine that delivers instructions for making two key HIV proteins has been tested in mice and rhesus macaques.

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Cutting-edge cancer treatment may also have potential for treating HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, April 21, 2022

CARs, or Chimeric antigen receptors, are seen as a cutting-edge form of cancer treatment, that might one day be used to treat HIV . View article...

Climate change will increase risk of new diseases jumping from animals to humans, study finds

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, May 03, 2022

... under attack by HIV , in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS ... HIV , Ebola and coronavirus spreading from humans to animals or vice versa over ... View article...

Drones to data: Africans turn to healthtech to tackle HIV, malaria, maternal deaths

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, May 03, 2022

With HIV so widespread in SA, social enterprise BroadReach Healthcare uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the nation's clinics and suggest ... View article...

Covid-19 will not cause AIDS like HIV does, says top virologist

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, April 19, 2022

... National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Biotech) dismissed concerns that Covid-19 destroys the human immune system as HIV does. View article...

Key considerations to integrate HIV and mental health interventions

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, April 29, 2022

A new publication by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes the importance of integrating HIV and mental health services and ... View article...

Surprising Facts about HIV/AIDS That Everyone Should Know

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, April 29, 2022

Despite great strides in prevention and treatment, HIV /AIDS remains a major global health problem. It is especially true in developing countries, ... View article...

HIV Remission Achieved in Patient Who Underwent Specialized Stem Cell Transplant

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, May 12, 2022

A patient with HIV diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who received a cord blood stem cell transplant was able to achieve HIV remission ... View article...

PrEP Prescription Fills Declined in Early Part of COVID-19 Pandemic

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, May 03, 2022

“PrEP use in New York State has increased consistently since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it for HIV prevention in 2012,” the ... View article...

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HIV Remission Achieved in Patient Who Underwent Specialized Stem Cell Transplant

South Africa Standard Time — Thursday, May 12, 2022

A patient with HIV diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who received a cord blood stem cell transplant was able to achieve HIV remission ... View article...

Risk to newborns increasing as antibiotics stop working

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Antibiotic resistance killed more people than HIV or malaria in 2019, says a new study. Euronews. More than 1.2 million people died from ... View article...

Roche, Global Fund team up to fight TB, HIV by building diagnostics capacity in low-income countries

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, May 13, 2022

Of more than 37M people living with HIV worldwide, over 6M people are undiagnosed. Roche added that the effort includes building processes to collect, ... View article...

One of the first clinical trials of a new mRNA vaccine for HIV is underway

South Africa Standard Time — Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a surprising silver lining — it's breathing new life into the fight against HIV by accelerating the development of ... View article...

How Kaposi's Sarcoma Is Treated

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, May 13, 2022

Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer linked to HIV, is treated with antiretroviral drugs. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation can also treat different ... View article...

Hope on HIV vaccine lives on

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, May 13, 2022

development of COVID-19 vaccines over the last two years has renewed hopes that a vaccine for the prevention of HIV ... View article...

Researchers detect drug-resistant HIV

South Africa Standard Time — Friday, May 13, 2022

The director general of UAC, Dr Nelson Musoba, said the injectable Antiretroviral therapy (ART) will address the problem of stigma associated with ... View article...

Decentralizing PrEP Offers a Roadmap for Retention

South Africa Standard Time — Wednesday, May 11, 2022

For HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the road map might just be that of contraceptive care. Once an onerous process, over time contraceptive ... View article...

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