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HIV virus may be killed with bee venom says study

HIV may be referred to as a slowly replicating virus that is capable of invading the human body by way of exchanging bodily fluids with another infected carrier. This invasion is said to be the primary culprit that...

2 May, 2014

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Scientists find new point of attack on HIV for vaccine development

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have discovered a new vulnerable site on HIV that antibodies can attack to prevent infection from a broad range...

25 April, 2014

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Study reveals viral hepatitis more deadly than HIV/AIDS in Europe

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) revealed on April 11 at the International Liver CongressTM 2014 that viral hepatitis is more deadly across European Union countries than HIV/AIDS. The study showed that...

22 April, 2014

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Drugs fail to reawaken dormant HIV infection

Scientists at Johns Hopkins report that compounds they hoped would “wake up” dormant reservoirs of HIV inside immune system T cells — a strategy designed to reverse latency and make the cells vulnerable to...

24 March, 2014

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Rare double infection: Lupus patient makes antibodies to fight HIV

One woman’s uncommon ability to fight her HIV infection may provide new insights for developing a vaccine that triggers a special immune response against the viral disease, researchers said. Scientists studied a...

17 March, 2014

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Clues to curing Aids could live in antibodies

The discovery of how a Kwazulu-Natal woman’s body responded to her HIV infection by making potent antibodies may hold the clue to an HIV vaccine or cure for Aids. In a study that was published in the scientific...

6 March, 2014

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HIV vaccine: ‘Immunity Project’ launches crowdfunding for Phase I clinical trial, but critics persist

A world in dire need of an HIV vaccine; new research indicating the presence of human “controllers” who naturally keep the virus in check; and a veteran anesthesiologist with capital, poise, and the guts to dream big in...

21 February, 2014

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New research could help produce effective anti-HIV vaccine

In new medical research, scientists at Washington’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered a mechanism that helps HIV patients evade antibodies and stabilise key proteins, in a finding that could pave...

21 February, 2014

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Free, hi-tech HIV vaccine coming soon

A revolutionary, free and crowd-funded HIV vaccine is in the works. Its creators use a machine learning algorithm to examine the cells of rare individuals naturally immune to the virus to then re-engineer the same...

3 February, 2014

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Synthetic gene helps HIV vaccine hit shape-shifting foe

An HIV vaccine that uses a synthetic gene to trigger an immune response might offer a way to protect against the virus where others have failed. Most vaccines work by training immune cells called B-cells to produce...

24 January, 2014

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