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10 to 12 million Pakistanis infected with hepatitis B and C

Early detection and effective treatment are the keys to combat viral hepatitis. A research conducted at Aga Khan University (AKU) suggests that out of nearly 70 percent of patients suffering from Hepatitis C, younger...

30 July, 2012

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Cancer drug unmasks HIV in immune cells

People infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, must take anti-retroviral drugs for the rest of their lives in order to control their disease. Otherwise, reservoirs of dormant virus hiding within the immune system...

30 July, 2012

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Researchers explore new class of synthetic vaccines

In a quest to make safer and more effective vaccines, scientists at the Biodesign InstituteÒ at Arizona State University have turned to a promising field called DNA nanotechnology to make an entirely new class of...

27 July, 2012

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Researchers discover new target for vaccine development in abundant immune cells

White blood cells called neutrophils, which are the first line of defense against infection, play an unexpected role by boosting antibody production, according to research led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The...

25 July, 2012

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Scientists hunting for an AIDS vaccine may be getting close

Scientists compare the hunt for an AIDS vaccine to the search for the Holy Grail. And for three decades, it has proved to be about as difficult to find. Since Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier identified HIV — the virus...

24 July, 2012

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Science sets its sights again on an AIDS cure

After 16 years of détente, scientists are once again ready to go to war with the AIDS virus. Unsatisfied with transforming AIDS from a death sentence into a chronic condition, researchers who once thought cure was...

20 July, 2012

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The long struggle: vaccines versus malaria

After clean water, vaccines may have saved more lives than any other public health intervention. Eradication of malaria, a disease that may have killed more humans than any other single cause, likely requires a malaria...

20 July, 2012

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Viruses’ copying mechanism demystified, opening the door to new vaccine strategies

Certain kinds of viruses such as those that cause the common cold, SARS, hepatitis, and encephalitis, copy themselves using a unique mechanism, according to a team of Penn State University scientists that includes David...

20 July, 2012

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FDA approves drug that can prevent getting HIV/AIDS

Adults who do not have HIV but are at risk of getting the disease will now be able to take a drug to reduce their chance of getting infected. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drug for...

17 July, 2012

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Discovery could lead to new virus drugs

The first 3D image of a common cold virus generated by the fastest computer in the southern hemisphere could lead to new viral drug treatments, Melbourne scientists say. Researchers have simulated the full genome of the...

16 July, 2012

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