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University of Southern California researchers have found the potential of an enzyme known as APOBEC-3G to fight HIV. The study, published in the online journal Nature reveals the atomic structure of this enzyme. The study suggests new directions for drug development.

A unique “biosensor technology” (developed by scientists at University of Leeds), uses antibodies to detect biomarkers - molecules in the human body which are often a marker for disease, which is much-much faster than current testing methods.

Doctors always suggests that for every disease talk therapy is the best medicine, whether with friends, family or psychologists. And this therapy has proved to be a live saver for a HIV patient.

It can easily be spelt as the good news for all the HIV patients worldwide. University of Michigan scientists have provided the most detailed picture yet of a key HIV accessory protein that foils the body’s normal immune response. Based on the research, the team is searching for new drugs that may someday allow infected [...]

The Australian Health authorities have warned the men heading towards Papua New Guinea, of the HIV risks.The Health authority took the step after the six men were diagnosed with the HIV cluster virus after they went to Papua NewGuinea for work.

World Health Organization (WHO) called for the public approach to fight the threat of HIV/AIDS in South-East Asia. The WHO promotes a public health approach to combating HIV/AIDS based on the experience of the other health programs.

The researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a method that will help the doctors to identify minute amounts of tumor cells floating in the blood of cancer patients. Thus the discovery is expected to lead to better treatments with fewer side effects.

The British research shows that the antiretroviral medications have helped to lower the death rate among the HIV patients down. For most, the five-year, post-diagnosis survival for those infected sexually is now about equal to that of the general population. Dramatic declines in death rates for HIV-infected individuals following the introduction of highly active antiretroviral [...]

Thousands of people have died and many others left homeless when the cyclone Nargis hit the Irrawaddy delta in Rangoon valley recently. But for the HIV/AIDS patients it was a worse nightmare as the cyclone has put them into more physical and mental agony. As a result of the devastation, more and more [...]

According to the researchers, people having HIV have much higher risk of cancer including anal cancer and low risk of prostate cancer.