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HIV was in Monkeys for Millenia

HIV was in Monkeys for Millenia

Sci/Tech

19 Sep 2010
As research has recently shown, the precurser top HIV has been around a lot longer than originally thought. The SIV virus has been around for ...

HIV Over a Million Years Old

HIV Over a Million Years Old

Sci/Tech

17 Sep 2010
New research leads scientists to believe that a form of HIV/AIDS may have been around for a million years or at least thirty-two-thousand. These results ...

Recent Discovery May Lead to Aids Vaccine

Recent Discovery May Lead to Aids Vaccine

Sci/Tech

10 Jul 2010
The National Institute of Health (NIH) claims to have discovered something miraculous that can lead to an aids vaccine. Researchers have discovered two antibodies that when ...

 
Certain Anti-Bodies Neutralize AIDS, May Boost Vaccine Research

Certain Anti-Bodies Neutralize AIDS, May Boost Vaccine Research

Sci/Tech

09 Jul 2010
There is new hope for an AIDS vaccine. According to Science News, three previously unknown human antibodies have been discovered. These antibodies may be made of ...

Cells Resistant to HIV Infection Show Promise to Future Gene Therapy Treatment

Cells Resistant to HIV Infection Show Promise to Future Gene Therapy Treatment

Sci/Tech

03 Jul 2010
Researchers injected humanized mice with stem cells resistant to infection by HIV-virus. These stem cells have been genetically altered to remove the necessary ...

African AIDS Clinics Face Funding Shortages

African AIDS Clinics Face Funding Shortages

Sci/Tech

27 May 2010
The global economic crisis is not only hurting people’s pensions and lifestyles, it is leading to a severe reduction in funding for HIV/AIDS treatment in ...

 
Eradication of Smallpox Paved Way for HIV

Eradication of Smallpox Paved Way for HIV

Sci/Tech

17 May 2010
Scientists are questioning the cease of smallpox vaccinations. The vaccinations were once part of a child’s vaccination schedule until the 70s. The vaccine was phased ...

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