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Vaccine could reduce HIV to 'minor infection'

Stephen Adams Telegraph 09/28/2011

Scientists find way to "disarm" AIDS virus

Kate Kelland Reuters 09/19/2011
Vaccine could reduce HIV to 'minor infection'

HIV could be reduced to a "minor chronic infection" akin to herpes, scientists developing a new vaccine have claimed.

Scientists find way to "disarm" AIDS virus

Scientists have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system and say their discovery may offer a new approach to developing a vaccine against AIDS.

Police: Man with HIV raped 6-month-old

Ethan Goldsmith Fox19 07/04/2011
Police: Man with HIV raped 6-month-old

Bond was set on Monday for a Silverton man accused of raping a 6-month-old boy. Police say Lenny Love, 29, raped the infant in March. Police also say that Love did so while knowingly carrying HIV.

Apparent Immunity Gene ‘Cures’ Man Of AIDS

A 45-year-old man now living in the Bay Area may be the first person ever cured of the deadly disease AIDS, the result of the discovery of an apparent HIV immunity gene.

Airman gets 8 years in prison in HIV exposure case

ROXANA HEGEMAN Yahoo! News 01/19/2011
26th AIDS Walk New York draws 40,000 people to Central Park in honor of loved ones lost to disease

New Yorkers turned out 40,000 strong Sunday to honor the memory of loved ones felled by AIDS and support those living with the dreaded disease.

Airman gets 8 years in prison in HIV exposure case

WICHITA, Kan. – An Air Force sergeant convicted of exposing multiple sex partners to HIV at swinger parties was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in military prison and will be dishonorably discharged after serving his time.

Spread of HIV in Eastern Europe is scary, says UN AIDS chief

VERONIKA OLEKSYN The Washington Post 11/24/2010
Doctors Claim HIV-Positive Man Cured by Stem Cell Transplant

There’s an estimated 33 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS, and now doctors believe one of them may have been cured of the virus after receiving a stem cell transplant in 2007, the medical journal Blood reported.

A near tripling of new HIV infections in Eastern Europe and Central Asia over the past nine years is frightening, the U.N.'s top AIDS official said Wednesday.

Daily HIV pill use yields strong results; Can reduce risk of getting virus by 73%

Men who faithfully take a daily pill that contains drugs to treat HIV can reduce their risk of catching the deadly virus by up to 73 percent, the National Institutes of Health said in a study released Tuesday.

China experts design gel to protect women from HIV

Scientists in China and Hong Kong are designing a gel containing an experimental drug which they hope can reduce HIV infections in women.


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