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Treating HIV may also prevent its spread

Treating HIV may also prevent its spread

Provocative new research shows that treating people with the AIDS virus can provide a powerful bonus: It cuts the risk that they will infect others.

Senh: Um... With all due respect to the researchers - duh!

 

Scientists say crack HIV/AIDS puzzle for drugs

Scientists say crack HIV/AIDS puzzle for drugs

Scientists say they have solved a crucial puzzle about the AIDS virus after 20 years of research and that their findings could lead to better treatments for HIV.

 

U.N.: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996

The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS about 33 million has remained virtually unchanged for ...

 

First HIV Vaccine Helps Prevent AIDS Infection

First HIV Vaccine Helps Prevent AIDS Infection

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.

The World Health Organization and the U.N.

 

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