“Any emerging disease in the last 30 or 40 years has come about as a result of encroachment into wild lands and changes in demography,” THERE’S a term biologists and economists use these days — [...]

Gives results in 20 to 40 minutes After decades of controversy, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new H.I.V. test on Tuesday that for the first time makes it possible for Americans to learn [...]

For each condom bought, one will be donated to students in African universities.   The L Condom company is designed to deal with condom shortages in the countries where birth control and AIDS prevention is [...]

These cells can actually attack HIV-infected cells in a living organism Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-principle that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells, a team of UCLA researchers have now [...]

The sensors can be printed out on an office printer Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able [...]

The first of its kind in terms of using a killed whole virus approach   Due to ongoing research at the University of Western Ontario, in five years, kids might be able to receive a [...]

An experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut the risk of infection, researchers say.

But the unfortunate truth is that more children die every year from illnesses caused by poor water and sanitation than from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

Image via Wikipedia Could also be used against a range of chronic viral diseases A proof-of-principle study has demonstrated that it is possible to engineer human blood stem cells into cells that can target and [...]

An HIV-infected man who received stem cell treatment for leukemia from a donor with natural resistance to HIV infection appears to have been cured of HIV, according to a report on the NAM aidsmap website. The [...]

University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of “molecular condom” to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas.

Image via Wikipedia A series of promising compounds can cripple all enveloped viruses’ ability to invade cells as well as circumvent any resistance that hobbles traditional antiviral drugs. But will they work outside the lab? [...]