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Breakthrough study finds clues to eliminate HIV infections in infants
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 2 (ANI): Why the transmission of HIV infection from mother to baby in womb occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but now a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Duke University has found an important clue about the same which also giv
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Researchers detect new clues to eliminate infant HIV infections
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): Each year over 150,000 infants worldwide are infected with HIV in the womb, at birth, or through breastfeeding. Why transmission occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but now a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Duke University scie
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Study: Drugs that trigger alarm could lead to new HIV therapies
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine have identified a potential way to eradicate the latent HIV infection that lies dormant inside infected immune cells.
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WHO executive director says Coronavirus may never go away
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 14 (ANI): Senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official, Michael J Ryan on Wednesday said the coronavirus may become another just another virus in the world community like HIV infection, and may never go away.
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HIV infection likely to increase risk for sudden cardiac death: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 14 (ANI): In a recent comparative study between men with and without HIV, it has been found that there is more variability of QT interval -- in men living with the virus, which may contribute to the increased risk of sudden cardiac deaths.
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Researchers discover medication to silence HIV infection
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 7 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new potential medication that works with an HIV-infected person's own body to further suppress the ever present but silent virus that available HIV treatments are unable to combat.
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Here's how HIV infection contribute to wide-ranging metabolic conditions
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 27 (ANI): A recent study found that HIV-infected cells release vesicles that contain a viral protein called Nef, further damaging cholesterol metabolism and triggering inflammation in uninfected bystander cells.
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Study shows community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infectio
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 5 (ANI): A new study, presented at the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle show delivery of an HIV prevention strategy that includes offering in-home HIV testing to everyone, with immediate referral to HIV care, and trea
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Tripura Health Min raises concern over increasing HIV cases in 3 northeast
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 01 (ANI): Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman has expressed concern over the increase of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection cases, particularly in three northeastern states- Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur.
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New HIV therapy can boost immunity
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Aug 16 (ANI): Turns out, a new HIV drug can reduce the viral replication and increase immune cells in individuals with advanced, drug-resistant HIV infection.
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People with HIV infection twice at risk of heart disease
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): According to a global study, HIV infection doubles the risk of heart disease.
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Tripura Health Min expresses concern over increasing HIV among women
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 14 (ANI): Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman expressed concern over increase of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection especially among women in two districts of Tripura.
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