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HIV virus spreads through direct cell-to-cell contact
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): Scientists have explored, how HIV spreads in three-dimensional tissue-like environments. The spread of pathogens like the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is often studied in a test tube, that is in two-dimensional cell cultures, even though it hardly
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Spirit of HIV AIDS Act 2017 is to prevent discrimination
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 10 (ANI): Responding to UNAIDS critique of Goa government's move to make HIV test mandatory for marriage, the Goa government on Wednesday asserted that the Spirit of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) A
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'India has potential to eradicate HIV'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): India has the potential to eradicate the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) diseases if all strategies are put well in place, said Bilali Camara, Country Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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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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Link found between stigma, cognitive performance in people with HIV
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): Stigma related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) impairs cognition in men living with the condition, finds a study.
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HIV and AIDS Act 2017 comes into force
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sep 11 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced implementation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Act, 2017 starting September 10, 2018.
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HIV stigma in Nepal: Struggle for education by HIV infected
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 8 (ANI): Rhitika (name changed) lost her family during her toddler stage because of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
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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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New hope in battle against HIV
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 9 (ANI): A team of scientists has decoded previously unknown details about the process by which HIV hacks cells to propagate itself. The findings may offer a new avenue for drugs to combat the virus.
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This molecule can lead to a successful HIV vaccine
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 28 (ANI): Researchers have recently discovered a molecule that could someday lead to the creation of the world's first Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) vaccine.
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3 cups of coffee a day keep HIV death risk at bay
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 26 (ANI): Drinking at least three cups of coffee and not smoking daily may half the risk of mortality in patients infected by both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV).
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Charlie Sheen sued again for allegedly exposing ex to HIV
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): Another former girlfriend of American actor Charlie Sheen has filed a lawsuit against him for allegedly exposing her to the deadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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