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Category: HIV/AIDS

Posted on May 8, 2020May 9, 2020

Phase-2 trial: A three-drug regimen clears coronavirus in seven days

A phase-2 trial found that COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate illness had no detectable virus seven days after treatment with a three-drug regimen — oral lopinavir-ritonavir, ribavirin and injectable…

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Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019

HIV cleared out after stem cell transplantation

For the second time, researchers have been able to clear HIV virus from the body (remission) by transplanting stem cells containing two mutant copies of a co-receptor CCR5 for HIV…

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Posted on December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

HIV: Tamil Nadu case turns the spotlight on safe blood availability

A 23-year-old pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu tested positive for HIV after receiving a unit of blood at a government hospital blood bank, indicating glaring lapses in screening procedures. The…

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Posted on December 16, 2017December 16, 2017

IISc: HIV drug elvitegravir lowers the efficiency of immune system

The HIV drug elvitegravir shows significant inhibition in binding and cleavage of human DNA thereby causing distinct impairment of the immune system at higher concentration. A 3-fold reduction in immune activity is…

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Posted on May 3, 2017May 3, 2017

India to treat all HIV positive people irrespective of CD4 count

Two years after the World Health Organisation recommended that antiretroviral therapy (ART) be initiated in people living with HIV irrespective of the CD4 cell (a type of white blood cell)…

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Posted on December 2, 2016December 2, 2016

The self-test option for HIV

With the World Health Organisation releasing guidelines on HIV self-testing, a major obstacle in improving access to diagnosis has been cleared. Though much progress has been achieved in India in…

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Posted on June 22, 2016June 23, 2016

First CRISPR trial on humans set to begin

On June 21, the National Institutes of Health gave permission for starting the first ever clinical trial using CRISPR genome-editing technology, Nature news notes. The trial, which  will begin before…

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Posted on January 17, 2016June 28, 2016

India scores by battling HIV/AIDS but falls short fighting TB and malaria

The global burden and mortality from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria across the world, and in the developing countries in particular, have dropped significantly since 2000, a report published today (July…

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