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The HIV Western blot consists of a thin nitrocellulose strip in which are embedded proteins claimed to be unique to HIV. Each protein is labelled with a ‘p’ followed by its molecular weight in thousands. Serum is added to the strip and if there are...
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The belief that having sex with infants will cure AIDS, has led to a marked increase in the rape of infants and children in South Africa
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AP, New Delhi
A cell phone ring tone that sings “Condom, condom!” has been launched to promote safe sex in India, where condoms carry a strong social stigma and HIV and...
made popular Aug 19 2008
Aids Sutra: unknown stories of India. An anthology in which 16 of India’s bestknown writers went on the road to cover a human
story behind the AIDS epidemic in the...
made popular Aug 17 2008
A woman who has never shown symptoms of infection with the AIDS virus may hold the secret to defeating the virus, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
made popular Aug 15 2008
A counterintuitive way to fight a chronic infection linked with meningitis - by damping down the immune system - could have wider uses in tackling Aids and hepatitis.
made popular Aug 14 2008
The 29-year-old is not gay. He wants that known. He did have sex with a man once, but that was the result of loneliness and his hormones’ being in overdrive, he said,...
made popular Aug 12 2008
I’m a member of ONE, a campaign that raises awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and more in the world’s poorest countries. One of the...
made popular Aug 11 2008
Jorge Saavedra’s moment of truth came in the middle of an impassioned speech to 5,000 people about the paltry amount of money being spent to stop the spread of...
made popular Aug 10 2008
A new form of violence has emerged and that is bringing panic to the carriers of HIV in Rio de Janeiro.
When the bandits discover that someone is carrying the HIV...
made popular Aug 9 2008
AP, Mumbai
An Indian couple poisoned their three young children, then hung themselves from a ceiling fan because they were depressed about being HIV-positive, police said...
made popular Aug 9 2008
AP, Atlanta
Could the AIDS virus be stopped with gift cards?
made popular Aug 8 2008
Angelina Jolie, after giving birth to twins and having adopted quite a few others, has now started thinking about the future of her kids. And the first thing that came...
made popular Aug 8 2008
An HIV-positive couple in Bombay killed their three children and then committed suicide after discovering that their six-year-old daughter had contracted the virus....
made popular Aug 8 2008
Men who have sex with men are 19 times more likely to be infected with HIV than the general population, yet are ignored in many countries, an AIDS group said in a study...
made popular Aug 5 2008
20,000 delegates meet in Mexico City for the 17th International Aids Conference, there is much progress to report, but some setbacks, too...
made popular Aug 5 2008
AP, Mexico City
Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that his foundation is going to focus its efforts on fighting AIDS in the United States, especially among blacks.
made popular Aug 5 2008
AP, Mexico City
Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention center, complaining that she...
made popular Aug 4 2008
The U.S. government is ignoring its own guidelines for HIV screening, putting more than 15 million people covered by federal health-care plans at risk of unwittingly...
made popular Aug 4 2008
AP, San Francisco
When Abbott Laboratories Inc. hiked up the price of a popular AIDS drug by 400 percent in 2003, executives prepared for the inevitable public relations hit, but assured...
made popular Aug 3 2008
The CDC stressed that actual infection rates have not risen but said better methods of measuring newly diagnosed infections and extrapolating these to the general...
made popular Aug 3 2008
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