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FDA Approves Second Drug to Be Used As PrEP: Descovy

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Gilead’s drug Descovy to be used as PrEP, an HIV prevention strategy ...

CRISPR Gene Editing Can Create Cells Immune to HIV

CRISPR gene editing was safe and moderately effective in introducing stem cells that lacked the CCR5 receptor and were immune...

HIV-1 Remission Following CCR5Δ32/Δ32 Haematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation

A cure for HIV-1 remains unattainable as only one case has been reported, a decade ago1,2. The individual—who is known as t...

HIV Can Be Treated, But Stigma kills

Three decades ago, receiving an HIV diagnosis was comparable to being handed a death sentence. But today, this is no longer t...

Internet-Based Intervention Effective in the Treatment of Depression in People Living with HIV

An online self-help intervention is effective in the treatment of mild to moderate depressive symptoms in people with HIV, ac...

Tories pile pressure on Theresa May to Allow Safe Injection Room for Drug Users

Senior Tories have piled pressure on Theresa May to allow safe injection rooms for drug users in an effort to prevent dr...

Meta-Analysis Shows Hepatitis C Treatment is Highly Effective For Drug Users

Direct-acting antiviral treatment is highly effective at curing hepatitis C in people who inject drugs and in people receivin...

Third International Conference And The 7th National AIDS Seminar

Third International Conference and the 7th National AIDS Seminar In date 2018-11-21 untill 2018-11-23 by in Tehran will be he...

90-90-90: An Ambitious Treatment Target To Help End The AIDS Epidemic

Ending the AIDS epidemic is more than a historic obligation to the 39 million people who have died of the disease. It also re...

Long Periods of Viral Suppression Shown to Reduce Cancer Risk in Aging HIV Population

Early, sustained antiretroviral therapy (ART), which results in long-term viral suppression, helps to prevent AIDS-defining c...