A new study has proved that HIV can transmit via sperm also. It has already been proved that HIV is transmitted from the infected males to their counterparts during intercourse via semen, which carries the infected leukocytes.
 
But Ana Ceballos from the University of Buenos Aires, ...

World’s fastest supercomputer, Roadrunner, is being deployed by researchers for analyzing the genetic sequences of HIV infected people for conducting research on HIV vaccine.
 
Tanmoy Bhattacharya, physicist at Los Alamos National Lab, and HIV researcher Bette Korber have used samples ...

HIV and AIDS test will soon be a mandatory test for all the pregnant Indian women.
 
"We want a HIV free generation. We are for testing all pregnant women for HIV so that no children can be born with the disease," Oscar Fernandes, who head the Parliamentary Forum on HIV and AIDS, ...

For the first time, scientists have found a major breakthrough in AIDS vaccine.This was a part of the largest ever HIV vaccine tryout in the world involving 16,000 volunteers. Research showed that, it could cut the risk of infection in AIDS.
 
The research showed that, out of 16,000 persons, ...

Scientists have claimed that they have discovered a “weak spot” of HIV which will help them to enhance their pursuit for a vaccine against AIDS.
 
Antibodies which bind to the weak spot" on HIV, which was not known till now, and is seen commonly in many strains have brought ...

More than half the patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) report drinking heavily. A study on failing memory has found that HIV infection and chronic alcoholism can have negative impact on the brain function.
 
"It has been consistently documented that chronic ...

The first case of HIV that has been transmitted from infected mothers to children through pre-chewed food has been identified by the scientists. The source of HIV in the pre-chewed food was most likely the infected blood in the saliva of the people who pre-chewed the food before giving it to the ...

The two AIDS vaccine that has been developed by two South African researchers will undergo clinical trials along with US experts. This is a major step taken by South Africa because earlier AIDS had been considered as unscientific by the politicians of the country.
 
Trials for testing human ...

The Canadian University of Western Ontario has developed a new HIV/AIDS vaccine which is ready for human trials.


The vaccine which is known as SAV001H has been developed by the university at London in collaboration with Sumagen Canada, a subsidiary of the Korean pharmaceutical ...

South Asians living in Britain aren't keeping a condom handy when they lose their virginity, new figures show, prompting safe sex fears.
Around 45 percent of British South Asians, who include Indians, Bengalis and Pakistanis, didn't have a condom handy the first time they had sex - a number that ...

In a major breakthrough for AIDS cure, Canadian scientists have finally found where the HIV virus hides in the human body to become impervious to medical treatment.

This breakthrough could pave the way for a total cure of the deadly disease, claim the scientists who carried out the study with ...

Comprehensive Cancer Centre has uncovered the clues for the development of different cancers in those who suffer from AIDS.
 
According to Dr. Dirk Dittmer of the UNC’s School of Medicine, the Kaposi Sarcoma is associated with the Herpes Virus, KSHV, and is also present in those cells ...

The researchers at the Italian Institute of Health have claimed that they have developed a new shock and kill technique to eradicate the HIV-infected cells from the body. The research team led by Dr Enrico Garaci and Dr. Andrea Savarino studied the barrier of latency that has been the main obstacle ...

Researchers have moved closer to develop a vaccine to guard against HIV infection, by targeting a vulnerable piece of the virus. Gail Ferstandig Arnold and Eddy Arnold, husband and wife duo and their team at Rutgers University are conducting the research. They had previously been able to elicit ...

According to a Japanese research study, gum disease may lead to full-blown AIDS. Claiming the finding of the study to be the first of its kind, the Japanese researcher Kuniyasu Ochiai informed that gum disease triggers the virus that increases the risk of AIDS. Periodontal disease, basically a ...

The Himachal Pradesh government is considering a proposal to make test for HIV-AIDS compulsory for a couple before marriage. It was announced by state Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal. However he did not give any further details of the time frame required for implementation of the ...

According to a team led by an Indian-origin researcher, a protein naturally found in human blood cells that contains “selenium” can significantly slow down the multiplication of the AIDS virus.
Selenium is a micronutrient that the body needs to maintain normal metabolism. Unlike other ...

German researchers say transplantation of bone marrow using stem cells from a donor with natural genetic resistance to the AIDS can cure AIDS. The leading researchers Dr Gero Hutter and Thomas Schneider of the Clinic for Gastroenterology in Berlin said that as of today, more than 20 months after ...

Personalized HIV therapy has been developed; a joint research team from the institutes of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Universite de Montreal has said that they have developed a personalized immunotherapy to fight HIV/AIDS. This immunotherapy based on the properties of dendritic ...

There is a hope for AIDS vaccine, particularly, after the successful completion of phase-1 of clinical trials of the ASIDS vaccine. Results show that it had acceptable levels of safety and was well tolerated. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), National AIDS Control Organisation ...

According to a report published in the scientific journal 'The Lancet' India has topped the list of five mid-income countries that provide free HIV testing and counseling to people. The study compared testing and counseling facilities in India, Russia, Mexico, Uganda and South Africa. And, the ...

The controversy over sex education in India has been set aside by sex education manual. The manual has recommended for separate classes for boys and girls. There will be one class a week on the subject and lady teacher will teach girls on the issues related to sex and health, similarly, male ...

Darjeeling is in grip of HIV. According to a data produced by NACO, the hill station has high density of AIDS patients, and two persons in every hundred are affected with HIV. The study done in the year 2007 shows that while the place in earlier study had just one percent HIV patients, the number ...

A new study conducted in the USA shows that meditation slows down AIDS progression. The researchers opined that it may be because of improved immune system, for it is widely accepted that meditation improves immune system and revitalizes human body and soul.
 
The study shows that meditation ...

US scientists engaged in AIDS related research have announced that they have found the protein which limits the release of the deadly HIV-1 virus. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in human beings. Scientists claim this ...

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) have entered a significant partnership with UNAIDS, the joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS to fight the epidemic in India. The partnership will support India in its efforts to scale up towards universal access to HIV prevention, care and ...

A latest gene mapping exercise in India has revealed that the country’s population is more vulnerable to HIV-AIDS than other people around the world. The study further revealed that the risk factor further increases as one moves from north to south. The higher rate of vulnerability of the ...

The Danish Copenhagen University team recently undertook a study, which has revealed that Anti-HIV drug may make a HIV+ person more susceptible to heart attack. The drug ‘abacavir’ and ‘didanosine’ are the two drugs which are believed to increase the risk of heart attack in ...