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IN THE NEWS: ‘Humanised’ mouse fights HIV
A groundbreaking study by Scott Kitchen at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been released in which stem cells were created to track down and destroy the HIV virus in a mouse.IN THE NEWS: HIV UPDATE
Scientists are making progress in the search for an HIV/AIDS cure. they have discovered that the cancer drug Zolinza, also known as Vorinostat, can disturb latent HIV infection. HIV is known as a provirus because it grows into the DNA of a host cell. Once infused in the DNA it can remain hidden or eventually reactivate.Glow-in-the-dark felines: The ‘cat’s meow’ of HIV research
A glow-in-the-dark cat-slash-monkey hybrid... Sounds like something that a mad creator unleashes, which inevitably ends up terrorizing Tokyo.
You would be incorrect if you thought that this is the plot for the latest sci-fi movie. The glow-in-the-dark moggies are in fact helping scientists understand how to block the HI-virus from establishing itself in the body.
So what do you get when you cross a cat with a monkey and a jellyfish?
SA HIV prevention to get shot in the arm
Hopes of eradicating HIV run high as the latest and greatest HIV vaccine trial heads to SA.
The Star and online news provider health-e report that the RV144 vaccine met with unprecedented success in trials conducted in Thailand.
SA woman scientist scoops award
A South African microbicide scientist has scooped up the Department of Science and Technology’s Women in Science award.
Quarraisha Abdool Karim is the brains behind the country’s, and perhaps even the world’s, most successful microbicide trial to date.
More on the foreskin furore
An article appearing in the Mail & Guardian makes sensationalist and incorrect comments around a study of circumcision and HIV prevention.
Taking the tribulation out of interpreting medical trials
Coverage of microbicide trials has at times been characterised by hostility and cynicism on the part of journalists. This is mainly a result of their misunderstanding the technical ins and outs of clinical trials.Page 1 of 1 pages
