Developer of Dating App for HIV-Positive Singles Threatens to Give AIDS to Security Researcher

Developer of Dating App for HIV-Positive Singles Threatens to Give AIDS to Security Researcher

MongoDB databases left unprotected online are to blame

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 11th, 2015
Researchers Describe Antibody That Can Attack and Neutralize HIV

Researchers Describe Antibody That Can Attack and Neutralize HIV

The antibody is effective in different stages of infection

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 28th, 2015
Researchers: HIV Does Not Cause AIDS, Not Directly at Least

Researchers: HIV Does Not Cause AIDS, Not Directly at Least

Rather, it is our own immune cells that trigger the disease

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 29th, 2015
Implantable Device the Size of a Matchstick Is Designed to Fight HIV

Implantable Device the Size of a Matchstick Is Designed to Fight HIV

The innovative implantable device works by releasing antiretroviral drugs at a steady pace, scientists explain

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 9th, 2015
Potent Antibody Could Very Well Prove a Magic Bullet Against HIV

Potent Antibody Could Very Well Prove a Magic Bullet Against HIV

Researchers say that the antibody, dubbed 3BNC117, shows great promise when it comes to reducing viral load

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • February 13th, 2015
Newly Discovered Form of HIV Is Highly Aggressive, Researchers Warn

Newly Discovered Form of HIV Is Highly Aggressive, Researchers Warn

The new HIV variant, discovered in patients in Cuba, progresses to AIDS in just 3 years after infection

  • iPhone
  • By Filip Truta
  • February 9th, 2015
iPhone App Tests You for HIV and Other STDs in 15 Minutes Flat

iPhone App Tests You for HIV and Other STDs in 15 Minutes Flat

Researchers develop a solution for screening on the go

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 7th, 2015
World's Only Cured HIV Patient Opens Up About His Experience

World's Only Cured HIV Patient Opens Up About His Experience

Timothy Ray Brown was cured of HIV in 2007, after having lived with the virus in his body for about 12 years

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 19th, 2014
Llama Antibodies Might Hold the Key to Life-Saving HIV Vaccine

Llama Antibodies Might Hold the Key to Life-Saving HIV Vaccine

Study finds antibodies produced by llamas can successfully neutralize dozens of different HIV strains

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 2nd, 2014
HIV Is Now Less Virulent, Takes Longer to Progress to AIDS

HIV Is Now Less Virulent, Takes Longer to Progress to AIDS

The widespread access to antiretroviral therapy is partly to thank for the fact that HIV is now less virulent

U2 Lead Singer Bono “Couldn't Be Prouder” to Work with Apple

U2 Lead Singer Bono “Couldn't Be Prouder” to Work with Apple

Apple responsible for $75M / €60M in donations

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • November 11th, 2014
22-Year-Old Got HIV from Contaminated Manicure Instruments

22-Year-Old Got HIV from Contaminated Manicure Instruments

The young woman shared manicure instruments with a cousin who was eventually found to be HIV-positive

  • Apple
  • By Filip Truta
  • October 31st, 2014
Politician Wants to Ban Tim Cook from Russia for Being Gay

Politician Wants to Ban Tim Cook from Russia for Being Gay

Cook came out as gay yesterday in an essay for Businessweek

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 31st, 2014
Vanishing Fabric Promises to Protect Women Against Contracting HIV

Vanishing Fabric Promises to Protect Women Against Contracting HIV

The innovative fabric comprises silk-like fibers containing a topical anti-HIV drug

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 29th, 2014
Scientists Hope to Eradicate HIV by Causing It to Mutate Uncontrollably

Scientists Hope to Eradicate HIV by Causing It to Mutate Uncontrollably

An enhanced mutation rate would cause the virus to weaken and die out, they say

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 22nd, 2014
HIV Virus Successfully Cast Out of Human Cells for the First Time Ever

HIV Virus Successfully Cast Out of Human Cells for the First Time Ever

The achievement is “one important step on the path toward a permanent cure for AIDS”

  • Health
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 11th, 2014
HIV Returns in Supposedly Cured “Mississippi Baby”

HIV Returns in Supposedly Cured “Mississippi Baby”

The child now has detectable levels of HIV in its body, researchers say

 
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