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Australian researchers use a modified HIV virus to prevent AIDS

Author: lx January 18, 2013

Australian scientists say they have found a way to use the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to prevent AIDS. Senior researcher David Harrich has modified a protein in HIV and it altered in a long-lasting, protection against AIDS. The modified protein helps to prevent the virus from replicating or spreading. (more…)

Prevention and Fight

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Enhanced strategy lowers the number of HIV cases and AIDS deaths in British Columbia (Canada)

Author: lx May 19, 2012

The numbers of new HIV cases and AIDS deaths in British Columbia (Canada) show that an aggressive prevention strategy can be very effective. The new strategy involves searching aggressively for people at risk of HIV infection, talking them into being tested and putting those who are infected on antiretroviral therapy immediately. This approach lowers by 96 percent the chances that they will infect others. (more…)

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